FAIR ALERT: Call your Senators NOW to Oppose Amnesty!!!
Urgent Action Alert
June 12, 2007
"I'll See You at the Bill Signing," Declares President Bush.
Call Your Senators NOW to Let Them Know You Oppose the Bush Amnesty Agenda!
On the last stop during his eight-day, six-country tour through Europe, President Bush held a news conference in Sofia, Bulgaria where he vowed to push amnesty legislation through Congress this summer. Declaring that the Bush-Kennedy bill had only been "temporarily derailed," Bush confidently said, "I'll see you at the bill signing."
These words signaled the intense flurry of activity in the White House which began when the Senate could not muster enough votes to end debate on the Bush-Kennedy bill last week. The very day after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) pulled the bill from the Senate floor, President Bush announced he would attend the Senate Republican luncheon today (Tuesday) to discuss the issue of immigration reform. The Associated Press reports that this will be the first Senate GOP luncheon the President has attended in five years, another signal Bush intends to use the visit to push his amnesty agenda. And once again, the Administration will act behind closed doors to achieve what he knows is overwhelmingly unpopular with the American people!
The Administration is indeed pulling out all the stops in order to get Congress to pass an amnesty for the 12-20 million illegal aliens in the U.S. On Saturday, the President used his weekly radio address to urge the Senate to renew debate on the bill. Sunday morning, Bush sent Administration officials to appear on Sunday morning news shows in an attempt to breathe new life into the bill. On CNN's Late Edition, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez declared that the Bush-Kennedy was "alive and well" and that the Bush Administration was "more committed than ever" to passing it. Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ), also a guest on CNN's Late Edition and a staunch proponent of the Bush-Kennedy amnesty bill, predicted that the legislation would pass the Senate by the July 4th holiday! According to USA Today, President Bush was placing calls to Republican Senators from Air Force One during his European trip in an attempt to twist arms and curry favor.
President Bush will be visiting Republican Senators on Capitol Hill TODAY!!!! FAIR is urging all members, activists and friends to call their Republican Senators all day today (Tuesday) and urge them not to buy into the President's amnesty agenda. Please tell your Republican Senators that President Bush does not represent the American people on the issue of immigration reform. The American people want enforcement of our existing laws--not amnesty and not guest worker programs. Please urge Republican Senators to listen to the American people and not President Bush.
Your phone calls make a HUGE difference! To see their impact, please read the attached article from the New York Times entitled "Grass Roots Roared and Immigration Plan Collapsed."
FAIR has listed below all Republican Senators and their phone numbers. If both your Senators are Democrats, please call the following Members of Republican Leadership: Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Minority Leader; Senator Trent Lott (R-MS), Minority Whip; and Senator John Ensign (R-NV), National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman. These leadership offices represent the Republican caucus as a whole. Please call the DC numbers listed first, but if you can't get through after several tries, call the main district office listed below. This week will be critical in determining whether the Bush-Kennedy is alive or whether it has finally been laid to rest. WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! PLEASE CALL TODAY!!!!
Senator First Name Last Name District Phone DC Phone AK Senator Lisa A. Murkowski 907-271-3735 202-224-6665 AK Senator Ted Stevens 907-271-5915 202-224-3004 AL Senator Jeff Sessions 334-244-7017 202-224-4124 AL Senator Richard C. Shelby 205-731-1384 202-224-5744 AZ Senator Jon L. Kyl 602-840-1891 202-224-4521 AZ Senator John McCain 602-952-2410 202-224-2235 CO Senator Wayne A. Allard 303-220-7414 202-224-5941 FL Senator Mel Martinez 407-254-2573 202-224-3041 GA Senator Saxby Chambliss 770-763-9090 202-224-3521 GA Senator Johnny Isakson 770-661-0999 202-224-3643 IA Senator Charles E. Grassley 515-288-1145 202-224-3744 ID Senator Larry Craig 208-342-7985 202-224-2752 ID Senator Michael D. Crapo 208-334-1776 202-224-6142 IN Senator Richard G. Lugar 317-226-5555 202-224-4814 KS Senator Sam Brownback 316-264-8066 202-224-6521 KS Senator Pat Roberts 913-451-9343 202-224-4774 KY Senator Jim Bunning 800-283-8983 202-224-4343 KY Senator Mitch McConnell 502-582-6304 202-224-2541 LA Senator David Vitter 504-589-2753 202-224-4623 ME Senator Susan M. Collins 207-945-0417 202-224-2523 ME Senator Olympia J. Snowe 207-945-0432 202-224-5344 MN Senator Norm Coleman 651-645-0323 202-224-5641 MO Senator Christopher S. Bond 573-634-2488 202-224-5721 MS Senator Thad Cochran 601-965-4459 202-224-5054 MS Senator Trent Lott 601-965-4644 202-224-6253 NC Senator Richard Burr 336-685-8916 202-224-3154 NC Senator Elizabeth Dole 919-856-4630 202-224-6342 NE Senator Chuck Hagel 402-758-8981 202-224-4224 NH Senator Judd Gregg 603-225-7115 202-224-3324 NH Senator John E. Sununu 603-647-7500 202-224-2841 NM Senator Pete V. Domenici 505-346-6791 202-224-6621 NV Senator John Ensign 702-388-6605 202-224-6244 OH Senator George V. Voinovich 614-469-6697 202-224-3353 OK Senator Thomas A. Coburn 405-231-4941 202-224-5754 OK Senator James M. Inhofe 918-748-5111 202-224-4721 OR Senator Gordon H. Smith 503-326-3386 202-224-3753 PA Senator Arlen Specter 215-597-7200 202-224-4254 SC Senator Jim DeMint 864-233-5366 202-224-6121 SC Senator Lindsey O. Graham 864-250-1417 202-224-5972 SD Senator John Thune 605-334-9596 202-224-2321 TN Senator Lamar Alexander 615-736-5129 202-224-4944 TN Senator Bob Corker 865-637-4180 202-224-3344 TX Senator John Cornyn 972-239-1310 202-224-2934 TX Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison 214-361-3500 202-224-5922 UT Senator Robert F. Bennett 801-524-5933 202-224-5444 UT Senator Orrin G. Hatch 801-524-4380 202-224-5251 VA Senator John Warner 804-739-0247 202-224-2023 WY Senator Michael B. Enzi 307-682-6268 202-224-3424
