[Peace] Please call Sen. Fitzgerald now: one more step for reform (fwd)

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Date: 25 Feb 2002 19:35:19 -0000
From: "Wes Boyd, MoveOn.Org"
    <moveon-help-448-55226-lMTcwYgkQ6TY4GQeCs2PAw at list.moveon.org>
To: Paul Patton <ppatton at uiuc.edu>
Subject: Please call Sen. Fitzgerald now: one more step for reform

Dear Friend of MoveOn,

We are winning on campaign finance reform, but we need your help with
one final step.  Please call Senator Fitzgerald NOW, and say:

  "Thank you for your past support for campaign finance reform.  Please
   pass the Shays-Meehan bill immediately.  Please support cloture and
   oppose all amendments."

You can reach your Senator at these numbers:

   Senator Peter Fitzgerald
   DC Phone:     202-224-2854
   DC Fax:       202-228-1372
   Chicago:      312-886-3506
   Springfield:  217-492-5089
   Glen Carbon:  618-692-0364
   Dixon:        815-288-3140

Now that strong campaign finance reform bills have passed in both the
House and the Senate, the measure is almost ready for President Bush's
signature.  The final step is to make the two versions identical.
Right now, they differ almost insignificantly.

Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) will close the gap by asking
the Senate to adopt the House's Shays-Meehan bill as its own, in place
of the virtually identical McCain-Feingold bill it has already passed.

Predictably, opponents of reform have threatened a filibuster to block
this step.  A filibuster is a tactic of talking endlessly to prevent
action.  "Cloture" is a vote that ends a filibuster and forces action.

Cloture requires 60 votes to succeed.  We think we have the 60 votes,
but we can't afford to lose a single Senator.  Senator Fitzgerald's
support was crucial to passing the McCain-Feingold bill.  That's why
it's vital that you call him now.

Another opposition strategy is to kill reform with amendments.  Any
amendment would drive the two bills further apart, which could force
back-room negotiations to reconcile the two versions.  In that setting,
House Republican leaders who oppose reform could easily kill it.

Please call your Senator NOW.  Please let us know you're calling, at:

http://www.moveon.org/callmade.html?id=448-55226-lMTcwYgkQ6TY4GQeCs2PAw

We'd like to keep a count.  Thank you.

Sincerely,

- Wes Boyd
  MoveOn.org
  February 25, 2002
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