I faxed all one hundred senators this afternoon. Hop over the hedge for a copy of my letter, a list of the FAX numbers of all 100 senators, and brief directions on how to do this.
DO IT ! And not just because it feels great.
Here is my letter to all US Senators:
Dear Senator:
Judge Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court must be rejected. He respects neither our Constitution, nor the Congress, nor the rule of law.
He will expand Presidential power beyond what is appropriate or constitutional. He helped forge the strategy of Presidential 'signing statements' as a way of allowing the President to ignore laws he does not like; he will clearly permit Presidential lawbreaking such as the illegal warrentless NSA eavesdropping, through the use of perverse legal arguments and novel sophistry. Such a mind has no place on the Supreme Court.
He will vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. A glance at past statements makes this clear. He feels an animosity towards women's sovereignty.
He has lied under oath to the Senate Judiciary Committee (previously, about committing to recuse himself from Vanguard cases; and now, obviously, about the Concerned Alumni of Princeton). Lying to the Senate should alone disqualify him from consideration to any Judgeship.
And, not least, be belonged to an organization committed to keeping blacks and women out of Princeton, and bragged about this as recently as 1985.
We cannot accept this nominee on the Court. I need not remind you that the Supreme Court is the last court of resort for the individual citizens of our United States. It is the keystone of our national fairness. Judge Alito is actively unfair, as his record shows. He can damage a great many lives. I implore you to reject his nomination to the Supreme Court, even if it involves invoking the filibuster. Senators -- Democrats and Republicans alike -- need to stand up for principle -- and to be SEEN by the whole country as standing up for principle. Our way of life -- whereby ALL citizens are ruled by laws -- is worth it.
Sincerely,
My Name
My City, My State, USA
How to do it?
It is easy if you have a Mac. Twenty percent of Kossacks do, so I don't think these directions will be wasted. For those of you stuck with Windows machines, or others, this should at least give you an idea of how to succeed. Perhaps one of you who does succeed can post a comment detailing the procedure.
Write your letter in TextEdit or any program at all. Be sure to be
Save your letter in 14 pt. text. I like Garamond, but Times New Roman is also nice. I like to limit the width to five inches of text -- it makes it more likely to be read. You letter should fit on one page. (Feel free to use mine above as a starting point.) Use Print>>Preview to make sure your fax looks good.
Once you have written and edited you letter and formatted it to fit on one page with large easy-to-read text, you are ready to fax it. Plug a working telephone line into the built-in modem port. (This will be the only telephone jack -- RJ-45. On my PowerBook it is located between the power jack and the Ethernet port.) From your editing program, select FILE>>PRINT. See that "PDF" button on the lower left? Click it, then click "Fax PDF ... " from the pop-up list. This brings up the FAXing dialog box.
In the "TO" field, you must put all of the senators' fax numbers, separated by semi-colons. I have prepared these for you:
202-224-5301;202-224-2354;202-224-3149;202-224-3416;202-228-0908;202-228-1371;202-224-2207;202-228-2
862;415-956-6701;202-228-3954;202-228-5036;202-224-6471;202-224-9750;202-224-1083;202-228-2190;202-2
24-0139;202-228-5171;202-228-2183;202-228-0724;202-224-0103;202-224-2126;202-224-6747;202-224-9369;2
02-224-6020;202-228-1375;202-228-1067;202-228-4260;202-228-0400;202-228-1377;202-228-0360;202-224-35
14;202-228-1265;202-228-1373;202-224-2499;202-228-5061;202-224-9735;202-224-8525;202-224-2417;202-22
4-8858;202-224-1651;202-224-2693;202-224-1946;202-228-0325;202-224-1388;202-224-1152;202-228-2186;20
2-228-1518;202-224-8149;202-224-2262;202-224-9450;202-224-8594;202-224-0515;202-228-2981;202-224-110
0;202-224-1193;202-224-7776;202-228-0012;202-224-5213;202-228-4131;202-224-4952;202-228-2197;202-228
-4054;202-224-2852;202-228-0900;202-228-2193;202-224-7327;202-228-0282;202-228-3027;202-228-1382;202
-224-6519;202-224-6008;202-228-0380;202-228-3997;202-228-2717;202-228-0604;202-228-1229;202-228-2853
;202-224-4680;202-228-5143;202-224-3808;202-228-5429;202-228-5765;202-228-3398;202-228-1264;202-228-
2856;202-224-0776;202-228-1168;202-224-6331;202-224-5432;202-224-6295;202-228-0776;202-224-3479;202-
228-0514;202-224-0238;202-224-2725;202-224-9787;202-224-7665;202-228-0002;202-228-0359;202-224-1724
Just copy the above list of telephone numbers and paste them into the "To" field. As soon as you do, the numbers will be resolved as separate fax numbers. You will know this by seeing each number separately highlighted in
its own "addressee" bubble. Be sure to select, copy, and paste the whole list of numbers and no extraneous characters.
UPDATE. Here is a list of Democratic (45) and Independent senators (1):
202-228-0908;202-228-1371;415-956-6701;202-228-3954;202-228-5036;202-224-9750;202-224-1083;202-228-2190;202-224-0139;202-228-2183;202-224-2126;202-224-6747;202-224-9369;202-228-4260;202-228-0400;202-228-1377;202-224-9735;202-224-8525;202-224-2417;202-224-8858;202-224-1651;202-228-0325;202-224-1388;202-228-2186;202-224-0515;202-224-1193;202-224-7776;202-228-0012;202-228-2197;202-228-4054;202-224-2852;202-224-7327;202-228-0282;202-228-3027;202-228-2717;202-224-4680;202-228-5765;202-224-3479;202-228-0514;202-224-0238;202-224-2725;202-224-9787;202-224-7665;202-228-0002;202-228-0776
[End update.]
UPDATE 2 Here is the set of fax numbers for
Obama, Dodd, Lieberman, Biden, Durbin, Bayh, Snowe, Reid, Clinton, Chafee, Schumer, and Fiengold.
202-228-4260;202-224-1083;202-224-9750;202-224-0139;202-228-0400;202-228-1377;202-224-1946;202-224-7 327;202-228-0282;202-228-2853;202-228-3027;202-224-2725
[End Update.]
In the "Dialing Prefix" field you can put in a dialing prefix. Since I live in the US but not in Washington, D.C., I put "1" here. My phone service requires that for long-distance calls.
Make sure that "Modem" is set to "Internal Modem", and that "Presets" is set to "Standard".
I don't send a cover page, so change "Fax Cover Page" (if it is showing) to "Modem". This will bring up an additional set of modem options. I select "Tone", leave sound "On", and check "Wait for dialtone before dialing".
YOU ARE READY! Click the big FAX button and listen to the awesome and inspiring sound of democracy in action.
Some additional notes:
- You might try sending one fax first. Send one to your own fax machine just to check that everything is working.
- OS-X will handle all the rest. It queues all 100 faxes, dials them in order, and if a line is busy or doesn't answer, schedules that fax to be sent later. Give it some time: it takes a while to send 100 faxes. I'm averaging about 1/minute (that's to dial, send, hang-up, and move on).
- To see the progress of your faxing, click the Internal Modem icon which appears on the dock. You'll see a status report, and can chose from two tabs: "Active" and "Completed".
Update 3: A table of all Senators
Sorted by STATE. (That's the best I can do right now.)
Member Name
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DC Phone
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DC FAX
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Senator Lisa Murkowski (R- AK)
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202-224-6665
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202-224-5301
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Senator Ted Stevens (R- AK)
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202-224-3004
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202-224-2354
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Senator Jeff Sessions (R- AL)
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202-224-4124
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202-224-3149
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Senator Richard C. Shelby (R- AL)
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202-224-5744
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202-224-3416
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Senator Mark Pryor (D- AR)
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202-224-2353
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202-228-0908
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Senator Blanche Lambert Lincoln (D- AR)
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202-224-4843
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202-228-1371
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Senator Jon Kyl (R- AZ)
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202-224-4521
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202-224-2207
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Senator John McCain (R- AZ)
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202-224-2235
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202-228-2862
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Senator Barbara Boxer (D- CA)
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202-224-3553
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415-956-6701
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Senator Dianne Feinstein (D- CA)
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202-224-3841
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202-228-3954
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Senator Ken Salazar (D- CO)
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202-224-5852
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202-228-5036
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Senator Wayne Allard (R- CO)
|
202-224-5941
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202-224-6471
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Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (D- CT)
|
202-224-4041
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202-224-9750
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Senator Christopher J. Dodd (D- CT)
|
202-224-2823
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202-224-1083
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Senator Thomas R. Carper (D- DE)
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202-224-2441
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202-228-2190
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Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D- DE)
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202-224-5042
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202-224-0139
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Senator Mel Martinez (R- FL)
|
202-224-3041
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202-228-5171
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Senator Bill Nelson (D- FL)
|
202-224-5274
|
202-228-2183
|
Senator Johnny Isakson (R- GA)
|
202-224-3643
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202-228-0724
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Senator Saxby Chambliss (R- GA)
|
202-224-3521
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202-224-0103
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Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D- HI)
|
202-224-6361
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202-224-2126
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Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D- HI)
|
202-224-3934
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202-224-6747
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Senator Tom Harkin (D- IA)
|
202-224-3254
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202-224-9369
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Senator Charles E. Grassley (R- IA)
|
202-224-3744
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202-224-6020
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Senator Mike Crapo (R- ID)
|
202-224-6142
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202-228-1375
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Senator Larry E. Craig (R- ID)
|
202-224-2752
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202-228-1067
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Senator Barack Obama (D- IL)
|
202-224-2854
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202-228-4260
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Senator Richard J. Durbin (D- IL)
|
202-224-2152
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202-228-0400
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Senator Evan Bayh (D- IN)
|
202-224-5623
|
202-228-1377
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Senator Richard G. Lugar (R- IN)
|
202-224-4814
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202-228-0360
|
Senator Pat Roberts (R- KS)
|
202-224-4774
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202-224-3514
|
Senator Sam Brownback (R- KS)
|
202-224-6521
|
202-228-1265
|
Senator Jim Bunning (R- KY)
|
202-224-4343
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202-228-1373
|
Senator Mitch McConnell (R- KY)
|
202-224-2541
|
202-224-2499
|
Senator David Vitter (R- LA)
|
202-224-4623
|
202-228-5061
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Senator Mary Landrieu (D- LA)
|
202-224-5824
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202-224-9735
|
Senator John F. Kerry (D- MA)
|
202-224-2742
|
202-224-8525
|
Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D- MA)
|
202-224-4543
|
202-224-2417
|
Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D- MD)
|
202-224-4654
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202-224-8858
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Senator Paul S. Sarbanes (D- MD)
|
202-224-4524
|
202-224-1651
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Senator Susan Collins (R- ME)
|
202-224-2523
|
202-224-2693
|
Senator Olympia Snowe (R- ME)
|
202-224-5344
|
202-224-1946
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Senator Debbie A. Stabenow (D- MI)
|
202-224-4822
|
202-228-0325
|
Senator Carl Levin (D- MI)
|
202-224-6221
|
202-224-1388
|
Senator Norm Coleman (R- MN)
|
202-224-5641
|
202-224-1152
|
Senator Mark Dayton (D- MN)
|
202-224-3244
|
202-228-2186
|
Senator Jim Talent (R- MO)
|
202-224-6154
|
202-228-1518
|
Senator Christopher S. Bond (R- MO)
|
202-224-5721
|
202-224-8149
|
Senator Trent Lott (R- MS)
|
202-224-6253
|
202-224-2262
|
Senator Thad Cochran (R- MS)
|
202-224-5054
|
202-224-9450
|
Senator Conrad R. Burns (R- MT)
|
202-224-2644
|
202-224-8594
|
Senator Max Baucus (D- MT)
|
202-224-2651
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202-224-0515
|
Senator Richard Burr (R- NC)
|
202-224-3154
|
202-228-2981
|
Senator Elizabeth Dole (R- NC)
|
202-224-6342
|
202-224-1100
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Senator Byron L. Dorgan (D- ND)
|
202-224-2551
|
202-224-1193
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Senator Kent Conrad (D- ND)
|
202-224-2043
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202-224-7776
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Senator Ben Nelson (D- NE)
|
202-224-6551
|
202-228-0012
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Senator Chuck Hagel (R- NE)
|
202-224-4224
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202-224-5213
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Senator John Sununu (R- NH)
|
202-224-2841
|
202-228-4131
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Senator Judd Gregg (R- NH)
|
202-224-3324
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202-224-4952
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Senator Robert Menendez (D- NJ)
|
202-224-4744
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202-228-2197
|
Senator Frank Lautenberg (D- NJ)
|
202-224-3224
|
202-228-4054
|
Senator Jeff Bingaman (D- NM)
|
202-224-5521
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202-224-2852
|
Senator Pete V. Domenici (R- NM)
|
202-224-6621
|
202-228-0900
|
Senator John Ensign (R- NV)
|
202-224-6244
|
202-228-2193
|
Senator Harry Reid (D- NV)
|
202-224-3542
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202-224-7327
|
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D- NY)
|
202-224-4451
|
202-228-0282
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Senator Charles Schumer (D- NY)
|
202-224-6542
|
202-228-3027
|
Senator George Voinovich (R- OH)
|
202-224-3353
|
202-228-1382
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Senator Mike DeWine (R- OH)
|
202-224-2315
|
202-224-6519
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Senator Tom Coburn (R- OK)
|
202-224-5754
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202-224-6008
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Senator James M. Inhofe (R- OK)
|
202-224-4721
|
202-228-0380
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Senator Gordon Smith (R- OR)
|
202-224-3753
|
202-228-3997
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Senator Ron Wyden (D- OR)
|
202-224-5244
|
202-228-2717
|
Senator Rick Santorum (R- PA)
|
202-224-6324
|
202-228-0604
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Senator Arlen Specter (R- PA)
|
202-224-4254
|
202-228-1229
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Senator Lincoln D. Chafee (R- RI)
|
202-224-2921
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202-228-2853
|
Senator Jack Reed (D- RI)
|
202-224-4642
|
202-224-4680
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Senator James DeMint (R- SC)
|
202-224-6121
|
202-228-5143
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Senator Lindsey Graham (R- SC)
|
202-224-5972
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202-224-3808
|
Senator John R. Thune (R- SD)
|
202-224-2321
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202-228-5429
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Senator Tim Johnson (D- SD)
|
202-224-5842
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202-228-5765
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Senator Lamar Alexander (R- TN)
|
202-224-4944
|
202-228-3398
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Senator William H. Frist (R- TN)
|
202-224-3344
|
202-228-1264
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Senator John Cornyn (R- TX)
|
202-224-2934
|
202-228-2856
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Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R- TX)
|
202-224-5922
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202-224-0776
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Senator Robert F. Bennett (R- UT)
|
202-224-5444
|
202-228-1168
|
Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R- UT)
|
202-224-5251
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202-224-6331
|
Senator George Allen (R- VA)
|
202-224-4024
|
202-224-5432
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Senator John W. Warner (R- VA)
|
202-224-2023
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202-224-6295
|
Senator James M. Jeffords (I- VT)
|
202-224-5141
|
202-228-0776
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Senator Patrick J. Leahy (D- VT)
|
202-224-4242
|
202-224-3479
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Senator Maria Cantwell (D- WA)
|
202-224-3441
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202-228-0514
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Senator Patty Murray (D- WA)
|
202-224-2621
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202-224-0238
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Senator Russell D. Feingold (D- WI)
|
202-224-5323
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202-224-2725
|
Senator Herb Kohl (D- WI)
|
202-224-5653
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202-224-9787
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Senator John D. Rockefeller, IV (D- WV)
|
202-224-6472
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202-224-7665
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Senator Robert C. Byrd (D- WV)
|
202-224-3954
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202-228-0002
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Senator Michael Enzi (R- WY)
|
202-224-3424
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202-228-0359
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Senator Craig Thomas (R- WY)
|
202-224-6441
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202-224-1724
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End Update