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ALERT: Senate speeds towards Telecom Reform bill and Decency ACt
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 06:29:44 +0900
======================================================================== CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE EXON/GORTON COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT Update: -Senate changes gears, we're caught with little time -What You Can Do Now (US and non-US citizens) CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT June 6, 1995 PLEASE WIDELY REDISTRIBUTE THIS DOCUMENT WITH THIS BANNER INTACT REDISTRIBUTE ONLY UNTIL June 20, 1995 REPRODUCE THIS ALERT ONLY IN RELEVANT FORUMS Distributed by the Voters Telecommunications Watch (vtw () vtw org) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS The Latest News What You Can Do Now -- U.S. and non-U.S. citizens Senate Contact List For More Information List Of Participating Organizations ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE LATEST NEWS The Senate is ready to act on the Telecommunications Reform Bill this week, perhaps as soon as Wednesday, June 7th. We had thought the Counter Terrorism bill would take all week, but the Senate changed its schedule without consulting us. :-) (We sincerely apologize for issuing another alert on the heels of the prior one, but the Senate's readiness to move on this legislation was not anticipated. We'll watch out for such a situation again and avoid releasing two alerts to close together in the future. We also apologize for the length of this Alert, but it contains the entire Senate contact info.) Note that there are few people who don't know about the bill. However if you are unfamiliar with the bill, take a moment to retrieve the materials listed in the "For More Information" section. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW -- U.S. and non-U.S. citizens The Telecomm Reform Bill, will, in all likelihood, include either the Exon Amendment (formerly the Communications Decency Act) or the Leahy Amendment. It is essential that the Leahy language be substituted for Exon's, and therefore it is essential: 1. That all citizens call or fax their Senators as soon as possible. There is no time for written letters and email is too easily discounted or ignored. Non-U.S. citizens should contact Vice President Gore. Note, if you decide to send a fax, you'll want to write an expanded version of the statement below. It's very important that you always be cool, collected, and polite. U.S. citizens: <call your Senators' offices, contact info below> "Hello, Senator ________'s office" "Hi, I'm a constituent and would like to register my opinion on the Telecommunications Reform bill to the Senator." "Hold On please. Alright, go ahead." "Please vote to remove the Communications Decency Act provision (Title 4 of S652) from the Telecomm Reform bill and replace it with the Leahy alternative (S714). My name and address is ________." "Thanks for calling." <click> Non-U.S. citizens: <call, fax, or send email to Vice President Gore> "Dear Vice President Gore, The world looks to the United States as one leader in developing a Global Information Infrastructure. Title 4 of the Telecomm Reform bill (the Communications Decency Act) imperils that leadership. Please work to remove it from the Telecomm Reform bill (S652) and replace it with Senator Leahy's sensible alternative (S714). I'm calling from ____________." 2. Send VTW a note telling us what you did. If you contacted your two Senators, send a letter to vtw () vtw org with a subject line of "XX ack" where "XX" is your state. For example: To: vtw () vtw org Subject: OH ack I called my Ohio Senators and expressed my opinion. If you contact Senators outside your state, please let us know what state you're from. If you contacted Vice President Gore, send a letter to vtw () vtw org with a subject line of "gore ack". For example: To: vtw () vtw org Subject: gore ack I called VP Gore and expressed my opinion. I'm from France. An automatic responder will return an updated contact tally. 3. Forward this Alert to relevant forums on other online services and BBS's. Check the letter you get back to see which Senators are underrepresented by citizen contacts. Forward the Alert to any friends and colleagues in those states. 4. If you haven't yet signed the petition to support Sen. Leahy, do so now. Send mail to vtw () vtw org with a subject line of "send petition" for directions. 5. Congratulate yourself! Your two-minute activism joins that of many thousands of others over the past two months. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SENATE CONTACT LIST Vice President Gore can be reached at: White House comment line Telephone: (202) 456-1111 (M-F 9-5 EST) Facsimile: (202) 456-2461 (M-F 9-5 EST) Email: vice-president () whitehouse gov US Senate Listing: D ST Name (Party) Phone Fax = == ============ ===== === R AK Murkowski, Frank H. 1-202-224-6665 1-202-224-5301 R AK Stevens, Ted 1-202-224-3004 1-202-224-1044 D AL Heflin, Howell T. 1-202-224-4124 1-202-224-3149 R AL Shelby, Richard C. 1-202-224-5744 1-202-224-3416 D AR Bumpers, Dale 1-202-224-4843 1-202-224-6435 D AR Pryor, David 1-202-224-2353 1-202-224-8261 R AZ Kyl, Jon 1-202-224-4521 1-202-224-2302 R AZ McCain, John 1-202-224-2235 1-202-228-2862 D CA Boxer, Barbara 1-202-224-3553 na D CA Feinstein, Dianne 1-202-224-3841 1-202-228-3954 D CO Campbell, Ben N. 1-202-224-5852 1-202-225-0228 R CO Brown, Henry 1-202-224-5941 1-202-224-6471 D CT Dodd, Christopher J. 1-202-224-2823 na D CT Lieberman, Joseph I. 1-202-224-4041 1-202-224-9750 D DE Biden Jr., Joseph R. 1-202-224-5042 1-202-224-0139 R DE Roth Jr. William V. 1-202-224-2441 1-202-224-2805 D FL Graham, Robert 1-202-224-3041 1-202-224-2237 R FL Mack, Connie 1-202-224-5274 1-202-224-8022 D GA Nunn, Samuel 1-202-224-3521 1-202-224-0072 R GA Coverdell, Paul 1-202-224-3643 1-202-228-3783 D HI Akaka, Daniel K. 1-202-224-6361 1-202-224-2126 D HI Inouye, Daniel K. 1-202-224-3934 1-202-224-6747 D IA Harkin, Thomas 1-202-224-3254 1-202-224-7431 R IA Grassley, Charles E. 1-202-224-3744 1-202-224-6020 R ID Craig, Larry E. 1-202-224-2752 1-202-224-2573 R ID Kempthorne, Dirk 1-202-224-6142 1-202-224-5893 D IL Moseley-Braun, Carol 1-202-224-2854 1-202-224-2626 D IL Simon, Paul 1-202-224-2152 1-202-224-0868 R IN Coats, Daniel R. 1-202-224-5623 1-202-224-8964 R IN Lugar, Richard G. 1-202-224-4814 1-202-224-7877 R KS Dole, Robert 1-202-224-6521 1-202-224-8952 R KS Kassebaum, Nancy L. 1-202-224-4774 1-202-224-3514 D KY Ford, Wendell H. 1-202-224-4343 1-202-224-0046 R KY McConnell, Mitch 1-202-224-2541 1-202-224-2499 D LA Breaux, John B. 1-202-224-4623 na D LA Johnston, J. Bennett 1-202-224-5824 1-202-224-2952 D MA Kennedy, Edward M. 1-202-224-4543 1-202-224-2417 D MA Kerry, John F. 1-202-224-2742 1-202-224-8525 D MD Mikulski, Barbara A. 1-202-224-4654 1-202-224-8858 D MD Sarbanes, Paul S. 1-202-224-4524 1-202-224-1651 R ME Snowe, Olympia 1-202-224-5344 1-202-224-6853 R ME Cohen, William S. 1-202-224-2523 1-202-224-2693 D MI Levin, Carl 1-202-224-6221 na R MI Abraham, Spencer 1-202-224-4822 1-202-224-8834 D MN Wellstone, Paul 1-202-224-5641 1-202-224-8438 R MN Grams, Rod 1-202-224-3244 1-202-224-9931 R MO Bond, Christopher S. 1-202-224-5721 1-202-224-8149 R MO Ashcroft, John 1-202-224-6154 na R MS Cochran, Thad 1-202-224-5054 1-202-224-3576 R MS Lott, Trent 1-202-224-6253 1-202-224-2262 D MT Baucus, Max 1-202-224-2651 na R MT Burns, Conrad R. 1-202-224-2644 1-202-224-8594 R NC Faircloth, D. M. 1-202-224-3154 1-202-224-7406 R NC Helms, Jesse 1-202-224-6342 1-202-224-7588 D ND Conrad, Kent 1-202-224-2043 1-202-224-7776 D ND Dorgan, Byron L. 1-202-224-2551 1-202-224-1193 D NE Exon, J. J. 1-202-224-4224 1-202-224-5213 D NE Kerrey, Bob 1-202-224-6551 1-202-224-7645 R NH Gregg, Judd 1-202-224-3324 1-202-224-4952 R NH Smith, Robert 1-202-224-2841 1-202-224-1353 D NJ Bradley, William 1-202-224-3224 1-202-224-8567 D NJ Lautenberg, Frank R. 1-202-224-4744 1-202-224-9707 D NM Bingaman, Jeff 1-202-224-5521 na R NM Domenici, Pete V. 1-202-224-6621 1-202-224-7371 D NV Bryan, Richard H. 1-202-224-6244 1-202-224-1867 D NV Reid, Harry 1-202-224-3542 1-202-224-7327 D NY Moynihan, Daniel P. 1-202-224-4451 na R NY D'Amato, Alfonse M. 1-202-224-6542 1-202-224-5871 D OH Glenn, John 1-202-224-3353 1-202-224-7983 R OH Dewine, Michael 1-202-224-2315 1-202-224-6519 R OK Inhofe, James 1-202-224-4721 R OK Nickles, Donald 1-202-224-5754 1-202-224-6008 R OR Hatfield, Mark O. 1-202-224-3753 1-202-224-0276 R OR Packwood, Robert 1-202-224-5244 1-202-228-3576 R PA Santorum, Rick 1-202-224-6324 1-202-228-4991 R PA Specter, Arlen 1-202-224-4254 1-202-224-1893 D RI Pell, Claiborne 1-202-224-4642 1-202-224-4680 R RI Chafee, John H. 1-202-224-2921 na D SC Hollings, Ernest F. 1-202-224-6121 1-202-224-4293 R SC Thurmond, Strom 1-202-224-5972 1-202-224-1300 D SD Daschle, Thomas A. 1-202-224-2321 1-202-224-2047 R SD Pressler, Larry 1-202-224-5842 1-202-224-1259* R TN Thompson, Fred 1-202-224-4944 1-202-228-3679 R TN Frist, Bill 1-202-224-3344 1-202-224-8062 R TX Hutchison, Kay Bailey 1-202-224-5922 1-202-224-0776 R TX Gramm, Phil 1-202-224-2934 1-202-228-2856 R UT Bennett, Robert 1-202-224-5444 1-202-224-6717 R UT Hatch, Orrin G. 1-202-224-5251 1-202-224-6331 D VA Robb, Charles S. 1-202-224-4024 1-202-224-8689 R VA Warner, John W. 1-202-224-2023 1-202-224-6295 D VT Leahy, Patrick J. 1-202-224-4242 1-202-224-3595 R VT Jeffords, James M. 1-202-224-5141 na D WA Murray, Patty 1-202-224-2621 1-202-224-0238 R WA Gorton, Slade 1-202-224-3441 1-202-224-9393 D WI Feingold, Russell 1-202-224-5323 na D WI Kohl, Herbert H. 1-202-224-5653 1-202-224-9787 D WV Byrd, Robert C. 1-202-224-3954 1-202-224-4025 D WV Rockefeller, John D. 1-202-224-6472 na R WY Simpson, Alan K. 1-202-224-3424 1-202-224-1315 R WY Thomas, Craig 1-202-224-6441 1-202-224-3230 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FOR MORE INFORMATION For more information on the Communications Decency Act, visit the following resources: Web Sites URL:http://www.panix.com/vtw/exon/ URL:http://epic.org/ URL:http://www.eff.org/pub/Alerts/ URL:http://www.cdt.org/cda.html FTP Archives URL:ftp://ftp.cdt.org/pub/cdt/policy/freespeech/00-INDEX.FREESPEECH URL:ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/Alerts/ Gopher Archives: URL:gopher://gopher.panix.com/11/vtw/exon URL:gopher://gopher.eff.org/11/Alerts Email: vtw () vtw org (put "send help" in the subject line) cda-info () cdt org (General CDA information) cda-stat () cdt org (Current status of the CDA) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIST OF PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS In order to use the net more effectively, several organizations have joined forces on a single Congressional net campaign to stop the Communications Decency Act. In alphabetical order: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) infoaclu () aclu org American Communication Association (ACA) comminfo () cavern uark edu American Council for the Arts Arts & Technology Society cyberguy () well com biancaTroll productions bianca () bianca com Californians Against Censorship Together BobbyLilly () aol com Center For Democracy And Technology (CDT) info () cdt org Centre for Democratic Communications (CDC) cshariff () aztec co za Center for Public Representation (CPR) mgpritch () facstaff wisc edu Computer Communicators Association community () pigpen demon co uk Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility cpsr () cpsr org Cross Connections staff () xconn com Cyber-Rights Campaign cyber-rights () cpsr org CyberQueer Lounge tomh () cyberzine org Electronic Frontier Canada (EFC) efc () graceland uwaterloo ca Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) info () eff org Electronic Frontier Foundation - Austin eff-austin () tic com Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) efa-info () efa org au Electronic Frontiers Houston (EFH) efh () efh org Electronic Frontiers New Hampshire (EFNH) efnh () mv com Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) info () epic org Feminists For Free Expression (FFE) FFE () aol com First Amendment Teach-In croth () omnifest uwm edu Florida Coalition Against Censorship pipking () mail firn edu FACTS (Friendly Anti-Censorship Taskforce for Students) jt885291 () oak cats ohiou edu Hands Off! The Net baby-x () phanton com Human Rights Watch (HRW) infohrw () hrw org Inland Book Company David1756 () aol com Inner Circle Technologies, Inc. aka. NovaLink Inst. for Global Communications igc-info () igc org National Libertarian Party 73163.3063 () compuserve com Libertarian Party (national) (LP) lphq () access digex net Marijuana Policy Project MPProject () AOL com Metropolitan Data Networks Ltd. MindVox system () phantom com National Bicycle Greenway cycleam () cruzio com National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) ncac () netcom com National Public Telecomputing Network (NPTN) info () nptn org National Writers Union (UAW Local 1981 AFL-CIO) kip () world std com Oregon Coast Rural Information Service Cooperative Panix Public Access Internet info () panix com People for the American Way jlessern () reach com Rock Out Censorship TWieseROC () aol com Society for Electronic Access sea () sea org The Thing International BBS Network (TTNet) info () thing nyc ny us The WELL info () well com Voters Telecommunications Watch (VTW) vtw () vtw org (Note: All 'Electronic Frontier' organizations are independent entities, not EFF chapters or divisions.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ End Alert ========================================================================
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