azellyn
10-08-2003, 04:39 PM
On September 16, in response to 3 million Americans like you who contacted the FCC and Congress demanding a rollback, the Senate voted by an overwhelming bipartisan margin -- 55 to 40 -- to strike down the entire package of FCC media ownership rule changes through a "resolution of disapproval."
Now Republican leaders in the House -- Speaker Dennis Hastert and Majority Leader Tom DeLay -- are rejecting the democratic process. Hastert says he has no plans to allow a vote on the resolution in the House (see article
below), and DeLay has called it "dead on arrival." They won't permit a vote because they don't want it to pass.
Your phone call is the only way to force a vote. We need you to make two calls today.
First, please call your Representative. Let the staffer you speak with know that you're a constituent. Then ask him or her to sign on to the letter calling on the Speaker to allow a floor vote on the Resolution of Disapproval regarding the FCC media ownership rule changes.
Then please call Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert or Majority Whip Tom Delay and ask them to stop blocking a vote.
You can reach them at: Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (202) 225-0600
Majority Leader Tom DeLay
(202) 225-4000
Let the staffer you speak with know that you're calling to urge the Speaker and Majority Leader to allow a vote on the resolution of disapproval regarding the FCC's media ownership rule changes.
You may want to add that by not allowing a vote, the Speaker and Majority Leader are ignoring the will of the public, the courts and thr own colleagues. (The resolution is SJ Res 17, sponsored by Representative Leach) More here:
www.mediareform.net/callcongress.php
Were they hoping we would not notice?? They are keeping us busy just keeping up with thr outrages? This is my country, too.
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Now Republican leaders in the House -- Speaker Dennis Hastert and Majority Leader Tom DeLay -- are rejecting the democratic process. Hastert says he has no plans to allow a vote on the resolution in the House (see article
below), and DeLay has called it "dead on arrival." They won't permit a vote because they don't want it to pass.
Your phone call is the only way to force a vote. We need you to make two calls today.
First, please call your Representative. Let the staffer you speak with know that you're a constituent. Then ask him or her to sign on to the letter calling on the Speaker to allow a floor vote on the Resolution of Disapproval regarding the FCC media ownership rule changes.
Then please call Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert or Majority Whip Tom Delay and ask them to stop blocking a vote.
You can reach them at: Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (202) 225-0600
Majority Leader Tom DeLay
(202) 225-4000
Let the staffer you speak with know that you're calling to urge the Speaker and Majority Leader to allow a vote on the resolution of disapproval regarding the FCC's media ownership rule changes.
You may want to add that by not allowing a vote, the Speaker and Majority Leader are ignoring the will of the public, the courts and thr own colleagues. (The resolution is SJ Res 17, sponsored by Representative Leach) More here:
www.mediareform.net/callcongress.php
Were they hoping we would not notice?? They are keeping us busy just keeping up with thr outrages? This is my country, too.
________
The girls next door forums (http://www.tv-gossip.com/girls-next-door/)