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Today Is INDUCE Act Call-in Day
evilpenguin writes "Downhill Battle and the EFF, or Electronic Frontier Foundation are teaming up today to organize a Congressional call-in to oppose the INDUCE act. Sign up for the effort at the aptly named savebetamax.org. This is a chance to have a real impact on an important issue. The call-in is today, so if you oppose INDUCE, follow the betamax link today!"
This is very important, and I cannot thank the organisation that have brought us so far in this, certainly, divided we fall on these issues.
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You can call: (US) 800.469.9269 and register yourself as an opponent of INDUCE, a simple affair.
You can email: (follow forms on savebetamax.org)
Also savebetamax.org and downhllbattle have many many resources.
Do all you can, lets
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Any American citizen who has a DVR (like MythTV), a DVD-RW or CDR-Burner, or a variety of other such devices should take a single minute out of their day and call in. The INDUCE act sucks and /. is a pretty big voting block. Make your voice heard!
1-800-839-5276
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copy-pasted wrong 800 number, I feel like such a dork!
Well, if it is XBOX, then lets
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Orrin Hatch, Sponsor (R)
Cosponsors:
Sen Alexander, Lamar [TN] - (R) - 7/15/2004
Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] - (D) - 6/22/2004
Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] - (D) - 7/7/2004
Sen Daschle, Thomas A. [SD] - (D) 6/22/2004
Sen Frist, Bill [TN] - (R) - 6/22/2004
Sen Graham, Bob [FL] - (D) - 9/22/2004
Sen Graham, Lindsey O. [SC] - (R) - 6/22/2004
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] - (D) - 6/22/2004
Sen Sarbanes, Paul S. [MD] - (D) - 7/12/2004
Sen Stabenow, Debbie [MI] - (D) - 7/15/2004
The Democrats are just as much in the pocket of Hollywood and willing to get rid of Betamax as the Republicans are.
I was having the same issues. My impression is that this is currently a Senate-only bill (or at least they're only pushing us to call Senators right now).
This is especially critical if your Senator is on the Judiciary Committee. There's a member's list at the Senate web site.
Of the six senators introducing this bill (HATCH, LEAHY, FRIST, DASCHLE, GRAHAM, and BOXER), four of them are Democrats.
You must not be from here. In the US bills originate in the either the House of Representatives or the Senate. The office of the presidency is a separate power and has no authority over what bills are introduced. And if a bill gets a majority vote, the president usually signs it into law. The infamous DMCA was signed into law by Clinton.
I just now went to the web page, entered my zip and email address, and immediately got an email with my senators' names and phone numbers. I called each of them, a staffer answered. I gave them my name, told them that I'm a constituent and that I oppose the INDUCE Act. One of them asked for my zip code. Both were quite polite, and the entire process-- from going to the web page to posting this-- took about 5-10 minutes.
I just went to senate.org clicked my state and called. When I asked the secretary for the person in charge of Information Technology, she asked if it was about the Induce act. I said yes I was against it, etc. Then she asked for my zip code.
The second call sent me to the machine of the person for information tech.
The fact that the main secretary asked me if it was about the induce act makes me feel like this is working, that by flooding them with calls today it really will mean something.
You're absolutely right. The system is too far gone, so let's never try to fix anything or make any sort difference and just sit down and cry. That has a long history of being politically effective.
If you get nervous, just remember that there are a few billion other people who don't really give a damn.
I'v never called an elected official's office before, but I did for this.
It was very easy.
I gave them my name, stated I'm a constituent, and said I opposed the Induce Act. One of them asked for my Address, and Zip. The other just said, "Allright, Thanks, I'll pass the message along to him"
That was it.
How could I say to men: "Speak louder, shout! For I am deaf!"? -Ludwig van Beethoven
I called the offices of Senator Inhofe first, and told the staffer, that as a resident of Oklahoma City I would like to voice my opinion against the INDUCE Act, bill 2560. They told me they would pass along the information. I then asked if they knew what his current position on the bill was, then they transferred me to another staffer. The second staffer did not believe it was coming to the floor yet, so he probably hasn't read the bill yet. I re-expressed that I would like him to vote against it when it does come to the floor.
When I called Nickles office, I quickly mentioned where and who I was again, and that I was against the INDUCE act, bill 2560, but I failed to ask if the Senator had a position yet.
Neither really asked me why I against it, but were courteous and pleasant to deal with.
The last time I had any interaction with my elected officials at all was years ago when I wrote my House Representative a letter in favor of keeping a balanced budget (If I recall correctly.) I've been meaning to actually do more for years, and I'm hoping the 'warm fuzzy' I got from calling them up will continue and propel me to contact my Congressman more in the future. Voting just isn't enough if you expect the government to be run right.
Quite right. Of course, what are the politics like in California? ;-)