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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Voters Boot Out Pro-Blackwater Board

crossposted on firedoglake late nite 13 december 2007

photo by Annie in Beziers

Voters in Potrero CA ejected all 5 pro-Blackwater members of the planning board Tuesday. Local opposition to the proposed private military training camp produced a 59% turnout that booted out the incumbents by significant margins.

If you're looking for job security, this board ain't it. Another three of the nine members were dismissed earlier when it became known they had been improperly appointed, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. The ninth member opposes the training camp.

But don't be looking for used jackboots on ebay just yet, the big vote is still a year away, when the county Board of Supervisors makes their decision.

Blackwater VP Brian Bonflglio commented on this exercise in democracy with customary sensitivity for community relations:

“I don't care one way or the other,”

And God forbid the voters should have a say in the matter:

“I feel bad that people that I believe were serving the community were removed based on political influences,” Bonfiglio said. [egr bold]

Juls has the background in this Kos diary:

It was the nation's first ever electoral vote on Blackwater and it was a massive people-powered grassroots victory over the mercenaries. Every "stop Blackwater" candidate won by at least 63%.... [snip]

It is also a blistering statement by a very conservative town to reject the Bush world view. Our nation is not better served by having a privatized Army. There is nothing pro-troop about supporting Blackwater.

Refresh my memory here, Blackwater is fighting for the American way and democracy? Seems they just can't be bothered with actual pesky voters.

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The Rescue

crossposted at firedoglake 29 november 2007



Video by SNPS Brian Shajari

Looks like the perfect storm, doesn't it? This post is in honor of Old Coastie's success in helping to save California from election fraud.

Repubs know they can't win a fair presidential race in '08, so they were trying to siphon off part of the CA electoral votes. And cheating besides.

If you go to the website of newly elected Secretary of State, Debra Bowen-D, you will see the following exciting language:

1250. (07-0016 Amdt. #1NS) Requirements for Presidential Electors. Statute. WITHDRAWN from Initiatives in Circulation. [egr bold]

Music to my ears! Link for the full text, scroll down.

It all began when Old Coastie [named for her work in the Coast Guard], along with Vikingkingq and PeteB2 from Kos and a few other sharp-eyed observers saw people gathering signatures on multiple petitions in a way that looked suspicious. While ostensibly signing for a children's cancer hospital [I mean really, how heartless could you be not to support a children's cancer hospital?] people were asked to put their name on 'multiple copies.' But these weren't duplicates, they were other initiatives, with the deception hidden by using rubber bands across the pages.

OC's Kos diary, pushed up onto the Recommended list by a surge of firepups, has all the juicy details. Instead of just shrugging and doing nothing, OC and others took action by calling officials and demanding to know what was going on. See this FDL comment where she asked pups for help in figuring out the next steps. Word spread, many more people got involved, and they scored one for the good guys.

Loo Hoo found a SacBee article that links the shenanigans to good ol' Congressman Issa. Who could have guessed? And BradBlog ties the whole thing to the increasingly desperate Giuliani campaign.

So the Repub attempt to steal yet another presidential election, this time by splitting the electoral votes in California, has been thwarted---for now. Still hoping that loosehead and colleagues succeed in keeping New York State from losing authority over its own elections.

Gee, isn't it amazing that the Republicans don't want electoral reform everywhere, just the places that could tip the election to them? And even then only thru deception? They can't win fair and square, so they have to cheat. US Attorneys scandal among sooo many others. Nice party ya guys got there.

But at least one part of the government has escaped being eviscerated by the Repubs, and still works the way it's supposed to: the Coast Guard performed heroically in New Orleans while so many others did nothing. [Truth in advertising, despite being in a Navy family I'm fond of the them because my brother was in the Coast Guard Band.] Their motto is Semper Paratus = Always Ready.

Coast Guard to the rescue---a toast to our Old Coastie and all who helped! To firepup citizen action!

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