OK folks, time to engage in our rights of citizenship. You know what to do. Phones and email contact info at the bottom. – Anthony
UPDATE2: test vote passes narrowly, 7 votes needed to defeat this bill – Anthony
UPDATE: C-SPAN1 is covering this live, there is a live media streaming page which you can access here:
http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN_wm.aspx
CSPAN also has live phone in. Phone in your comments: (202)585-3885 , -3886, -3887
From GreenHell blog the Waxman-Markey pre-vote count…
Waxman-markey pre-liminary head-count as of Thursday afternoon (courtesy Myron Ebell):
218 needed to win…
Yes
Yes = 175
Leaning Yes = 35
TOTAL = 210
Undecided = 20
No
No = 190
Leaning No = 14
TOTAL = 204
Undecided or Won’t Say:
Kirkpatrick Az
Boyd Fla
Brown Fla
Bishop Ga
R Kirk Ill
Foster Ill
Donnelly Ind
R Jones NC
McIntyre NC
R Frelinghuysen NJ
Tonko NY
Arcuri NY
Space Ohio (he voted for it in committee)
Carney Penna.
Davis Tenn
Al Green Tex
Jackson Lee Tex
Ortiz Tex
Eddie Bernice Johnson Tex
Kind Wisc
Leaning Yes:
Mitchell Az
Cardoza Calif
Costa Calif
Baca Calif
R Castle Del
Grayson Fla
Meek Fla
Kozmas Fla
Abercrombie Hi
Bean Ill
R Cao La
Kratovil Md
R Ehlers Mich
Kildee Mich
Schauer Mich
Peters Mich
Clay Mo
Skelton Mo
Thompson Miss
Shuler NC
Adler NJ
Lance NJ
Meeks NY
McMahon NY
Murphy NY
R McHugh NY
Maffei NY
Driehaus Ohio
Fudge Ohio
Kilroy Ohio
Cooper Tenn
Edwards Tex
Rodriguez Tex
Nye Va
Kagan Wisc
Leaning No:
Salazar Colo
Marshall Ga
Boswell Iowa
Minnick Idaho
Halvorson Ill
Etheridge NC
Kissell NC
Massa NY
Kaptur Ohio
Boccieri Ohio
R Gerlach Penna
Hinojosa Tex
Mollohan WV
Rahall WV
U.S. readers can use this link…
http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml
…to contact their representative and senators regarding the Waxman-Markey bill.
The link makes it very easy to send an email or make a phone call.
Use the US Representatives link after clicking on the link above since this vote will occur in the House of Representatives.
A one or two sentence email, or a one minute call is all that is necessary. Just mention that you’re a constituent of the Representative or Senator, that it’s a bad bill, and ask him/her to please vote against it.
Elected folks keep score. They have their staffs keep a tally of pro and con calls, letters and emails. If they hear from enough people, it can make a difference.
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I am surprised to see Chet Edwards (Texas 17th) on the leaning yes list. I’ve met with Edwards before, but am just outside his district. Please, please, please if you are constituent of Mr. Edwards, give his office a call.
202-225-6105
I just emailed congressman Delahunt and asked him to vote NO. I know that he supports the bill, but…. it was worth a try.
“When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.”
It’s a real shame that this has been forgotten.
Whether this monstrosity passes or not, one thing is clear … the biggest threat to the people of the United States is the government itself.
Our own government has become the enemy.
Just when we thought it couldn’t get worse Waxman adds 300 more pages to the bill just before voting. Please see http://www.rules.house.gov/111/SpecialRules/hr2998/waxman1_hr2998_111.pdf
I don’t have the patience to decode 300 pages of bureaucratize but it looks like more tentacles of government control deeper into the energy industry.
I have contacted my congress critter and reminded him how much the phrase “cap and trade” is like the phrase “tar and feathers”.
Last night I shot off a long email to my representative Jared Polis Colorado.
All the indirect indications are that he would vote for this legislation, having a home office in Boulder Colorado (home of NCAR), and the postings on his web site he is likely firmly positioned as a pro AGW advocate. I also called his office this morning and finally got through (someone is spending a lot of time on the phone as it took a while).
His staff person indicated he had not stated his position on the upcoming legislation and I voiced my opposition that this is fatally flawed legislation. Hopefully comments will encourage him to take a stand against it.
Having worked in State government, I second the comments above that the more personal the contact method the higher it is ranked by the staff, more or less in direct proportion to how easy it is to do. A personal visit to the office would carry more weight than a phone call, a phone call and a personal hand written letter would carry more weight than an email, and an email would have more weight than a form letter fax.
Make your best effort to be reasonable and polite in your contact. You can be forceful without coming across as a raging lunatic. That sort of approach will just get your contact thrown in the crack pot pile. Pick one or two specific issues and dwell on them. Make it clear you are watching what the voting record will be and will judge accordingly.
There was an interesting Opinion article in the Wall Street Journal print edition this morning (page A13 for reference) Titled “The Climate Change Climate Change by Kimberly A Strassel. She comments how the tide is turning on the Climate Change “consensus” and how various governments are beginning to have second thoughts on sweeping climate change legislation. It is worth a read if for no other reason than to know it will be read by thousands of Corporate Board Members and people inside the financial world.
Larry
Thanks to all you folks here, my wife and I each separately called different local offices of Carol Shea-Porter D -NH. Although probably an exercize in futility, it’s important that staffers and congresspersons know that their electors oppose this bill.
US residents who read and post here need to act rather than wasting time on the internet.
Washington Post is encouraging a NO vote!!! Not because they disagree with the premise, but because this isn’t going to be an effective way to control behaviors.
“Even if it passes today, Waxman-Markey is just a first step. With a flood of amendments to the House bill expected today and fierce battles to come in the Senate, the debate over how to design this fundamental shift in the American economy remains wide open. It’s not too late to hope for a cleaner cap-and-trade bill — such proposals are circulating on Capitol Hill — or a properly designed carbon tax that would send the right market signal to spur green-energy innovation while also leading to vital changes in behavior. “
This is as it always has been about control. Controlling the masses, it’s been the liberal mantra all along.
My congress woman is a solid NO as are both of my Senators.
Keep up the fight!!!
My congress woman is a solid NO as are both of my Senators.
Keep up the fight!!!
Called all the FLA Reps. Told them that I was a registered voter here and that If there wasn’t an emphatic “NO!” coming out of FLA on this, that I would vote, and encourage others to vote them out of office.
Doc_Navy
Here is another good slam on this insanity from Investor’s Business Daily: http://ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=330822830678035
It’s OK, the bill will be rejected. Why? Because the most important players in contemporary politics, Greenpeace and Friends of Earth, denounce the bill as a sellout to big business:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/25/18603877.php
No kidding. 😉
You denialists are going to be responsible for the suffering and mass extinctions that AGW is bringing about onto this planet.
I submitted a phone comment this morning and an email comment yesterday to my Rep, Robert Andrews, D-NJ-1. His staffer did not know his position on the bill.
Debate about whether to vote on Waxman-Markey is supposed to be ending soon.
Tell Mark Kirk that he won’t get my vote as he attempts his run for governor of Illinois or Illinois Senator if he votes YES. I already called Peter Roskam in my district.
Mary Jo Kilroy (OH)’s phone is on “all circuits are busy” status, so I sent an email via http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml . It requires zip+4 sometimes, but you can get your extension off a piece of junk mail. I’ll try to find if her office is nearby for a personal visit.
Ken (07:35:39) wrote: “Tell Mark Kirk that he won’t get my vote as he attempts his run for governor of Illinois or Illinois Senator if he votes YES.”
Ken, call Mark at either:
Washington (preferred): 202-225-4835
Northbrook: 847-940-0202
They don’t bite, they just register your IMPORTANT position!
Here’s a link to an article in The Houston Chronicle about Cap and Trade that was published yesturday. After reading, please read the 2nd comment posted on the article by Mike Vance. I think he sums up the problem quite clearly.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6498189.html
CSPAN is covering this live and in-depth with call-ins. Phone numbers listed on screeen.
Re: Mr Lynn (06:38:15)
“OK, I attempted to e-mail him via the form on his website. Got a 404 error.”
I am a constituent of Stephen Cohen’s district in Tennessee and also got a 404 error.
http://cohen.house.gov/ does not allow the sending of emails. His official government site is broken. Does anyone know how to obtain his actual email address?
if you live in a state like MA where your rep is useless, you can try and influence reps in other states with providing campaign funds.
Freylinghuysen in NJ is voting No.
Malkin is liveblogging here
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/06/26/cap-and-tax-liveblog-democrats-limit-debate-stampede-toward-national-energy-tax/
On CSPAN, 99% of the caller’s talking about this are against passage of this bill, including many Democrat callers.
Phone in your comments: (202)585-3885 , -3886, -3887
My rep is a confirmed no . He was leaning yes when this almost came to the floor a while back , but a flood of calls against it swayed him – see it can work . Just to be safe , though , I called his local office (DC line was busy) and emailed .
First, thanks to Roger Carr and “little old lady…”. Laughed my tail off. Contacted my “rep.” Bagdhad Jim ‘McDirt’ and was told he’s undecided. Liar…Am also contacting others in my state but will contact others in other states as well and encourage you to do the same. They don’t seem to be interested in checking to see if you are a constituent or not. PLEASE be respectful and polite but make your case succinctly. To quote a recent American hero when faced with an extremist in control of the plane (is our situation that much different?), “Let’s roll…”
I have repeatedly contacted my representatives and senators (Louisiana) with messages to KILL this resolution; have been rebuffed from other representatives’ offices with the message-they only listen to constituents! I, too, am pessimistic about stopping this train wreck. I am retired and worry about all increases in living expenses that this fiasco will initiate.
Anthony, thanks for all you work and involvement; surely your scientific studies will eventually win out.
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