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Date: 2006/09/28 Thu AM 10:20:11 EDT
Subject: A new Action Buffet Phone Call Request matches your interest. Please act

Dear Faxer:

URGENT: Ask your Rep to Support Sensenbrenner today

This new Phone Call Request has been posted in your Action Buffet based on your answers to the Interest Survey.

You can find this Phone Call Request by proceeding to:
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Take Action

Call your Representative immediately and ask them to support Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) today in his efforts to oppose the DHS Appropriations bill as long as it contains the WHTI (Western Hempisphere Travel Initiative) postponement provisions.

Background

Last night (Wednesday), we told you that GOP leaders in the House vowed to not bring the the conference report for the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill (H.R. 5441) to the floor for a vote unless the Senate removes language that would postpone implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative.

Rep. Hastert caved in to the Senate's demands just hours later.

The DHS Appropriations Conference Report contains substantially all of the Leahy Stevens Amendment as contained in the Senate version of the DHS appropriations bill. These provisions significantly undermine the efforts of the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security to mee the deadline for tougher identity inspections at U.S. border ports of entry, as contained in the 2004 Intelligence Reform Act.

All is NOT lost:

Rep. Sensenbrenner has decided to fight the bill as long as it contains language that undermines the WHTI, and the recommendations of the 9/11 commission to help secure our points of entry.

Rep. Sensenbrenner cannot win this fight alone.

There is a real possibility of defeating the conference report, but only if you can convince your Representatives that their constituents are watching this vote, with an eye on the November elections, to see just how serious they are about real enforcement.

Please call your Representative as soon as you see this message!

Please Note: Things are changing on the Hill every minute. This action may only be available for a short time. Check in with the homepage (www.numbersusa.com) regularly for constant updates.


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