Reopsted from AROCKET: John Wickman is asking for follow-up phone calls in support for Senator Enzi's proposal to exempt rocket propellants from the Federal explosives requirements...
-dave w - - --- -- - -- --- - - We continue to make progress in the Senate and pick up support. Many of you have asked for the names of Senators supporting us. We will not be able to release that information since any future opposition would know immediately who to work on. Here are the preliminary counts: Yes or leaning for: 9 Undecided: 90 No or Leaning against: 1 I believe we will pick up about 10 Senators this week, pushing our Yes total to 19. We have a lot more work to do in moving those undecided Senators into the yes column. The good news is we have no one against, only one Senator leaning against. It is time for follow-up phone calls to your Senators and find out where they stand. If undecided, what are the issues that are causing them confusion? See if you can clear them up. If they haven't yet contacted Candice Cotton for more information, tell them to do so and give them her phone number (224-3424). If leaning for, push them into a solid yes. For the Senators that would support the exemption, ask if they will co-sponsor it. Their staffs have a draft of the legislation, now. If they lost it, they can contact Candice Cotton for a new copy. I know the thought of calling your Senators and asking for their help is intimidating. It may be akin to "root cannel" surgery in your minds, but it has to be done if we want success in getting legislative relief. The Senators and their staffs are very busy with other bills and national issues in the Senate. We need to keep reminding them we are here and need their support and help. Don't worry about pissing them off by your calls. They expect your calls and judge how important the issue is to you by your persistence. When you call ask the following questions: 1) Have they decided whether to support Senator Enzi's exemption for rocketry in the Safe Explosives Act? 2) If so, have they decided whether they want to cosponsor the bill? 3) If undecided, do they need more information or is there something about the exemption that is bothering them? If they need more information, tell them to contact Candice Cotton at 224-3424. 4) If against, what don't they like about it? See if you can answer the objection. If you don't have the answer, refer them to Candice Cotton who may be able to answer their objections. The Senator's staff will be in their offices on Monday, March 10th. That is the time to start making your calls. If you don't get through, keep trying until you do. Once you have made contact, please let me know by email what were the results. The Senate contact phone numbers are listed on our web page www.space-rockets.com/congress.html If some of the phone numbers are in error, let me know so that I can post the correct phone numbers. You may repost this to any newsgroup or forum. John Wickman ARSA _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
