July 24 —We need an EMERGENCY ALERT THREAD
but this will have to do....
I am sick and tired of members of Congress playing games with the
American people — pretending to address the energy crisis but not
even allowing a real debate!
BREAKING NEWS: We just learned that Sen. Harry
Reid is blocking any amendments to his energy bill.
Reid will not allow a real vote on lifting the offshore
Drilling ban! A key vote is tomorrow. Please see below
and take action today!
From the Desk of:
Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.org Alliance
7/24/2008
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is pushing for a vote tomorrow on his
version of an energy bill that does nothing to decrease our dependence
on foreign oil.
Reid’s bill does nothing to lift the offshore drilling ban, or open up
rich oil fields in northern Alaska, or expand our nuclear capacity.
Even worse...
Reid is using Senate rules to BLOCK any and all attempts to get a vote
on lifting the offshore drilling ban! This is classic hardball political
tactics and we need to strike back just as hard!
+ + Action Item #1 — Fax The Senate Now!
Reid is pushing for a “cloture” vote tomorrow (Friday) that will block
any amendments. That means we have very little time. That’s why I want
to flood every Senate office with faxes right now demanding that the
Senate have a real debate on the energy crisis — and pass a bill that
lifts the ban on offshore drilling BEFORE Congress takes it’s month-
long summer holiday.
Go here right now to schedule your faxes:
http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?U=9431&CID=108&RID=17623090
Or send your own faxes. We have sample letters
and contact information for you at the above link.
+ + Action Item #2 — Call Harry Reid Now!
In addition, I want to flood Harry Reid’s offices with calls from
citizens demanding that he allow the Republican amendments be heard
to his energy bill. We must shut down the phone lines in the Senate!
TALKING POINTS:
#1 I am outraged that Sen. Reid is pushing for a “cloture” vote
on S. 3268 without allowing amendments to be heard.
#2 The energy crisis deserves a real debate in Congress. I want
Sen. McConnell’s proposed amendments to be debated.
#3 I demand that Congress take action to lift the ban on drilling
on the Outer Continental Shelf BEFORE Congress takes its month-
long summer holiday.
PHONE NUMBERS:
Sen. Harry Reid: DC —202-224-5556 or 202-224-3542
Nevada numbers: 702-388-5020, 775-686-5750, 775-882-7343
Thank you for taking action!
Steve
P.S. Again, the key vote is expected to take place tomorrow.
Please forward this message and alert your friends.
P.P.S. A reminder—we are delivering petitions EVERY DAY to Sen. Reid’s
office. Thank you for signing the petition! Your voice is being
represented!
I’ve done this, signed every petition I could find online, sent e-mails to my reps and senator and several others as well. We just need to keep bombarding them.
I called. The guy on the phone said that “Senator Reid is currently against offshore drilling.” I told him that that is fine, he can have his one vote and to please let the other 99 Senators have theirs as well. I said that he represents the state of Nevada and to please let the people of the other 49 states to be represented as well.
BTTT.
Call Harry’s office and see if they are taking donations for a hearing aid. I called and they had to check around the office to hear if anyone heard that.
What a bunch of air heads.
Operation Hearing Aid.