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Right NOW the bill is pending in Congress. We have only until the first week of September to get everybody to demand that Congress pass this bill. If we miss this opportunity, all American writers and publishers - except those living in New York State, where Rachel's Law already passed, continue to be silenced.
Write or call your Congresssional representatives to demand their support of the Free Speech Act 2008. Don't wait! The deadline for responding is close of business Friday, September 5.
The numbers of the bill are as follows: H.R. 5814 (House of Representatives) and S-2977 (Senate).
Useful contact information:
Staff Majority Communications Director Jonathan Godfrey:
Tel (202) 225-3951
Majority Press Secretary/Spokesperson Melanie Roussell:
Tel (202) 225-3951
Majority Staff Director/Chief Counsel Perry Apelbaum:
Tel (202) 225-3951
Minority Chief of Staff/General Counselor:
Tel (202) 226-0002
Minority Communications Director Kim Smith:
Tel (202) 225-6906
Senators on Committee
NY Charles Schumer
Press Secretary Brian Fallon: (202) 224-7433
VT Patrick J. Leahy
Press Secretary Erica Chabot: (202) 224-2154
MA Edward Kennedy
Press Secretary Melissa Wagoner: (202) 224-2633
DE Joseph Biden
Press Secretary Elizabeth Alexander: Tel (202) 224-2154
WI Herbert Kohl
Press Secretary Lynn Becker: (202) 224-2240
WI Russ Feingold
Press Secretary Zach Lowe: (202) 224-8657
CA Dianne Feinstein
Press Secretary Scott Gerber: (202) 224-8657
IL Richard Durbin
Press Secretary Joe Shoemaker: (202) 224-7028
MD Benjamin Cardin
Press Secretary Sue Walitsky: (202) 224-7433
RI Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Press Secretary Alex Swartsel: (202) 224-7433
PA Arlen Specter
Press Secretary Chris Gindlesperger: (202) 224-5225
UT Orrin Hatch
Press Secretary Mark Eddington: (202) 224-5251
IA Charles Grassley
Press Secretary Beth Levine: (202) 224-6197
AZ Jon Kyl
Press Secretary Andrew Wilder: (202) 224-4521
AL Jeff Sessions
Press Secretary Michael Brumas: (202) 224-4124
SC Lindsey Graham
Press Secretary Wes Hickman: (202) 224-5972
TX John Cornyn
Press Secretary Brian Walsh: (202) 224-2934
KS Sam Brownback
Press Secretary John Rankin: (202) 224-6521
OK Tom Coburn
Press Secretary John Hart: (202) 224-5754
Congressional Representatives
NY-9th Anthony Weiner
NY-8th Jerrold Nadler Tel: 202-225-5635
CA-24th Elton Gallegly
CA-3rd Dan Lungren
CA-29th Adam Schiff
CA-28th Howard Berman Fax (202) 225-3196
CA-16th Zoe Lofgren
CA-35th Maxine Waters
CA-39th Linda Sanchez
CA-27th Brad Sherman
CA-49th Darrell Issa
MI 14th John Conyers (Chair) Fax (202) 225-0072
VA-9th Rick Boucher
VA-3rd Bobby Scott
VA-6th Bob Goodlatte
VA-4th Randy Forbes
NC-12th Melvin Watt
MA-10th William Delahunt
FL-8th Ric Keller
FL-24th Tom Feeney
FL-20th Debbie Wasserman Schultz
FL-19th Robert Wexler
TN-9th Stephen Cohen
GA-4th Hank Johnson
OH-13th Betty Sutton
IL-4th Luis Gutierrez
WI-2nd Tammy Baldwin
AL-7th Artur Davis
MN-5th Keith Ellison
TX-21st Lamar S. Smith
TX-18th Sheila Jackson Lee
TX-1st Louie Gohmert
WI-5th F. James Sensenbrenner
NC-6th Howard Coble
UT-3rd Chris Cannon
IN-6th Mike Pence
IA-5th Steve King
AZ-2nd Trent Franks
OH-4th Jim Jordan
OH-1st Steve Chabot
Read more about The Free Speech Protection Act at The American Center for Democracy.
3 comments:
«If we miss this opportunity, all American writers and publishers - except those living in New York State, where Rachel´s Law already passed, continue to be silenced.»
Silenced? How did it get this far??? Wake up, people!
Cassandra,
This is one of the case were I must agree with the ACLU. Is there some kind of petition that we could sign somewhere?
Damien,
I don't know of a petition, but below is a sample letter I found at Jihad Watch:
Dear....
PLEASE SUPPORT THE FREE SPEECH PROTECTION ACT (S-2977 & H.R. 5814),
aka "Rachel's Law"
"Rachel's Law" was introduced to provide legal protections from "libel terrorism" to New York authors and publishers. In a tremendous victory for free speech rights, the bill passed both the Assembly and the Senate and was signed by Governor Patterson on May 1, 2008.
Legislation to protect authors and publishers in all states has now been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives (bill number H.R. 5814) and Senate (bill number S-2977). Entitled the "Free Speech Protection Act," introduced by Representatives Peter King (R-NY) and Anthony Weiner (D-NY) and Senators Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and Arlen Specter (R-PA).
This bill would protect American journalists from libel suits brought in foreign courts that do not have the same protections for free speech that are found in the U.S. Constitution.
I urge you to support efforts to approve the bill and vote for its passage as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
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