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Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War!
Battle to Kill Incumbent Protection Bill is NOT Over
-- Your Senator listed below is a key swing vote and needs to hear
from you!
Gun Owners of America E-Mail/FAX Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
http://www.gunowners.org
(Friday, February 22, 2002) -- Senators Tom Daschle (D-SD) and John
McCain (R-AZ) are trying their hardest to bring up campaign finance
"deform" legislation as soon as possible.
The earliest they could bring this legislation to the Senate floor
is next week -- the week of February 25 -- although there is one
major roadblock to their attempts. That one major obstacle is
Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who asserts he has the votes to kill
this bill through a filibuster.
Your Senator listed below is a key swing vote in this battle. So it
is imperative that you contact him right away and ask him to oppose
the Incumbent Protection Bill.
This legislation would enlarge the power of sitting legislators by
attempting to silence outside groups such as Gun Owners of America.
It would do that by requiring GOA to report certain legislative
advocacy as "electioneering communications," if such messages were
made within 60 days of an election.
For groups like Gun Owners to engage in speech that is classified as
"electioneering" would threaten the tax status of such groups. As a
result, this campaign legislation threatens to eliminate any
organization that uses certain media outlets to criticize a
politician's record.
Make no mistake, this gag rule will affect more than just elections.
Because most gun-related issues come to the Senate floor in
September and October as riders to the major money bills, GOA would
be restricted in its ability to inform its members of these issues
in the two months preceding an election. This legislation would
effectively silence GOA on many critical gun-related battles.
ACTION: Look at the list of senators below and please use the
pre-written letter to help you direct comments to your Senator's
office. He needs to hear from as many citizens from your state as
possible.
So please send your message and then pass this alert along to
others. We need to get thousands of messages pouring into his
office; all of them proclaiming the same theme: Oppose the
Incumbent Protection Bill!
The biggest battle will be in regard to the expected filibuster
that will be led by Sen. McConnell. You should ask your senator to
vote against cloture (that is, against shutting off debate) when the
filibuster is in progress.
To send a message via e-mail, go to your Senator's webpage (listed
below) and type or cut and paste your message. You can call your
Senator toll-free at 1-877-762-8762 or at 202-224-3121. You can
also fax him using the number provided.
Swing Vote Senators Fax Number
Website for e-mail submissions
John Breaux (D-LA) 202-228-2577
http://www.senate.gov/~breaux/contact.html
Pete Domenici (R-NM) 202-228-0900
http://domenici.senate.gov/contact/contactme.cfm
Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL) 202-228-1372
http://www.senate.gov/~fitzgerald
Chuck Hagel (R-NE) 202-224-5213
http://www.senate.gov/~hagel/email/contact.html
Ernest "Fritz" Hollings (D-SC) 202-224-4293
http://www.senate.gov/~hollings/webform.html
Tim Hutchinson (R-AR) 202-228-3973
http://hutchinson.senate.gov/email.html
Richard Lugar (R-IN) 202-228-0360
http://www.senate.gov/~lugar
Ben Nelson (D-NE) 202-228-0012
http://bennelson.senate.gov/email.html
Arlen Specter (R-PA) 202-228-1229
http://www.senate.gov/~specter/webform.htm
Ted Stevens (R-AK) 202-224-2354
http://www.senate.gov/~stevens/webform.htm
----- Pre-written message -----
Dear Senator:
I hope that you will take a strong stand against the anti-gun
Incumbent Protection Bill, and will vote AGAINST any attempt to
invoke cloture should the bill be filibustered. This legislation --
erroneously known as campaign finance reform -- would squelch the
voice of pro-gun organizations, and even threaten to eliminate their
tax-exempt status.
I cannot count on the major media to inform me of what's going on
concerning my gun rights. I must rely on Second Amendment groups to
inform me of pending legislation or congressional votes, no matter
how close to an election these issues arise.
In fact, the primary purpose of the First Amendment is to protect
exactly the type of political communication that the so-called
campaign finance bill is trying to destroy.
Please vote AGAINST invoking cloture and vote AGAINST its final
passage. It is an anti-gun and anti-speech abomination.
Sincerely,
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