-----Original Message----- From: Mike Dolan <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: 02 November 1999 08:01 Subject: [BRC-NEWS] URGENT: Final Push on Africa Bill >[Moderator: "Cloture" is the closing or limitation of debate in a >legislative body especially by calling for a vote (Merriam-Webster)] > >One Final Push to STOP the "NAFTA for Africa Bill" > >Call Senate Minority Leader Daschle as well as your two Senators TODAY! > >Call the Capitol Switchboard Toll-Free at 1-800-648-3516 > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >After a clear victory against cloture on the Africa Bill on Friday, Senate >Majority Leader Lott (R-MS) decided to bring the cloture vote back up >again tomorrow, 11/2/99 (a bill stays active in the Senate until it >actually gets pulled from the calendar, something Lott didn't do on >Friday). Our victory was sweet but short-lived, and in order to kill this >bill once and for all, we need to dive right back into campaign mode and >get to our phones. > >Senator Lott has announced that the bill is dead if we can beat cloture >again tomorrow, and we must pile on our Senators to make this happen! > >The message to your Senators and Senator Daschle should be (see included >list of how the Senators voted at the bottom of the e-mail. NV = Not >Voting): > >"Thank you for opposing cloture on the Africa bill on Friday. I'm calling >to urge the Senator to oppose the second cloture vote on the "NAFTA for >Africa" Bill tomorrow. I hope that she/he will be consistent with the vote >on Friday, and that no matter what political deals she/he will remain >opposed to cloture. How is the Senator planning to vote on this?" > >There are also a handful of Senate leaders that we should reach out to. >They are Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV), >Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND), Senator Byron >Dorgan (D-ND). > >The message to them is: > >"I am calling urge your boss to not sacrifice democratic rights over some >last minute package on tomorrow's cloture vote on Africa. The Senator and >other Democratic leaders are in a unique position to stop this bill, and >ensure that a package that would be bad for Democrats doesn't get cut last >minute. Can we count on the Senator to stand up for democratic rights & to >oppose cloture in tomorrow's vote?" > >Keep us posted on what you hear back from the Hill, and let us know if you >have any questions. You can call us at 202-546-4996 and ask for any member >of the Global Trade Watch Field Department or you can e-mail us at: >[log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] > >For more information on the bill go to http://www.tradewatch.org > > >Alphabetical by Senator > > Abraham (MI)Yea > Akaka (HI)Nay > Allard (CO)Yea > Ashcroft (MO)Yea > Baucus (MT)Nay > Bayh (IN)Nay > Bennett (UT)Yea > Biden (DE)Nay > Bingaman (NM)Nay > Bond (MO)Yea > Boxer (CA)NV > Breaux (LA)Nay > Brownback (KS)Yea > Bryan (NV)Nay > Bunning (KY)Nay > Burns (MT)Yea > Byrd (WV)Nay > Campbell (CO)Nay > Chafee (RI) > Cleland (GA)Nay > Cochran (MS)Yea > Collins (ME)Nay > Conrad (ND)Nay > Coverdell (GA)Yea > Craig (ID)Yea > Crapo (ID)Yea > Daschle (SD)Nay > DeWine (OH)Yea > Dodd (CT)Nay > Domenici (NM)Yea > Dorgan (ND)NV > Durbin (IL)Nay > Edwards (NC)Nay > Enzi (WY)Yea > Feingold (WI)Nay > Feinstein (CA)Nay > Fitzgerald (IL)Yea > Frist (TN)Yea > Gorton (WA)Yea > Graham (FL)Nay > Gramm (TX)Yea > Grams (MN)Yea > Grassley (IA)Yea > Gregg (NH)Yea > Hagel (NE)Yea > Harkin (IA)Nay > Hatch (UT)NV > Helms (NC)NV > Hollings (SC)Nay > Hutchinson (AR)Yea > Hutchison (TX)Yea > Inhofe (OK)Yea > Inouye (HI)NV > Jeffords (VT)Yea > Johnson (SD)Nay > Kennedy (MA)NV > Kerrey (NE)Nay > Kerry (MA)Nay > Kohl (WI)Nay > Kyl (AZ)Yea > Landrieu (LA)Nay > Lautenberg (NJ)NV > Leahy (VT)Nay > Levin (MI)Nay > Lieberman (CT)Nay > Lincoln (AR)Nay > Lott (MS)Yea > Lugar (IN)Yea > Mack (FL)Yea > McCain (AZ)NV > McConnell (KY)Yea > Mikulski (MD)Nay > Moynihan (NY)Nay > Murkowski (AK)Yea > Murray (WA)Nay > Nickles (OK)Yea > Reed (RI)Nay > Reid (NV)Nay > Robb (VA)Nay > Roberts (KS)Yea > Rockefeller (WV)Nay > Roth (DE)Yea > Santorum (PA)Yea > Sarbanes (MD)Nay > Schumer (NY)Nay > Sessions (AL)Yea > Shelby (AL)Yea > Smith (NH)Nay > Smith (OR)Yea > Snowe (ME)Nay > Specter (PA)Yea > Stevens (AK)Yea > Thomas (WY)Yea > Thompson (TN)Yea > Thurmond (SC)Nay > Torricelli (NJ)Nay > Voinovich (OH)Yea > Warner (VA)Yea > Wellstone (MN)Nay > Wyden (OR)Nay > > >[Articles on BRC-NEWS may be forwarded and posted on other mailing >lists/discussion forums, as long as proper attribution is given to the >author and originating publication, and the wording is not altered in >any way. 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