Senate Phone and Fax Numbers

STATE	SENATOR	PHONE	FAX
HI	Daniel Akaka	(202) 224-6361	(202) 224-2126
TN	Lamar Alexander	(202) 224-4944	(202) 228-3398
CO	Wayne Allard	(202) 224-5941	(202) 224-6471
WY	John Barrasso	(202) 224-6441	(202) 224-1724
MT	Max Baucus	(202) 224-2651	(202) 224-0515
IN	Evan Bayh	(202) 224-5623	(202) 228-1377
UT	Robert Bennett	(202) 224-5444	(202) 228-1168
DE	Joseph Biden	(202) 224-5042	(202) 224-0139
NM	Jeff Bingaman	(202) 224-5521	(202) 224-2852
MO	Christopher Bond	(202) 224-5721	(202) 224-8149
CA	Barbara Boxer	(202) 224-3553	(415) 956-6701
OH	Sherrod Brown	(202) 224-2315	(202) 228-6321
KS	Sam Brownback	(202) 224-6521	(202) 228-1265
KY	Jim Bunning	(202) 224-4343	(202) 228-1373
NC	Richard Burr	(202) 224-3154	(202) 228-2981
WV	Robert Byrd	(202) 224-3954	(202) 228-0002
WA	Maria Cantwell	(202) 224-3441	(202) 228-0514
MD	Benjamin Cardin	(202) 224-4524	(202) 224-1651
DE	Thomas Carper	(202) 224-2441	(202) 228-2190
PA	Robert Casey	(202) 224-6324	(202) 228-0604
GA	Saxby Chambliss	(202) 224-3521	(202) 224-0103
NY	Hillary Clinton	(202) 224-4451	(202) 228-0282
OK	Tom Coburn	(202) 224-5754	(202) 224-6008
MS	Thad Cochran	(202) 224-5054	(202) 224-9450
MN	Norm Coleman	(202) 224-5641	(202) 224-1152
ME	Susan Collins	(202) 224-2523	(202) 224-2693
ND	Kent Conrad	(202) 224-2043	(202) 224-7776
TN	Bob Corker	(202) 224-3344	(202) 228-0566
TX	John Cornyn	(202) 224-2934	(202) 228-2856
ID	Larry Craig	(202) 224-2752	(202) 228-1067
ID	Mike Crapo	(202) 224-6142	(202) 228-1375
SC	Jim DeMint	(202) 224-6121	(202) 228-5143
CT	Christopher Dodd	(202) 224-2823	(202) 224-1083
NC	Elizabeth Dole	(202) 224-6342	(202) 224-1100
NM	Pete Domenici	(202) 224-6621	(202) 228-3261
ND	Byron Dorgan	(202) 224-2551	(202) 224-1193
IL	Richard Durbin	(202) 224-2152	(202) 228-0400
NV	John Ensign	(202) 224-6244	(202) 228-2193
WY	Michael Enzi	(202) 224-3424	(202) 228-0359
WI	Russell Feingold	(202) 224-5323	(202) 224-2725
CA	Dianne Feinstein	(202) 224-3841	(202) 228-3954
SC	Lindsey Graham	(202) 224-5972	(202) 224-3808
IA	Chuck Grassley	(202) 224-3744	(202) 224-6020
NH	Judd Gregg	(202) 224-3324	(202) 224-4952
NE	Chuck Hagel	(202) 224-4224	(202) 224-5213
IA	Tom Harkin	(202) 224-3254	(202) 224-9369
UT	Orrin Hatch	(202) 224-5251	(202) 224-6331
TX	Kay Hutchinson	(202) 224-5922	(202) 224-0776
OK	James Inhofe	(202) 224-4721	(202) 228-0380
HI	Daniel Inouye	(202) 224-3934	(202) 224-6747
GA	Johnny Isakson	(202) 224-3643	(202) 228-0724
SD	Tim Johnson	(202) 224-5842	(202) 228-5765
MA	Edward Kennedy	(202) 224-4543	(202) 224-2417
MA	John Kerry	(202) 224-2742	(202) 224-8525
MN	Amy Klobuchar	(202) 224-3244	(202) 228-2186
WI	Herb Kohl	(202) 224-5653	(202) 224-9787
AZ	Jon Kyl	(202) 224-4521	(202) 224-2207
LA	Mary Landrieu	(202) 224-5824	(202) 224-9735
NJ	Frank Lautenberg	(202) 224-3224	(202) 228-4054
VT	Patrick Leahy	(202) 224-4242	(202) 224-3479
MI	Carl Levin	(202) 224-6221	(202) 224-1388
CT	Joe Lieberman	(202) 224-4041	(202) 224-9750
AR	Blanche Lincoln	(202) 224-4843	(202) 228-1371
MS	Trent Lott	(202) 224-6253	(202) 224-2262
IN	Richard Lugar	(202) 224-4814	(202) 228-0360
FL	Mel Martinez	(202) 224-3041	(202) 228-5171
AZ	John McCain	(202) 224-2235	(202) 228-2862
MO	Claire McCaskill	(202) 224-6154	(202) 228-6326
KY	Mitch McConnell	(202) 224-2541	(202) 224-2499
NJ	Robert Menendez	(202) 224-4744	(202) 228-2197
MD	Barbara Mikulski	(202) 224-4654	(202) 224-8858
AK	Lisa Murkowski	(202) 224-6665	(202) 224-5301
WA	Patty Murray	(202) 224-2621	(202) 224-0238
NE	Ben Nelson	(202) 224-6551	(202) 228-0012
FL	Bill Nelson	(202) 224-5274	(202) 228-2183
IL	Barack Obama	(202) 224-2854	(202) 228-4260
AR	Mark Pryor	(202) 224-2353	(202) 228-0908
RI	Jack Reed	(202) 224-4642	(202) 224-4680
NV	Harry Reid	(202) 224-3542	(202) 224-7327
KS	Pat Roberts	(202) 224-4774	(202) 224-3514
WV	John Rockefeller	(202) 224-6472	(202) 224-7665
CO	Ken Salazar	(202) 224-5852	(202) 228-5036
VT	Bernard Sanders	(202) 224-5141	(202) 228-0776
NY	Charles Schumer	(202) 224-6542	(202) 228-3027
AL	Jeff Sessions	(202) 224-4124	(202) 224-3149
AL	Richard Shelby	(202) 224-5744	(202) 224-3416
OR	Gordon Smith	(202) 224-3753	(202) 228-3997
ME	Olympia Snowe	(202) 224-5344	(202) 224-1946
PA	Arlen Specter	(202) 224-4254	(202) 228-1229
MI	Debbie Stabenow	(202) 224-4822	(202) 228-0325
AK	Ted Stevens	(202) 224-3004	(202) 224-2354
NH	John Sununu	(202) 224-2841	(202) 228-4131
MT	Jon Tester	(202) 224-2644	(202) 224-8594
SD	John Thune	(202) 224-2321	(202) 228-5429
LA	David Vitter	(202) 224-4623	(202) 228-5061
OH	George Voinovich	(202) 224-3353	(202) 228-1382
VA	John Warner	(202) 224-2023	(202) 224-6295
VA	James Webb	(202) 224-4024	(202) 228-6363
RI	Sheldon Whitehouse	(202) 224-2921	(202) 228-6362
OR	Ron Wyden	(202) 224-5244	(202) 228-2717

Toll-free numbers for Congress from Katymine:

1 (800) 828 - 0498
1 (800) 459 - 1887
1 (800) 614 - 2803
1 (866) 340 - 9281
1 (866) 338 - 1015
1 (877) 851 - 6437
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Republicans Stall While Children Drown

crossposted at firedoglake 4 december 2007


I've got yer family values right here:

Republican Senator Tom Coburn is holding up legislation that would help prevent children from drowning in pool drain accidents.

Thirty-two children drowned and another hundred were seriously injured---by drain suction pulling out their intestines or trapping a limb---between 1985 and 2004 according to the Washington Post. John Edwards had a well-known case involving this kind of injury.

Legislation to require inexpensive raised drain covers was all set to pass when Sen. Coburn [a physician!] decided we couldn't afford the $7 million---spread over the next five years---so he put a hold on it. Gee this is what, about 10 minutes of the cost of the mess in Iraq?

Sponsor Debbie Wasserman Schultz explains it actually *saves* money overall:

...in the long run the bill would probably save taxpayer dollars by preventing fatalities and costly injuries such as brain damage caused by near-drownings.

I'll tell you what we can't afford, is a Congress that won't take care of American citizens. Demand better: Stop killing Iraqis, start saving children's lives. Now was that so hard?

P.S. Feeling like Colombo here, just one more thing...Harry Reid, how come when a Republican puts a hold on legislation, that's honored, while Sen. Dodd's hold is ignored? Just askin'.

photoshop by twolf1

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Deserters

For people angry at those in Congress who are now coming over to the Light:

Let's welcome them with open arms. Others are watching to see what happens. Certainly they will be vilified by their own side.

These are people who are crossing the battle line and surrendering. Will you shoot them? Please, accept their new positions with gratitude.

Yes of course it's "too late" but we have them now and must work with the resources and people available to us now, not in some If Only world.

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Senator-Elect James Webb

I just like typing that. Also Senator-Elect Jon Tester. They were amazing today on Meet the Press. The Senate may never be the same, after these regular guys, these truth tellers, these people who represent the people of the United States.

[edit---Jane Hamsher provides us with a Snoopy dance for the victory party.]