Posted on 05/16/2007 10:25:05 PM PDT by Cacique
Many of you who know me from either my pings or past posts and FReeps may know that I do not post that often since I have been here. But recent events and what appears to be a penchant by the elites to ram changes in law and the constitution down our throats, regardless of the fact that most Americans oppose such changes has prompted me to write this about an issue I think is critical to the both the long term and short term future of this country. I am of course speaking of that farce in the senate under the guise of reform, but which is in reality a mass amnesty for people who are here illegally. Many who arguably mean to do harm to this country.
To begin with, I feel I must tell you a bit about myself and my credentials on this subject so that you understand why I urge you to act now.
I am a legal immigrant to this country who arrived here on my 10th birthday with my parents in April of 1962. I was born in Latin America and I am tri-lingual and fluent in all three languages I speak. Spanish is of course one of them. Things were different way back then, at least as far as immigration laws were concerned. My parents and I had to wait several years to be given permission to emigrate here. At that time I had both an Uncle and an Aunt living in the Unites States, a sister and a brother of my mother's. It was her wish to join them that convinced my father to move here although initially he was against it. Since there was no family reunification at the time he had to get someone else to vouch for him (so he wouldn't become a vagrant dependent on the state) and obtain employment before coming here before he would even be allowed to emigrate. My father should have had an edge due to the fact that he had served with US forces during World War II under the command of US officers in what were then known as "Slavonic" Divisions. None of that mattered, he had to stand in line like everyone else.
This picture was taken sometime in 1944, possibly on leave in London. My father is the guy on the right.
I could bore you with more details but I simply bring these things up as a reference point to what follows.
I am a political scientist by training a PhD Candidate at the CUNY graduate Center, otherwise known as an ABD. I have been involved in numerous political campaigns starting with Giuliani's first run for mayor (a race he lost to Dinkins). I have run assembly campaigns, a US Senate campaign and a US Congressional campaign. I have been active in politics for all of my adult life and have traveled the ideological road from being a committed Marxist and Stalinist in my College years to being a staunch conservative republican today. I think I know a thing or two about politics and what makes both people on the left and the right tick.
I am familiar with Latin culture not only from an academic perspective, but also from an interactive one, as I interact with all my fellow Latinos each and very day. I know what they think and I know what their attitudes are as they will tell me things they will not tell outsiders. a couple of years ago I posted a piece by Sam Huntington that I believe is a must read by all here.
Fast forward to the present and I currently live in a section in Brooklyn, New York that is by all accounts a major focus of illegal immigrants. Mostly from Mexico, Ecuador and San Salvador with a sprinkling of Dominicans and even Chinese illegals.
Very briefly I will tell you that if there is an amnesty in this country America as we know will cease to exist in less than a generation. I am totally dismayed that many countries in the West have opted to commit national suicide and we seem to have decided to join them.
The elites in Washington have decided that their short term interests trump the long term interests of the nation. The issue of immigration is NOT a democratic or republican issue. IT IS a national issue. The supporters of amnesty have narrow interests that are either economic or political short term interests without having given any thought whatsoever. The crowd in Washington goes to the same clubs, eats in the same restaurants, live in gated communities and socialize with other members of the financial and political elites. Any negative impacts on the society at large they tend to be immune from. It is clear there is a faction that is hell bent on depressing wages and attract cheap manual labor in order to compete with third world hellholes. At the same time the catholic church is salivating at the prospect of filling the pews and collection baskets in their churches. The activists in the democratic party are salivating at the prospect of another underclass they can control and exploit. All these forces have coalesced to bring about the present situation. Polls have been consistent in that over 68% of american voters oppose amnesty to illegal immigrants. Over 60% of union households oppose amnesty. Yet the elites are in total disconnect with this because they have decided the public can do nothing to stop them and will likely not do anything to penalize them later. What matters to them is the fact that corporate donors who fund their campaigns have made no bones about the fact that they want an amnesty, or more precisely they demand one.
A few myths
The excuses to support amnesty are many and varied. One is that most of these hispanics are family oriented and will become conservative. The real fact is that most illegals come from the poverty stricken lower classes. Many have relationships and children out of wedlock. The catholicism they practice is much closer to the "liberation theology" variant which is nothing more than Marxism with a God. They bring with them a deep class resentment of not only the wealthy but the middle classes and a racist resentment of whites. Latin American Christianity is also a heavy admixture of traditional pre-colombian gods and elements and would be totally unrecognizable to catholics here. The church pretends all these people are catholics so they can claim their numbers.
Democrats have a delusion that they will be able to manipulate them and garner their votes. Activists in their community are very much aware of this. Most latin american marxists are much closer to the stalinist type than the fashionista left in this country who is leftist because it's the fashion of their peers. Latinos who are marxists, are committed doctrinaire marxists much closer to the Cuban or North Korean model. They have little use for rich white kids who want to be weekend revolutionaries. They also understand that they have a greater chance of projecting power and influence if they keep their communities in control and separate. I had expected them to demand schools exclusively in spanish but they were beaten by the muslims by a hair here in brooklyn. The Madrasa in brooklyn may have been delayed but it is only a matter of time before the demands will surface again. Accusations of cultural imperialism and racism will be lodged against those that demand they assimilate. The "community leaders" know full well that any assimilation is a dilution of their power, therefore they will promote the opposite.
Any comparisons between immigrants of today and those of yesteryear are irrelevant. They were different times and the world was quite different. In 1900 an immigrant to America came on a one way trip, he knew he was not going back. Entire villages collected money for the trip to send one of their own. Passage meant at least a year's wages even in steerage. Today's immigrant is a cheap plane ticked and a few hours away from home. He arrives to a country where he can feel at home in an insular community where his language is spoken. There are radio and television stations available in his own language as well as newspapers and magazines. Mass communications means he is just a phone call away from speaking to his friends back home. The economies of scale make all of this possible in today's world. Today's immigrant is helped by modern technology to feel like he is home in any community of his compatriots abroad. And should he feel homesick it takes only a couple of week's wages and a plane ticket to return home for a visit. None of these things were available to the immigrant a century ago. Another difference is that the immigrant of a century ago came mostly from Western countries to another western country the main difference being the food and language from where he came from.
Latin America is nominally Western. The western portion resides in the main cities and among the educated. In most countries with the possible exception of Argentina and Brazil the indigenous cultures that were found by the conquistadores still exist in stark contrast to what one finds in the cities. It is those who are predominantly the "mojados" that one finds in this country, not the country club upper class that Bush hob nobs with.
Two things happened in Spain in 1492. One was the trip by Cristobal Colon. The other was the final conquest of Andalus. The inquisition was organized mainly to reconvert all those souls who were under islam for 700 years. The result is that many of the conquistadores who came here were a generation away from being muslims. They brought with them a world view much closer to islam than the view of a sophisticated catholic from Italy. The concepts of machismo, guerra sin cuarto, Caudillismo etc. are elements from the islamic period that remained a part of spanish culture in Latin America. There are a lot of parallels between Latin American culture in it's conservatism and what one would find in the middle east. This is something that needs to be kept in mind.
Assimilation is not a guaranteed phenomenon. We have currently numerous groups that have as yet not assimilated even though they have been here for over a century. I can think of the Hasidic jews for starters, or the Amish, or perhaps the Hutterites. The only difference is that their theology has nothing in it that compels them to try to conquer our lands and convert us.
Demographics
I don't think I need to write much on the birth rate factor. One can search all over the net to see the statistics. Muslims and illegals are the fastest reproducing segment of the population. As the population shifts and new groups become more numerous the power center will shift. The losers? Indigenous american indians, caucasians and blacks.
There is the lie that there are only 12 million illegals in this country. That number keeps getting thrown around as if is gospel. The fact is that we have no clue how many are here. If one takes the estimate that ten years ago there were 10,000 crossings a day at the border and extrapolates 3.5 million illegals a year then we can rest assured the 12 million figure is totally wrong. It could be as high as 35 million or even as high as 70 million. Do a search on the web and you will see that all the claims could be valid. remember the last amnesty in 1984? I do. We were promised that they would secure the borders, that the amnesty would mean that fewer people would come and that we would enforce immigration laws. Of course it was all naive and a pipe dream. Think this amnesty will stop more people coming? You haven't seen anything yet. Once people all over the world get wind of what a bunch of chumps we are they will come over in droves like we have never seen. You can't feed a crocodile and expect it to be satisfied with a morsel.
The losers
So who will lose if there's amnesty? Oddly enough most of the big losers are part of the grand democratic coalition. Union workers, their leaders only see more members, the rank and file will fall to depressed wages and downward pressures in their standard of living. Blacks will lose influence as a group and will be played off against the emerging mexican hispanic power block. Their population which reached a peak of 14% of the population is in decline and will continue to decline as illegals have more children. Women will find that the male dominated culture of machismo and the misogynist muslim outlook will make for interesting times in the future. Gays will find much less tolerance among Latinos and Muslims for their lifestyle, even from the left. They ought to get an idea at how gays are treated in Cuba to get a hint. The middle class as always will face increasing taxation to pay for all the programs and services that will be demanded by the new majorities. The elderly will find that most of the new workers brought in to prop up the welfare state will have little tolerance to pay for those on the retirement dole. That will have implications in the near future. Other hispanics, in particular Puerto Ricans and Dominicans who will find themselves elbowed out by the Mexicans. This phenomenon is already happening in the hispanic caucus and other national hispanic organizations where the divisions among hispanics are coming into the open. For many hispanics who are second and third generation americans the honeymoon is begriming to come to an end. Jews will find perhaps a rise in anti semitism. Latin America is home to a particularly virulent form that rears it's ugly head quite often. Ingrained in Spanish catholicism and fed by marxist solidarity for arabs it will always be there under the surface. Republicans and Conservatives we will be the biggest losers in this game. Most of the activists among the Mecha and Aztlan types are already forging alliances with radicals in the muslim community. We may get a few new republicans from these new immigrants, but the reality is that the class and race hatred that many of them bring with them will likely be passed on to new generations as they are in most groups.
The next stage
I could go on and write a dissertation on the subject, but that is not my purpose nor is there time for that. One side argues that we can;'t get rid of all illegals in this country. I believe they are wrong. They don't want to get rid of the illegals here. There was a time not long ago, about 15 years ago that New York was home to one of the largest communities of illegal Irish immigrants. It was estimated at the time there were upwards of half a million illegal irish immigrants in New York. An interesting thing happened though. It was the Irish miracle, the economy took a turn North and opportunities were everywhere. The result is that almost all of those half million illegals returned home. It was a matter of incentive. If you make it difficult for illegals to work in this country and punish those who hire them I guarantee you will see the phenomenon repeated again.
What is to be done?
In 1902 V.I. Lenin published a pamphlet entitled "What is To Be Done?" it was a blueprint for his political ideas on taking power. In a way, we need our own approach to this problem. The issue of immigration is an issue that affects all of us in a very likely negative way far beyond our political ideologies if we are Americans. We need to reach out and awaken all those groups that do not currently see the urgency but who will be adversely affected by the coming changes. We need a coalition of the unlikely.
We need to reach out to rank and file workers, both union and outside. This has to be a grassroots mobilization made up of individuals rather than a national organization. American Hispanics born here must understand that they are about to be elbowed out and will lose bug time. Gays must understand that if they think Jerry Falwell was bad for them, they haven't seen intolerance yet. Women must understand that any gains they may have had with regards to the workplace and society can be swept away just as easily as they have been put in place. Jews must understand that the rising anti semitism will get worse, not better.
A postage stamp an envelope and e-mail
In politics as in economics, perception is reality. The level of commitment by an opponent is gauged by his determination and how much he is willing to invest in opposing something. The anti-amnesty crowd has not been very successful because they have been disorganized and have been painted as racists and bigots as the Minutemen have. You cannot give them a target to latch onto. Responding to such attacks gives only credence to the attacker. This has to be totally a citizen to citizen uprising. If you know other Hispanics who oppose amnesty contact the. Have Black friends? Explain to them how they stand to lose out (they know already) start networking. Call all your acquaintances and friends and send them e-mails. Fear is a great motivator, it is the one thing that moves people to action and motivates them to show up at the polls.
DO NOT JUST SEND EMAILS TO YOUR CONGRESSMAN OR SENATOR. For the most part they get deleted as spam and don't have much impact. It also shows a lack of commitment and that you are lazy. INSTEAD INVEST IN POSTAGE STAMPS. There is nothing more impressive than postal service trucks showing up at congress with bags full of envelopes with paper mail.
USE THE PHONES, CALL AND CLOG THEIR LINES. ONA CELLPHONE A CALL TO WASHINGTON IS A LOCAL CALL. Faxes are a waste of time. There is a physical limit to how many faxes a fax machine can receive.
FReerepublic is the right place to start this. But we must reach out from beyond our narrow confines. Beyond conservatives, beyond republicans, beyond democrats.
Do this as if your future depends on it, because it does.
Do this as if your children's future depends on it, because it does.
Do this as if the nation's future depends on it, because it does.
SEND AN ENVELOPE WITH A PERSONAL LETTER TO YOUR CONGRESSMAN, YOUR SENATOR. CALL THE LOCAL COUNTY LEADERS. DON'T LIMIT IT TO WASHINGTON, CALL THE LOCAL POLITICIANS AS WELL. THE GOVERNOR OF YOUR STATE ETC.
YOU MUST RAISE HELL!! THE ONLY WAY TO BE HEARD IS TO YELL.
>>Where is Sam Brownback on this issue????? <<
And perhaps that’s why Brownback is ceding Kansas to Romney as we type, at least in early polling.
In my estimation, if we can stall this vote until the people start really paying attention in 2008, we can swing the momentum against this bill and towards politicians who oppose amnesty.
That really is our best hope. We need a strong Republican president who opposes amnesty. We need a voice of leadership on this issue who is willing to turn the wrath of the American people upon those who betray us in Congress.
If we had that voice, this bill would be defeated and that fence would be going up.
Your comment about complacency reminded me of this, which I found again at: http://crusaderknight.blogspot.com/2007_03_01_archive.html
The Future Of A Democracy
How Long Do We Have?
About the time our original thirteen states adopted their new constitution in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh , had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years earlier: “A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government.”
“A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury.”
“From that moment on, the majority always vote for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.”
“The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years.”
“During those 200 years, those nations always progressed through the following sequence:
1. from bondage to spiritual faith;
2. from spiritual faith to great courage;
3. from courage to liberty;
4. from liberty to abundance;
5. from abundance to complacency;
6. from complacency to apathy;
7. from apathy to dependence;
8. From dependence back into bondage”
Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul , Minnesota , points out some interesting facts concerning the 2000 Presidential election:
Number of States won by: Gore: 19; Bush: 29
Square miles of land won by: Gore: 580,000; Bush: 2,427,000
Population of count ies won by: Gore: 127 million; Bush: 143 million
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Gore: 13.2; Bush: 2.1
Professor Olson adds: “In aggregate, the map of the territory Bush won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of this great country. Gore’s territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in government-owned tenements and living off various forms of government welfare...”
Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the “complacency and apathy” phase of Professor Tyler’s definition of democracy, with some forty percen t of the nation’s population already having reached the “governmental dependency” phase.
If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal invaders called illegal’s and they vote, then we can say goodbye to the USA in fewer than five years.
There is also the phenomenon that when people are disatisfied with what they get out of the public treasury they go after the accumulated wealth in private hands and they begin attacking the concept of private property (communism). Without a concept of property there can be no liberty.
I truly believe that Tom Tancredo is that man.
Please don’t remind me, I practically had to memorize that book for my oral exams. One of many, many books LOL.
BUMP!
Thanks for the bump. The fight is not over yet. It’s the middle of the second round and the fighter is battered, but he hasn’t been knocked out yet.
One hell of an impressive essay. Thanks for your trouble to post this. You covered a lot of important ground!
Thanks, i wroite it in 20 minutes, in hindsight I wish I could edit out the typos and a few other things. But I was in a hurry and pissed when I wrote it.
I would love to see what you could write if you took the time....lol. This was good and you covered many overlooked bases. I am a terrible writer but do have some good ideas.
Actually, Grad school made me hate writing. You had to write even if you weren’t in the mood. I do have in mind a few more essays on this subject that I am composing in my head. Perhaps when time allows I will post them. I think it is IMPERATIVE, that opposition to illegal immigration and legal immigration reform be a BIPARTISAN AMERICAN ISSUE. The MSM keeps claiming this was just a few vocal conservatives that shot this down. If trith be told it was a lot of people across the spectrum that killed it. But perception is reality in politics and unfortunately the mainstream media has the ability to create a perception that can become a reality. We need to fight this the grassroots way. It can be done.
Somehow I have a feeling that there is going to be more grassroots effort on the part of Americans to defeat this. We need to send a strong signal to every senator that votes for this, that we will work actively to unseat them!
Not only that, we need to force them to enforce the laws. Many of the beneficiaries of illegal labor are big contributors to both parties. Money talks. If the government won’t enforce the laws we need to force local government and local citizens to become active. Sometimes embarrasing that neighbor restauranteur or ladnscaper who hires illegals may work just as well as handing out fines or putting them in hjail. Fliers posted to lamposts and trees. Two or three pickets in front of the business. It may even embarrass the government to act. We have no choice, if we step back one step they will walk all over you.
if anyone here knows how to get in touch with Rush, Laura Ingraham, Michelle Malkin, etc. Here’s a list of key Senate contacts for EVERYONE to email regarding immigration. Many offices are putting calls straight to voicemail and they can just trash faxes (and letters take weeks to get through due to security). Let’s hit Hill staff where they are so codependent - their Blackberries. Send email directly to staff - not just the generic Senator’s mailbox. Contact their Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, and Press Secretary. Make your voice heard!!
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Chief of Staff
tom_ingram@alexander.senate.gov
Legislative Director
david_morgenstern@alexander.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
scot_montrey@alexander.senate.gov
lee_pitts@alexander.senate.gov
Senator Wayne Allard (R-CO)
Chief of Staff
sean_conway@allard.senate.gov
Legislative Director
charles_cogar@allard.senate.gov
Communications Director
laura_condeluci@allard.senate.gov
Press Secretary
steve_wymer@allard.senate.gov
Senator Robert Bennett (R-UT)
Chief of Staff
maryjane_collipriest@bennett.senate.gov
Legislative Director
mark_morrison@bennett.senate.gov
Press Secretary
emily_christensen@bennett.senate.gov
Senator Christopher “Kit” Bond (R-MO)
Chief of Staff
brian_klippenstein@bond.senate.gov
Legislative Director
kara_smith@bond.senate.gov
Communications Director
shana_marchio@bond.senate.gov
Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Chief of Staff
glen_chambers@brownback.senate.gov
Domestic Policy Advisor
brian_robertson@brownback.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
john_rankin@brownback.senate.gov
brian_hart@brownback.senate.gov
Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Chief of Staff
blake_brickman@bunning.senate.gov
Legislative Director
kim_dean@bunning.senate.gov
Press Secretary
mike_reynard@bunning.senate.gov
Senator Richard Burr (R-NC)
Chief of Staff
alicia_peterson-clark@burr.senate.gov
alicia_petersonclark@burr.senate.gov
Legislative Director
Natasha_hickman@burr.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
laura_caudell@burr.senate.gov
mark_williams@burr.senate.gov
Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
Chief of Staff
charlie_harmon@chambliss.senate.gov
Legislative Director – Monty Philpot
monty_philpot@chambliss.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
annelaurie_waters@chambliss.senate.gov
Angie_Lundberg@Chambliss.Senate.gov
Lindsay_mabry@chambliss.senate.gov
Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Chief of Staff
jenny_manley@cochran.senate.gov
Legislative Director
ta_hawks@cochran.senate.gov
Press Secretary
margaret_wicker@cochran.senate.gov
margaret_mcphillips@cochran.senate.gov
Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Chief of Staff
Jennifer_lowe@coleman.senate.gov
Deputy Chief of Staff
lucia_lebens@coleman.senate.gov
Legislative Director
lorianne_moss@coleman.senate.gov
Communications Director
tom_steward@coleman.senate.gov
tom_stewart@coleman.senate.gov
Press Secretary
leroy_coleman@coleman.senate.gov
Senator Susan Collins (R-ME)
Chief of Staff
steve_abbott@collins.senate.gov
Deputy Chief of Staff
Marybeth_carozza@collins.senate.gov
Legislative Director
jane_alonso@collins.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
elissa_davidson@collins.senate.gov
jen_burita@collins.senate.gov
kevin_kelley@collins.senate.gov
Senator Bob Corker (R-TN)
Chief of Staff
todd_womack@corker.senate.gov
Legislative Director
paul_palagyi@corker.senate.gov
Press Secretary
laura_lefler@corker.senate.gov
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX)
Chief of Staff
peter_olson@cornyn.senate.gov
Legislative Director
russ_thomasson@cornyn.senate.gov
Counsel
chip_roy@judiciary.senate.gov
matthew_johnson@judiciary.senate.gov
Ramona_mcgee@judiciary.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
brian_walsh@cornyn.senate.gov
don_stewart@cornyn.senate.gov
john_drogin@cornyn.senate
Senator Larry Craig (R-ID)
Chief of Staff
mike_ware@craig.senate.gov
Legislative Director
brooke_roberts@craig.senate.gov
Senior Policy Advisor
travis_jones@craig.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
dan_whiting@craig.senate.gov
Senator Michael Crapo (R-ID)
Chief of Staff
peter_fischer@crapo.senate.gov
pete_fischer@crapo.senate.gov
Legislative Director
Kenneth_flanz@crapo.senate.gov
Senior Policy Advisor
staci_lancaster@crapo.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
susan_wheeler@crapo.senate.gov
Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Chief of Staff
bret_bernhardt@demint.senate.gov
Legislative Director
matt_hoskins@demint.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
Wesley_denton@demint.senate.gov
Senator Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
Chief of Staff
greg_gross@dole.senate.gov
Legislative Director
al_garesche@dole.senate.gov
General Counsel
ryan_meyers@dole.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
Katie_norman@dole.senate.gov
Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM)
Chief of Staff
steve_bell@domenici.senate.gov
Legislative Director
edward_hild@domenici.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
chris_gallegos@domenici.senate.gov
Immigration LA
tara_shaw@domenici.senate.gov
Senator John Ensign (R-NV)
Chief of Staff
john_lopez@ensign.senate.gov
Legislative Director
pam_thiessen@ensign.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
tory_mazzola@ensign.senate.gov
jack_finn@ensign.senate.gov
don_tatro@ensign.senate.gov
Senator Michael Enzi (R-WY)
Chief of Staff
flip_mcconnaughey@enzi.senate.gov
Legislative Director
randi_reid@enzi.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
coy_knobel@enzi.senate.gov
elly_pickett@enzi.senate.gov
Immigration LA
wendy_gnehm@enzi.senate.gov
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Chief of Staff
richard_perry@lgraham.senate.gov
Legislative Director
jennifer_olson@lgraham.senate.gov
jen_olson@lgraham.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
wes_hickman@lgraham.senate.gov
kevin_bishop@lgraham.senate.gov
Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA)
Chief of Staff
david_young@grassley.senate.gov
Legislative Director
kolan_davis@grassley.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
jill_kozney@grassley.senate.gov
beth_pellett_levine@grassley.senate.gov
Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH)
Chief of Staff
joel_maiola@gregg.senate.gov
Legislative Director
nancy_perkins@gregg.senate.gov
General Counsel
christopher_gahan@gregg.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
erin_rath@gregg.senate.gov
Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Chief of Staff
louann_linehan@hagel.senate.gov
Legislative Director
paul_kong@hagel.senate.gov
General Counsel
steve_taylor@hagel.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
mike_buttry@hagel.senate.gov
jordan_stark@hagel.senate.gov
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Chief of Staff
patricia_knight@hatch.senate.gov
Legislative Director
jace_johnson@hatch.senate.gov
Deputy LD
chris_campbell@hatch.senate.gov
Counsel
bill_castle@hatch.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
peter_carr@hatch.senate.gov
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Chief of Staff
marc_short@hutchison.senate.gov
Legislative Director
matthew_acock@hutchison.senate.gov
james_christoferson@hutchison.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
jamie_loftus@hutchison.senate.gov
geoff_embler@hutchison.senate.gov
General Counsel
beto_cardenas@hutchison.senate.gov
Senator James Inhofe (R-OK)
Chief of Staff
glenn_powell@inhofe.senate.gov
Legislative Director
aloysius_hogan@inhofe.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
ryan_thompson@inhofe.senate.gov
Immigration LA
john_bonsell@inhofe.senate.gov
Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Chief of Staff
heath_garrett@isakson.senate.gov
Legislative Counsel
glee_smith@isakson.senate.gov
Senior LA
michael_quiello@isakson.senate.gov
Senior Policy Advisor/Communications Director
joan_kirchner@isakson.senate.gov
Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
Chief of Staff
tim_glazewski@kyl.senate.gov
Legislative Director
elizabeth_maier@kyl.senate.gov
Chief Counsel
Stephen_higgins@judiciary.senate.gov
Judiciary Counsel
joe_matal@judiciary.senate.gov
Legislative Counsel
lucy_murfitt@kyl.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
Andrew_wilder@kyl.senate.gov
Senator Trent Lott (R-MS)
Chief of Staff
bret_boyles@lott.senate.gov
Legislative Director
jim_sartucci@lott.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
susan_irby@lott.senate.gov
nick_simpson@lott.senate.gov
Legislative Counsel
hugh_gamble@lott.senate.gov
National Security Advisor
mitch_waldman@lott.senate.gov
Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN)
Chief of Staff
marty_morris@lugar.senate.gov
Legislative Director
chris_geeslin@lugar.senate.gov
Deputy LD
joe_o’donnell@lugar.senate.gov
Senior LA
Shellie_bressler@lugar.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
andy_fisher@lugar.senate.gov
Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL)
Chief of Staff
john_little@martinez.senate.gov
Legislative Director
michael_zehr@martinez.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
ken_lundberg@martinez.senate.gov
Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
Chief of Staff
vacant
Legislative Director
ann_begeman@mccain.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
eileen_mcmenamin@mccain.senate.gov
andrea_jones@mccain.senate.gov
Counsel
lee_dunn@mccain.senate.gov
Senior LA
chris_paul@mccain.senate.gov
Judiciary LA
joe_donoghue@mccain.senate.gov
Foreign Affairs LA
richard_fontaine@mccain.senate.gov
Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Chief of Staff
billy_piper@mcconnell.senate.gov
Legislative Director
scott_raab@mcconnell.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
robert_steurer@mcconnell.senate.gov
julie_adams@mcconnell.senate.gov
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Chief of Staff
donna_murray@murkowski.senate.gov
Legislative Director
Isaac_edwards@murkowski.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
danielle_holland@murkowski.senate.gov
kristin_pugh@murkowski.senate.gov
Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS)
Chief of Staff
Jackie_cottrell@roberts.senate.gov
Legislative Director
mike_seyfert@roberts.senate.gov
Deputy LD
Jennifer_swenson@roberts.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
sarah_little@roberts.senate.gov
molly_mueller@roberts.senate.gov
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Chief of Staff
rick_dearborn@sessions.senate.gov
Legislative Director
alan_hanson@sessions.senate.gov
Chief Counsel
cindy_hayden@sessions.senate.gov
Deputy Counsel
charles_campbell@sessions.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
michael_brumas@sessions.senate.gov
emily_mathis@sessions.senate.gov
Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Chief of Staff
vacant
Legislative Director
laura_friedel@shelby.senate.gov
Office Manager
anne_caldwell@shelby.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
katie_boyd@shelby.senate.gov
Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR)
Chief of Staff
john_easton@gsmith.senate.gov
Legislative Director
rob_epplin@gsmith.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
rc_hammond@gsmith.senate.gov
Other Key Aides
beth_stewart@gsmith.senate.gov
dan_knezevic@gsmith.senate.gov
lori_prater@gsmith.senate.gov
Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Chief of Staff
john_richter@snowe.senate.gov
Legislative Director
ray_krncevic@snowe.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
jake_ward@snowe.senate.gov
david_snepp@snowe.senate.gov
Senior Policy Advisor
ginny_worrest@snowe.senate.gov
Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA)
Chief of Staff
scott_hoeflich@specter.senate.gov
Deputy Chief of Staff/Legislative Director
thomas_dower@specter.senate.gov
Legislative Counsel
seema_singh@specter.senate.gov
seema_singh@judiciary.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
vacant
Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK)
Chief of Staff
george_lowe@stevens.senate.gov
Legislative Director
karina_waller@stevens.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
aaron_saunders@stevens.senate.gov
courtney_boone@stevens.senate.gov
steven_wackowski@stevens.senate.gov
Senator John Sununu (R-NH)
Chief of Staff
paul_collins@sununu.senate.gov
Legislative Director
mike_o’rielly@sununu.senate.gov
michael_o’reilly@sununu.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
barbara_riley@sununu.senate.gov
Senator Craig Thomas (R-WY)
seat is currently vacant due to Senator Thomas’ death.
Senator John Thune (R-SD)
Chief of Staff
m_zabel@thune.senate.gov
matthew_zabel@thune.senate.gov
Legislative Director
david_schwietert@thune.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
kyle_downey@thune.senate.gov
jessica_ferguson@thune.senate.gov
Senator David Vitter (R-LA)
Chief of Staff
kyle_ruckert@vitter.senate.gov
Legislative Director
tonya_newman@vitter.senate.gov
Legislative Counsel
wendy_fleming@vitter.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
joel_digrado@vitter.senate.gov
mac_abrams@vitter.senate.gov
Senator George Voinovich (R-OH)
Chief of Staff
phil_park@voinovich.senate.gov
Counsel
george_callas@voinovich.senate.gov
doug_dziak@voinovich.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
chris_paulitz@voinovich.senate.gov
Senator John Warner (R-VA)
Chief of Staff
ann_loomis@warner.senate.gov
Legislative Director
chris_yianilos@warner.senate.gov
Legislative Counsel
angela_stewart@warner.senate.gov
Senior LA
conrad_schatte@warner.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
john_ullyot@warner.senate.gov
I still can't believe that our Republican president is pushing for this so strongly. It's obscene.
hanx, I was hoping more people would read it so they could understand the problem. I also wish that democrats and independents had a clue as well. This bomb is a loser for everyone except the eliotes and the recipients of the amnesty.
hanx= thanx or thanks....
I sent the following message to every single e-mail addresses:
Dear Senator: You took an oath to protect and defend our constitution before you assumed office as a Senator! If you truthfully raised your right hand and seriously meant that oath in your heart and mind, you need desperately to see this chilling video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4094926727128068265&pr=goog-sl If you vote for this devastating bill, you will NOT be able to have a restful sleep at night, because you are then a co-enabler in putting our future U.S. in a tail spin that will devastate our economy, infrastructure, killing Social Security, medical benefits, school system, and much more for years to come. Therefore, it is a MUST to see this video! Thank you for watching the video! Sincerely, P.....!!
Wish we have same list for all the donkeys (D)!!!
Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
Chief of Staff
james_sakai@akaka.senate.gov
Legislative Director
darcie_tokioka@akaka.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
donalyn_delacruz@akaka.senate.gov
jon_yoshimura@akaka.senate.gov
Senator Max Baucus (D-MT)
Chief of Staff
jim_messina@baucus.senate.gov
Legislative Director
jon_selib@baucus.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
sara_kuban@baucus.senate.gov
Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Chief of Staff
tom_sugar@bayh.senate.gov
Legislative Director
charlie_salem@bayh.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
meghan_keck@bayh.senate.gov
Senator Joe Biden (D-DE)
Chief of Staff
alan_hoffman@biden.senate.gov
Legislative Director
jane_woodfin@biden.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
elizabeth_alexander@biden.senate.gov
Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Chief of Staff
stephen_ward@bingaman.senate.gov
Legislative Director
trudy_vincent@bingaman.senate.gov
Counsel
sunalei_stewart@bingaman.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
jude_mccartin@bingaman.senate.gov
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Chief of Staff
laura_schiller@boxer.senate.gov
Legislative Director
polly_trottenberg@boxer.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
natalie_ravitz@boxer.senate.gov
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Chief of Staff
jay_heimbach@brown.senate.gov
Legislative Director
ngozi_pole@brown.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
joanna_kuebler@brown.senate.gov
Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Chief of Staff
barbara_videnieks@byrd.senate.gov
gail_john@byrd.senate.gov
Legislative Director
david_mcmaster@byrd.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
tom_gavin@byrd.senate.gov
cindy_huber@byrd.senate.gov
Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Chief of Staff
kurt_beckett@cantwell.senate.gov
michael_meehan@cantwell.senate.gov
Legislative Director
courtney_gregoire@cantwell.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
katharine_lister@cantwell.senate.gov
elizabeth_ferranti@cantwell.senate.gov
Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD)
Chief of Staff
chris_lynch@cardin.senate.gov
christopher_lynch@cardin.senate.gov
Policy Director
priscilla_ross@cardin.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
oren_shur@cardin.senate.gov
susan_sullam@cardin.senate.gov
Senator Tom Carper (D-DE)
Chief of Staff
james_reilly@carper.senate.gov
Legislative Director
bill_ghent@carper.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
bette_phelan@carper.senate.gov
Senator Bob Casey (D-PA)
Chief of Staff
james_brown@casey.senate.gov
Legislative Director
richard_spiegleman@casey.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
larry_smar@casey.senate.gov
kendra_barkoff@casey.senate.gov
Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
Chief of Staff
tamera_luzzatto@clinton.senate.gov
Legislative Director
laurie_rubiner@clinton.senate.gov
kris_balderston@clinton.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
lorraine_voles@clinton.senate.gov
philippe_reines@clinton.senate.gov
Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND)
Chief of Staff
bob_van_heuvelen@conrad.senate.gov
Legislative Director
tom_mahr@conrad.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
chris_thorne@conrad.senate.gov
sean_neary@conrad.senate.gov
Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT)
Chief of Staff
lori_mcgrogan@dodd.senate.gov
Legislative Director
jim_fenton@dodd.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
marvin_fast@dodd.senate.gov
colleen_flanagan@dodd.senate.gov
Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
Chief of Staff
elizabeth_gore@dorgan.senate.gov
Legislative Director
geoff_plague@dorgan.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
barry_piatt@dorgan.senate.gov
Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL)
Chief of Staff
patrick_souders@durbin.senate.gov
pat_souders@durbin.senate.gov
Legislative Director
dena_morris@durbin.senate.gov
Policy Director
tom_ tom_faletti@durbin.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
joe_shoemaker@durbin.senate.gov
Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI)
Chief of Staff
mary_irvine@feingold.senate.gov
Legislative Director
paul_weinberger@feingold.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
kitty_thomas@feingold.senate.gov
zach_lowe@feingold.senate.gov
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Chief of Staff
peter_cleveland@feinstein.senate.gov
Legislative Director
chris_thompson@feinstein.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
scott_gerber@feinstein.senate.gov
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Chief of Staff
brian_ahlberg@harkin.senate.gov
Legislative Director
pam_smith@harkin.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
maureen_knightly@harkin.senate.gov
tom_reynolds@harkin.senate.gov
Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
Chief of Staff
patrick_deleon@inouye.senate.gov
Legislative Director
marie_blanco@inouye.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
mike_yuen@inouye.senate.gov
Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD)
Senator Johnson is recovering from a brain hemorrhage and is unable to vote.
Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Chief of Staff
eric_mogilnicki@kennedy.senate.gov
Legislative Director
jay_mccarthy@kennedy.senate.gov
carey_parker@kennedy.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
melissa_wagoner@kennedy.senate.gov
laura_capps@kennedy.senate.gov
Senator John Kerry (D-MA)
Chief of Staff
david_mckean@kerry.senate.gov
Legislative Director
heather_zichal@kerry.senate.gov
david_wade@kerry.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
vince_morris@kerry.senate.gov
Senator Amy Klobuchar (DFL-MN)
Chief of Staff
sean_richardson@klobuchar.senate.gov
Legislative Director
sheila_murphy@klobuchar.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
semonti_mustaphi@klobuchar.senate.gov
Senator Herb Kohl (D_WI)
Chief of Staff
paul_bock@kohl.senate.gov
Legislative Director
chad_metzler@kohl.senate.gov
phil_karsting@kohl.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
lynn_becker@kohl.senate.gov
joe_bonfiglio@kohl.senate.gov
Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Chief of Staff
ron_faucheux@landrieu.senate.gov
Legislative Director
janet_woodka@landrieu.senate.gov
jason_matthews@landrieu.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
adam_sharp@landrieu.senate.gov
Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Chief of Staff
dan_katz@lautenberg.senate.gov
Legislative Director
doug_mehan@lautenberg.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
alex_formuzis@lautenberg.senate.gov
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Chief of Staff
ed_pagano@leahy.senate.gov
Legislative Director
john_dowd@leahy.senate.gov
clara_kircher@leahy.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
david_carle@leahy.senate.gov
Senator Carl Levin (D-MI)
Chief of Staff
david_lyles@levin.senate.gov
Legislative Director
rich_arenberg@levin.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
tara_andringa@levin.senate.gov
Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT)
Chief of Staff
clarinet_nardi_riddle@lieberman.senate.gov
Legislative Director
joe_goffman@lieberman.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
rob_sawicki@lieberman.senate.gov
marshall_wittmann@lieberman.senate.gov
Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
Chief of Staff
elizabeth_burks@lincoln.senate.gov
Legislative Director
jim_stowers@lincoln.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
katie_laning@lincoln.senate.gov
Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO)
Chief of Staff
sean_kennedy@mccaskill.senate.gov
Legislative Director
shani_wiggins@mccaskill.senate.gov
todd_martin@mccaskill.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
adrianne_marsh@mccaskill.senate.gov
Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ)
Chief of Staff
ivan_zapien@menendez.senate.gov
Legislative Director
chris_schloesser@menendez.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
afshin_mohamadi@menendez.senate.gov
allyn_brooks-lasure@menendez.senate.gov
matthew_miller@menendez.senate.gov
Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
Chief of Staff
julia_frifield@mikulski.senate.gov
Legislative Director
dvora_lovinger@mikulski.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
melissa_schwartz@mikulski.senate.gov
Senator Patty Murray (D-WA)
Chief of Staff
jeff_bjornstad@murray.senate.gov
Legislative Director
evan_schatz@murray.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
alex_glass@murray.senate.gov
Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Chief of Staff
tim_becker@bennelson.senate.gov
Legislative Director
christiana_gallagher@bennelson.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
david_dimartino@bennelson.senate.gov
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Chief of Staff
pete_mitchell@billnelson.senate.gov
Legislative Director
jon_cooper@billnelson.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
dan_mclaughlin@billnelson.senate.gov
Senator Barrack Obama (D-IL)
Chief of Staff
pete_rouse@obama.senate.gov
Legislative Director
christopher_lu@obama.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
robert_gibbs@obama.senate.gov
Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR)
Chief of Staff
bob_russell@pryor.senate.gov
Legislative Director
andy_york@pryor.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
michael_teague@pryor.senate.gov
lisa_ackerman@pryor.senate.gov
Senator Jack Reed (D-RI)
Chief of Staff
neil_campbell@reed.senate.gov
Legislative Director
elyse_wasch@reed.senate.gov
cathy_nagle@reed.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
chip_unruh@reed.senate.gov
Senator Harry Reid (D-NV)
Chief of Staff
gary_myrick@reid.senate.gov
Chief Counsel
ron_weich@reid.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
jim_manley@reid.senate.gov
Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)
Chief of Staff
kerry_ates@rockefeller.senate.gov
Legislative Director
ellen_doneski@rockefeller.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
wendy_morigi@rockefeller.senate.gov
Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO)
Chief of Staff
jeff_lane@salazar.senate.gov
Legislative Director
grant_leslie@salazar.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
cody_wertz@salazar.senate.gov
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Chief of Staff
jeff_weaver@sanders.senate.gov
Legislative Director
peter_tyler@sanders.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
erin_campbell@sanders.senate.gov
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
Chief of Staff
michael_lynch@schumer.senate.gov
Legislative Director
cindy_bauerly@schumer.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
andrew_koneschusky@schumer.senate.gov
eric_schultz@schumer.senate.gov
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Chief of Staff
sander_lurie@stabenow.senate.gov
Legislative Director
amanda_renteria@stabenow.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
brent_colburn@stabenow.senate.gov
bob_meissner@stabenow.senate.gov
Senator Jon Tester (D-MT)
Chief of Staff
stephanie_schriock@tester.senate.gov
Legislative Director
bridget_walsh@tester.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
matt_mckenna@tester.senate.gov
Senator Jim Webb (D-VA)
Chief of Staff
paul_reagan@webb.senate.gov
Legislative Director
mike_sozan@webb.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
jessica_smith@webb.senate.gov
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Chief of Staff
mindy_myers@whitehouse.senate.gov
Legislative Director
natacha_blain@whitehouse.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
alex_swartsel@whitehouse.senate.gov
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Chief of Staff
josh_kardon@wyden.senate.gov
Legislative Director
joshua_sheinkman@wyden.senate.gov
Press Secretary/Communications Director
melissa_merz@wyden.senate.gov
geoff_stuckart@wyden.senate.gov
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