Daily Campaign Finance Reform thread

[Valin]

Would you be willing to start a daily thread with this intent? Or conversely, a thread that is bumped to the top regularly? I would help. I have too many responsibilities to commit to hosting it. Lazamataz

To get this started my suggetion, Start putting pressure on your local rep. and senator to undo this monstrosity. Everytime you see them, ask them, What are you going to do about this? another idea, let them know that you are cutting back by 1/2 your contribution to them as a protest.

Pressure Pressure Pressure!

[JohnGalt]

My bad.

Gay marriage one week in my home state; SCOTUS protecting the Incumbents Defense Act; a Loot the Young for Free Drugs bill; a married buddy from college sent off to Iraq...

The 'raise awareness' concept without dealing with the fundamental metaphysical problem addressed in my first post will be a misuse of energy, IMO, but I am always open to ideas.

[Lazamataz]

The 'raise awareness' concept without dealing with the fundamental metaphysical problem addressed in my first post will be a misuse of energy, IMO, but I am always open to ideas.

Consider this: A) This is not a 'raise awareness' campaign; this is a 'get off your butts and call and write and visit offices and get people who care about it elected' campaign.

B) Wihtout free speech, the ability to affect change on your other issues, dies.

[Dane]

Also remember Zell Miller voted for it.

[international american]

Is there a website which shows the voting records?
I went to Americans for Democratic Action.
They only rate from a leftist perspective.
Sen.Feinstein 85%
Sen. Boxer 95%
Rep Elton Gallegly 0%

[international american]

"However, Tom Tancredo is nearby and used to appear often on Mike Rosen's AM radio show. Perhaps I'll write Mr. Tancredo and suggest that he start this bill to repeal CFR on the first day of the next session... If we can get something going on Rosen's show, perhaps this can snowball"

Very good idea.

[Lazamataz]

However, Tom Tancredo is nearby and used to appear often on Mike Rosen's AM radio show. Perhaps I'll write Mr. Tancredo and suggest that he start this bill to repeal CFR on the first day of the next session... If we can get something going on Rosen's show, perhaps this can snowball.

Outstanding. Please pursue.

[JohnGalt]

But my critique remains that the entire system is corrupt and hopeless for reform. Energies would be better spent not fighting along the narrow battlelines of CFR but across the entire front.

Is it worth electing good men (by which I mean moral) to sit in the White House? Of course, but when it comes to the single issue you have to understand the issue in greater perspective.

The role of a politician is to be re-elected. There are probably less than 70 'real' conservatives in the House and maybe, maybe 24 in the Senate. If we could not get term limits in 1994, the peak of 'our' political strength in recent times, there is no point in hoping to create momentum to 'correct' CFR.

[rustbucket]

Letters and emails went out yesterday to my senators and representative urging them to repeal the CFR bill.

[deport]

Don't just concentrate on the Republicans .... We need Judges that will vote to reverse the current decision.

Here's your Senators that voted Yea........

March 20, 2002

Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs ---60
Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Biden (D-DE) Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Byrd (D-WV) Cantwell (D-WA) Carnahan (D-MO) Carper (D-DE) Chafee (R-RI) Cleland (D-GA) Clinton (D-NY) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Corzine (D-NJ) Daschle (D-SD) Dayton (D-MN) Dodd (D-CT)	Domenici (R-NM) Dorgan (D-ND) Durbin (D-IL) Edwards (D-NC) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Fitzgerald (R-IL) Graham (D-FL) Harkin (D-IA) Hollings (D-SC) Inouye (D-HI) Jeffords (I-VT) Johnson (D-SD) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerry (D-MA) Kohl (D-WI) Landrieu (D-LA) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (D-CT)	Lincoln (D-AR) Lugar (R-IN) McCain (R-AZ) Mikulski (D-MD) Miller (D-GA) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Rockefeller (D-WV) Sarbanes (D-MD) Schumer (D-NY) Snowe (R-ME) Specter (R-PA) Stabenow (D-MI) Thompson (R-TN) Torricelli (D-NJ) Warner (R-VA) Wellstone (D-MN) Wyden (D-OR)

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And the Representatives

--- AYES    240 ---

Abercrombie	Green (TX)	Napolitano
Ackerman	Greenwood	Neal
Allen	Grucci	Oberstar
Andrews	Gutierrez	Obey
Baca	Hall (OH)	Olver
Baird	Harman	Ortiz
Baldacci	Hastings (FL)	Osborne
Baldwin	Hill	Ose
Barrett	Hinchey	Owens
Bass	Hinojosa	Pallone
Becerra	Hoeffel	Pascrell
Bentsen	Holden	Pastor
Bereuter	Holt	Payne
Berkley	Honda	Pelosi
Berman	Hooley	Petri
Berry	Horn	Phelps
Bishop	Houghton	Platts
Blagojevich	Hoyer	Pomeroy
Blumenauer	Inslee	Price (NC)
Boehlert	Israel	Quinn
Bonior	Jackson (IL)	Ramstad
Bono	Jackson-Lee (TX)	Rangel
Borski	Jefferson	Reyes
Boswell	John	Rivers
Boyd	Johnson (CT)	Rodriguez
Brady (PA)	Johnson (IL)	Roemer
Brown (FL)	Johnson, E. B.	Ros-Lehtinen
Brown (OH)	Jones (OH)	Ross
Capito	Kanjorski	Rothman
Capps	Kaptur	Roybal-Allard
Capuano	Kennedy (RI)	Rush
Cardin	Kildee	Sabo
Carson (IN)	Kilpatrick	Sanchez
Carson (OK)	Kind (WI)	Sanders
Castle	Kirk	Sandlin
Clay	Kleczka	Sawyer
Clayton	Kucinich	Schakowsky
Clement	LaFalce	Schiff
Clyburn	Lampson	Serrano
Condit	Langevin	Shays
Conyers	Lantos	Sherman
Costello	Larsen (WA)	Simmons
Coyne	Larson (CT)	Skelton
Cramer	LaTourette	Slaughter
Crowley	Leach	Smith (MI)
Cummings	Lee	Smith (WA)
Davis (CA)	Levin	Snyder
Davis (FL)	Lewis (GA)	Solis
Davis (IL)	LoBiondo	Spratt
DeFazio	Lofgren	Stark
DeGette	Lowey	Stenholm
Delahunt	Lucas (KY)	Strickland
DeLauro	Luther	Stupak
Deutsch	Lynch	Tanner
Dicks	Maloney (CT)	Tauscher
Dingell	Maloney (NY)	Taylor (MS)
Doggett	Markey	Thompson (CA)
Dooley	Mascara	Thune
Doyle	Matheson	Thurman
Edwards	Matsui	Tierney
Engel	McCarthy (MO)	Towns
Eshoo	McCarthy (NY)	Turner
Etheridge	McCollum	Udall (CO)
Evans	McDermott	Udall (NM)
Farr	McGovern	Upton
Fattah	McHugh	Velazquez
Ferguson	McIntyre	Visclosky
Filner	McKinney	Walsh
Foley	McNulty	Wamp
Ford	Meehan	Waters
Frank	Meek (FL)	Watson (CA)
Frelinghuysen	Meeks (NY)	Watt (NC)
Frost	Menendez	Waxman
Ganske	Millender-McDonald	Weiner
Gephardt	Miller, George	Weldon (PA)
Gilchrest	Mink	Wexler
Gilman	Moore	Wolf
Gonzalez	Moran (VA)	Woolsey
Gordon	Morella	Wu
Graham	Nadler	Wynn

--- NOT VOTING    6 ---

Brady (TX)	Hefley	Roukema
Cubin	Riley	Traficant

[Guillermo]

"We're corrupt, and the solution to our corruptness is to limit YOUR freedom of speech."

[proud American in Canada]

I just emailed and faxed the following to Mike Rosen and Tom Tancredo:

Representative Tom Tancredo
By fax (202-226-4623) and email

Dear Mr. Tancredo:

As you know, contrary to the expectations of just about everyone in the country, perhaps even of the President who signed the bill, yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform bill. Thousands of conservatives in this country, including Rush Limbaugh, have decried this shocking decision that abrogates the right to political free speech just prior to an election. This law must be repealed—-and repealed immediately.

I am a former resident of Denver and enjoyed listening to you on Mike Rosen’s AM radio show. Your true conservative values are also appreciated at a grassroots conservative organization of which I am a member, FreeRepublic.com.

That is why you are the ideal Congressman to initiate a bill on the very first day of the next session, a bill to rid this country of this assault on our most fundamental Constitutional right. As one Freeper has suggested, the bill need not be complex. A simple statement to the effect that, “by a majority of Congress, Campaign Finance Reform and all associated regulatory changes are hereby rescinded.”

There are many of us who hope that President Bush signs this bill, since he broke his campaign promise in refusing to veto CFR.

I also hope that you appear on Mike Rosen’s show to discuss this issue with ordinary people. The issue is complex—I have intelligent friends who have no idea what CFR is. Additionally, perhaps because Americans enjoy so much freedom, they are apathetic about the gradual erosion of their rights, just as they are apathetic about voting. A show in which you and Mr. Rosen explain the importance of repealing this odious law might wake people up and galvanize support for your proposed repeal.

As I explained to my Canadian husband, the loss of rights by increments, like the erosion of rocks on the beach by the persistent tide, occurs so gradually that we don’t notice it. But now is the time to stand up for the First Amendment, before there’s nothing left of it.

When I was a student at the University of Colorado School of Law, I was taught that political speech should receive the highest protection. The Supreme Court failed miserably in its duty yesterday, and we must work to take back this freedom. I sincerely hope that you will help us.

[proud American in Canada]

Okay... I now have to return to grading the 140 final exams that I have been putting off... :)

see you all later.

[international american]

Excellent letter. I hope you get a proper response.

[Molly Pitcher]

I just did my bit for the day: got a call from the Republican Cong. Reelection Committee. Told the woman making the call EXACTLY why I wanted my name off their list, and told her to please pass it on.

[backhoe]

This was my futile attempt to abort this abomination:

Silence, America!:

Silence, America!: for Silence, America!. 

Other Bump Lists at: Free Republic Bump List Register

[RiflemanSharpe]

Add me to this list please thank you.

[proud American in Canada]

Great news!!!

I just got a reply from Mike Rosen himself: "Great idea. Rational, concise and correct."

I've NEVER received a reply from a talk radio host, so that tells me he's interested--and since he's Tom's friend, if Tom has any reservations at all, perhaps MR can talk him out of them.

Yippee! :)

[proud American in Canada]

" I just did my bit for the day: got a call from the Republican Cong. Reelection Committee. Told the woman making the call EXACTLY why I wanted my name off their list, and told her to please pass it on."

bump!

Let's hope these people change their minds next session--if they want re-election next fall, that is. :)

[4CJ]

What part of "Congress shall make no law" DON'T they understand? Idiots!

[international american]

Is there any way a guy from commiefornia can listen to Mike Rosen on the net?

Thanks, IA