Sen Inhofe Launches Online Immigration Petition

Press Release ^ | June 15, 2007 | Sen James Inhofe (R-OK)

[Rushmore Rocks]

Well, here’s a little something we can do.

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks for posting that info. Sen Inhofe is fighting both the Immigration and Energy bills and looks to me like the WH is hanging some of our Senators who are up for reelection out to dry for opposing the Immigration bill. I, for one, will never forget what is happening right now and whoever caves, I want defeated if they are up for reelection.

Inhofe, Sessions, Dole, DeMint are fighting hard to get this defeated and it would be nice to see some others coming out in public.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Signed for both my husband and myself.

[apocalypto]

Bump!

[AuntB]

Yes, yes, and yes.

[Paperdoll]

Thank you for the opportunity. I also asked “please vote no on S 1348. Enforce current immigration laws and build Duncan Hunter’s double border fence now.”

[AFreeBird]

Done! And my comment was:

What part of *NO* don't you people understand!? Are we somehow supposed to believe that this time you're really going to mean it? [Hint: WE DON'T TRUST YOU!]

Secure the Borders, and Aggressively Enforce the EXISTING IMMIGRATION LAWS for the next two years, and then maybe we can talk.

In the mean time: NO AMNESTY!!

[rocksblues]

Signed and forwarded website to my FRiend’s.

[OKIEDOC]

I dun signed, thanks.

[finallyatexan]

Done - thanks for the post !

[tcw_laj4ALL]

I also signed the petition of Sen. Inhofe. This is one Senator who will not go down in infamy in the books of true Conservatives. The other Senators, like Sen. Sessions and Dole, who have opposed this hurtful immigration bill, will also be regarded with respect by future generations. As for the other pro-Amnesty Senators, the President too, their days of glory are numbered...

[LucyT]

Thank you, RR.

Froufrou and Blam, here’s a petition that might be of interest. I just fired off a note to Senator Inhofe. Hope it doesn’t burn up his computer, mine is smokin’.

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks for the Info. I was shocked last night at Sen Dole’s email and very happy to get it. Glad to hear that about Cong Foxx. I think this bill is DOA in the House but I really want to see it killed in the Senate and shove it down some people’s throats for bringing this bill back up.

[finallyatexan]

I sent the link to everyone in email address book - I thank God we still have patriots like Sen. Inhofe and Sessions.

[Travis McGee]

Now here is a party motto we can rally around. Our RINO leaders are SUCH geniuses, to be able to rally the base so powerfully!

"VOTE RINO!

We'll put a sugar coating on the 'rat cyanide pill!"

[PhiKapMom]

I believe Sen Inhofe’s computers, phones, etc. have been burning since this bill is being brought back up. He put out a press release last week thanking everyone for helping kill the bill and now it is resurrected, our Senator is not very happy (understatement).

He is also fighting the Energy Bill so I don’t think I would want to get in way on anything. He is one tough fighter and so glad he is out there day in and day out fighting for Americans with some other Senators who understand how bad this bill is for America.

[AuntB]

I first noticed Jim Inhofe in 1993 one evening very late. I was standing in my kitchen ironing, watching cspan. Special orders, house of reps....he’s going on about something called a ‘discharge petition’. It was one of the greatest moments I ever witnessed in congress. He was threatened by the leadership to shut up or leave congress. He stood his ground and did a good thing. Here’s an article.

House of Representatives ends secrecy about petitions to get bills out of committee
10/05/1993

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A freshman congressman from Oklahoma in late September won a battle to scrap the House of Representatives’ 63- year-old tradition of secrecy surrounding discharge petitions, which are filed by representatives who want bills stuck in committee brought to the House floor for action.

House committees must hold a bill or resolution for review for 30 days. Committee members can simply ignore it and it will ultimately die in committee. However, a congressmen eager to move a measure can file a “discharge” petition and, if the petition is signed by a majority of representatives (218), the House clerk must report the measure out of the committee. In the past the House clerk named the signatories to the petition only after a majority of members signed.

In early March, Rep. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) introduced a resolution to make discharge petitions and signatures on them public. The Rules Committee took no action, and in May he filed a discharge petition to force his resolution onto the floor.

Members of the House read the petition, memorizing portions of the list of signers. In mid-August the Wall Street Journal, using the memorized list of signers, published the names of congressmen who had not signed the petition. Soon afterward Inhofe obtained the remainder of the 218 signatures.

In late September the House voted 384 to 40 to amend House rules and to require petitions and signatures to be open. The Washington Post reported that the Rules Committee Chairman called for a roll call vote in order to “give political cover” to lawmakers who had not initially signed Inhofe’s petition for openness.

http://www.rcfp.org/news/1993/1005d.html

[blam]

"Froufrou and Blam, here’s a petition that might be of interest. I just fired off a note to Senator Inhofe. Hope it doesn’t burn up his computer, mine is smokin’."

Thanks. I 'burned it up' earlier today.

[Democrat_media]

I emailed all of the Senator top staffers at the same time. I broke up the list into smaller blocks so my yahoo email would accept it and I was able to email this bunch just now:

beth_stewart@gsmith.senate.gov,dan_knezevic@gsmith.senate.gov,lori_prater@gsmith.senate.gov,john_richter@snowe.senate.gov,ray_krncevic@snowe.senate.gov,jake_ward@snowe.senate.gov,david_snepp@snowe.senate.gov,ginny_worrest@snowe.senate.gov,scott_hoeflich@specter.senate.gov,thomas_dower@specter.senate.gov,
seema_singh@specter.senate.gov,seema_singh@judiciary.senate.gov,george_lowe@stevens.senate.gov,karina_waller@stevens.senate.gov,aaron_saunders@stevens.senate.gov,courtney_boone@stevens.senate.gov,steven_wackowski@stevens.senate.gov,paul_collins@sununu.senate.gov,mike_o’rielly@sununu.senate.gov,
michael_o’reilly@sununu.senate.gov,barbara_riley@sununu.senate.gov,m_zabel@thune.senate.gov,matthew_zabel@thune.senate.gov,david_schwietert@thune.senate.gov,kyle_downey@thune.senate.gov,jessica_ferguson@thune.senate.gov,kyle_ruckert@vitter.senate.gov,tonya_newman@vitter.senate.gov,wendy_fleming@vitter.senate.gov,joel_digrado@vitter.senate.gov,
mac_abrams@vitter.senate.gov,phil_park@voinovich.senate.gov,george_callas@voinovich.senate.gov,doug_dziak@voinovich.senate.gov,chris_paulitz@voinovich.senate.gov,ann_loomis@warner.senate.gov,chris_yianilos@warner.senate.gov,angela_stewart@warner.senate.gov,conrad_schatte@warner.senate.gov,john_ullyot@warner.senate.gov,

tom_ingram@alexander.senate.gov,david_morgenstern@alexander.senate.gov,scot_montrey@alexander.senate.gov,lee_pitts@alexander.senate.gov,sean_conway@allard.senate.gov,charles_cogar@allard.senate.gov,laura_condeluci@allard.senate.gov,steve_wymer@allard.senate.gov,maryjane_collipriest@bennett.senate.gov,
mark_morrison@bennett.senate.gov,emily_christensen@bennett.senate.gov,brian_klippenstein@bond.senate.gov,kara_smith@bond.senate.gov,shana_marchio@bond.senate.gov,glen_chambers@brownback.senate.gov,brian_robertson@brownback.senate.gov,john_rankin@brownback.senate.gov,brian_hart@brownback.senate.gov,
blake_brickman@bunning.senate.gov,kim_dean@bunning.senate.gov,mike_reynard@bunning.senate.gov,alicia_peterson-clark@burr.senate.gov,alicia_petersonclark@burr.senate.gov,Natasha_hickman@burr.senate.gov,laura_caudell@burr.senate.gov,mark_williams@burr.senate.gov,charlie_harmon@chambliss.senate.gov,monty_philpot@chambliss.senate.gov,
annelaurie_waters@chambliss.senate.gov,Angie_Lundberg@Chambliss.Senate.gov,Lindsay_mabry@chambliss.senate.gov,jenny_manley@cochran.senate.gov,ta_hawks@cochran.senate.gov,margaret_wicker@cochran.senate.gov,margaret_mcphillips@cochran.senate.gov,Jennifer_lowe@coleman.senate.gov,lucia_lebens@coleman.senate.gov,

lorianne_moss@coleman.senate.gov,tom_steward@coleman.senate.gov,tom_stewart@coleman.senate.gov,leroy_coleman@coleman.senate.gov,steve_abbott@collins.senate.gov,Marybeth_carozza@collins.senate.gov,jane_alonso@collins.senate.gov,elissa_davidson@collins.senate.gov,jen_burita@collins.senate.gov,
kevin_kelley@collins.senate.gov,todd_womack@corker.senate.gov,paul_palagyi@corker.senate.gov,laura_lefler@corker.senate.gov,peter_olson@cornyn.senate.gov,russ_thomasson@cornyn.senate.gov,chip_roy@judiciary.senate.gov,matthew_johnson@judiciary.senate.gov,Ramona_mcgee@judiciary.senate.gov,brian_walsh@cornyn.senate.gov,
don_stewart@cornyn.senate.gov,john_drogin@cornyn.senate,mike_ware@craig.senate.gov,brooke_roberts@craig.senate.gov,travis_jones@craig.senate.gov,dan_whiting@craig.senate.gov,peter_fischer@crapo.senate.gov,pete_fischer@crapo.senate.gov,Kenneth_flanz@crapo.senate.gov,staci_lancaster@crapo.senate.gov,susan_wheeler@crapo.senate.gov,
bret_bernhardt@demint.senate.gov,matt_hoskins@demint.senate.gov,Wesley_denton@demint.senate.gov,greg_gross@dole.senate.gov,al_garesche@dole.senate.gov,ryan_meyers@dole.senate.gov,Katie_norman@dole.senate.gov,steve_bell@domenici.senate.gov,edward_hild@domenici.senate.gov,

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elly_pickett@enzi.senate.gov,wendy_gnehm@enzi.senate.gov,richard_perry@lgraham.senate.gov,jennifer_olson@lgraham.senate.gov,jen_olson@lgraham.senate.gov,wes_hickman@lgraham.senate.gov,kevin_bishop@lgraham.senate.gov,david_young@grassley.senate.gov,kolan_davis@grassley.senate.gov,
jill_kozney@grassley.senate.gov,beth_pellett_levine@grassley.senate.gov,joel_maiola@gregg.senate.gov,nancy_perkins@gregg.senate.gov,christopher_gahan@gregg.senate.gov,erin_rath@gregg.senate.gov,louann_linehan@hagel.senate.gov,paul_kong@hagel.senate.gov,steve_taylor@hagel.senate.gov,mike_buttry@hagel.senate.gov,jordan_stark@hagel.senate.gov,patricia_knight@hatch.senate.gov,
jace_johnson@hatch.senate.gov,chris_campbell@hatch.senate.gov,bill_castle@hatch.senate.gov,peter_carr@hatch.senate.gov,marc_short@hutchison.senate.gov,matthew_acock@hutchison.senate.gov,james_christoferson@hutchison.senate.gov,jamie_loftus@hutchison.senate.gov,

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joan_kirchner@isakson.senate.gov,tim_glazewski@kyl.senate.gov,elizabeth_maier@kyl.senate.gov,Stephen_higgins@judiciary.senate.gov,joe_matal@judiciary.senate.gov,lucy_murfitt@kyl.senate.gov,Andrew_wilder@kyl.senate.gov,bret_boyles@lott.senate.gov,jim_sartucci@lott.senate.gov,
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ann_begeman@mccain.senate.gov,eileen_mcmenamin@mccain.senate.gov,andrea_jones@mccain.senate.gov,lee_dunn@mccain.senate.gov,chris_paul@mccain.senate.gov,joe_donoghue@mccain.senate.gov,richard_fontaine@mccain.senate.gov,billy_piper@mcconnell.senate.gov,scott_raab@mcconnell.senate.gov,

robert_steurer@mcconnell.senate.gov,julie_adams@mcconnell.senate.gov,donna_murray@murkowski.senate.gov,Isaac_edwards@murkowski.senate.gov,danielle_holland@murkowski.senate.gov,kristin_pugh@murkowski.senate.gov,Jackie_cottrell@roberts.senate.gov,mike_seyfert@roberts.senate.gov,Jennifer_swenson@roberts.senate.gov,
sarah_little@roberts.senate.gov,molly_mueller@roberts.senate.gov,rick_dearborn@sessions.senate.gov,alan_hanson@sessions.senate.gov,cindy_hayden@sessions.senate.gov,charles_campbell@sessions.senate.gov,michael_brumas@sessions.senate.gov,emily_mathis@sessions.senate.gov,laura_friedel@shelby.senate.gov,
anne_caldwell@shelby.senate.gov,katie_boyd@shelby.senate.gov,john_easton@gsmith.senate.gov,rob_epplin@gsmith.senate.gov,rc_hammond@gsmith.senate.gov,beth_stewart@gsmith.senate.gov,dan_knezevic@gsmith.senate.gov,lori_prater@gsmith.senate.gov,john_richter@snowe.senate.gov,ray_krncevic@snowe.senate.gov,jake_ward@snowe.senate.gov,
david_snepp@snowe.senate.gov,ginny_worrest@snowe.senate.gov,scott_hoeflich@specter.senate.gov,thomas_dower@specter.senate.gov,seema_singh@specter.senate.gov,seema_singh@judiciary.senate.gov,george_lowe@stevens.senate.gov,karina_waller@stevens.senate.gov,

aaron_saunders@stevens.senate.gov,courtney_boone@stevens.senate.gov,steven_wackowski@stevens.senate.gov,paul_collins@sununu.senate.gov,mike_o’rielly@sununu.senate.gov,michael_o’reilly@sununu.senate.gov,barbara_riley@sununu.senate.gov,m_zabel@thune.senate.gov,matthew_zabel@thune.senate.gov,
david_schwietert@thune.senate.gov,kyle_downey@thune.senate.gov,jessica_ferguson@thune.senate.gov,kyle_ruckert@vitter.senate.gov,tonya_newman@vitter.senate.gov,wendy_fleming@vitter.senate.gov,joel_digrado@vitter.senate.gov,mac_abrams@vitter.senate.gov,phil_park@voinovich.senate.gov,george_callas@voinovich.senate.gov,
doug_dziak@voinovich.senate.gov,chris_paulitz@voinovich.senate.gov,ann_loomis@warner.senate.gov,chris_yianilos@warner.senate.gov,angela_stewart@warner.senate.gov,conrad_schatte@warner.senate.gov,john_ullyot@warner.senate.gov,

[nicmarlo]

bttt!