Email I received on the Shamnesty bill..
"How grassroots responds these next 36 hours will likely
determine the fate of the 'Amnesty Bill'"-- Steve
Stephanie,
The Senate is committed to formally bringing back the Bush-Kennedy
amnesty bill possibly as early as this Friday--meaning we may
have precious time remaining to make our voices heard!
Stephanie, here's what our insiders are telling us...
The Amnesty Gang (including Bush, Kennedy, McCain, Kyl, and Reid)
will introduce a new bill as a "substitute" of the last failed
bill. This allows them to bring the bill to the Senate floor
without going through committee -- just like the first
Bush-Kennedy amnesty bill.
This is where it gets shadowy. Harry Reid will employ what is
being called the "clay pigeon" procedure whereby all the
amendments are lumped together as one to limit the ability
of opposition to resist the bill!
What does all this mean?
It means that you and I and the rest of the citizens of our
nation have been sold out by an arrogant Senate that has
completely lost touch with the American people. Just listen
to the bristling arrogance of Senate Minority leader (and
Amnesty Senator from Mississippi) Trent Lott, who spoke to
reporters yesterday. "I've had my phones jammed for three weeks.
Yesterday I had three people answering them continuously all day.
To think that you're going to intimidate a senator or any
senator into voting one way or the other by gorging your phones
with phone calls -- most of whom don't even know where Gulfport,
Mississippi, is -- is not an effective tactic. But it's their
right to do that."
That's right, Trent, it is our right, and you are feeling it!
Stephanie, in simple terms, the ONLY barrier left for the Senate
to pass this bill is YOU. That is why I'm calling for an even
greater grassroots uprising than before.
Whether they formally bring the amnesty bill back on Friday,
or Monday really doesn't matter. What matters is that they
are bringing amnesty back, and it is up to grassroots America
to stop them cold!
+ + Action #1: Faxes and Phone Calls
Stephanie, if you have not scheduled faxes in the past few days,
do so right now. We must have faxes flooding the Senate every
day until AMNESTY IS DEAD. Use our FaxFire system or fax them
yourself (info. provided here):
http://www.grassfire.org/19042/offer.asp?rid=13542476
After scheduling your faxes, call your two senators.
We've gotten many reports of citizens calling their Senators
EVERY DAY, and I want to challenge every member of our team
to do the same. Here's a number of KEY talking points:
1. You are disappointed that the Senate is reconsidering the
amnesty bill.
2. A "yes" vote on cloture is a "yes" vote for amnesty.
3. Vote NO on cloture for the Bush-Kennedy Amnesty bill.
Your two senators:
Sen. Murkowski (202) 224-6665
Sen. Stevens (202) 224-3004
I'm also asking team members from Mississippi to contact Mr. Lott,
to let him know that his constituents who oppose amnesty certainly
know where Gulfport is!
Here's his number: 202/224-6253
Or call his district offices: Jackson, 601/965-4644;
Gulfport, 228/863-1988; Pascagoula, 228/762-5400;
Oxford, 662/234-3774
To recap, AMNESTY IS COMING BACK perhaps as soon as Friday and
certainly by next Monday. We've been told the back-room deal cut
last week is in motion, and a plan to manipulate Senate rules
and tie the hands of Senators opposing the amnesty bill is underway.
YOU AND I are the last line of defense!
Thanks for your help fighting amnesty!
Steve Elliott, President
Grassfire.org
P.S: I've just heard that the AFL-CIO is finally realizing that
an amnesty bill would devastate and demoralize their membership.
They have come out strongly against this bill!
Call, write, email, fax...
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