Please DU PLEASE lets spend the better part of the morning calling the Senate re: DADT & DREAM!!!

[wndycty]

C'mon on DUers, we are the ones who make things happen. Lets exhaust ourselves this morning, burning up the phone lines and working over the Senators and pressure them to pass both the repeal of DADT and to pass the DREAM ACT!

866-587-6101 (Its a DREAM ACT # but you can use it for both DREAM & DADT Repeal)

C'mon folks, we spend a lot of time talking about what isn't happen, how unhappy we are, etc. Here is our chance to stand with the President on two issues we all agree on with him, stand with the Nancy Pelosi and Congressional Democrats who passed both, and to suppurt Senate Democrats who are fighting to pass both of these bills.

Lets put up or shut up.

After calling, come back in here and check in by telling us who you called.

I have made three calls so far.

My Illinois Senators, Durbin and Kirk, as well as Scott Brown, Olympia Snow and Susan Collins.

KEEP THIS KICKED!

[lamp_shade]

1. Bill Nelson, yes on both. LeMieux's "mailbox" is full the last time I checked.

[OneGrassRoot]

2. K&R n/t

[Dogmudgeon]

3. NO! I wanna complain about how bad Obama is!

Actually, my rep knows how I feel. He's Pat Murphy, who co-sponsored the House bill to end DADT.

--d!

[wndycty]

4. Even though Specter & Casey are most likely yes's call them anyway and urge them. . .

. . .and call any GOP Senator you think might flip.

[lamp_shade]

5. Were you able to get a firm answer (either way) from Kirk?

[wndycty]

6. No I got voicemail. . .I will keep trying him. . .for a live person

:kick:

[lamp_shade]

8. FYI - The senate gavels in in 5 minutes on cspan2.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

7. You're right. We should be uniting on this and stop the in-fighting!

I'm lucky to have two senators who get it--Cardin and Mikulski, so I'll spend the morning calling some of the Republicans. I think LeMeaux and Voinovich are key, but I Kirk, Brown, Snowe, and Collins are absolutely critical!!! Forget Manchin. He's useless! Worst than a Repug.

[lamp_shade]

9. Seriously? Is Lemieux on the fence? I haven't been paying attention... just assumed he was a no.

[wndycty]

10. Great news. . .if Voinovich comes over on DREAM that would be huge!

:kick:

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

18. Voinovich came over. LiMeaux, not so much. n/t

[H2O Man]

11. Recommended.

Absolutely!

[wndycty]

14. Thanks for the recommend

:kick:

[BlueJac]

12. It worked good on the tax cuts.........

they don't care what we think!

[wndycty]

13. So are you a defeatist? Does that mean you won't stand in support of the GLBT community/immigrants

Because you are still upset, bitter and jaded because of what happened with tax cuts?

Are you standing up or sitting down?

Do you think those who stand to be helped with these two bills will accept you standing down because you are upset about that the tax cuts.

If either bill fails (it looks like DREAM will fail) can I tell them that BlueJac didn't feel it was important to call because he/she was upset about the the tax cuts?

[BlueJac]

19. Get real.

I was just stating what has happened in the past. Chill.

Besides I still can't reach the knife in my back on the tax cuts, it is bothering me, just like everyones short memories.

[wndycty]

15. Kick

:kick:

[AC_Mem]

16. Its saying the line is busy

and yet it keeps ringing ....

[AC_Mem]

17. How do I contact my own senators?

I called the washington numbers but the offices are closed.

Mine are Corker and Alexander (unfortunately) in Tennessee.