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Keep Your Eyes on the Prize - FISA Bill Action

Sat Jun 21, 2008 at 01:26:26 PM PDT

We have been witness to a Daily Kos freakout over the last few days.  The sky is falling, the walls are crumbling, Burgess Meredith's glasses are breaking.  We've seen whine after whine echo across this site, but what have we not seen?  A clarion call for action.

This is what everyone's been doing the last few days:

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This is what we should be doing:
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Stop whining, stop sulking, and pick up the damn phone.  Call your Senators.  Flood their e-mail inboxes. But for God's sake, don't sit around complaining about the FISA bill. Can we channel our collective anger and outrage into something good, something positive?

Call your Senators:

Daniel Akaka (D-HI) - (202) 224-6361
*Lamar Alexander (R-TN) - (202) 224-4944
**Wayne Allard (R-CO) - (202) 224-5941
*John Barrasso (R-WY) - (202) 224-6441
*Max Baucus (D-MT) - (202) 224-2651
Evan Bayh (D-IN) - (202) 224-5623
Robert Bennett (R-UT) - (202) 224-5444
*Joe Biden (D-DE) - (202) 224-5042
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) - (202) 224-5521
Kit Bond (R-MO) - (202) 224-5721
Barbara Boxer (D-CA) - (202) 224-3553
Sherrod Brown (D-OH) - (202) 224-2315
Sam Brownback (R-KS) - (202) 224-6521
Jim Bunning (R-KY) - (202) 224-4343
Richard Burr (R-NC) - (202) 224-3154
Robert Byrd (D-WV) - (202) 224-3954
Maria Cantwell (D-WA) - (202) 224-3441
Ben Cardin (D-MD) - (202) 224-4524
Tom Carper (D-DE) - (202) 224-2441
Bob Casey, Jr. (D-PA) - (202) 224-6324
*Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) - (202) 224-3521
Hillary Clinton (D-NY) - (202) 224-4451
Tom Coburn (R-OK) - (202) 224-5754
*Thad Cochran (R-MS) - (202) 224-5054
*Norm Coleman (R-MN) - (202) 224-5641
*Susan Collins (R-ME) - (202) 224-2523
Kent Conrad (D-ND) - (202) 224-2043
Bob Corker (R-TN) - (202) 224-3344
*John Cornyn (R-TX) - (202) 224-2934
**Larry Craig (R-ID) - (202) 224-2752
Mike Crapo (R-ID) - (202) 224-6142
Jim DeMint (R-SC) - (202) 224-6121
Chris Dodd (D-CT) - (202) 224-2823
*Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) - (202) 224-6342
**Pete Domenici (R-NM) - (202) 224-6621
Byron Dorgan (D-ND) - (202) 224-2551
*Dick Durbin (D-IL) - (202) 224-2152
John Ensign (R-NV) - (202) 224-6244
*Mike Enzi (R-WY) - (202) 224-3424
Russ Feingold (D-WI) - (202) 224-5323
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) - (202) 224-3841
*Lindsey Graham (R-SC) - (202) 224-5972
Chuck Grassley (R-IA) - (202) 224-3744
Judd Gregg (R-NH) - (202) 224-3324
**Chuck Hagel (R-NE) - (202) 224-4224
*Tom Harkin (D-IA) - (202) 224-3254
Orrin Hatch (R-UT) - (202) 224-5251
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) - (202) 224-5922
*Jim Inhofe (R-OK) - (202) 224-4721
Daniel Inouye (D-HI) - (202) 224-3934
Johnny Isakson (R-GA) - (202) 224-3643
*Tim Johnson (D-SD) - (202) 224-5842
Ted Kennedy (D-MA) - (202) 224-4543
*John Kerry (D-MA) - (202) 224-2742
Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) - (202) 224-3244
Herb Kohl (D-WI) - (202) 224-5653
Jon Kyl (R-AZ) - (202) 224-4521
*Mary Landrieu (D-LA) - (202) 224-5824
*Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) - (202) 224-3224
Pat Leahy (D-VT) - (202) 224-4242
*Carl Levin (D-MI) - (202) 224-6221
Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) - (202) 224-4041
Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) - (202) 224-4843
Dick Lugar (R-IN) - (202) 224-4814
Mel Martinez (R-FL) - (202) 224-3041
John McCain (R-AZ) - (202) 224-2235
Claire McCaskill (D-MO) - (202) 224-6154
*Mitch McConnell (R-KY) - (202) 224-2541
Bob Menendez (D-NJ) - (202) 224-4744
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) - (202) 224-4654
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) - (202) 224-6665
Patty Murray (D-WA) - (202) 224-2621
Ben Nelson (D-NE) - (202) 224-6551
Bill Nelson (D-FL) - (202) 224-5274
Barack Obama (D-IL) - (202) 224-2854
*Mark Pryor (D-AR) - (202) 224-2353
*Jack Reed (D-RI) - (202) 224-4642
Harry Reid (D-NV) - (202) 224-3542
*Pat Roberts (R-KS) - (202) 224-4774
*Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) - (202) 224-6472
Ken Salazar (D-CO) - (202) 224-5852
Bernie Sanders (I-VT) - (202) 224-5141
Chuck Schumer (D-NY) - (202) 224-6542
*Jeff Sessions (R-AL) - (202) 224-4124
Richard Shelby (R-AL) - (202) 224-5744
*Gordon Smith (R-OR) - (202) 224-3753
Olympia Snowe (R-ME) - (202) 224-5344
Arlen Specter (R-PA) - (202) 224-4254
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) - (202) 224-4822
*Ted Stevens (R-AK) - (202) 224-3004
*John Sununu (R-NH) - (202) 224-2841
Jon Tester (D-MT) - (202) 224-2644
John Thune (R-SD) - (202) 224-2321
David Vitter (R-LA) - (202) 224-4623
George Voinovich (R-OH) - (202) 224-3353
**John Warner (R-VA) - (202) 224-2023
Jim Webb (D-VA) - (202) 224-4024
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) - (202) 224-2921
*Roger Wicker (R-MS) - (202) 224-6253
Ron Wyden (D-OR) - (202) 224-5244

* - Senators running for re-election
** - Retiring Senators

Can we stop whining and start doing something, please?  Can we at least try?  If you really feel that this issue is so important, will you at least DO something about it?

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Will you get off your butt and call your Senators?

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