Posted on 02/06/2009 1:30:49 PM PST by MaestroLC
Edited on 02/06/2009 1:40:54 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) just said in a radio interview that only two “Republican” Senators are still actively attempting to provide the Democrats “bipartisan” cover for their nearly $1,000,000,000,000.00 borrow-and-spend bill.
Based on what I’ve been hearing from around the Hill, and Roll Call’s report that Sen. Collins (R-ME) was having misgivings about betraying her party and constituents, those two are (definitely) Arlen Specter (PA) and (most likely) Olympia Snowe (ME).
In the radio interview, Burr said nobody knows if the vote, initially planned for 7pm, will actually happen tonight (translation: despite his typically hotheaded rhetoric, Harry Reid lacks the votes to give himself “bipartisan” cover and therefore to make this bill’s passage politically worthwhile), and that ” out of every 10 calls coming in about the [so-called] stimulus, 9.9 of them are against the bill.”
Keep calling Senators Specter, Snowe, and Collins at 202-224-3121. Tell them that if this trillion dollar borrow-and-spend-on-pork plan is going to pass, it needs to do so as a Democrat-only measure.
The Democrats campaigned on a platform of unadulterated liberalism, which they pledged to implement if they gained enough seats in both houses to do so. They have the votes to pass this and other policies that are doomed to fail once implemented; the Republicans’ job is simply to propose principled alternatives, and to make Democrats own their own proposals on a party-line basis.
Call Senators Specter, Snowe, and Collins at 202-224-3121. Tell them not to help the Democrats drag this country’s economy into the gutter.
Call call call.
Get instate calls posted.
http://snowe.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorSnowe.DistrictOffices#Portland
Snowe
Auburn State Office:
Two Great Falls Plaza
Suite 7B
Auburn, ME 04210
Main: (207) 786-2451
Fax: (207) 782-1438
Augusta State Office:
Edmund S. Muskie Federal Building
40 Western Avenue
Room 408C
Augusta, ME 04330
Main: (207) 622-8292
Fax: (207) 622-7295
Bangor State Office:
One Cumberland Place
Suite 306
Bangor, ME 04401
Main: (207) 945-0432
Fax: (207) 941-9525
Biddeford State Office:
227 Main Street
Biddeford, ME 04005
Main: (207) 282-4144
Fax: (207) 284-2358
Portland State Office:
3 Canal Plaza
Suite 601
Portland, ME 04101
Main: (207) 874-0883
Fax: (207) 874-7631
Presque Isle State Office:
169 Academy Street
Suite 3
Presque Isle, ME 04769
Main: (207) 764-5124
Fax: (207) 764-6420
Collins
http://collins.senate.gov/public/continue.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorCollins.USMail&CFID=5303344&CFTOKEN=96642836
DC Office:
413 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Main: (202) 224-2523
Fax: (202) 224-2693
Caribou State Office:
25 Sweden Street, Suite A
Caribou, ME 04736
Main: (207) 493-7873
Bangor State Office:
P.O. Box 655
202 Harlow Street, Room 204
Bangor, ME 04402
Main: (207) 945-0417
Augusta State Office:
68 Sewall Street, Room 507
Augusta, ME 04330
Main: (207) 622-8414
Lewiston State Office:
11 Lisbon Street
Lewiston, ME 04240
Main: (207) 784-6969
Biddeford State Office:
160 Main Street
Biddeford, ME 04005
Main: (207) 283-1101
Portland State Office:
One City Center, Stop 23
Portland, ME 04101
Main: (207) 780-3575
Voinovich
http://voinovich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.OfficeLocations
Washington, DC Office:
524 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Main: (202) 224-3353
Cleveland, OH Office:
1240 East 9th Street
Room 3061
Cleveland, OH 44199
Main: (216) 522-7095
Fax: (216) 522-7097
Southeast, OH Office:
78 West Washington Street
P.O. Box 57
Nelsonville, OH 45764
Main: (740) 441-6410
Fax: (740) 753-3551
Cincinnati, OH Office:
36 East 7th Street
Room 2615
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Main: (513) 684-3265
Fax: (513) 684-3269
Northeast, OH Office:
1240 East 9th Street
Room 3061
Cleveland, OH 44199
Main: (216) 522-7095
Fax: (216) 522-7097
Toledo, OH Office:
420 Madison Avenue
Room 1210
Toledo, OH 43604
Main: (419) 259-3895
Fax: (419) 259-3899
Dayton, OH Office:
(Based out of Cincinnati)
36 East 7th Street, Room 2615
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Main: (513) 684-3265
Fax: (513) 684-3269
Central, OH Office:
37 West Broad Street
Room 310
Columbus, OH 43215
Main: (614) 469-6697
Fax: (614) 469-7733
bttt
Tnx for the #s—bump for the children
I hope this bill fails on Sunday night, so I can short the Dow minis.
These are the 10 Leading Economic Indicators from The Conference Board:
1. Average number of initial applications for unemployment insurance 2. Number of manufacturers’ new orders for consumer goods and materials 3. Speed of delivery of new merchandise to vendors from suppliers 4. Amount of new orders for capital goods unrelated to defense 5. Amount of new building permits for residential buildings 6. The S&P 500 stock index 7. Inflation-adjusted money supply (M2) 8. Spread between long and short interest rates (the yield curve) 9. Consumer sentiment 10. Average weekly hours worked by manufacturing workers
Any stimulus package and/or Government practices that don’t drive these items in 2009 won’t lead us out of the recession in 2009.
Josh Stull, Josh_stull@specter.senate.gov, 202-224-6598
Alex J. Halper, Alex_Halper@specter.senate.gov.
Washington DC Arlen Specter 202-224-4254, 202-228-1229
711 Hart Senate Office Building SH-711
Hold their feet to the fire. These RINOs need to know how their constituents feel about Porkulus Maximus and should be afraid of the voter’s wrath when they come up for re-election.
Current make-up of the Senate is 56 D, 2 Ind (Lieberman and Sanders), 41 R plus one disputed (MN).
Both Lieberman and Sanders caucus with the Democrats and will slavishly vote with them -- giving the D's 58 votes (including Teddy K).
But, to gain cloture, the Dems need 60 votes. Meaning, as you posed, they need at least two R's...plus Kennedy.
Lieberman might not vote for it.
As a respectful tribute to Dear Leader, that is exactly what the Repubs should do from now on. Let the Dems own every bit of their destruction of America.
Come on Reps. Do the right thing. Make the Democrats own this whole. Whether the vote passes or fails, make them own it. And take as much flesh out of of them and Obama as you can in the process. Make the cost of this to their political careers more then the cost of this package.
Imagine if McCain had chosen Lieberman as his running mate and Sarah had remained in Alaska completely unknown and probably never to be a national figure.
As I mentioned before wouldn’t it be ironic that McCain could eventually be responsible for the resurrection of Reagan conservatism and the Republican party? God does have an interesting sense of humor.
And put the heat on red state dems like montana, dakota, arkansas, louisina, nebraska, alaska
Judd Gregg has said he won’t be voting while his aappointment is pending. Of course on cloture no vote is as good as a ‘no’ vote, so that is ok.
I emailed all 3, every little bit helps
Bribing a couple of RINO’s to vote yes on Porkulus does not make a “bipartisan” effort.
If this bill goes through, we all ought to call up every senator and tell them our dependent status will be maxed out so that OUR TAXES won’t GO FOR THIS PORK CRAPOLA!
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