[eDebate] Fwd: ACTION NEEDED: Aid to Israel / Conference CommitteeContact Information

Thu Nov 8 18:39:23 CST 2001

Stroube just encouraged us to contact our members of Congres
and to be polite. heh heh.

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From: jack stroube <jackattack7 at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 6:06 PM
Subject: [eDebate] Fwd: ACTION NEEDED: Aid to Israel / Conference
CommitteeContact Information

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> >From: Bill Thomson <wthomson at umich.edu>
> >To: (Recipient list suppressed)
> >Subject: ACTION NEEDED:  Aid to Israel / Conference Committee Contact
> >Information
> >Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 08:33:00 -0500
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> >Note:  As of 11/8, the House Conferees for this bill have not yet been
> >appointed, but I thought it prudent to go ahead and send out this alert
so
> >that
> >we may carry out our lobbying efforts with the Senate and with the
> >President.
> >When the House Conferees are appointed, I will notify you immediately,
but
> >events may move rather quickly at that point.
> >
> >Peace,
> >         Bill
> >
> >******************************
> >
> >The bill giving $2.76 billion in foreign aid to Israel (17.7% of the
entire
> >foreign aid budget--approximately  $460.00 for every Israeli citizen) has
> >now
> >gone to a conference committee to resolve differences between the House
> >(H.R.
> >2506) and Senate (Recorded Vote 312) versions.  You can find the details
on
>
><http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:HR02506:@@@L&summ2=m&#status>
.
> >
> >The bill is subject to modification in the conference committee, and we
are
> >asking the thousands who receive this email to contact the conferees and
> >ask
> >that the aid to Israel section be eliminated or suspended until Israel
> >complies
> >with international agreements on human rights and the Geneva Conventions
> >(in
> >particular:  "The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer
> >parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies."
> >-Article
> >49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949).  When calling the office,
ask
> >to
> >speak with the staffer in charge of foreign relations.  Please call as
many
> >of
> >these members as you can, but AT LEAST call any who respresent you, as
well
> >as
> >FOUR members of each house from neighboring areas.
> >
> >Senate Conferees:
> >
> >Bennett  (UT: 202-224-5444 / 801-524-5933)
> >Bond (MO: 202-224-5721 / 314-725-4484)
> >Byrd (WV: 202-224-3954 / 304-342-5855)
> >Campbell (CO: 202-224-5852 / 719-636-9092)
> >Durbin (IL: 202-224-2152 / 312-353-4952)
> >Gregg (NH: 202-224-3324 / 603-225-7115)
> >Harkin (IA: 202-224-3254 / 515-284-4574)
> >Inouye (HI: 202-224-3934 / 808-541-2542)
> >Johnson (SD: 202-224-5842 / 605-332-8896)
> >Landrieu (LA: 202-224-5824 / 504-589-2427)
> >Leahy (VT: 202-224-4242 / 802-863-2525)
> >McConnell (KY: 202-224-2541 / 502-582-6304)
> >Mikulski (MD: 202-224-4654 / 410-962-4510)
> >Reed (RI: 202-224-4642 / 401-943-3100)
> >Shelby (AL: 202-224-5744 / 334-223-7303)
> >Specter (PA: 202-224-4254 / 215-597-7200)
> >Stevens (AK:202-224-3004 / 907-586-7400)
> >
> >House Conferees:
> >
> >
> >
> >         Also, please contact the White House (202-456-1111) and ask the
> >President to be prepared to veto this bill.
> >
> >TALKING POINTS
> >
> >         1.  The major talking point that is likely to resonate with
House
> >and
> >Senate members is that aid to Israel at this time will have a seriously
> >negative impact on the President's anti-terrorism efforts and will put
> >American
> >citizens at risk.
> >
> >         2.  If you think your Representative/Senator might be receptive,
> >you
> >might also talk about the brutality of the current Israeli attack against
> >Palestinians, and the occupation in general.  Be careful with this one
> >however,
> >since, unfortunately most members have a knee-jerk positive response in
> >favor
> >of funding for Israel.  Better to concentrate on the dangers to Americans
> >(which is an argument that I find personally offensive, due to its clear
> >implication that American lives are more valuable than any others).
> >However,
> >it IS the American citizen that votes for these folks.
> >
> >Some hints about contacting the President, House and Senate:
> >
> >******CONTACT EARLY AND OFTEN******BE POLITE******CONTACT EARLY AND
> >OFTEN******BE POLITE******
> >
> >         1.  When contacting members of Congress, they tend to take more
> >seriously the calls and letters that specifically mention the legislation
> >(i.e., H.R. 2506 for the House--Senate Recorded Vote 312).  You can find
> >contact information for additional Senators and Congresspeople at
> >http://government.aol.com.
> >
> >         2.  On another note, as long as it is not one of a mass email or
> >mailing, they don't tend to look at the source of the information much
> >differently (i.e.--email/mail/fax), unless you meet in person, which is
of
> >course much more effective.
> >
> >         3.  At present (Fall 2001), I highly recommend emailing over
> >mailing.
> >Also, it is currently more useful to fax than mail info because mail is
> >backed
> >up for weeks due to the anthrax scare.
> >
> >___________________________
> >
> >   William J. (Bill) Thomson, Ph.D.
> >       (wthomson at umich.edu)
> >___________________________
>
>
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