Larisa Alexandrovna: Welcome to the final stages of the coup...

[babylonsister]

Larisa Alexandrovna
Posted September 20, 2008 | 08:11 PM (EST)
Welcome to the final stages of the coup...


If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it. ~ Julius Caesar

In 2000, the long fought for and long admired democracy of the United States of America began a slow and steady decline toward fascism - a Bush family tradition - with the installment of a president - a man the citizens overwhelmingly rejected (although the funny math told a still believed myth) - by a few corrupt judges on the US Supreme Court. That coup is now nearly complete and checkmate is all but unavoidable.

Let me first point you to the Bush administration's so-called Wall Street bailout bill, here, so that you can see for yourself that this treachery is being conducted in the light of day. Fascism is finally and formally out of the right-wing closet even if the F word is not yet openly being used (although it should be, and often).

Now, if you do not yet understand that the Wall Street crisis is a man-made disaster done through intentional deregulation and corruption, I have a bridge in Alaska to sell to you (or Sara Palin does anyway). This manufactured crisis is now to be remedied, if the fiscal fascists get their way, with the total transfer of Congressional powers (the few that still remain) to the Executive Branch and the total transfer of public funds into corporate (via government as intermediary) hands.

Adam Davidson of NPR blogs about the so-called bailout bill as follows:

I would guess that this has to be one of the biggest peacetime transfers of power from Congress to the Administration in history. (Anyone know?). Certainly one of the most concise.

The Treasury Secretary can buy broadly defined assets, on any terms he wants, he can hire anyone he wants to do it and can appoint private sector companies as financial deputies of the US government. And he can write whatever regulation he thinks are needed.

Most importantly, Davidson points to this passage in the bill:

Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.

more...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larisa-alexandrovna/welcome-to-the-final-stag_b_127990.html

[BrklynLiberal]

1. To the greatest.....

[Naturalist]

100. QUESTIONS

1. Why do I have to pay through tax dollars to ensure that your 401k doesn't take a BIG FALL? You want to GAMBLE you take the loss. I don't help GAMBLERS who loose their money!

2. Look if this is truly about Businesses and Future Homeowners being able to get loans then Start a new agency that will loan the money to those who need it if they qualify instead of giving it to Businesses that have managed poorly. Since we now own Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac why not make Fannie Mae for homes and Freddie Mac for businesses and those two use the TRILLION DOLLARS for loans. No BAILOUTS for Businesses. Loans Yes Bailouts NO if they qualify!!!!!!!. BAILOUT HOMEOWNERS that need the help if they qualify ONLY. You got to think faster than these crooks people!!!!

[Naturalist]

102. FOREIGN BANKS BAILOUT HELP

Are you going to let this happen also?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080921/pl_politico/13690

[rhett o rick]

105. How do you bail out home owners? Borrow money from China? nm

[Naturalist]

107. Do you not know?

Use the same money they want to bailout the Banks. Do you not know what Paulson is asking for? A TRILLION DOLLARS to bail out the banks. Use that Money. Use that Money. Use that Money. Do you understand!

[Naturalist]

108. Do Democrats really get it?

I would like to point out first, that the Republican Mantra has always been privatizing social security. Investing in the Stock Market is a Gamble, always has been, and some people lost everything in 1929. This is why I never invest in the Stock Market and why I have opposed privatizing Social Security. What is happening right now, is their plans have failed miserably. They are scrambling to get money to help keep it propped up so it doesn't fall. Another Mantra they have is Ownership Society, which is another way of saying your on your own. They don't like Social Security and Welfare becuase it helps people not Corporations. If your a Democrat that has invested in the Stock Market you should be ashamed of yourself. I know a lot of you have. You have been proping up the only thing that backs all their Mantras. Without it they have nothing. I for one, aggresively oppose helping out the Stock Market. I don't have any pity what so ever for Gamblers. You loose your money too bad. I however, do have pity for Corporations that I am working for, provided that they have listened to at least some of my suggestions. If they have not listened at all, well, then why should I have pitty for them? I have worked for many Companies that I warned them about what they were doing. They are no longer in business. Same goes for any neighbor that doesn't seem to get it. If it's a neighbor that him or his wife has gone through some medical problems or have lost a job but are aggresively looking for another and have taken that minimun wage job while looking for something better then YES I do have pity for them and would like to help. That is Democrat!

[rhett o rick]

109. No I don't. Where is THAT MONEY coming from. We would be borrowing money to pay our debts. That's

how we got into this mess.

[Naturalist]

114. Money is just paper.

There is no value to money. It is just a tool that replaced the bartering system. We give it value. They print money. It takes ink and paper. So just what is your point. They have printed money and will continue to print money. The point is, not to help the Corporations unless they Qualify and to do that you must have them meet certain requirements. If they don't meet those requirements let them fall. First things first, Large CEO and White Collar payrolls need to go for Corporations requesting loans. If you can print the money for bailing out Corporations then print the money first to bail out the homeowners who qualify. Have you forgotten that this is TAX PAYER Money that comes from the Fed or the Treasury. That this country is suppose to be run by it's CITIZENS not Corporations. If not you are on the wrong forum board and website.

[AzDar]

2. This is an outrage.

Where is the fucking resistance from Capitol Hill??

[99th_Monkey]

51. This may help answer your question.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4046991&mesg_id=4046991

[JDPriestly]

71. This proposal consolidates control of the economy under Bush.

There is no court review. The administration can violate any law or regulation it wants. Congress only gets to review the actions of the administration at certain intervals and via a report.

This is a coup. This bill has nothing to do with resolving the economic problems. It is a coup. We have to get everyone to contact their Congressman.

Republicans should also oppose this. This virtually abolishes the right to private property.

Think about it. The government is given the authority to do whatever it wants with the foreclosed properties. If it sells them for pennies on the dollar, it puts more downward pressure on the value of the remaining properties not in foreclosure. Once your property is valued at less than the amount you owe on your mortgage, your bank can (under some mortgages) place you in default even if you haven't missed mortgage payments. That could happen really fast if the government starts selling properties really cheap to the very wealthy.

Also, this proposal affects the Contracts clause in the Constitution, pretty much does away with the separation of powers with regard to spending any money that would be taken in by the Treasury through sale of properties. It deprives you of the right to question a government foreclosure of your property in court.

If you think about how money is leveraged in the economy, then this proposal would give the government near total power over the economy. This is unacceptable. This is a coup. Call your Congressman and don't stop. Stay home from work and call and call and call. Don't let them have any peace. This is especially true if you have a Blue Dog or Republican congressman. This is not just in violation of liberal ideals. It should anger conservatives even more than it does us. This goes much, much too far.

[davidwparker]

136. the Democratically controlled Capitol Hill that is.

[Eric J in MN]

3. Please email your Senators and Congressperson....

...against giving $700 billion to Bush in general, and/or against that section of the bill in particular:

No Court Review!

"Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency."

[dgibby]

13. Who Am I going to tell-Lindsey Graham? nt

[Eric J in MN]

17. Maybe you should contact Senator Harry Reid and Rep. Nancy Pelosi...

...as the Democratic leaders, if you don't have a Democratic Congress member.

[Zhade]

55. You mean the same cowards who are willing to let criminals walk (all over them)?

Like that means SHIT.

[dgibby]

21. Well,

because they're complicit? IMO, this is probably one of the reasons impeachment isn't on the table.

[No Elephants]

70. YES! Definitely tell Graham. With a copy to Reid and Pelosi shown.

[JDPriestly]

72. Yes. Tell Lindsay Graham.

[NewJeffCT]

74. YES - then he cannot say that "nobody contacted my office about it"

at least honestly.

[cui bono]

121. YES!!! You must! I know it will be deaf ears but if enough people call him he

will smell trouble for his future and that is the only way to get people like him to not totally and completely screw you over. He has to feel pressure that his job is on the line. If you don't speak up that will never happen.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

22. Contact info RIGHT HERE:

Phone, fax, and online email for every Senator & Representative -- if you have GOPer rep, tell them you are a GOPer and let'em know you'll rememeber this at election time!

Washington

Senator Patty Murray (D- WA) 202-224-2621 202-224-0238 http://murray.senate.gov/email/index.cfm
Senator Maria Cantwell (D- WA) 202-224-3441 202-228-0514 http://cantwell.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
Representative Jay Inslee (D - 01) 202-225-6311 202-226-1606 http://www.house.gov/inslee/contact/email.html
Representative Rick R. Larsen (D - 02) 202-225-2605 202-225-4420 http://www.house.gov/larsen/IMA/issue_subscribe.shtml
Representative Brian Baird (D - 03) 202-225-3536 202-225-3478 http://www.house.gov/baird/IMA/email.shtml
Representative Richard (Doc) Hastings (R - 04) 202-225-5816 202-225-3251 http://hastings.house.gov/ContactForm.aspx
Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R - 05) 202-225-2006 202-225-3392 http://www.mcmorris.house.gov/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm
Representative Norman D. Dicks (D - 06) 202-225-5916 202-226-1176 http://www.house.gov/dicks/email.shtml
Representative Jim McDermott (D - 07) 202-225-3106 202-225-6197 http://www.house.gov/mcdermott/contact.shtml
Representative Dave Reichert (R - 08) 202-225-7761 202-225-4282 http://reichert.house.gov/Contact/ZipAuth.htm
Representative Adam Smith (D - 09) 202-225-8901 202-225-5893 http://www.house.gov/adamsmith/IMA/email.shtml



Oregon

Senator Ron Wyden (D- OR) 202-224-5244 202-228-2717 http://wyden.senate.gov/contact/
Senator Gordon Smith (R- OR) 202-224-3753 202-228-3997 http://gsmith.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Representative David Wu (D - 01) 202-225-0855 202-225-9497 http://www.house.gov/wu/email.shtml
Representative Greg Walden (R - 02) 202-225-6730 202-225-5774 http://walden.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactGreg.Home
Representative Earl Blumenauer (D - 03) 202-225-4811 202-225-8941 http://blumenauer.house.gov/index.php?option=com_email_form&Itemid=206
Representative Peter A. DeFazio (D - 04) 202-225-6416 202-225-0032 http://www.house.gov/formdefazio/contact.html
Representative Darlene Hooley (D - 05) 202-225-5711 202-225-5699 http://hooley.house.gov/index.asp?Type=DYNAFORM&
SEC={9BDA1E4D-2430-4E7D-B7AB-236B60C42F5A}


Montana

Senator Max Baucus (D- MT) 202-224-2651 202-224-0515 http://baucus.senate.gov/contact/emailForm.cfm?subj=issue
Senator Jon Tester (D- MT) 202-224-2644 202-224-8594 http://tester.senate.gov/Contact/index.cfm
Representative Dennis Rehberg (R - Montana At Large) 202-225-3211 202-225-5687 http://www.house.gov/writerep/


Idaho

Senator Larry E. Craig (R- ID) 202-224-2752 202-228-1067 http://craig.senate.gov/webform.cfm
Senator Mike Crapo (R- ID) 202-224-6142 202-228-1375 http://crapo.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
Representative Bill Sali (R - 01) 202-225-6611 202-225-3029 http://sali.house.gov/zipauth.shtml
Representative Mike Simpson (R - 02) 202-225-5531 202-225-8216 http://www.house.gov/simpson/emailme.shtml


Nevada

Senator Harry Reid (D- NV) 202-224-3542 202-224-7327 http://reid.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
Senator John Ensign (R- NV) 202-224-6244 202-228-2193 http://ensign.senate.gov/forms/email_form.cfm
Representative Shelley Berkley (D - 01) 202-225-5965 202-225-3119 http://berkley.house.gov/contact/email.html
Representative Dean Heller (R - 02) 202-225-6155 202-225-5679 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Jon Porter (R - 03) 202-225-3252 202-225-2185 http://www.house.gov/writerep/



Wyoming

Senator Michael Enzi (R- WY) 202-224-3424 202-228-0359 http://enzi.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?
FuseAction=ContactInformation.EmailSenatorEnzi

Senator John A. Barrasso (R- WY) 202-224-6441 202-224-1724 http://barrasso.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?
FuseAction=ContactUs.ContactForm
Representative Barbara Cubin (R - Wyoming At Large) 202-225-2311 202-225-3057 http://www.house.gov/cubin/zip_auth.shtml


Utah


Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R- UT) 202-224-5251 202-224-6331 http://hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Offices.Contact
Senator Robert F. Bennett (R- UT) 202-224-5444 202-228-1168 http://bennett.senate.gov/contact/email_opinion.cfm
Representative Rob Bishop (R - 01) 202-225-0453 202-225-5857 http://robbishop.house.gov/ZipAuth.aspx
Representative James D. Matheson (D - 02) 202-225-3011 202-225-5638 http://www.house.gov/matheson/contact.shtml
Representative Chris Cannon (R - 03) 202-225-7751 202-225-5629 [e-mail]

Arizona


Senator John McCain (R- AZ) 202-224-2235 202-228-2862 http://mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?
FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm
Senator Jon Kyl (R- AZ) 202-224-4521 202-224-2207 http://kyl.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Representative Rick Renzi (R - 01) 202-225-2315 202-226-9739 http://www.house.gov/renzi/email.shtml
Representative Trent Franks (R - 02) 202-225-4576 202-225-6328 http://www.house.gov/franks/IMA/email.shtml
Representative John B. Shadegg (R - 03) 202-225-3361 202-225-3462 http://www.house.gov/formshadegg/emailtemplate.htm
Representative Ed Pastor (D - 04) 202-225-4065 202-225-1655 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Harry Mitchell (D - 05) 202-225-2190 202-225-3263 http://mitchell.house.gov/contact/
Representative Jeff Flake (R - 06) 202-225-2635 202-226-4386 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Raul Grijalva (D - 07) 202-225-2435 202-225-1541 http://grijalva.house.gov/?sectionid=49§iontree=249
Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D - 08) 202-225-2542 202-225-0378 http://giffords.house.gov/contact/email/

North Dakota

Senator Kent Conrad (D- ND) 202-224-2043 202-224-7776 https://conrad.senate.gov/contact/webform.cfm
Senator Byron L. Dorgan (D- ND) 202-224-2551 202-224-1193 [e-mail]
Representative Earl Pomeroy (D - North Dakota At Large) 202-225-2611 202-226-0893 http://www.house.gov/formpomeroy/zipauth.htm


South Dakota

Senator Tim Johnson (D- SD) 202-224-5842 202-228-5765 http://johnson.senate.gov/contact/
Senator John R. Thune (R- SD) 202-224-2321 202-228-5429 http://thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Email
Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D - South Dakota At Large) 202-225-2801 202-225-5823 [e-mail]



Nebraska

Senator Chuck Hagel (R- NE) 202-224-4224 202-224-5213 http://hagel.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Senator Ben Nelson (D- NE) 202-224-6551 202-228-0012 http://bennelson.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
Representative Jeff Fortenberry (R - 01) 202-225-4806 202-225-5686 http://fortenberry.house.gov/contactform_zipcheck.shtml
Representative Lee Terry (R - 02) 202-225-4155 202-226-5452 http://www.house.gov/formleeterry/IMA/issue.htm
Representative Adrian Smith (R - 03) 202-225-6435 202-225-0207 http://www.house.gov/formadriansmith/issues_subscribe.htm



Colorado

Senator Wayne Allard (R- CO) 202-224-5941 202-224-6471 http://allard.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Senator Ken Salazar (D- CO) 202-224-5852 202-228-5036 http://salazar.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
Representative Diana DeGette (D - 01) 202-225-4431 202-225-5657 http://www.house.gov/formdegette/zip_auth.htm
Representative Mark Udall (D - 02) 202-225-2161 202-226-7840 http://markudall.house.gov/HoR/CO02/Contact+Mark/Contact+Mark.htm
Representative John Salazar (D - 03) 202-225-4761 202-226-9669 http://www.house.gov/salazar/contact.shtml
Representative Marilyn Musgrave (R - 04) 202-225-4676 202-225-5870 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Doug Lamborn (R - 05) 202-225-4422 202-226-2638 http://lamborn.house.gov/ZipAuth.aspx
Representative Tom Tancredo (R - 06) 202-225-7882 202-226-4623 http://tancredo.house.gov/contact/contact_contacttom.shtml
Representative Ed Perlmutter (D - 07) 202-225-2645 202-225-5278 http://perlmutter.house.gov/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm


New Mexico

Senator Pete V. Domenici (R- NM) 202-224-6621 202-228-3261 http://domenici.senate.gov/contact/contactform.cfm
Senator Jeff Bingaman (D- NM) 202-224-5521 202-224-2852 http://bingaman.senate.gov/contact/types/email-issue.cfm
Representative Heather A. Wilson (R - 01) 202-225-6316 202-225-4975 http://wilson.house.gov/Contact.aspx
Representative Steve Pearce (R - 02) 202-225-2365 202-225-9599 http://pearce.house.gov/contact/issue_subscribe.htm
Representative Thomas Udall (D - 03) 202-225-6190 202-226-1331 http://www.tomudall.house.gov/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=223



Kansas

Senator Sam Brownback (R- KS) 202-224-6521 202-228-1265 http://brownback.senate.gov/CMEmailMe.cfm
Senator Pat Roberts (R- KS) 202-224-4774 202-224-3514 http://roberts.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?
FuseAction=ContactInformation.EmailPat

Representative Jerry Moran (R - 01) 202-225-2715 202-225-5124 http://www.jerrymoran.house.gov/index.php?
option=com_content&
task=view&id=117&Itemid=128
Representative Nancy Boyda (D - 02) 202-225-6601 202-225-7986 http://boyda.house.gov/?sectionid=55
Representative Dennis Moore (D - 03) 202-225-2865 202-225-2807 http://www.moore.house.gov/contact/index.shtml
Representative Todd Tiahrt (R - 04) 202-225-6216 202-225-3489 http://tiahrt.house.gov/?sectionid=12


Oklahoma

Senator James M. Inhofe (R- OK) 202-224-4721 202-228-0380 http://www.inhofe.senate.gov/public/
index.cfm?
FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm
Senator Tom Coburn (R- OK) 202-224-5754 202-224-6008 http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?
FuseAction=ContactSenatorCoburn.Home

Representative John Sullivan (R - 01) 202-225-2211 202-225-9187 http://sullivan.house.gov/contact/write.htm
Representative Dan Boren (D - 02) 202-225-2701 202-225-3038 http://www.house.gov/boren/emailsignup.shtml
Representative Frank D. Lucas (R - 03) 202-225-5565 202-225-8698 http://www.house.gov/lucas/zipauth.htm
Representative Tom Cole (R - 04) 202-225-6165 202-225-3512 http://www.cole.house.gov/contact-tom.html
Representative Mary Fallin (R - 05) 202-225-2132 202-226-1463 http://fallin.house.gov/send_email_zip_authentication.shtml


Texas

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R- TX) 202-224-5922 202-224-0776 http://hutchison.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Senator John Cornyn (R- TX) 202-224-2934 202-228-2856 http://cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?
FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm
Representative Louie Gohmert (R - 01) 202-225-3035 202-226-1230 http://gohmert.house.gov/contact_louie.htm
Representative Ted Poe (R - 02) 202-225-6565 202-225-5547 http://poe.house.gov/email/
Representative Sam Johnson (R - 03) 202-225-4201 202-225-1485 http://www.house.gov/formsamjohnson/IMA/issue.htm
Representative Ralph M. Hall (R - 04) 202-225-6673 202-225-3332 http://www.house.gov/ralphhall/IMA/zipauth.htm
Representative Jeb Hensarling (R - 05) 202-225-3484 202-226-4888 http://www.house.gov/hensarling/contact_web.shtml
Representative Joe Barton (R - 06) 202-225-2002 202-225-3052 http://joebarton.house.gov/ContactJoe.aspx?Type=Contact
Representative John A. Culberson (R - 07) 202-225-2571 202-225-4381 http://www.culberson.house.gov/contactinfo.aspx
Representative Kevin Brady (R - 08) 202-225-4901 202-225-5524 [e-mail]
Representative Al Green (D - 09) 202-225-7508 202-225-2947 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Michael T. McCaul (R - 10) 202-225-2401 202-225-5955 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Mike Conaway (R - 11) 202-225-3605 202-225-1783 http://conaway.house.gov/Contact/default.aspx#email
Representative Kay Granger (R - 12) 202-225-5071 202-225-5683 http://kaygranger.house.gov/?sectionid=46§iontree=46
Representative Mac Thornberry (R - 13) 202-225-3706 202-225-3486 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Ron Paul (R - 14) 202-225-2831 http://www.house.gov/paul/contact.shtml
Representative Ruben Hinojosa (D - 15) 202-225-2531 202-225-5688 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Silvestre Reyes (D - 16) 202-225-4831 202-225-2016 http://wwwc.house.gov/reyes/voice_your_opinion.asp
Representative Chet Edwards (D - 17) 202-225-6105 202-225-0350 http://edwards.house.gov/html/contact_form_email.cfm
Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee (D - 18) 202-225-3816 202-225-3317 http://www.jacksonlee.house.gov/contact.shtml
Representative Randy Neugebauer (R - 19) 202-225-4005 202-225-9615 http://www.randy.house.gov/?sectionid=65§iontree=865
Representative Charles A. Gonzalez (D - 20) 202-225-3236 202-225-1915 http://www.gonzalez.house.gov/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=170
Representative Lamar Smith (R - 21) 202-225-4236 202-225-8628 http://lamarsmith.house.gov/contact.aspx?section=Mail
Representative Nick Lampson (D - 22) 202-225-5951 202-225-5241 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Ciro Rodriguez (D - 23) 202-225-4511 202-225-2237 http://www.rodriguez.house.gov/index.php?
option=com_content&
task=view&id=70&Itemid=46
Representative Kenny Marchant (R - 24) 202-225-6605 202-225-0074 http://marchant.house.gov/emailkenny.shtml
Representative Lloyd Doggett (D - 25) 202-225-4865 202-225-3073 http://www.house.gov/doggett/doggett_ima/doggett_get_address.htm
Representative Michael Burgess (R - 26) 202-225-7772 202-225-2919 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Solomon P. Ortiz (D - 27) 202-225-7742 202-226-1134 http://www.house.gov/formortiz/issue.htm
Representative Henry Cuellar (D - 28) 202-225-1640 202-225-1641 http://cuellar.house.gov/Contact/SendMeAnEmail.htm
Representative Gene Green (D - 29) 202-225-1688 202-225-9903 http://www.house.gov/green/contact/
Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (D - 30) 202-225-8885 202-226-1477 http://www.house.gov/ebjohnson/IMA/issue_subscribe.shtml
Representative John Carter (R - 31) 202-225-3864 202-225-5886 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Pete Sessions (R - 32) 202-225-2231 202-225-5878 http://www.house.gov/sessionsform/emailform.htm


Minnesots

Senator Norm Coleman (R- MN) 202-224-5641 202-224-1152 http://coleman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?
FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D- MN) 202-224-3244 202-228-2186 http://klobuchar.senate.gov/emailamy.cfm
Representative Tim Walz (D - 01) 202-225-2472 202-225-3433 http://walz.house.gov/zip_auth.shtm
Representative John Kline (R - 02) 202-225-2271 202-225-2595 http://kline.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactInformation.ContactForm&
To=[e-mail]&
CFID=19823850&CFTOKEN=41563932
Representative Jim Ramstad (R - 03) 202-225-2871 202-225-6351 http://www.house.gov/ramstad/contact_jim.html
Representative Betty McCollum (D - 04) 202-225-6631 202-225-1968 http://mccollum.house.gov/custom/mccollum-contactme.asp
Representative Keith Ellison (D - 05) 202-225-4755 202-225-4886 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Michele Bachmann (R - 06) 202-225-2331 202-225-6475 http://bachmann.house.gov/Email/
Representative Collin C. Peterson (D - 07) 202-225-2165 202-225-1593 http://collinpeterson.house.gov/email.html
Representative James L. Oberstar (D - 08) 202-225-6211 202-225-0699 http://wwwc.house.gov/oberstar/zipauth.htm


Iowa

Senator Charles E. Grassley (R- IA) 202-224-3744 202-224-6020 http://grassley.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Senator Tom Harkin (D- IA) 202-224-3254 202-224-9369 http://harkin.senate.gov/c/
Representative Bruce Braley (D - 01) 202-225-2911 202-225-6666 https://forms.house.gov/braley/webforms/issue_subscribe.html
Representative Dave Loebsack (D - 02) 202-225-6576 202-226-0757 http://loebsack.house.gov/contactform/
Representative Leonard L. Boswell (D - 03) 202-225-3806 202-225-5608 http://boswell.house.gov/article.asp?id=279
Representative Tom Latham (R - 04) 202-225-5476 202-225-3301 http://www.tomlatham.house.gov/Contact/
Representative Steve King (R - 05) 202-225-4426 202-225-3193 http://www.house.gov/steveking/email.shtm


Missouri

Senator Kit Bond (R- MO) 202-224-5721 202-224-8149 http://bond.senate.gov/contact/contactme.cfm
Senator Claire McCaskill (D- MO) 202-224-6154 202-228-6326 http://mccaskill.senate.gov/contact/
Representative William Lacy Clay, Jr. (D - 01) 202-225-2406 202-226-3717 http://lacyclay.house.gov/contact.htm
Representative Todd Akin (R - 02) 202-225-2561 202-225-2563 http://www.house.gov/akin/email.shtml
Representative Russ Carnahan (D - 03) 202-225-2671 202-225-7452 http://carnahan.house.gov/contact.shtml
Representative Ike Skelton (D - 04) 202-225-2876 202-225-2695 http://www.house.gov/skelton/email.shtml
Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D - 05) 202-225-4535 202-225-4403 http://www.house.gov/cleaver/IMA/issue.htm
Representative Samuel B. Graves (R - 06) 202-225-7041 202-225-8221 http://www.house.gov/graves/contact.shtml
Representative Roy Blunt (R - 07) 202-225-6536 202-225-5604 http://www.blunt.house.gov/Contact.aspx
Representative Jo Ann Emerson (R - 08) 202-225-4404 202-226-0326 http://www.house.gov/emerson/contact/
Representative Kenny C. Hulshof (R - 09) 202-225-2956 202-225-5712 http://hulshof.house.gov/Contact.aspx



Arkansas

Senator Blanche Lambert Lincoln (D- AR) 202-224-4843 202-228-1371 http://lincoln.senate.gov/webform.html
Senator Mark Pryor (D- AR) 202-224-2353 202-228-0908 http://pryor.senate.gov/contact/
Representative Marion Berry (D - 01) 202-225-4076 202-225-5602 http://www.house.gov/berry/zipauth.shtml
Representative Vic Snyder (D - 02) 202-225-2506 202-225-5903 http://www.house.gov/snyder/contact-form.shtml
Representative John Boozman (R - 03) 202-225-4301 202-225-5713 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Michael A. Ross (D - 04) 202-225-3772 202-225-1314 http://ross.house.gov/?sectionid=77§iontree=7677


Louisiana

Senator Mary Landrieu (D- LA) 202-224-5824 202-224-9735 http://landrieu.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
Senator David Vitter (R- LA) 202-224-4623 202-228-5061 http://vitter.senate.gov/?module=webformIQV1
Representative Steve Scalise (R - 01) 202-225-3015 202-226-0386 http://www.scalise.house.gov/contactform_zipcheck.shtml
Representative William J. Jefferson (D - 02) 202-225-6636 202-225-1988 http://jefferson.house.gov/?sectionid=8§iontree=38
Representative Charlie Melancon (D - 03) 202-225-4031 202-226-3944 http://www.melancon.house.gov/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=205
Representative Jim McCrery (R - 04) 202-225-2777 202-225-8039 http://mccrery.house.gov/FormCheck.asp
Representative Rodney Alexander (R - 05) 202-225-8490 202-225-5639 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Don Cazayoux (D - 06) 202-225-3901 202-225-7313 https://forms.house.gov/cazayoux/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm
Representative Charles W. Boustany, Jr. (R - 07) 202-225-2031 202-225-5724 http://boustany.house.gov/ContactCharles.asp



Wisonsin

Senator Herb Kohl (D- WI) 202-224-5653 202-224-9787 http://kohl.senate.gov/gen_contact.html
Senator Russell D. Feingold (D- WI) 202-224-5323 202-224-2725 http://feingold.senate.gov/contact_opinion.html
Representative Paul Ryan (R - 01) 202-225-3031 202-225-3393 http://www.house.gov/ryan/email.htm
Representative Tammy Baldwin (D - 02) 202-225-2906 202-225-6942 http://www.house.gov/formbaldwin/IMA/get_address.htm
Representative Ron Kind (D - 03) 202-225-5506 202-225-5739 http://www.house.gov/kind/contact.shtml
Representative Gwen Moore (D - 04) 202-225-4572 202-225-8135 http://www.house.gov/gwenmoore/contact.shtml
Representative F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R - 05) 202-225-5101 202-225-3190 http://sensenbrenner.house.gov/email_zip.htm
Representative Thomas E. Petri (R - 06) 202-225-2476 202-225-2356 http://www.obey.house.gov/index.php?
option=com_content&
task=view&id=364&Itemid=1
Representative David R. Obey (D - 07) 202-225-3365 http://www.obey.house.gov/index.php?
option=com_content&
task=view&id=637&Itemid=187
Representative Steve Kagen (D - 08) 202-225-5665 202-225-5729 http://kagen.house.gov/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm


Illinois

Senator Richard J. Durbin (D- IL) 202-224-2152 202-228-0400 http://durbin.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Senator Barack Obama (D- IL) 202-224-2854 202-228-4260 http://obama.senate.gov/contact/
Representative Bobby L. Rush (D - 01) 202-225-4372 202-226-0333 http://www.house.gov/rush/zipauth.shtml
Representative Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D - 02) 202-225-0773 202-225-0899 http://www.jessejacksonjr.org/contact.htm
Representative Dan Lipinski (D - 03) 202-225-5701 202-225-1012 http://www.house.gov/formlipinski/zipauth.html
Representative Luis V. Gutierrez (D - 04) 202-225-8203 202-225-7810 http://luisgutierrez.house.gov/singlepage.aspx?newsid=1262
Representative Rahm Emanuel (D - 05) 202-225-4061 202-225-5603 https://forms.house.gov/emanuel/IMA/email_zipcheck.shtml
Representative Peter Roskam (R - 06) 202-225-4561 202-225-1166 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Danny Davis (D - 07) 202-225-5006 202-225-5641 http://www.house.gov/davis/zipauth.htm
Representative Melissa Bean (D - 08) 202-225-3711 202-225-7830 http://www.house.gov/bean/issue_subscribe.htm
Representative Janice Schakowsky (D - 09) 202-225-2111 202-226-6890 http://www.house.gov/schakowsky/email.shtml
Representative Mark S. Kirk (R - 10) 202-225-4835 202-225-0837 http://www.house.gov/kirk/zipauth.shtml
Representative Jerry Weller (R - 11) 202-225-3635 202-225-3521 http://www.house.gov/formweller/formweller/zipauth.htm
Representative Jerry F. Costello (D - 12) 202-225-5661 202-225-0285 http://costello.house.gov/IMA/issue_subscribe.shtml
Representative Judy Biggert (R - 13) 202-225-3515 202-225-9420 http://judybiggert.house.gov/ContactJudy.aspx
Representative Bill Foster (D - 14) 202-225-2976 202-225-0697 http://foster.house.gov/Contact/
Representative Timothy V. Johnson (R - 15) 202-225-2371 202-226-0791 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Donald A. Manzullo (R - 16) 202-225-5676 202-225-5284 http://manzullo.house.gov/zipauth.aspx
Representative Phil Hare (D - 17) 202-225-5905 202-225-5396 http://hare.house.gov/Contact/zipauth.htm
Representative Ray LaHood (R - 18) 202-225-6201 202-225-9249 http://www.house.gov/lahood/verify.shtml
Representative John Shimkus (R - 19) 202-225-5271 202-225-5880 http://www.house.gov/shimkus/emailme.shtml



Kentucky

Senator Mitch McConnell (R- KY) 202-224-2541 202-224-2499 http://mcconnell.senate.gov/contact_form.cfm
Senator Jim Bunning (R- KY) 202-224-4343 202-228-1373 http://bunning.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?
FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm
Representative Edward Whitfield (R - 01) 202-225-3115 202-225-3547 http://whitfield.house.gov/contact/index.shtml
Representative Ron Lewis (R - 02) 202-225-3501 202-226-2019 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative John Yarmuth (D - 03) 202-225-5401 202-225-5776 http://yarmuth.house.gov/?sectionid=68§iontree=62968
Representative Geoff Davis (R - 04) 202-225-3465 202-225-0003 http://geoffdavis.house.gov/Contact.aspx
Representative Harold Rogers (R - 05) 202-225-4601 202-225-0940 http://halrogers.house.gov/Contact.aspx
Representative Ben Chandler (D - 06) 202-225-4706 202-225-2122 http://www.house.gov/writerep/



Indiana

Senator Richard G. Lugar (R- IN) 202-224-4814 202-228-0360 [e-mail]
Senator Evan Bayh (D- IN) 202-224-5623 202-228-1377 http://bayh.senate.gov/contact/email/
Representative Peter J. Visclosky (D - 01) 202-225-2461 202-225-2493 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Joe Donnelly (D - 02) 202-225-3915 202-225-6798 http://donnelly.house.gov/issue_subscribe.shtml
Representative Mark Edward Souder (R - 03) 202-225-4436 202-225-3479 http://souder.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm
Representative Stephen E. Buyer (R - 04) 202-225-5037 202-225-2267 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Dan Burton (R - 05) 202-225-2276 202-225-0016 http://www.house.gov/burton/zipauth.htm
Representative Mike Pence (R - 06) 202-225-3021 202-225-3382 https://forms.house.gov/pence/IMA/contact_form.htm
Representative Andre Carson (D - 07) 202-225-4011 202-225-5633 http://carson.house.gov/contact.me.shtml
Representative Brad Ellsworth (D - 08) 202-225-4636 202-225-3284 http://www.ellsworth.house.gov/index.php?
option=com_content&
task=view&id=126&Itemid=
Representative Baron P. Hill (D - 09) 202-225-5315 202-226-6866 http://baronhill.house.gov/IMA/issue_subscribe.shtml


Tennessee

Senator Lamar Alexander (R- TN) 202-224-4944 202-228-3398 http://alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Senator Bob Corker (R- TN) 202-224-3344 202-228-0566 http://corker.senate.gov/Contact/index.cfm
Representative David Davis (R - 01) 202-225-6356 202-225-5714 http://daviddavis.house.gov/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm
Representative John J. Duncan, Jr. (R - 02) 202-225-5435 202-225-6440 http://www.house.gov/duncan/contactform_zipcheck.shtml
Representative Zach Wamp (R - 03) 202-225-3271 202-225-3494 http://www.house.gov/wamp/contact_email.shtm
Representative Lincoln Davis (D - 04) 202-225-6831 202-226-5172 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Jim Cooper (D - 05) 202-225-4311 202-226-1035 http://www.cooper.house.gov/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=117
Representative Bart Gordon (D - 06) 202-225-4231 202-225-6887 http://gordon.house.gov/contact/index.shtml
Representative Marsha Blackburn (R - 07) 202-225-2811 202-225-3004 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative John S. Tanner (D - 08) 202-225-4714 202-225-1765 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Steve Ira Cohen (D - 09) 202-225-3265 202-225-5663 http://cohen.house.gov/index.php?option=com_email_form&Itemid=111



Mississippi

Senator Thad Cochran (R- MS) 202-224-5054 202-224-9450 http://cochran.senate.gov/contact.htm
Senator Roger F. Wicker (R- MS) 202-224-6253 202-228-0378 http://wicker.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?
FuseAction=Contact.EMailSenatorWicker

Representative Travis Childers (D - 01) 202-225-4306 202-225-3549 https://forms.house.gov/childers/webforms/contact.htm
Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D - 02) 202-225-5876 202-225-5898 http://benniethompson.house.gov/HoR/
MS02/
Contact+Bennie/Contact+Bennie.htm
Representative Charles W. (Chip) Pickering (R - 03) 202-225-5031 202-225-5797 http://www.house.gov/pickering/contact/
Representative Gene Taylor (D - 04) 202-225-5772 202-225-7074 https://forms.house.gov/genetaylor/webforms/zipauth.htm


Ohio

Senator George Voinovich (R- OH) 202-224-3353 202-228-1382 http://voinovich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?
FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm
Senator Sherrod Brown (D- OH) 202-224-2315 202-228-6321 http://brown.senate.gov/contact/
Representative Steve Chabot (R - 01) 202-225-2216 202-225-3012 http://www.house.gov/chabot/zipauth.shtml
Representative Jean Schmidt (R - 02) 202-225-3164 202-225-1992 http://www.house.gov/schmidt/contact.shtml
Representative Mike Turner (R - 03) 202-225-6465 202-225-6754 http://www.house.gov/miketurner/IMA/contact.shtml
Representative Jim Jordan (R - 04) 202-225-2676 202-226-0577 http://jordan.house.gov/contactform_zipcheck.shtml
Representative Robert E. Latta (R - 05) 202-225-6405 202-225-1985 http://latta.house.gov/contactform_zipcheck.shtml
Representative Charles Wilson (D - 06) 202-225-5705 202-225-5907 http://www.charliewilson.house.gov/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=139
Representative David L. Hobson (R - 07) 202-225-4324 202-225-1984 http://hobson.house.gov/contact.aspx
Representative John A. Boehner (R - 08) 202-225-6205 202-225-0704 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Marcy Kaptur (D - 09) 202-225-4146 202-225-7711 http://www.kaptur.house.gov/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=152
Representative Dennis J. Kucinich (D - 10) 202-225-5871 202-225-5745 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Vacant ( - 11) 202-225-7032 202-225-1339 None Currently Available
Representative Patrick J. Tiberi (R - 12) 202-225-5355 202-226-4523 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Betty Sutton (D - 13) 202-225-3401 202-225-2266 http://sutton.house.gov/about/emailform.cfm
Representative Steve C. LaTourette (R - 14) 202-225-5731 202-225-3307 http://latourette.house.gov/ContactSteve.aspx
Representative Deborah Pryce (R - 15) 202-225-2015 202-225-3529 http://www.house.gov/pryce/IMA/write.html
Representative Ralph Regula (R - 16) 202-225-3876 202-225-3059 http://regula.house.gov/zipauth.html
Representative Tim Ryan (D - 17) 202-225-5261 202-225-3719 http://timryan.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&
task=view&id=129&Itemid=42
Representative Zack T. Space (D - 18) 202-225-6265 202-225-3394 http://space.house.gov/?sectionid=61§iontree=2661


Alabama

Senator Richard C. Shelby (R- AL) 202-224-5744 202-224-3416 http://shelby.senate.gov/resources/contact.htm
Senator Jeff Sessions (R- AL) 202-224-4124 202-224-3149 http://sessions.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?
FuseAction=ConstituentServices.ContactMe

Representative Jo Bonner (R - 01) 202-225-4931 202-225-0562 http://bonner.house.gov/HoR/AL01/Contact+Jo/Email+Jo/
Representative Terry Everett (R - 02) 202-225-2901 202-225-8913 http://www.house.gov/formeverett/IMA/zipauth.html
Representative Mike Rogers (R - 03) 202-225-3261 202-226-8485 http://www.house.gov/mike-rogers/contact.shtml
Representative Robert B. Aderholt (R - 04) 202-225-4876 202-225-5587 http://aderholt.house.gov/?sectionid=195§iontree=195
Representative Bud Cramer, Jr. (D - 05) 202-225-4801 202-225-4392 http://cramer.house.gov/NR/exeres/3AFBDAAF-1015-4C72-95FC-474743BC67C2.htm

Representative Spencer Bachus (R - 06) 202-225-4921 202-225-2082 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Artur Davis (D - 07) 202-225-2665 202-226-9567 http://www.house.gov/arturdavis/zipauth.shtml


Maine

Senator Olympia Snowe (R- ME) 202-224-5344 202-224-1946 http://snowe.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?
FuseAction=ContactSenatorSnowe.Email

Senator Susan Collins (R- ME) 202-224-2523 202-224-2693 http://collins.senate.gov/public/continue.cfm?
FuseAction=ContactSenatorCollins.Email&
CFID=31278970&CFTOKEN=44699849
Representative Thomas H. Allen (D - 01) 202-225-6116 202-225-5590 [e-mail]
Representative Mike Michaud (D - 02) 202-225-6306 202-225-2943 http://www.michaud.house.gov/article.asp?id=389


Vermont

Senator Patrick J. Leahy (D- VT) 202-224-4242 202-224-3479 [e-mail]
Senator Bernie Sanders (I- VT) 202-224-5141 202-228-0776 http://www.sanders.senate.gov/comments/
Representative Peter Welch (D - Vermont At Large) 202-225-4115 202-225-6790 http://www.house.gov/formwelch/issue_subscribe.htm


New Hampshre

Senator Judd Gregg (R- NH) 202-224-3324 202-224-4952 http://gregg.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?
FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm
Senator John Sununu (R- NH) 202-224-2841 202-228-4131 [e-mail]
Representative Carol Shea-Porter (D - 01) 202-225-5456 202-225-5822 http://shea-porter.house.gov/?sectionid=84§iontree=84
Representative Paul Hodes, II (D - 02) 202-225-5206 202-225-2946 http://hodes.house.gov/contact.aspx


Massachusetts

Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D- MA) 202-224-4543 202-224-2417 http://kennedy.senate.gov/senator/contact.cfm
Senator John F. Kerry (D- MA) 202-224-2742 202-224-8525 http://kerry.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
Representative John W. Olver (D - 01) 202-225-5335 202-226-1224 http://www.house.gov/olver/contactme.html
Representative Richard E. Neal (D - 02) 202-225-5601 202-225-8112 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative James P. McGovern (D - 03) 202-225-6101 202-225-5759 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Barney Frank (D - 04) 202-225-5931 202-225-0182 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Niki Tsongas (D - 05) 202-225-3411 202-226-0771 http://tsongas.house.gov/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm
Representative John Tierney (D - 06) 202-225-8020 202-225-5915 http://www.house.gov/tierney/IMA/email.shtml
Representative Edward J. Markey (D - 07) 202-225-2836 202-226-0092 http://markey.house.gov/index.php?option=com_email_form&Itemid=124
Representative Michael Capuano (D - 08) 202-225-5111 202-225-9322 http://www.house.gov/capuano/contact/email.shtml
Representative Stephen Lynch (D - 09) 202-225-8273 202-225-3984 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Bill Delahunt (D - 10) 202-225-3111 202-225-5658 [e-mail]


Rhode Island

Senator Jack Reed (D- RI) 202-224-4642 202-224-4680 http://reed.senate.gov/contact/contact-share.cfm
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D- RI) 202-224-2921 202-228-6362 http://whitehouse.senate.gov/contact/
Representative Patrick J. Kennedy (D - 01) 202-225-4911 202-225-3290 http://www.house.gov/formpatrickkennedy/IMA/issue.htm
Representative James R. Langevin (D - 02) 202-225-2735 202-225-5976 http://langevin.house.gov/comments.shtml


Pennsylvaina

Senator Arlen Specter (R- PA) 202-224-4254 202-228-1229 http://specter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?
FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm
Senator Robert P. Casey (D- PA) 202-224-6324 202-228-0604 http://casey.senate.gov/contact/
Representative Robert A. Brady (D - 01) 202-225-4731 202-225-0088 http://www.house.gov/formrobertbrady/issue.htm
Representative Chaka Fattah (D - 02) 202-225-4001 202-225-5392 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Phil English (R - 03) 202-225-5406 202-225-3103 http://www.house.gov/english/zipauth.shtml
Representative Jason Altmire (D - 04) 202-225-2565 202-226-2274 https://forms.house.gov/altmire/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm
Representative John E. Peterson (R - 05) 202-225-5121 202-225-5796 http://www.house.gov/johnpeterson/ima/contact.htm
Representative Jim Gerlach (R - 06) 202-225-4315 202-225-8440 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Joe Sestak (D - 07) 202-225-2011 202-226-0280 http://sestak.house.gov/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm
Representative Patrick Murphy (D - 08) 202-225-4276 202-225-9511 http://www.patrickmurphy.house.gov/index.php?
option=com_content&
task=view&id=55&Itemid=86
Representative Bill Shuster (R - 09) 202-225-2431 202-225-2486 http://www.house.gov/shuster/zipauth.htm
Representative Christopher Carney (D - 10) 202-225-3731 202-225-9594 http://carney.house.gov/contact.shtml
Representative Paul E. Kanjorski (D - 11) 202-225-6511 202-225-0764 http://kanjorski.house.gov/?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&Itemid=
Representative John P. Murtha (D - 12) 202-225-2065 202-225-5709 https://forms.house.gov/murtha/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm
Representative Allyson Schwartz (D - 13) 202-225-6111 202-226-0611 http://schwartz.house.gov/issue_subscribe.shtml
Representative Michael F. Doyle (D - 14) 202-225-2135 202-225-3084 http://www.house.gov/doyle/email_mike.shtml
Representative Charles W. Dent (R - 15) 202-225-6411 202-226-0778 http://dent.house.gov/contact.aspx
Representative Joseph R. Pitts (R - 16) 202-225-2411 202-225-2013 http://www.house.gov/pitts/contact.shtml
Representative Tim Holden (D - 17) 202-225-5546 202-226-0996 http://www.holden.house.gov/feedback.cfm?
campaign=Holden&type=Let's%20Talk
Representative Tim Murphy (R - 18) 202-225-2301 202-225-1844 http://murphy.house.gov/Contact/zipauth.htm
Representative Todd R. Platts (R - 19) 202-225-5836 202-226-1000 http://www.house.gov/platts/email.shtml


New Jersey

Senator Frank Lautenberg (D- NJ) 202-224-3224 202-228-4054 http://lautenberg.senate.gov/contact/
Senator Robert Menendez (D- NJ) 202-224-4744 202-228-2197 http://menendez.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm
Representative Robert E. Andrews (D - 01) 202-225-6501 202-225-6583 http://www.house.gov/andrews/contact_form_za.shtml
Representative Frank A. LoBiondo (R - 02) 202-225-6572 202-225-3318 http://www.house.gov/lobiondo/IMA/issue.htm
Representative Jim Saxton (R - 03) 202-225-4765 202-225-0778 http://www.house.gov/saxton/email-jim-zip-entry.shtml
Representative Christopher H. Smith (R - 04) 202-225-3765 202-225-7768 http://chrissmith.house.gov/zipauth.html
Representative E. Scott Garrett (R - 05) 202-225-4465 202-225-9048 http://www.house.gov/formgarrett/contact.shtml
Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D - 06) 202-225-4671 202-225-9665 http://www.house.gov/pallone/contact.shtml
Representative Mike Ferguson (R - 07) 202-225-5361 202-225-9460 http://www.ferguson.house.gov/index.cfm?
FuseAction=ContactUs.ContactForm
Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D - 08) 202-225-5751 202-225-5782 http://pascrell.house.gov/contact/
Representative Steven R. Rothman (D - 09) 202-225-5061 202-225-5851 https://forms.house.gov/rothman/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm
Representative Donald M. Payne (D - 10) 202-225-3436 202-225-4160 http://www.house.gov/payne/IMA/email.shtml
Representative Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (R - 11) 202-225-5034 202-225-3186 http://frelinghuysen.house.gov/contactus/form.cfm
Representative Rush Holt (D - 12) 202-225-5801 202-225-6025 http://holt.house.gov/contact.shtml
Representative Albio Sires (D - 13) 202-225-7919 202-226-0792 http://www.house.gov/sires/IMA/issue_subscribe.shtml



Connecticut

Senator Christopher J. Dodd (D- CT) 202-224-2823 202-224-1083 http://dodd.senate.gov/index.php?q=node/3128&cat=Opinion
Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (ID- CT) 202-224-4041 202-224-9750 http://lieberman.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm?regarding=issue
Representative John Larson (D - 01) 202-225-2265 202-225-1031 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Joe Courtney (D - 02) 202-225-2076 202-225-4977 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Rosa L. DeLauro (D - 03) 202-225-3661 202-225-4890 http://www.house.gov/delauro/IMA/issue.htm
Representative Christopher Shays (R - 04) 202-225-5541 202-225-9629 http://www.house.gov/shays/contact/index.shtml
Representative Christopher Murphy (D - 05) 202-225-4476 202-225-5933 http://www.house.gov/formchrismurphy/ic_zip_auth.htm


Delaware

Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D- DE) 202-224-5042 202-224-0139 http://biden.senate.gov/services/contact/
Senator Thomas R. Carper (D- DE) 202-224-2441 202-228-2190 http://carper.senate.gov/contact/
Representative Michael N. Castle (R - Delaware At Large) 202-225-4165 202-225-2291 http://www.house.gov/formcastle/IMA/zipauth.html


Maryland

Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D- MD) 202-224-4654 202-224-8858 http://mikulski.senate.gov/Contact/contact.cfm
Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D- MD) 202-224-4524 202-224-1651 http://cardin.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
Representative Wayne T. Gilchrest (R - 01) 202-225-5311 202-225-0254 http://gilchrest.house.gov/contact.asp?ContactType=Form
Representative C. A. (Dutch) Ruppersberger (D - 02) 202-225-3061 202-225-3094 http://dutch.house.gov/writedutch_za.shtml
Representative John P. Sarbanes (D - 03) 202-225-4016 202-225-9219 http://sarbanes.house.gov/issue_subscribe.html
Representative Donna Edwards (D - 04) 202-225-8699 202-225-0220 None Currently Available
Representative Steny H. Hoyer (D - 05) 202-225-4131 202-225-4300 http://hoyer.house.gov/contact/email.asp
Representative Roscoe G. Bartlett (R - 06) 202-225-2721 202-225-2193 http://bartlett.house.gov/Email_Roscoe/
Representative Elijah E. Cummings (D - 07) 202-225-4741 202-225-3178 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Christopher Van Hollen, Jr. (D - 08) 202-225-5341 202-225-0375 http://vanhollen.house.gov/HoR/MD08/
Contact+Information/
Web+Contact/Contact+Form.htm



West Virginia

Senator Robert C. Byrd (D- WV) 202-224-3954 202-228-0002 http://byrd.senate.gov/byrd_email.html
Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller, IV (D- WV) 202-224-6472 202-224-7665 http://rockefeller.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
Representative Alan B. Mollohan (D - 01) 202-225-4172 202-225-7564 [e-mail]
Representative Shelley Moore Capito (R - 02) 202-225-2711 202-225-7856 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Nick Joe Rahall, II (D - 03) 202-225-3452 202-225-9061 http://www.rahall.house.gov/?sectionid=9§iontree=9


Virginia

Senator John W. Warner (R- VA) 202-224-2023 202-224-6295 http://warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?
FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm
Senator James Webb (D- VA) 202-224-4024 202-228-6363 http://webb.senate.gov/contact/
Representative Robert J. Wittman (R - 01) 202-225-4261 202-225-4382 https://forms.house.gov/wittman/IMA/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm
Representative Thelma Drake (R - 02) 202-225-4215 202-225-4218 http://www.house.gov/formdrake/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm
Representative Robert C. Scott (D - 03) 202-225-8351 202-225-8354 http://www.house.gov/writerep/?Submit=Email+Bobby+Scott
Representative J. Randy Forbes (R - 04) 202-225-6365 202-226-1170 http://randyforbes.house.gov/zipauth.html
Representative Virgil Goode (R - 05) 202-225-4711 202-225-5681 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Bob Goodlatte (R - 06) 202-225-5431 202-225-9681 http://www.house.gov/goodlatte/emailbob.htm
Representative Eric I. Cantor (R - 07) 202-225-2815 202-225-0011 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative James P. Moran (D - 08) 202-225-4376 202-225-0017 http://moran.house.gov/zipauth.shtml
Representative Rick Boucher (D - 09) 202-225-3861 202-225-0442 http://www.boucher.house.gov/index.php?
option=com_content&
task=view&id=645&Itemid=
Representative Frank R. Wolf (R - 10) 202-225-5136 202-225-0437 http://www.house.gov/formwolf/contact_email/emailzip.shtml
Representative Tom M. Davis, III (R - 11) 202-225-1492 202-225-3071 http://tomdavis.house.gov/davis_contents/center/feedback/


North Carolina

Senator Elizabeth Dole (R- NC) 202-224-6342 202-224-1100 http://dole.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?
FuseAction=ContactInformation.ContactForm

Senator Richard Burr (R- NC) 202-224-3154 202-228-2981 http://burr.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Representative G. K. Butterfield, Jr. (D - 01) 202-225-3101 202-225-3354 http://butterfield.house.gov/contactinfo.asp
Representative Bobby Etheridge (D - 02) 202-225-4531 202-225-5662 http://etheridge.house.gov/Contact/
Representative Walter B. Jones, Jr. (R - 03) 202-225-3415 202-225-3286 http://jones.house.gov/contact_form_email.cfm
Representative David E. Price (D - 04) 202-225-1784 202-225-2014 http://price.house.gov/contact/contact_form.shtml
Representative Virginia Foxx (R - 05) 202-225-2071 202-225-2995 http://www.house.gov/formfoxx/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm
Representative Howard Coble (R - 06) 202-225-3065 202-225-8611 [e-mail]
Representative Mike McIntyre (D - 07) 202-225-2731 202-225-5773 http://www.house.gov/mcintyre/issue.shtml
Representative Robin Hayes (R - 08) 202-225-3715 202-225-4036 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Sue Myrick (R - 09) 202-225-1976 202-225-3389 http://myrick.house.gov/zipauth.shtml
Representative Patrick McHenry (R - 10) 202-225-2576 202-225-0316 http://mchenry.house.gov/zipauth.htm
Representative Heath Shuler (D - 11) 202-225-6401 202-226-6422 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Melvin L. Watt (D - 12) 202-225-1510 202-225-1512 http://watt.house.gov/IQform.asp
Representative Brad Miller (D - 13) 202-225-3032 202-225-0181 http://bradmiller.house.gov/?sectionid=17§iontree=917


South Carolina

Senator Lindsey Graham (R- SC) 202-224-5972 202-224-3808 http://lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?
FuseAction=Contact.EmailSenatorGraham

Senator James DeMint (R- SC) 202-224-6121 202-228-5143 http://demint.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Representative Henry E. Brown, Jr. (R - 01) 202-225-3176 202-225-3407 http://brown.house.gov/writebrown/
Representative Joe Wilson (R - 02) 202-225-2452 202-225-2455 http://www.house.gov/formwilson/IMA/issue.htm
Representative Gresham Barrett (R - 03) 202-225-5301 202-225-3216 http://www.house.gov/formbarrett/writebarrett.htm
Representative Bob Inglis (R - 04) 202-225-6030 202-226-1177 http://inglis.house.gov/contact.asp?
content=sections/
contact/write_inglis
Representative John M. Spratt, Jr. (D - 05) 202-225-5501 202-225-0464 http://www.house.gov/spratt/email_john.shtml
Representative James E. Clyburn (D - 06) 202-225-3315 202-225-2313 http://clyburn.house.gov/zip_code_verify.cfm


Georgia

Senator Saxby Chambliss (R- GA) 202-224-3521 202-224-0103 http://chambliss.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?
FuseAction=ContactUs.ContactForm&
CFID=51026269&CFTOKEN=46757234
Senator Johnny Isakson (R- GA) 202-224-3643 202-228-0724 http://isakson.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Representative Jack Kingston (R - 01) 202-225-5831 202-226-2269 http://kingston.house.gov/ContactForm/zipauth.htm
Representative Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D - 02) 202-225-3631 202-225-2203 http://bishop.house.gov/display.cfm?content_id=229
Representative Lynn Westmoreland (R - 03) 202-225-5901 202-225-2515 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Hank Johnson (D - 04) 202-225-1605 202-226-0691 http://hankjohnson.house.gov/contact_hank_write.shtml
Representative John Lewis (D - 05) 202-225-3801 202-225-0351 http://www.house.gov/formjohnlewis/contact.html
Representative Tom Price (R - 06) 202-225-4501 202-225-4656 http://tomprice.house.gov/html/contact_form_email.cfm
Representative John Linder (R - 07) 202-225-4272 202-225-4696 http://linder.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactJohn.ContactForm
Representative Jim Marshall (D - 08) 202-225-6531 202-225-3013 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Nathan Deal (R - 09) 202-225-5211 202-225-8272 http://www.house.gov/deal/contact.shtml
Representative Paul C. Broun (R - 10) 202-225-4101 202-226-0776 http://broun.house.gov/email.shtml
Representative Phil Gingrey (R - 11) 202-225-2931 202-225-2944 http://www.house.gov/formgingrey/IMA/issue.htm
Representative John Barrow (D - 12) 202-225-2823 202-225-3377 http://barrow.house.gov/contactemail.asp
Representative David Scott (D - 13) 202-225-2939 202-225-4628 http://www.house.gov/writerep/


Florida

Senator Bill Nelson (D- FL) 202-224-5274 202-228-2183 http://billnelson.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
Senator Mel Martinez (R- FL) 202-224-3041 202-228-5171 http://martinez.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?
FuseAction=ContactInformation.ContactForm

Representative Jeff Miller (R - 01) 202-225-4136 202-225-3414 http://jeffmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Representative Allen Boyd (D - 02) 202-225-5235 202-225-5615 http://www.house.gov/boyd/zip_authen.html
Representative Corrine Brown (D - 03) 202-225-0123 202-225-2256 http://www.house.gov/corrinebrown/IMA/issue.shtml
Representative Ander Crenshaw (R - 04) 202-225-2501 202-225-2504 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Ginny Brown-Waite (R - 05) 202-225-1002 202-226-6559 http://www.house.gov/formbrown-waite/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm
Representative Cliff Stearns (R - 06) 202-225-5744 202-225-3973 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative John L. Mica (R - 07) 202-225-4035 202-226-0821 http://www.house.gov/mica/messageform.shtml
Representative Ric Keller (R - 08) 202-225-2176 202-225-0999 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Gus Michael Bilirakis (R - 09) 202-225-5755 202-225-4085 http://www.house.gov/formbilirakis/issue_subscribe.htm
Representative C. W. (Bill) Young (R - 10) 202-225-5961 202-225-9764 [e-mail]
Representative Kathy Anne Castor (D - 11) 202-225-3376 202-225-5652 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Adam Putnam (R - 12) 202-225-1252 202-226-0585 http://adamputnam.house.gov/contact.shtml
Representative Vernon Gale Buchanan (R - 13) 202-225-5015 202-226-0828 http://buchanan.house.gov/contact.shtml
Representative Connie Mack (R - 14) 202-225-2536 202-226-0439 http://mack.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactConnie.ContactForm
Representative Dave Weldon (R - 15) 202-225-3671 202-225-3516 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Tim Edward Mahoney (D - 16) 202-225-5792 202-225-3132 http://www.house.gov/formmahoney/issue_subscribe.htm
Representative Kendrick B. Meek (D - 17) 202-225-4506 202-226-0777 http://kendrickmeek.house.gov/contact1.shtml
Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R - 18) 202-225-3931 202-225-5620 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Robert Wexler (D - 19) 202-225-3001 202-225-5974 http://www.wexler.house.gov/email.shtml
Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D - 20) 202-225-7931 202-226-2052 http://wassermanschultz.house.gov/zipauth.htm
Representative Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R - 21) 202-225-4211 202-225-8576 http://diaz-balart.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Offices.Contact
Representative Ron J. Klein (D - 22) 202-225-3026 202-225-8398 http://klein.house.gov/content/contact/
Representative Alcee L. Hastings (D - 23) 202-225-1313 202-225-1171 http://www.alceehastings.house.gov/index.php?
option=com_content&
task=view&id=104&Itemid=
Representative Tom Feeney (R - 24) 202-225-2706 202-226-6299 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Mario Diaz-Balart (R - 25) 202-225-2778 202-226-0346 http://www.house.gov/formmariodiaz-balart/ic_zip_auth.htm


Alaska

Senator Ted Stevens (R- AK) 202-224-3004 202-224-2354 http://stevens.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?
FuseAction=Contact.EmailSenatorStevens

Senator Lisa Murkowski (R- AK) 202-224-6665 202-224-5301 http://murkowski.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Representative Don Young (R - Alaska At Large) 202-225-5765 202-225-0425 http://donyoung.house.gov/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm


Hawaii

Snator Daniel K. Inouye (D- HI) 202-224-3934 202-224-6747 http://inouye.senate.gov/abtform.html
Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D- HI) 202-224-6361 202-224-2126 http://akaka.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Representative Neil Abercrombie (D - 01) 202-225-2726 202-225-4580 [e-mail]
Representative Mazie Hirono (D - 02) 202-225-4906 202-225-4987 http://hirono.house.gov/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm


New York

Senator Charles Schumer (D- NY) 202-224-6542 202-228-3027 http://schumer.senate.gov/SchumerWebsite/contact/webform.cfm
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D- NY) 202-224-4451 202-228-0282 http://clinton.senate.gov/contact/webform.cfm
Representative Timothy H. Bishop (D - 01) 202-225-3826 202-225-3143 http://timbishop.house.gov/?sectionid=96§iontree=796
Representative Steve J. Israel (D - 02) 202-225-3335 202-225-4669 http://israel.house.gov/?sectionid=89§iontree=89
Representative Peter T. King (R - 03) 202-225-7896 202-226-2279 [e-mail]
Representative Carolyn McCarthy (D - 04) 202-225-5516 202-225-5758 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Gary L. Ackerman (D - 05) 202-225-2601 202-225-1589 http://www.house.gov/ackerman/pages/contact.html
Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D - 06) 202-225-3461 202-226-4169 [e-mail]
Representative Joseph Crowley (D - 07) 202-225-3965 202-225-1909 http://crowley.house.gov/contact/index.asp
Representative Jerrold Nadler (D - 08) 202-225-5635 202-225-6923 http://www.house.gov/nadler/emailform.shtml
Representative Anthony Weiner (D - 09) 202-225-6616 202-226-7253 http://weiner.house.gov/email_anthony.aspx
Representative Edolphus Towns (D - 10) 202-225-5936 202-225-1018 http://www.house.gov/towns/contact_form.shtml
Representative Yvette Clarke (D - 11) 202-225-6231 202-226-0112 http://clarke.house.gov/contactform_zipcheck.shtml
Representative Nydia M. Velazquez (D - 12) 202-225-2361 202-226-0327 http://www.house.gov/velazquez/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm
Representative Vito Fossella (R - 13) 202-225-3371 202-226-1272 http://fossellaforms.house.gov/contact/
Representative Carolyn B. Maloney (D - 14) 202-225-7944 202-225-4709 http://maloney.house.gov/index.php?option=com_email_form&Itemid=73
Representative Charles B. Rangel (D - 15) 202-225-4365 202-225-0816 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Jose E. Serrano (D - 16) 202-225-4361 202-225-6001 [e-mail]
Representative Eliot L. Engel (D - 17) 202-225-2464 202-225-5513 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Nita M. Lowey (D - 18) 202-225-6506 202-225-0546 http://lowey.house.gov/?sectionid=56§iontree=56
Representative John Hall (D - 19) 202-225-5441 202-225-3289 http://johnhall.house.gov/emailjohn.asp
Representative Kirsten Gillibrand (D - 20) 202-225-5614 202-225-1168 http://forms.house.gov/gillibrand/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm
Representative Michael R. McNulty (D - 21) 202-225-5076 202-225-5077 [e-mail]
Representative Maurice D. Hinchey (D - 22) 202-225-6335 202-226-0774 http://www.house.gov/hinchey/contact/zipauth.shtml
Representative John M. McHugh (R - 23) 202-225-4611 202-226-0621 http://mchugh.house.gov/zipauth.aspx
Representative Michael Arcuri (D - 24) 202-225-3665 202-225-1891 http://arcuri.house.gov/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm
Representative James T. Walsh (R - 25) 202-225-3701 202-225-4042 http://walsh.house.gov/zipauth.shtml
Representative Thomas M. Reynolds (R - 26) 202-225-5265 202-225-5910 http://www.house.gov/formreynolds/zipauth.html
Representative Brian M. Higgins (D - 27) 202-225-3306 202-226-0347 http://higgins.house.gov/email.asp
Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D - 28) 202-225-3615 202-225-7822 http://www.louise.house.gov/index.php?
option=com_content&
task=view&id=506&Itemid=153
Representative John R. (Randy) Kuhl, Jr. (R - 29) 202-225-3161 202-226-6599 http://www.house.gov/formkuhl/IMA/issue.htm


California

Senator Dianne Feinstein (D- CA) 202-224-3841 202-228-3954 http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?
FuseAction=ContactUs.EmailMe
Senator Barbara Boxer (D- CA) 202-224-3553 202-224-0454 http://boxer.senate.gov/contact/email/policy.cfm
Representative Mike Thompson (D - 01) 202-225-3311 202-225-4335 http://mikethompson.house.gov/contact/email.shtml
Representative Wally Herger (R - 02) 202-225-3076 202-226-0852 http://www.house.gov/herger/contact.shtml
Representative Dan Lungren (R - 03) 202-225-5716 202-226-1298 http://lungren.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&
task=view&id=146&
Representative John T. Doolittle (R - 04) 202-225-2511 202-225-5444 http://doolittle.house.gov/email/
Representative Doris Matsui (D - 05) 202-225-7163 202-225-0566 https://forms.house.gov/matsui/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm
Representative Lynn C. Woolsey (D - 06) 202-225-5161 202-225-5163 http://woolsey.house.gov/contactemailform.asp
Representative George Miller (D - 07) 202-225-2095 202-225-5609 http://georgemiller.house.gov/contactus/
Representative Nancy Pelosi (D - 08) 202-225-4965 202-225-4188 [e-mail]
Representative Barbara Lee (D - 09) 202-225-2661 202-225-9817 http://lee.house.gov/?sectionid=128§iontree=18128
Representative Ellen O. Tauscher (D - 10) 202-225-1880 202-225-5914 http://www.tauscher.house.gov/index.php?
option=com_content&
task=view&id=966&Itemid=103
Representative Jerry McNerney (D - 11) 202-225-1947 202-225-4060 http://mcnerney.house.gov/contact.shtml
Representative Jackie Speier (D - 12) 202-225-3531 202-226-4183 http://speier.house.gov/IMA/issue_subscribe.shtml
Representative Fortney (Pete) Stark (D - 13) 202-225-5065 202-226-3805 http://www.house.gov/stark/contact/index.htm
Representative Anna G. Eshoo (D - 14) 202-225-8104 202-225-8890 http://eshoo.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&
task=view&id=447&Itemid=
Representative Mike Honda (D - 15) 202-225-2631 202-225-2699 http://www.honda.house.gov/contactmike.shtml
Representative Zoe Lofgren (D - 16) 202-225-3072 202-225-3336 http://lofgren.house.gov/emailform.shtml
Representative Sam Farr (D - 17) 202-225-2861 202-225-6791 http://www.farr.house.gov/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=202
Representative Dennis Cardoza (D - 18) 202-225-6131 202-225-0819 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative George P. Radanovich (R - 19) 202-225-4540 202-225-3402 http://radanovich.house.gov/Contact/email.htm
Representative Jim Costa (D - 20) 202-225-3341 202-225-9308 http://www.house.gov/formcosta/issue.htm
Representative Devin Nunes (R - 21) 202-225-2523 202-225-3404 http://www.nunes.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactUs.ContactForm
Representative Kevin McCarthy (R - 22) 202-225-2915 202-225-2908 http://kevinmccarthy.house.gov/showpage.asp?ID=69
Representative Lois Capps (D - 23) 202-225-3601 202-225-5632 http://www.house.gov/capps/contact/send_an_email.shtml
Representative Elton Gallegly (R - 24) 202-225-5811 202-225-1100 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Howard P. (Buck) McKeon (R - 25) 202-225-1956 202-226-0683 http://mckeon.house.gov/contact.html
Representative David Dreier (R - 26) 202-225-2305 202-225-7018 http://dreier.house.gov/talkto.htm
Representative Brad Sherman (D - 27) 202-225-5911 202-225-5879 http://www.house.gov/sherman/contact/
Representative Howard L. Berman (D - 28) 202-225-4695 202-225-3196 http://www.house.gov/berman/contact/
Representative Adam Schiff (D - 29) 202-225-4176 202-225-5828 http://schiff.house.gov/HoR/CA29/Contact+Information/Contact+Form.htm
Representative Henry A. Waxman (D - 30) 202-225-3976 202-225-4099 http://www.house.gov/waxman/contact.htm
Representative Xavier Becerra (D - 31) 202-225-6235 202-225-2202 http://becerra.house.gov/HoR/CA31/Hidden+Content/Email+Signup+Form.htm
Representative Hilda A. Solis (D - 32) 202-225-5464 202-225-5467 http://solis.house.gov/contact/email.shtml
Representative Diane E. Watson (D - 33) 202-225-7084 202-225-2422 http://www.house.gov/watson/zipauth.shtml
Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard (D - 34) 202-225-1766 202-226-0350 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Maxine Waters (D - 35) 202-225-2201 202-225-7854 http://www.house.gov/waters/IMA/issue.htm
Representative Jane Harman (D - 36) 202-225-8220 202-226-7290 http://www.house.gov/harman/contact/email.shtml
Representative Laura Richardson (D - 37) 202-225-7924 202-225-7926 http://richardson.house.gov/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm
Representative Grace Napolitano (D - 38) 202-225-5256 202-225-0027 http://www.napolitano.house.gov/contact/feedback.htm
Representative Linda T. Sanchez (D - 39) 202-225-6676 202-226-1012 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Edward R. Royce (R - 40) 202-225-4111 202-226-0335 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Jerry Lewis (R - 41) 202-225-5861 202-225-6498 http://www.house.gov/jerrylewis/WritetoRepresentativeLewis.htm
Representative Gary Miller (R - 42) 202-225-3201 202-226-6962 http://garymiller.house.gov/Contact/
Representative Joe Baca (D - 43) 202-225-6161 202-225-8671 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Ken Calvert (R - 44) 202-225-1986 202-225-2004 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Mary Bono Mack (R - 45) 202-225-5330 202-225-2961 http://www.house.gov/formbono/issue.htm
Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R - 46) 202-225-2415 202-225-0145 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Loretta Sanchez (D - 47) 202-225-2965 202-225-5859 http://www.lorettasanchez.house.gov/forms/contact.html
Representative John Campbell (R - 48) 202-225-5611 202-225-9177 http://campbell.house.gov/Contact/
Representative Darrell Issa (R - 49) 202-225-3906 202-225-3303 http://issa.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm
Representative Brian Bilbray (R - 50) 202-225-0508 202-225-2558 http://www.house.gov/bilbray/contact.shtml
Representative Bob Filner (D - 51) 202-225-8045 202-225-9073 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Duncan Hunter (R - 52) 202-225-5672 202-225-0235 http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Representative Susan A. Davis (D - 53) 202-225-2040 202-225-2948 http://www.house.gov/susandavis/contact.shtml

[anitar1]

43. I have e-mailed my Rep and Senator and hope all will do the same.

My Rep. DeFazio has a statement on his home page that he absolutely does not support this hand out. I do not know what Senator Wyden's stand is but I think he would be against it as well.

[orleans]

63. OMG!! NICE LIST!!! n/t

[glowing]

85. Thanks for the list.. I just swore at Bill Nelson in an e-mail.. I don't think

his Dino-reptilian self will be able to absorb such harsh words.. oh well fuck him.

AND I just called Martinez a squelling piggy.

[MasonJar]

94. Thanks for that comprehensive list.

Thank you for that comprehensive list. I just e-mailed my reps and you made it so convenient. I was flabbergasted to see that Senator Bunning had actually spoken against the bailout.

[greyghost]

91. Very good advice.

[rhett o rick]

110. I did, but don't think it will help. This is a class war. Our Senators and Reps are in the

ruling class.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

4. Shrub took being in Skull and Bones very seriously. He has successfully looted our treasure.

I have no doubt that it was deliberate.

Thanks to you babylonsister for posting la la's excellent article.

[malaise]

11. Looting is one thing

They have seized and corrupted every institution and now they have seized the money. This is frightening.

[Ichingcarpenter]

5. Yep and the people will buy this painting.

[BrklynLiberal]

23. That Fascism poster is awesome!!!

[neomonkey]

62. Facism goof

It is awesome, I'm procuring that for my own use :)

[magellan]

6. "first create a crisis, then, under the guise of addressing that crisis, overthrow democracy"

With her usual clarity, Larisa has put the entire unfortunate situation in a nutshell.

[BrklynLiberal]

24. A certain well known fascist commented on the governmental manipulation of it's people some 60 years

ago -

"Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
~ Hermann Goering

[magellan]

44. That chills me every time

What are we going to do though, when 90% of the country is insensible to what's happening? Even my husband, who never believed things could get this bad, is now to the point where he takes martial law as the obvious next step.

We sit and wait, I suppose.

[man4allcats]

52. What chills me even more

is that Goering said that some sixty-odd years ago and still, even after the horrors of WWII, America doesn't get it even today. In fact we're walking, or we have walked, right into it! People are just stupid. They're just stupid. Sometimes it is said that people are cattle, but I think that insults cattle. Even a cow has enough sense to walk away from an obviously bad situation.

[magellan]

54. I can't disagree with you

I've tried to fool myself about it. I've tried to convince myself that Americans can't be as stupid as what we see at FR.

But these past couple of weeks I've learned the truth. Neighbor, internet friend...never suspected either. IGNORANT. Obama is a Muslim. McCain yard sign. I think I've disabused the first of all the lies her RW "friends" have filled her head with about Obama; she still admits to not knowing who to vote for. Her head is spinning. She can't believe she's been lied to all this time. She's where I was three years ago...The world has tilted.

The yard sign neighbors -- I no longer speak to them. Even though they're otherwise a very nice elderly couple. They're deaf in the most cruel sense: they don't listen to dissonant voices.

And through all this I know in my heart there are LOTS more like them out there. Totally brainwashed. Happily going to the slaughter.

I have no trouble whatsoever understanding how Hitler rose to power.

[man4allcats]

56. Re: "I have no trouble whatsoever understanding how Hitler rose to power."

I regret to say I too now easily understand it. I wish I could say I did not. Best wishes and best of luck in the dangerous times we are soon to face.

[magellan]

60. Same to you

I still cling to the hope that our nightmares turn out to be just that.

[man4allcats]

61. As do I, my friend. As do I.

I haven't given up hope, but I am very worried. :thumbsup:

[dixiegrrrrl]

117. You can't fix stupid.

You can fix Ignorant. for the most part.

The powers that be have deliberately seen to it that education is dumbed down, and that the average person becomes more ignorant on a daily basis.


The problem seems to be that the issue is not being framed in a way that hits home for most people.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. "and can appoint private sector companies as financial deputies of the US government"

Sec. 2(b)(3) "designating financial institutions as financial agents of the Government, and they shall perform all such reasonable duties related to this Act as financial agents of the Government as may be required of them;"

Yet another chance for ChimpCo to appoint cronies (probably pursuant to no-bid contracts like Iraq) to do the actual work and probably where they will bill the government astronomical amounts to actually select and acquire the bad assets and securities. More privatization. More abuse. More unaccountability.

[myrna minx]

8. Damn. K&R n/t

[RufusTFirefly]

9. Naomi saw it coming

This is exactly the sort of scenario she wrote about.

[judasdisney]

39. Two Naomis wrote a book about the same scenario

http://www.amazon.com/End-America-Letter-Warning-Patriot/dp/1933392797/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1221967714&sr=8-1

[davekriss]

116. She and Naomi Wolf were exactly right on

No surprises, we were warned.

[malaise]

10. Vote against this or it is over

K & R

[dgibby]

14. I don't think WE get a vote! nt

[tularetom]

12. Stalin would be proud

He had to kill millions of his citizens to accomplish a total seizure of the means of production.

[judasdisney]

34. Bingo.

[seafan]

15. "We have but two options."

Welcome to the final stages of the coup..., by Larisa Alexandrovna via HuffingtonPost

September 20, 2008 | 08:11 PM (EST)

.....

The Bush family, in the form of Prescott Bush, has tried a more aggressive coup before in order to install fascism in this country. This treasonous plot was called "the Business Plot," because the high-level plotters - including Prescott Bush - were Wall Street men who openly supported fascism.

It seems this time around, the Bush family is trying the more subtle approach to open bloodshed: first create a crisis, then under the guise of addressing that crisis, overthrow democracy. Yes, it does sound terribly conspiracy-theory-esque when explained just this way. But what else does one call a criminal conspiracy to destroy Congressional powers permanently, alter Judicial powers permanently, and steal public funds?

As I see it now, we have but two options and I have long alluded to hoping against hope that one of these options would not be the only one left to a peaceful people. The first and frankly most preferable option is for Congress to immediately begin impeachment proceedings against the members of this latest Business Plot.

No time needs to be wasted on hearings as we already now have in writing, formally as presented to Congress, the intentions of this administration to nullify Congressional powers permanently, to alter Judicial powers permanently, and to openly steal public funds using as blackmail the total collapse of the US economy if these powers are not handed over. You do see how this is blackmail, do you not? You do see how this is a manufactured crisis precisely designed to be used as blackmail, do you not?

The other option, the one I have long prayed we would never need to even consider, is a total revolution. But, If Congress won't act in its own self-defense, in the defense of democracy, in defense of us - the people who have elected them to protect us from this very danger - then what is left for us to do? I don't want to see it come down to this, but I fear that it will. Put your party politics aside right now. We are in a crisis so dangerous that should these people succeed in their coup, your party affiliation will no longer matter, your American flag will be a nice collectible item of something that once was, and your version of God will be worshiped in secrecy because your freedoms will be owned by the few.

You are no longer Republicans, Democrats, or any shade of voter. You do not live in a swing state or a solid colored state. You are simply this: an American. That is the only side that matters. So call your members of Congress and demand, no, declare that unless they do their duty to the Constitution and to us, we will move to the streets - not because we want to, but because our founding fathers demanded this duty of each and every citizen in the face of such a domestic enemy. Demand - as is your right - that this bill be voted against and demand - as is your right - that the people plotting this treachery be held to account. We are either a nation of laws or we are no longer a democracy. Pick a side, because there won't be another time, another moment, another chance to be a patriot.

[mod mom]

96. HARPERS: 1934: The Plot Against America + BBC: The Whitehouse Coup-GREAT BACKGROUND!

1934: The Plot Against America

DEPARTMENTNo CommentBYScott HortonPUBLISHEDJuly 28, 2007

I’m back from the land of heather and thistles, not to mention wee drams and lukewarm ale, but on my way out a friend at the BBC alerted me to this, a not-to-miss program on the BBC this morning, accessible over the next several days by internet. It’s the story of the Plot Against America. I don’t mean the Philip Roth novel, nor even the Sinclair Lewis book, It Can’t Happen Here, but rather the historical events upon which these two works of fiction were based.

In November 1934, federal investigators uncovered an amazing plot involving some two dozen senior businessmen, a good many of them Wall Street financiers, to topple the government of the United States and install a fascist dictatorship. Roth’s novel is developed from several strands of this factual account; he assumed the plot is actually carried out, whereas in fact an alert FDR shut it down but stopped short of retaliatory measures against the plotters. A key element of the plot involved a retired prominent general who was to have raised a private army of 500,000 men from unemployed veterans and who blew the whistle when he learned more of what the plot entailed. The plot was heavily funded and well developed and had strong links with fascist forces abroad. A story in the New York Times and several other newspapers reported on it, and a special Congressional committee was created to conduct an investigation. The records of this committee were scrubbed and sealed away in the National Archives, where they have only recently been made available.

The Congressional committee kept the names of many of the participants under wraps and no criminal action was ever brought against them. But a few names have leaked out. And one is Prescott Bush, the grandfather of the incumbent president. Prescott Bush was of course deep into the business of the Hamburg-America Lines, and had tight relations throughout this period with the new Government that had come to power in Germany a year earlier under Chancellor Aldoph Hitler. It appears that Bush was to have formed a key liaison for the group with the new German government.

Prescott Bush, of course, went on to service as a U.S. Senator from Connecticut, and his son, George H.W. Bush emerged from World War II as a hero.

-snip

http://www.harpers.org/archive/2007/07/hbc-90000651



The Whitehouse Coup
Monday 23 July 2007



The coup was aimed at toppling President Franklin D Roosevelt with the help of half-a-million war veterans. The plotters, who were alleged to involve some of the most famous families in America, (owners of Heinz, Birds Eye, Goodtea, Maxwell Hse & George Bush’s Grandfather, Prescott) believed that their country should adopt the policies of Hitler and Mussolini to beat the great depression.

Mike Thomson investigates why so little is known about this biggest ever peacetime threat to American democracy.




http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/document/document_20070723.shtml

[seafan]

101. Most are unaware of Prescott Bush's attempted right-wing coup of FDR in 1933

BBC program that reveals the attempted right-wing coup in USA in 1933 is a MUST LISTEN:


Thanks for putting that info in this thread, mod mom. I hope everyone listens to this BBC report at this link. (29 minutes)



I posted this comment in the above thread, still very relevant to this bailout that Bush, Inc. are forcing on us:

If the American people learned of this event in our history, it would finally expose and blow the doors off the origin of the corporatist thievery and war profiteering led by descendants and associates of Prescott Bush, leading directly to the political and socioeconomic strangulation of our country's foundation today. People know now that *something* is horribly wrong in our country.

A listen to this program will open their eyes like no other.

And the answer would become clear, that we must completely repudiate the corporations' control over the infrastructure of our government and its ruthless, war-mongering control over our foreign policy.

EVeryone, please listen to this BBC report. It arms us with the knowledge that this right wing attempted coup of our government has happened before. And the Bush family was in on it, in 1933.

[mod mom]

126. Exactly Seafan. I knew you were aware of it but this is a bit of history that I believe puts what

is occurring today into perspective.

I worked closely with a former Republican on the Obama Campaign who was literally blown away by this history that failed to make it into the history books.

It's definitely WORTH listening to!

[moondust]

16. Consider the timing.

A 28-year Republican (and DINO) deregulatory plot that started with Reagan, continued to a somewhat lesser degree through Bill Clinton's DLC terms, and finally ends with voters waking up to "CHANGE" and "HOPE" and "BOTTOM-UP ECONOMICS." But four more months of Bush is just long enough to convince the public that action cannot wait for the next administration (and thus the terms must be set NOW) yet short enough that it can be pushed through fast without adequate debate or accountability down the road.

Fishy at best.

If some emergency measures are absolutely necessary to get through the next four months then they should be kept to a minimum. Comprehensive reform should be left to the next administration and Congress.

[Eric J in MN]

18. New spending by Congress should be postponed until next year.

If the Bush Admin wants to do other things like suspend shorting stocks, then whatever.

[ColonelTom]

37. Economic 9/11. LIHOP? or MIHOP? n/t

[HughBeaumont]

80. COIN-OP.

Collectively Orchestrated It Nefariously On Purpose.

[JerseygirlCT]

19. Yeah, that last bit is nuts

And if the Dems don't understand yet that they need to keep Bush on a very short leash, we are truly doomed.

[jimshoes]

20. If this shit doesn't scare you

I'd like to know why, cuz this sure seems like phase 1 of a dictatorship.

[BigBearJohn]

42. Scares the SHIT out of me!!

[Indenturedebtor]

53. It only doesn't scare me because I'm leaving

I am scared for the rest of you though. No matter what I have to do I plan to be gone within 2 years. I am a little frightened that they'll close the borders before I go though.

[dixiegrrrrl]

118. More like phase 9 1/2

Naomi Wolf's 10 signs of fascism


1. Create and/or wildly exaggerate an enemy of the people. ...done


2. Set up a secret extra judicial justice system................... done

3. Set up a paramilitary force, armed thugs if you will........ done


4. A surveillance apparatus set up to watch the people......... done

5. Harass citizens groups................................................. done

6. Arbitrary detention and release. ................................... done

7. Target key individuals................................................. done

8. Control the press. ........................................................ done for along time now

9. Dissent = Treason....................................................... done

10. Martial law................................................................ coming soon

[Theres-a]

25. K&R

[SalmonChantedEvening]

26. K&R for lala and my sis

Another signing statement, only this time it's built in to the bill.

:grr:

[Snarkoleptic]

27. It comes in waves...

1) Erode Constitution
2) Depress economy
3) Engage in endless war to devalue currency
4) Promote fascism/corporatism
5) Crash economy
6) Force-place the "North America Union" explained as the only way out

[glitch]

28. K & R to Lala, A True American Hero. The fact that America no longer exists does not abrogate that

fact. :cry: :patriot:

Perhaps America will rise again.

[riverdeep]

29. Is there anything the Bush administration hasn't actually gotten?

They may have some people mad at them, but they (us) are just the little people. Except for war with Iran, which is still totally possible, and privatization of social security, I can't think of anything they wanted to accomplish that they haven't accomplished.

Thank God impeachment was taken off the table, that was so unrealistic.

[L0oniX]

30. "may not be reviewed by any court of law" ...above the law now huh?

We are soooo screwd.

[Dystopian]

31. KandR

Don't know how much more I can take...
We've seen it coming for years....
Not so long ago....was when using the F word.....one would be dubbed as one of the tinfoil hat brigade.


:scared:

peace~

[santamargarita]

32. There is more: Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1

Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1 for deployment during 'civil unrest,' 'horrific scenarios'

The 'horrific scenario' of the 2nd American Revolution after a third stolen 'election?'

08 Sep 2008 The 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team has spent 35 of the last 60 months in Iraq patrolling in full battle rattle. Now they’re training for the same mission -- with a twist -- at home. Beginning Oct. 1 for 12 months, the 1st BCT will be under the day-to-day control of U.S. Army North, the Army service component of Northern Command, as an on-call federal response force for natural or manBushmade emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks. This new mission marks the first time an active unit has been given a dedicated assignment to NorthCom. They may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control or to deal with potentially horrific scenarios such as massive poisoning and chaos in response to a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or high-yield explosive, or CBRNE, attack.

http://www.legitgov.org/

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/army_homeland_090708w/

[Connonym]

67. you ever wonder if they let McCain and Palin on the ticket because they knew

that no matter who "wins" the election that Shrubby has no intention of vacating the White House? I've got friends who have postulated this for years now and I thought it was tinfoil hat territory. Now I'm not so sure.

[dgibby]

90. Can martial law be far behind?

THIS is very serious. I have posted about this in 2 other threads (see my journal for details) and cannot stress this enough. I seriously doubt that we will have elections in Nov., and believe that this financial meltdown is the beginning of another 9/11 shock and awe event. This is disaster capitalism and shock doctrine in action!:nuke:

[judasdisney]

33. No way. 7 years left. Here's why

(1) The BIG economic timebomb is the derivatives market, estimated to be at least $596 TRILLION and bigger than all of the world's economies combined http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivative_(finance)#cite_note-afgh-0 ... see also http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2817995.stm>.

When the derivatives market collapses -- during the Obama Presidency -- Neocons will blame Obama. This is all engineered. If you don't believe this economic crisis has been engineered, then read Vanity Fair's article here: http://ftrsupplemental.blogspot.com/2008/08/bringing-down-bear-stearns.html

(2) With the trump card of scapegoating Obama, which will destroy his Presidency, there are two Democratic saviours remaining who can ride to the rescue: (a) the Clintons, and (b) Al Gore. Al Gore is a coward who will never run again, and Hillary Clinton will be the perfect Patsy President (remember: the Neocons wanted HER as the 2008 Democratic Nominee) which the Neocons will use to justify demanding a "military takeover" of government.

Look for April 2015 as the target date for a GOP walkout on "illegitimate" President Clinton, setting the stage for a plane crashing into the Capitol Dome with only Democrats inside, and then President Palin (Hillary's 2012 opponent) taking the reins in a Potemkin rescue during the "terrorist act."

[IDemo]

35. --"total transfer of Congressional powers (the few that still remain) to the Executive Branch"

Which brings us to the trillion dollar question: why? Unless they know that 1) they have the election in the bag for McBush, or 2) they have no intention of an election taking place, or 3) they somehow expect Obama to continue exercising their fascistic plan, why would they risk such a power transfer?

As more than believable #1 is, even to be expected, somehow I feel #2 is also under consideration. October (or September) surprise, anyone?

[leftchick]

36. holy crap

now I am really scared.

:scared:

<snip>

The other option, the one I have long prayed we would never need to even consider, is a total revolution. But, If Congress won't act in its own self-defense, in the defense of democracy, in defense of us - the people who have elected them to protect us from this very danger - then what is left for us to do? I don't want to see it come down to this, but I fear that it will. Put your party politics aside right now. We are in a crisis so dangerous that should these people succeed in their coup, your party affiliation will no longer matter, your American flag will be a nice collectible item of something that once was, and your version of God will be worshiped in secrecy because your freedoms will be owned by the few.

You are no longer Republicans, Democrats, or any shade of voter. You do not live in a swing state or a solid colored state. You are simply this: an American. That is the only side that matters. So call your members of Congress and demand, no, declare that unless they do their duty to the Constitution and to us, we will move to the streets - not because we want to, but because our founding fathers demanded this duty of each and every citizen in the face of such a domestic enemy. Demand - as is your right - that this bill be voted against and demand - as is your right - that the people plotting this treachery be held to account. We are either a nation of laws or we are no longer a democracy. Pick a side, because there won't be another time, another moment, another chance to be a patriot.

[MadrasT]

38. Kicking - already rec'd - just contacted

my 2 senators and my rep via email. Don't know what else to do at 11:30 Saturday night.

I kept it short & sweet:

We are at a dangerous crossroads.

Please uphold your duty to the Constitution of the United States and oppose the treasury's proposed "Bailout Bill".

"Sec. 8. Review. Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency."

The entire bill as proposed is wholly unacceptable, and the mere suggestion that we accept this resolution is treasonous.

I am a Constitution Voter, and this desperate grab at further executive power by this administration cannot be tolerated.

[bluesmail]

40. Carlyle Private Equity Group

:evilfrown: Head Still Hurts

[McCamy Taylor]

59. Carlyle Group is in trouble. For sure they will be getting $$$$

[Chimichurri]

41. This is unbelievable! I have no words. You think it but to actually see all the

evidence it's astounding.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

45. That empty table sure does loom large these days... thanks, Nancy, et al.

[maseman]

46. Write CONGRESS

My letter to Sen. Voinovich and Sen. Brown tonight.

Folks quit posting on Du and start emailing congress now. Two days left of a democracy. If this passes welcome to fascist America.

Senator Brown,

Please allow me to express my worries about the new financial bail out bill being proposed by the Bush administration. Sec. Paulson has clauses in the bill that essentially give him the right to do whatever he sees fit with no Congressional nor judicial oversight. That is Fascism. You cannot allow this bill to pass as is. I believe markets should correct themselves to a certain degree. The deregulation of banks and financial institutions has created this mess in the first place. By passing this bill as is would be extremely disappointing.

Cordially,

XXX

[truebrit71]

47. Bloody hell!

This simply cannot be allowed to pass as is....

[mdmc]

48. fascism

[tex-wyo-dem]

49. it seems the BFEE so admire their close...

friends, the Saudi Royal Family, they figured Amerika needed one of its own. Looks like a giant leap is being taken in that general direction.

[Doremus]

50. may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency

Congress isn't a court of law or administrative agency.

I don't like this bailout either but the above language doesn't usurp Congressional powers.

Congress should be especially watchful of the jackals and prevent draconian language like the above from being inserted in the final bill. Let Paulson stop the bleeding and let's get through the election.

President Obama and his administration can craft the real deal after he and his cabinet have had time to determine the best course of action.

[Zhade]

58. Your wishful thinking is so adorable!

NT!

[Swamp Rat]

57. k&r

[Kool Kitty]

64. Mission practically accomplished, Bushie!

Glad to see you back, Swamp Rat. Hope you and yours are okay.

[Karenina]

68. SWAMPERS!!! THERE YOU ARE!!!

:hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug:

[lala_rawraw]

65. hey kids, the swift boating has begun...

http://www.atlargely.com/2008/09/right-wing-idio.html

they hope i am arrested and go to jail.. wow, talk about fascism.

[Mrs. Overall]

87. Thank you, Larisa, for writing this article. You are putting together the pieces

and obviously that is making some people nervous.

[lostnotforgotten]

66. There Is Only One Way Out - The Next American Revolution!

eom

[panzerfaust]

69. Yep

Shut up, and watch TV ... be a good 'Merican

[OakCliffDem]

73. Kick & R

We cannot elect Obama too soon

[glowing]

75. Is this posted over in Obama-Land.. Seriously, if you explain this to some

over there who want hope and freedom and the American Dream.. well, then some of those people over there, some very new to the political process, need to be called to attention.. and I hate to hurt Obama over this, but seriously, they tell us its too expensive for health care, they tell us its too expensive for education, they tell us its too expensive to pay a living wage... well, then how do they all of a sudden create this money to go to wars and to prop up business... The whole thing stinks to high heaven... Hello, mainstreet supports wallstreet... If people could pay their mortgage, these businesses would still be making money over fist.... Mainstreet makes Wallstreet. There is NO WAY that this prop up is going to work... AND if the US is assuming the bad paper, well then damn-it, take the fucking houses and put the homeless people's in them. Tent-Cities are popping up all over this nation because they have nothing... The Revolution is coming, it won't be advertised on t.v.

[fasttense]

76. Republicons are destroying a Nation to save their wealth. n/t

[Auggie]

86. Not just republicans. The Democratic wealthy are saving their wealth too.

This is between the haves and the have-nots.

[greyghost]

93. You are absolutely correct.

[nradisic]

77. No.No.No!!!

Call you Representatives and Senators. This deal is not happening!!!!

[muriel_volestrangler]

78. Summary: "Paulson, here's $700 billion. Give it to whomever you want in the next 3 months ...

... We'll ask you what you did with it at the end of that, but since you were bound to lose your job then with the change of presidency, it won't matter if we don't like what you did - we'll just decide to not do it again. No-one will be able to challenge what you did as illegal."

Is Hank Paulson going to be the richest man in the world?

What would you do with $700 billion? $100 to every person in the world? $7,000 to every household in the US?

[NeoTheo]

79. I don't think so.

"The other option, the one I have long prayed we would never need to even consider, is a total revolution".

We don't need to spend any time contemplating this option as the American people clearly have no stomach for it. They have been way to subdued and placated and made dependent on support systems to engage in revolutionary activity which would require knowing how to survive in a hostile environment. A skill that Americans use to possess but has been forgotten long ago.

And even if the above were not true we have clearly already passed the point of no return as such resistance would have had to begun at least a couple of years back. No, the truth is that Americans bought the story hook, line, and sinker to such that the best one can hope for is to be among the survivors of the forthcoming catastrophic events which I am not at all sure that surviving such events will really be all that desirable.

[jph wacheski]

97. "a total revolution" what in america? that a joke right?

Sad but true. There will be no revolution in America,. that time is way long gone. When the people let 9/11 go by and just went along with the preposterous story perpetrated by the creators if that terrorist event (PNAC as advertised in there own mission statement!),. it was over. Now the people have shown that their perceived personal comfort is more important to them than justice and peace. So they will do nothing while the last vestiges of democracy are chopped out from under us,. while the elite take what they have long claimed was theirs by rights,. the ownership and control of the rest of us! Welcome to your fascist enslavement.

This rapid confounding of american democracy has got me wishing I was not an atheist and could just hope for the return of jesus to send me to heaven, like so many of these go-along sheepl,. oh, when will the invisible-man-in-the-sky intervene and save us from this pain? yeah right! these fascists have used religion as it has always been used to keep people placated and down! Why do so many people believe in faerie-tails, instead of facing reality and doing something about it,. to shape it? Well that is not going to happen,. sad but true. a whole nation too scared to face reality. fear itself?

[NeoTheo]

123. Ah, a fellow traveler.

Unfortunately, western Christianity has, since the Nicene council, been the tool of empire.

[rhett o rick]

106. How would that work? It might work if we could feed ourselves, but are at the mercy

of suppliers easily controlled by the government.

[NeoTheo]

124. Yep, we are at the disposal to the whims of others.

That's what happens when a society becomes lazy and complacent.

[leveymg]

81. The section about non-reviewability is standard, boiler-plate agency language

All actions of the Treasury remain subject to Congressional oversight (cough, for what that's worth, these days), as well as court challenge under the Administrative Procedures Act (clears throat, APA review imposes a high, but not impossible, standard on potential litigants.)

But, don't get too worked up by this language. It's normal for an announcement of this type of agency action. What is extraordinary is the action, itself -- looked at another way, the US Gov't just took over the mortgage and investment banking industries in the United States, along with all their debts. Congress can now do what it wants with all those debts, including forgiving some or all of them.

[SpookyCat]

115. With respect, what is your background?

I ask because you seem to speak with some authority, and I wonder where that comes from?

Everything I've read/heard from voices I "know" and respect, Greenwald, Conanson, Krugman...etc...seem to be concerned about this part.

I hope you are correct, btw...

Thank you,
Spooky

[philly_bob]

82. Warning: Our opposition will cause stock market to plummet.

Democratic opposition to this bailout will cause the Dow to drop, by 400 to 1000 points. We have to frame it carefully: Over the long run, it helps the dollar and the economy and the Constitution.

[Yuugal]

98. oh my!

I have no house , no stocks, no money and can barely feed my family as it is. OH NOS! If we don't save the rich people, peons like me will become poor and have no homes, no money........oh wait, nevermind, fuck the rich.

"it helps the dollar and the economy and the Constitution"

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Did paulson pay you to say that? Sure, giving him unlimited, unchecked power and our treasury at the same time will save our constitution. Here is how I see the economic picture. The govt plans to make every dollar you have worth about 1/4 of what it was worth before so they can bail out their rich friends. I'm sure people with money are for it, I'm for chopping their god-damned heads off.

[dixiegrrrrl]

119. But wait, it just got better ...

From Politico

Exclusive: Foreign banks may get help



Sun Sep 21, 8:24 AM ET

In a change from the original proposal sent to Capitol Hill, foreign-based banks with big U.S. operations could qualify for the Treasury Department’s mortgage bailout, according to the fine print of an administration statement Saturday night.
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The theory, according to a participant in the negotiations, is that if the goal is to solve a liquidity crisis, it makes no sense to exclude banks that do a lot of lending in the United States.

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson confirmed the change on ABC's "This Week," telling George Stephanopoulos that coverage of foreign-based banks is "a distinction without a difference to the American people."

"If a financial institution has business operations in the United States, hires people in the United States, if they are clogged with illiquid assets, they have the same impact on the American people as any other institution," Paulson said.


http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13690.html

[philly_bob]

131. Yuugal, you misunderstood what I was saying.

When I said "it helps the dollar and the economy and the Constitution," I meant our OPPOSITION to the bailout helps the dollar, the economy & the Constitution. I did NOT mean the bailout helps the dollar, economy & constitution.

I oppose the bailout. I was suggesting this as a "framing" to explain why Democrats oppose the bailout, even though, if the Democrats delay the bailout, it will cause the market to drop. The dollar, the economy, and the Constitution are more important than Wall Street.

Fuck the rich. Yeah. Or, as we say in political code: return the level of income inequality back to where it was before Reagan took office.

[Yuugal]

144. understood

I guess my trigger finger is getting a bit twitchy these days, my bad.

[rustydad]

135. Don't give a shit if the SM goes to 0

I don't own any.

[Norrin Radd]

83. kr

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

84. K&R.

[Vattel]

88. I need some facts

The idea that this bill would involve "the total transfer of Congressional powers (the few that still remain) to the Executive Branch" seems clearly false. Am I missing something?

[HamdenRice]

95. No you're not

but panic is fun, I guess!

:shrug:

You might want to look here for analysis:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4049626&mesg_id=4049626

[Vattel]

125. Thanks, very useful information. nt

[NOW tense]

89. WTF?

[greyghost]

92. Damn straight!

[redqueen]

99. Is a passage dictating what can or can't be done about a bill legal?

That seems absurd on its face.

[trthnd4jstc]

103. Disgusting. More letters to congress. More work on our part to prevent stupidity. n/t

[Blue_Tires]

104. 157th rec

[rhett o rick]

111. I call your rec and raise you a rec. nm

[Uncle Joe]

112. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, babylonsister.:thumbsup:

[derby378]

113. Whatever happened to "you made your bed, now lie in it?"

:shrug:

I hope Obama's first 100 days strike at the heart of voodoonomic bullshit just like this.

[vanderBeth]

120. k&r

[bobthedrummer]

122. K&R#178

:patriot:

[lelgt60]

127. It's not the end

As a few others have pointed out, I don't think there will be revolution in the USA right now, or anytime soon.

Most Americans, indeed most people in the world who have a standard of living any where close to what 70%-80% of Americans have, just want the damn government to keep the economy and their economic way of life going. Period. They'll accept occasional recessions. They'll accept being layed off for months. They'll accept having their homes foreclosed on (as long as they have the money to rent). They'll certainly accept many government intrusions on privacy to keep the economy going. They don't know or care about details of the constitution. They want order and reasonable prosperity. They want to know they and their kids will be safe from crime. I do to.

I don't think they're all stupid, ignorant (well maybe a bit), or evil. They're just human, and I think almost any group of humans in their situation would do the same.

I think one of two things is required for a revolution. One, of course, would be a total failure of the economy for more than 50% of the people - like Germany in the 20s. Much worse than the depression in the U.S. in the 30's. The second would be massive disapperances, jailings, and camps. Massive - affecting a large % of the population - not just "radicals".

Given this, I just have to observe that things were better under Clinton, and will be better under Obama. Not perfect. Maybe not even great. But progressive means making things better.

I could be wrong. Unbelievably, it's quite possible this time that condition one above might occur. But I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Revolution, like any massive, fast change hurts huge numbers of people. Look at history. This is just a fact.

Write your congressman. Protest the bailout plan. Work for Obama. Good luck to all of us.

[Disturbed]

130. E-mailing & phone callls are a waste of time.

They will be ignored. A hand written letter is more effective.

[tbyg52]

132. They take a *long* time to get there, thought, what with the security procedures.

This was good advice back before anthrax. I'd say call and keep calling.

[leftrightwingnut]

128. I knew it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=194115&mesg_id=194188

[leftrightwingnut]

129. Haven't we learned from 9/11? Rushing legislation through in fear is a bad idea.

[tnlurker]

133. Kick

[ngGale]

134. K&R

:scared: from watching all this take place and for people who have no clue how deep this subject really is.

[L. Coyote]

137. Let's just call it the Robber Baron's Dictatorship Bill or

something to do with hiring the fox to guard all our eggs.

[BigBearJohn]

138. I sent this to everyone I know and even some I don't know! Thanks for posting!

Hi BBS! :hi: :hug:

[liquiddaddy]

139. Higher Authority

We have inalienable rights. They can't take our freedom, dignity, thoughts and ideals unless we give it away. Sometimes, this fight requires blood.

Feeling ya.

[WindRiverMan]

140. Dear God

what have we allowed to happen?

[bobthedrummer]

141. "I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more..." kick

[TexasObserver]

142. It's the last big Bush scam: Get America to bail out the big companies that are his BASE.

Let them fail! They earned it.

The good companies will go on and the bad ones will go under.

[bobthedrummer]

143. ^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^