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Support the Filibuster - Defeat Alito
After all your calls, emails and action, two senators are taking the lead in
defeating ultra-conservative Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito. Sen. John Kerry
(D-Mass.) and Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass) are organizing the filibuster of
Judge Alito and they need the support of 39 other senators in order to block
a straight up or down vote.
Please make as many phone calls as you can before Monday at 4:30pm, when Senate
Majority Leader Bill Frist will call for a vote to end debate on Alito. Of the
self-proclaimed women's rights supporters in the Senate, more are announcing
public support for the filibuster every hour. Hillary Clinton and Dianne Feinstein
have just signed on in support, and more of those who have offered private support
need to give it publicly. Others are on the fence, and need to hear from us
that their support for women's rights is hollow unless they back the filibuster
and vote NO on cloture.
NOW has put together a list of senators (self-described women's rights supporters)
who need our firm encouragement to come out publicly and join the filibuster
(and some, like Chafee and Snowe, haven't even said they'll vote NO on the nomination!).
Remember, without a filibuster, Judge Alito WILL be confirmed. In a straight
up or down vote, we need 51 "NO" votes to defeat Alito, but in a filibuster,
we need only 41 votes to block Frist's effort to end debate.
We've asked for a lot from you over the last few months, and together we've
made great progress?just a week ago a filibuster seemed out of the question!
Now that we've come this close, we need your help with this final push. If Judge
Alito takes a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court?replacing Justice Sandra
Day O'Connor?all of our hard-fought rights are in danger.
Please call one or more of the Senators below, especially if you live in their
state (click on the Senator's name for district office numbers). Please share this alert widely and ask friends to join the fight!
Senators to call (list as of 1/27/06 4:30pm) - an updated list is available on our website:
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