A friend posted They are counting calls about confirming Bannon's

[elleng]

appointment to the NSC. Call!
"Hi my name is ______. I am an American citizen of (zip code) and I am opposed to Bannon on the National Security Council."
THAT'S IT! took me 20 seconds.
Call and leave a message! You don't have to talk to anyone. The Senate Committee on Homeland Security is taking calls about Bannon's appointment to the NSC.
You can call: 1-202-224-4751.
Please spread the word by cutting and pasting this

[MrPurple]

1. Does Bannon's appointment to the NSC require Senate approval?

[left-of-center2012]

3. Apparently not

"It appears unlikely that Bannon needs to be confirmed by the Senate to sit on the Principals committee of the National Security Council or attend meetings as an invitee"

http://www.snopes.com/steve-bannon-need-senate-confirmation-hearing-sit-nsc/

[onenote]

4. Nope.

Just as the appointment of other white house aides to the NSC and/or the Principals Committee hasn't required confirmation in the past (and that's including aides who were more clearly named as members of the NSC that Bannon was in Trump's EO).

[MrPurple]

5. There were the same posts in here about calling for recounts after the election

I guess it can't hurt, but there were the same posts after the election saying that "a friend" said that the white house is counting calls about having a recount. If the Senate has no say in the NSC, they're not going to step in now and I wonder if they get flooded with meaningless calls if it detracts from times when you actually could effect change.

[intheflow]

6. I'm cool with inundating the Committee on Homeland Security with phone calls,

He may not need Senate approval, but every phone call demonstrates citizen unease with him sitting there and citizen awareness that this is not normal. Even if they start onboard with him, a large volume of calls can plant seeds of doubt that can come to fruition later - perhaps with his removal through back channels.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. done

[Liberty Belle]

7. I called and got the mesasge machine today.

I said anyone who ran an anti-Semitic and racist website should be nowhere near the National Security Council, or even anywhere in the White House.

[gopiscrap]

8. Excellent

[herding cats]

9. Oh, I hadn't thought to do this yet!

Thank you, I'm going to call, too.