Contact your senators RIGHT F'n NOW, particularly in Maine, Illinois, Indiana, Mass, AR, and Alaska!

[Renew Deal]

Now's the time to make the calls on DADT! It is vitally important that people in the states I listed talk to Snowe and Collins, Kirk, Lugar, Brown, Pryor(D), and Murkowski!

You can get contact info for your congresspeople here: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/search_results.tt?action=cong&last=&party=&chamber=S&state=&submit=GO

Do not hesitate. Today is the day to act on the issue we have been talking about for years. Tell your senators to allow debate on DADT!

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. KICK THIS KICK THIS

For all the talk about political pressure, these urgent calls to action drop like flies and barely manage 5 recs.

WTF!!

This is an urgent call to action. You must call your Senators now.

[Tx4obama]

2. Brown and Murkowski have already said they will vote yes to repeal DADT.

Lugar changed from 'yes' to 'no' http://gay.americablog.com/2010/12/looks-like-weve-lost-lugar-on-dadt-he.html

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. INDIANA, force Lugar back into the civil rights camp!

[Tx4obama]

10. Also need huge pressure on Sen Manchin (D- West Virginia) n/t

[Renew Deal]

4. Mark Pryor will vote against it?

:wtf:

[Tx4obama]

6. Pryor has changed his 'no' to a 'yes'

http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2010/12/08/pryor-dadt-2

[Renew Deal]

7. Great news.

:boucne:

[Tx4obama]

5. Probable 'yes' votes

Republicans:
Olympia Snowe - Maine (maybe)
Susan Collins - Maine (maybe)
Scott Brown - Massachusetts - YES
George Voinovich - Ohio - YES
John Ensign - Nevada - YES
Lisa Murkowski - Alaska - YES

Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Illinois) is a 'MAYBE' - http://www.metroweekly.com/poliglot/2010/11/kirk-takes-office-dadt-repeal.html
Sen. Lugar (R- Indiana) changed from 'yes' to 'NO' - http://gay.americablog.com/2010/12/looks-like-weve-lost-lugar-on-dadt-he.html

Democrats that have gone from a no/maybe/undecided to a probable 'YES': Jim Webb (VA), Blanche Lincoln (AR), Mark Warner (VA)

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) remains “undecided”/'no' - http://gay.americablog.com/2010/12/sen-manchin-d-wv-using-bogus-argument.html

UPDATE: December 8th - Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) is now a 'YES' - http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2010/12/08/pryor-dadt-2

[kernelfarmer]

8. K&R (nt)

[FreeState]

9. K&R - done. Please take a moment and call if you have not yet! n/t

[donheld]

11. I know Bennet & Udall are on board.

[Renew Deal]

12. I got through to Schumer.

Gillibrands phone is busy. Coincidentally Hillary's usually was too. :think:

[Tx4obama]

13. UPDATE on link below

Lieberman To Reid On DADT: Back Off, I Got This
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/12/lieberman-to-reid-on-dadt-back-off-i-got-this.php?ref=fpb

[druidity33]

14. called Brown. K&R.

actually talked to a nice staffer. Took my "message" down, i thanked him, he said "anytime".

:shrug:

edit to add the shrug.

[Renew Deal]

15. kick

:kick:

[Tx4obama]

16. DADT cloture vote postponed until Thursday - see link below

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/12/08/reid-holds-off-on-dont-ask-vote-until-thursday/