TREATING THE ENEMY AS WE WISH THEY WERE, NOT AS THEY ARE, DEFEATS US

“The American Muslim” - taking names, making a list

Sheila MUSAJI, founding editor of The American Muslim becomes upset when anyone confronts her with factual claims that fundamentalist Islam waging war against the non-believers is not the hijacking of Islam, but propagated by the words of the Qur’an, the Hadith and even Muhammed himself.


She becomes upset when Islamic terrorists are called “Islamo Fascists,” a term that associates Islamic acts of terrorism and the agreement with such acts by Muslims as “needlessly” associating the religion of Islam with the homicidal acts of terrorism whenever the two are indeed connected.–Douglas J. Hagmann, founder & director, Northeast Intelligence Network
http://homelandsecurityus.com/?p=2005


By Douglas J. Hagmann, Director


29 October 2007: Sheila MUSAJI, the founding editor of The American Muslim (TAM web site) is at it again.

As founding editor of The American Muslim publication and web site, she has been a longtime ally with some of the unindicted coconspirators named in the recent criminal trial against the Holy Land Foundation, including but not limited to the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), which she describes a the “premier Muslim umbrella organization in the U.S.,” an organization deserving “to be supported by the Muslim community.”



The ISNA has been a leading organization in the hard line Wahhabi lobby American division and has many documented ties to radical Islam.


Nonetheless, MUSAJI purportedly denounces terrorism of all kinds, especially those acts committed outside of her own Islamic ideology.

She suggests that Judeo-Christian terrorism is as much of a danger as Islamic terrorism, and that Muslims in general are victims of Islamophobia, a post-9/11 PC term that has been forcibly insinuated into our lexicon by those who fail to understand our enemy.

Her contention is that Islam is benign and tolerant, except for the slimmest minority that has taken her religion hostage.


What makes MUSAJI particularly dangerous is that she is a member of the Missouri U.S. Attorneys’ Hate Crimes Task Force and is frequently invited to speak at churches, schools, service organizations and synagogues in North America about Islam and the tolerance of the Islamic ideology.



On her site, she proudly boasts that many from interfaith academia to our own homeland security policymakers frequently cite her on the topic of the “Moderate Islam,” the latter of which is indicative of the bipolar disorder the U.S. has with regard to fighting the war against Islamic terrorism.

While claiming to promote open dialogue on issues of terrorism, Islam and the “moderate Muslim,” the apparently frustrated MUSAJI appears to be unwilling to confront the inconvenient facts and issues pertaining to Islamic terrorism and ideology.



Rather than stimulating talk about pertinent issues, she instead illustrates her moral duplicity and stifles debate by publishing a list of “Islamophobes,” or anyone who dares to challenge her sickly sanctimonious and historically inaccurate claims with the facts.



The Northeast Intelligence Network has made this list by pointing out that MUSAJI exposes her irrationality and her own delusional religious intolerance by claiming that those who would attempt to identify warning signs of “militant Islam” in order to stop further attacks against the U.S. is “idiocy propogated [sic] by extremist Christians.”



You see, Sheila Musaji is a persistent purveyor of many politically correct myths about her ideology, and will be quick to point out that recent Islamic terrorism is no worse than the terrorist acts committed by Jews and Christians.



Her most recent diatribe posted yesterday There is no such thing as a moderate Muslim? is a classic example of her campaign of her religious and ideological duplicity, where she is apparently upset in part by being labeled as an “Islamist” by the Northeast Intelligence Network and this author because of her transparent and duplicitous agenda.


Hence, we have MUSAJI insisting that Islam is a religion of peace, yet actually confirms its inherent intolerance as well as her own by “listing” those who argue that Islam is an ideology of war and a religion of intolerance as “Islamophobes.”


MUSAJI apparently cannot come to grips with her own religion, which is unique among other religions as pointed out by Mr. Robert Spencer. He accurately points out Islam has a developed “doctrine, theology and legal system that mandates warfare against unbelievers.” 



Admittedly, it would be difficult to argue against extremism and terrorism when “warfare against unbelievers is not a twisting of Islam, ‘but is repeatedly affirmed in the Qu’ran, the Hadith, the example of Muhammad, and the rulings of every school of Islamic jurisprudence.”


She becomes upset when anyone confronts her with factual claims that fundamentalist Islam is waging war against the non-believers is not the hijacking of Islam, but propagated by the words of the Qur’an, the Hadith and even Muhammed himself.

She becomes upset when Islamic terrorists are called “Islamo Fascists,” a term that associates Islamic acts of terrorism and the agreement with such acts by Muslims as needlessly associating the religion of Islam with the homicidal acts of terrorism whenever the two are indeed connected.


She responds by writing that any non-Muslim who wants Islamic sponsored terrorism to stop wants nothing less than Muslims to abandon their faith. While maintaining a list of “Islamophobe” and including anyone who disagrees with the principles or the ideology of Islam, MUSAJI accuses the members of this list with using “tactics and rhetoric” [that] “stirs up those who are much more extreme” [including those who want to see all Muslims dead or in internment camps].



In other words, all dialogue that includes questions about the fundamentals of her religion is considered incitement, and using the word Islam in the same breath as terrorist is not tolerated regardless of its relevancy.


MUSAJI then postulates that those who speak out about acts of terrorism by Muslims - Islamophobes in her words - “succeed in alienating and degrading all American Muslims, including those who are working to change the hearts and minds of the extremists, then they are only helping bin Laden”.

Like many other such arguments, Islamic terrorism is “our fault” and through our dialogue, we create terrorists from otherwise “moderate Muslims.”


Perhaps the best argument I’ve heard about “moderate Muslims” is taken from a recent interview of Dr. Bruce Tefft, a CIA case officer until his retirement in 1995 after 21 years, where he spent 17 years working abroad. His interview is featured on the NEIN discussion Blog here:————EXCERPT:


Like Nazism, Islam is an ideology one chooses to adhere to.



Were there “good” or “moderate” Nazis? If not, then no one can claim that there are good or moderate Muslims as they are voluntarily subscribing to an ideology that advocates murder, torture and jihad and does not permit its follower to cherry-pick which parts they believe in.



The requirement to accept the Koran as the literal word of God also carries with it the obligation to accept it all. And as you say, the Koran instructs all Muslims to wage war against non-Muslims and all schools of Islamic thought instruct the subjugation of the non-Muslim world through jihad. Therefore, I do not believe it wise to attempt to create artificial distinctions between Muslims that don’t really exist as far as their attitudes towards non-Muslims is concerned.

As the prime minister of Turkey recently said: There is no radical nor moderate Islam. That is an insult to Muslims. There is only Islam.

We may wish to give Muslims the benefit of doubt, due to our humanistic and liberalized Western way of thinking. But treating the enemy as we wish they were, [rather] than as they are, will only lead to our ultimate defeat.————
MUSAJI needs to make room for more names, or adjust her current philosophy to conform to a more realistic approach to her own religion.

“Anyone who clings to the historically untrue -- and -- thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence never solves anything I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The ghost of Hitler would referee.

Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor; and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and their freedoms.” --Robert A. Heinlein

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GET DRUNK, GET FLOGGED/WHIPPED, GET SHARIA

Muslim preacher Anjem Choudary Photo: EMPICS

Muslim preacher Anjem Choudary has called for people who get drunk to be flogged.

By Ben Leach


The lawyer, who recently praised the Mumbai terror attacks, said anyone becoming intoxicated by alcohol should be given 40 lashes in public. He claimed alcohol was "the root of all evil".

The 41-year-old made the remarks on his website Islam4UK, which argues that Britain should become an Islamic state ruled by Sharia law.

Mr Choudary also used the plight of George Best, the former Manchester United footballer who died aged 59 in 2005 after a long battle with alcoholism, to illustrate why it must be outlawed.

He wrote: "Under Islam, all harmful intoxicants will be banned unequivocally, regardless of their classification or their profitability in retail marketing.

"The Final Messenger Muhammad condemned the manufacturing, transporting, retailing and consuming of alcoholic beverages over 1,400 years ago and equated it with being one of the roots of all evils.

"Islam additionally imposes 40 lashes in public for deliberate intoxication, followed by 80 lashes in public if repeated for a second time."

Mr Choudary argued that alcohol should be "removed from society".

He also wrote that everything would be "sound" and "put right" if Sharia law was introduced in the UK, adding: "Islam is undeniably the only real solution for Britain's problems."

ALAN NOTE: Some commenters have said that Islam is the real problem in Londonistan and that sharia law is already in place and violence such as whipping/flogging is just an addition to islamic jihadi effort to control their hosts through threat and fear.

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LETTER TO WASHINGTON TIMES

The Washington Times

Letter to the editor(s)

8 February 2009

Mr. Kuhner's commentary, "Balkan basket case," of 8 February must not go unchallenged regarding Croatia's role in World War II.

Jeffrey Kuhner states that "hundreds of thousands of Croatians were systematically butchered by Tito's Partisans." It should be noted that Tito was half Croat and half Slovene and his hatred of the Orthodox Christian Serbs did not go unnoticed by the Serbian population. As for Tito's brutality against Croatians, Mr. Kuhner fails to explain that during WWII, Tito, a committed communist, was leader of the anti-fascist resistance movement known as the Partisans, while Croatia was allied with NAZI Germany. Nor does Mr. Kuhner relate the atrocities committed by Croatians against Orthodox Christian Serbians.

As Hitler's ally, the Independent State of Croatia was established in 1941. The Minister of the Interior, Andrija Artukovic, in his hatred for the Serbs is quoted as saying, "Kill all Serbs and Jews including children so that not even the seeds of the beasts are left." According to the Simon Wiesenthal Institute, over a million Serbs, Jews and Gypsies were exterminated in Croatia's Ustashe [Nazi party] death camps, so brutally that even the German Gestapo was appalled.

The Washington Times on 5 July 1994 published, "Croatian-Run Death Site Remains Dark Secret," in which "The ghosts of thousands of inmates slaughtered in a World War II Croatian concentration camp haunt former Yugoslavia and mars future relations among its ethnic groups.

"For years the gruesome details about the systematic killing of Serbs, Jews, Croats and Gypsies in the huge camp complex of Jasenovac on the banks of the Sava river remained officially taboo. Although documents and eyewitness accounts were a first ignored, and then mysteriously removed from international archives, the horrorsurpassing that of same of the worst Nazi extermination camps remains alive in the memory of a handful of survivors and of their kin."

The New York Times columnist A.M. Rosenthal wrote in 1997, "In World War II, Hitler had no executioners more willing, no ally more passionate, than the Fascists of Croatia. They are returning, 50 years later, from what should have been their eternal grave, the defeat of Nazi Germany. The Western allies who dug that grave with the bodies of their servicemen have the power to stop them, but do not. "

It would be an injustice to the victims of Croatia's Nazi death camps for The Washington Times to minimize the horror that transpired in World War II.

Stella L. Jatras

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HONOLULU FAX: (808) 242-7233

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

mary_yoshioka@inouye.senate.gov

Senator_Inouye@inouye.senate.gov

james_chang@inouye.senate.gov

marie_blanco@inouye.senate.gov

van_luong@inouye.senate.gov





IDAHO



SENATOR MIKE CRAPO - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-6142

DC FAX: (202) 228-1375

BOISE PHONE: (208) 334-1776

BOISE FAX: (208) 334-9044

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

susan_wheeler@crapo.senate.gov

marques_chavez@crapo.senate.gov

Margaret_ballard@crapo.senate.gov

staci_stevenson@crapo.senate.gov

Roy_Hansen@crapo.senate.gov

katie_downs@crapo.senate.gov

gregg_richard@crapo.senate.gov

energy_prices@crapo.senate.gov

craig_ferguson@crapo.senate.gov



SENATOR JAMES RISCH - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 857-0044

DC FAX: (202) 857-7809

BOISE PHONE: (208) 342-7985

BOISE FAX: (208) 334-2125

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Mark_Shonce@Risch.senate.gov





ILLINOIS



SENATOR ROLAND BURRIS - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-2854

DC FAX: (202) 228-3333

CHICAGO PHONE: (312) 886-3506

CHICAGO FAX: (312) 886-3514

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

senator_rolandburris@burris.senate.gov

roland_burris@burris.senate.gov



SENATOR DICK DURBIN - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-2152

DC FAX: (202) 228-0400

SPRINGFIELD PHONE: (217) 492-4062

SPRINGFIELD FAX: (217) 492-4382

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

chris_homan@durbin.senate.gov

Pat_Souders@Durbin.senate.gov

david_lazarus@durbin.senate.gov

Tom_Kotarac@durbin.senate.gov

Christina_mulka@durbin.senate.gov

Joe_Shoemaker@Durbin.Senate.gov

Tom_Faletti@durbin.senate.gov





INDIANA



SENATOR EVAN BAYH - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-5623

DC FAX: (202) 228-1377

INDIANAPOLIS PHONE: (317) 554-0750

INDIANAPOLIS FAX: (317) 554-0760

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

tom_sugar@bayh.senate.gov

senator@bayh.senate.gov

josh_sargen@bayh.senate.gov

chris_murray@bayh.senate.gov

Eric_Kleiman@bayh.senate.gov

senator@bayh.senate.gov

sarah_rozensky@bayh.senate.gov

charlie_salem@bayh.senate.gov

martha_pabon@bayh.senate.gov

Cynthia_Walker@Bayh.senate.gov

meghan_keck@bayh.senate.gov

Brian_Weiss@bayh.senate.gov

Marie_Francis@Bayh.senate.gov



SENATOR RICHARD LUGAR - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-4814

DC FAX: (202) 228-0360

INDIANAPOLIS PHONE: (317) 226-5555

INDIANAPOLIS FAX: (317) 226-5508

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

energy@lugar.senate.gov

senator_lugar@lugar.senate.gov

andy_fisher@lugar.senate.gov

georgiana_reynal@lugar.senate.gov

aaron_whitesel@lugar.senate.gov

mark_hayes@lugar.senate.gov





IOWA



SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-3744

DC FAX: (202) 224-6020

DES MOINES PHONE: (515) 288-1145

DES MOINES FAX: (515) 288-5097

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

casework@grassley.senate.gov

chuck_grassley@grassley.senate.gov

aaron_mckay@grassley.senate.gov

beth_pellett_levine@grassley.senate.gov

Kathy_nuebel@grassley.senate.gov

david_young@grassley.senate.gov

kolan_davis@grassley.senate.gov

sherry_kuntz@grassley.senate.gov

Betty_Burger@Grassley.senate.gov

mike_steenhoek@grassley.senate.gov

kurt_kovarik@grassley.senate.gov



SENATOR TOM HARKIN - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-3254

DC FAX: (202) 224-9369

DES MOINES PHONE: (515) 284-4574

DES MOINES FAX: (515) 284-4937

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

tom_harkin@harkin.senate.gov

bev_schroeder@harkin.senate.gov

Richard_Bender@harkin.senate.gov

amy_murray@harkin.senate.gov





KANSAS



SENATOR SAM BROWNBACK - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-6521

DC FAX: (202) 228-1265

TOPEKA PHONE: (785) 233-2503

TOPEKA FAX: (785) 233-2616

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

landon_fulmer@brownback.senate.gov

glen_chambers@brownback.senate.gov

brian_robertson@brownback.senate.gov

john_rankin@brownback.senate.gov

brian_hart@brownback.senate.gov

internships@brownback.senate.gov

brownback@brownback.senate.gov

melanie_benning@brownback.senate.gov

Galen_Roehl@Brownback.senate.gov



SENATOR PAT ROBERTS - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-4774

DC FAX: (202) 224-3514

TOPEKA PHONE: (785) 295-2745

TOPEKA FAX: (785) 235-3665

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

pat_roberts@roberts.senate.gov

jackie_cottrell@roberts.senate.gov

jennifer_cook@roberts.senate.gov

mike_seyfert@roberts.senate.gov

sarah_little@roberts.senate.gov

molly_mueller@roberts.senate.gov

Jennifer_swenson@roberts.senate.gov

Maggie_ward@Roberts.senate.gov

Verna_Regier@roberts.senate.gov





KENTUCKY



SENATOR JIM BUNNING - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-4343

DC FAX: (202) 228-1373

LOUISVILLE PHONE: (502) 582-5341

LOUISVILLE FAX: (502) 582-5344

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

jim_askins@bunning.senate.gov

Holly_santry@bunning.senate.gov

sarah_timoney@bunning.senate.gov

kim_dean@bunning.senate.gov

mike_reynard@bunning.senate.gov

jim_bunning@bunning.senate.gov



SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-2541

DC FAX: (202) 224-2499

LOUISVILLE PHONE: (502) 582-6304

LOUISVILLE FAX: (502) 582-5326

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Fred_Karem@mcconnell.senate.gov

Adam_Howard@mcconnell.senate.gov

Hannah_Benton@mcconnell.senate.gov

robert_steurer@mcconnell.senate.gov

julie_adams@mcconnell.senate.gov

scott_raab@mcconnell.senate.gov

allison_thompson@mcconnell.senate.gov

Reb_Brownell@mcconnell.senate.gov

leann_crosby@mcconnell.senate.gov

Moon_Sulfab@mcconnell.senate.gov





LOUISIANA



SENATOR MARY LANDRIEU - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-5824

DC FAX: (202) 224-9735

BATON ROUGE PHONE: (225) 389-0395

BATON ROUGE FAX: (225) 389-0660

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Jane_Campbell@landrieu.senate.gov

Kate_Nicolai@landrieu.senate.gov

sarada_peri@landrieu.senate.gov

scheduler_landrieu@landrieu.senate.gov

adam_sharp@landrieu.senate.gov

jason_matthews@landrieu.senate.gov

laverne_saulny@landrieu.senate.gov

Stephanie_allen@landrieu.senate.gov

aaron_saunders@landrieu.senate.gov



SENATOR DAVID VITTER - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-4623

DC FAX: (202) 224-5061

BATON ROUGE PHONE: (225) 383-0331

BATON ROUGE FAX: (225) 383-0952

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

kyle_ruckert@vitter.senate.gov

Kathryn_Fulton@vitter.senate.gov

crystal_ellerbe@vitter.senate.gov

garret_graves@vitter.senate.gov

chris_stanley@vitter.senate.gov

shawn_geddes@vitter.senate.gov

rachael_bohlander@vitter.senate.gov

tonya_newman@vitter.senate.gov

suzanne_gillen@vitter.senate.gov





MAINE



SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-2523

DC FAX: (202) 224-2693

AUGUSTA PHONE: (207) 622-8414

AUGUSTA FAX: (207) 622-5884

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Steve_Abbott@collins.senate.gov

Holly_Nesbit@collins.senate.gov



SENATOR OLYMPIA SNOWE - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-5344

DC FAX: (202) 224-1946

BOSTON PHONE: (207) 622-8292

BOSTON FAX: (207) 622-7295

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

John_Richter@snowe.senate.gov

Anna_Levin@snowe.senate.gov





MARYLAND



SENATOR BENJAMIN CARDIN - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-4524

DC FAX: (202) 224-1651

BALTIMORE PHONE: (410) 962-4436

BALTIMORE FAX: (410) 962-4156

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Christopher_Lynch@cardin.senate.gov

Debbie_Yamada@cardin.senate.gov

Nellie_Freeman@cardin.senate.gov

Bailey_Fine@cardin.senate.gov

Bill_VanHorne@Cardin.senate.gov

priscilla_ross@cardin.senate.gov

susan_sullam@cardin.senate.gov



SENATOR BARBARA MIKULSKI - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-4654

DC FAX: (202) 224-8858

ANNAPOLIS PHONE: (410) 263-1805

ANNAPOLIS FAX: (410) 263-5949

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

julia_frifield@mikulski.senate.gov

frank_cristinzio@mikulski.senate.gov

Julia_Frifield@mikulski.senate.gov

Nicole_Morgan@mikulski.senate.gov





MASSACHUSETTS



SENATOR EDWARD KENNEDY - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-4543

DC FAX: (202) 224-2417

BOSTON PHONE: (617) 565-3170

BOSTON FAX: (617) 565-3183

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Eric_Mogilnicki@kennedy.senate.gov

Nick_Watts@kennedy.senate.gov



SENATOR JOHN KERRY - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-2742

DC FAX: (202) 224-8525

BOSTON PHONE: (617) 565-8519

BOSTON FAX: (617) 565-3870

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

David_Wade@kerry.senate.gov

Julie_Wirkkala@kerry.senate.gov





MICHIGAN



SENATOR CARL LEVIN - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-6221

DC FAX: (202) 224-1388

LANSING PHONE: (517) 377-1508

LANSING FAX: (517) 377-1506

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

senator@levin.senate.gov

david_lyles@levin.senate.gov

tara_andringa@levin.senate.gov

matt_koranda@levin.senate.gov

kristina_ko@levin.senate.gov

jackie_parker@levin.senate.gov

alison_warner@levin.senate.gov

mike_kuiken@levin.senate.gov

Alice_Yates@levin.senate.gov

Kevin_glandon@levin.senate.gov

Joy_Mulinex@levin.senate.gov

kata_sybenga@levin.senate.gov

Elizabeth_reed@levin.senate.gov

alison_pascale@levin.senate.gov

gabe_schneider@levin.senate.gov

jim_turner@levin.senate.gov



SENATOR DEBBIE STABENOW - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-4822

DC FAX: (202) 224-0325

EAST LANSING PHONE: (517) 203-1760

EAST LANSING FAX: (517) 203-1778

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

senator@stabenow.senate.gov

greg_chaney@stabenow.senate.gov

Oliver_Kim@stabenow.senate.gov

rohini_ravindran@stabenow.senate.gov

colleen_briggs@stabenow.senate.gov

chris_adamo@stabenow.senate.gov

amanda_renteria@stabenow.senate.gov

colleen_briggs@stabenow.senate.gov

tomiko_gumbleton@stabenow.senate.gov

noushin_jahanian@stabenow.senate.gov

sheri_davie@stabenow.senate.gov

joann_papenfuss@stabenow.senate.gov

patricia_readinger@stabenow.senate.gov





MINNESOTA



SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-3244

DC FAX: (202) 228-2186

MINNEAPOLIS PHONE: (612) 727-5220

MINNEAPOLIS FAX: (612) 727-5223

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

senator.klobuchar@senate.gov

Marjorie_duske@klobuchar.senate.gov

tom_sullivan@klobuchar.senate.gov

jonathan_becker@klobuchar.senate.gov

kate_nilan@klobuchar.senate.gov

lindsay_calderone@klobuchar.senate.gov

Deborah_calvert@klobuchar.senate.gov

andy_martin@klobuchar.senate.gov

Lee_Sheehy@Klobuchar.senate.gov

andrea_mokros@klobuchar.senate.gov

Siad_Ali@klobuchar.senate.gov

Greg_bohrer@klobuchar.senate.gov

kate_nilan@klobuchar.senate.gov

Joe_Campbell@Klobuchar.senate.gov

simone_hardeman@klobuchar.senate.gov



MISSOURI



SENATOR KIT BOND - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-5721

DC FAX: (202) 224-8149

ST. LOUIS PHONE: (314) 725-4484

ST. LOUIS FAX: (314) 725-4628

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Brian_Klippenstein@bond.senate.gov

Annie_O'Toole@bond.senate.gov

kit_bond@bond.senate.gov

kara_smith@bond.senate.gov

shana_marchio@bond.senate.gov

mike_dubois@bond.senate.gov

kara_vlasaty@bond.senate.gov

tom_schulte@bond.senate.gov

meagan_perry@bond.senate.gov



SENATOR CLAIRE McCASKILL - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-6154

DC FAX: (202) 228-6326

SPRINGFIELD PHONE: (417) 868-8745

SPRINGFIELD FAX: (417) 831-1349

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Angela_Elsbury@McCaskill.senate.gov

sonya_wendell@mccaskill.senate.gov

sean_kennedy@mccaskill.senate.gov

Melissa_garza@mccaskill.senate.gov

nichole_distefano@mccaskill.senate.gov

sonya_wendell@mccaskill.senate.gov

stephen_hedger@mccaskill.senate.gov

melissa_garza@mccaskill.senate.gov
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The staff of the conservative group, Our Country Deserves Better Committee, has put together a database of phone numbers, fax numbers, and emails for each Senator. See the listing below, contact the two Senators from your state and if you want, work through the rest of the list as well. In terms of effectiveness, phone calls and faxes are most important, followed by emails.
MISSISSIPPI



SENATOR THAD COCHRAN - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-5054

DC FAX: (202) 224-9450

GULFPORT PHONE: (228) 867-9710

GULFPORT FAX: (228) 867-9789

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

ta_hawks@cochran.senate.gov

Parah_Fishburn@Cochran.senate.gov

Barbara_Rooks-Jackson@Cochran.senate.gov

Margaret_McPhillips@cochran.senate.gov

Will_Crump@cochran.senate.gov

doris_wagley@cochran.senate.gov

Jenny_Manley@cochran.senate.gov

Hunter_Moorhead@cochran.senate.gov



SENATOR ROGER WICKER - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-6253

DC FAX: (202) 228-0378

JACKSON PHONE: (601) 965-4644

JACKSON FAX: (601) 965-4007

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Michelle_Barlow@wicker.senate.gov

Hardy_Lott@wicker.senate.gov

hugh_carroll@wicker.senate.gov

susan_sweat@wicker.senate.gov





MONTANA



SENATOR MAX BAUCUS - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-2651

DC FAX: (202) 224-9412

HELENA PHONE: (406) 449-5480

HELENA FAX: (406) 782-6553

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

sara_kuban@baucus.senate.gov

max@baucus.senate.gov

Jon_Selib@baucus.senate.gov

Brianne_Rogers@baucus.senate.gov

andrew_person@baucus.senate.gov

john_lewis@baucus.senate.gov

paul_wilkins@baucus.senate.gov

Sara_Kuban@baucus.senate.gov

Brandon_willis@baucus.senate.gov

brianne_rogers@baucus.senate.gov

jon_selib@baucus.senate.gov

david_cobb@baucus.senate.gov

Will_Sehestedt@baucus.senate.gov



SENATOR JON TESTER - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-2644

DC FAX: (202) 224-8594

HELENA PHONE: (406) 449-5401

HELENA FAX: (406) 449-5462

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Bridget_Walsh@tester.senate.gov

Trecia_McEvoy@tester.senate.gov

senator@tester.senate.gov

bill_lombardi@tester.senate.gov

Jennifer_Hensley@tester.senate.gov

stephanie_schriock@tester.senate.gov

Matt_Jennings@tester.senate.gov

matt_mckenna@tester.senate.gov





NEBRASKA



SENATOR MIKE JOHANNS - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-4224

DC FAX: (202) 228-0436

OMAHA PHONE: (402) 758-8981

OMAHA FAX: (402) 758-9165

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Terri_Moore@johanns.senate.gov

Kathleen_Amacio@johanns.senate.gov



SENATOR BEN NELSON - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-6551

DC FAX: (202) 228-0012

OMAHA PHONE: (402) 391-3411

OMAHA FAX: (402) 391-4725

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

senator@bennelson.senate.gov

melanie_rogge@bennelson.senate.gov

Tim_Becker@bennelson.senate.gov

Melanie_Rogge@bennelson.senate.gov

jonathan_coppess@bennelson.senate.gov

Dayle_Williamson@bennelson.senate.gov

Kate_Howard@bennelson.senate.gov

christiana_gallagher@bennelson.senate.gov





NEVADA



SENATOR JOHN ENSIGN - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-6244

DC FAX: (202) 228-2193

CARSON CITY PHONE: (775) 885-9111

CARSON CITY FAX: (775) 883-5590

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

john_lopez@ensign.senate.gov

tory_mazzola@ensign.senate.gov

Jason_mulvihill@ensign.senate.gov

Michelle_spence@ensign.senate.gov

david_quinalty@ensign.senate.gov

jurani@ensign.senate.gov



SENATOR HARRY REID - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-3542

DC FAX: (202) 224-7327

CARSON CITY PHONE: (775) 882-7343

CARSON CITY FAX: (775) 883-1980

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Gary_Myrick@reid.senate.gov

Robin_McCain@reid.senate.gov

Jim_Manley@reid.senate.gov

Danica_Daneshforouz@reid.senate.gov

Victor_Mercado@reid.senate.gov

Mike_Esposito@reid.senate.gov

mark_Wetjen@reid.senate.gov

Ileanexis_Deese@reid.senate.gov

Adelle_Cruz@reid.senate.gov

Katherine_Oh@reid.senate.gov

Robert_Sharp@reid.senate.gov

Gavin_Parke@reid.senate.gov

Susan_Lisagor@reid.senate.gov

Mary_Conelly@reid.senate.gov

Jessica_Satre@reid.senate.gov

Alexander_McDonough@reid.senate.gov

Yolanda_Garcia-Banuelos@reid.senate.gov

Kathleen_Rozner@reid.senate.gov

Shannon_Raborn@reid.senate.gov

Charvez_Foger@reid.senate.gov

Karen_Silberstein@reid.senate.gov

Brittany_Blanchard@reid.senate.gov

Michael_Vannozzi@reid.senate.gov

Christina_Martinez@reid.senate.gov

Blair_Hinderliter@reid.senate.gov

Neil_Kornze@reid.senate.gov

Mariela_Hernandez@reid.senate.gov

Robert_Herbert@reid.senate.gov

Jim_Manley@reid.senate.gov

Nicole_Trzynadlowski@reid.senate.gov

Natasha_Guynes@reid.senate.gov

Ida_Gaines@reid.senate.gov

Matthew_Tuma@reid.senate.gov

Janice_Miller@reid.senate.gov

Jessica_Bantham@reid.senate.gov

Laura_Ochoa@reid.senate.gov

Jennifer_Sawaya@reid.senate.gov





NEW HAMPSHIRE



SENATOR JUDD GREGG - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-3324

DC FAX: (202) 224-4952

CONCORD PHONE: (603) 225-7115

CONCORD FAX: (603) 224-0198

EMAILS TO CONTACT:



SENATOR JEANNE SHAHEEN - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-2841

DC FAX: (202) 228-3194

CONCORD PHONE: (603) 271-3242

CONCORD FAX: (603) 271-6316

EMAILS TO CONTACT:





NEW JERSEY



SENATOR FRANK LAUTENBERG - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-3224

DC FAX: (202) 228-4054

NEWARK PHONE: (973) 639-8700

NEWARK FAX: (973) 639-8723

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

frank_lautenberg@lautenberg.senate.gov

yuna_jacobson@lautenberg.senate.gov

michelle_schwartz@lautenberg.senate.gov

david_matsuda@lautenberg.senate.gov

Dan_Katz@lautenberg.senate.gov

Ellen_Nedrow@lautenberg.senate.gov

apryl_clark@lautenberg.senate.gov

arvin_ganesan@lautenberg.senate.gov

Michael_Pagan@Lautenberg.Senate.Gov

doug_mehan@lautenberg.senate.gov





SENATOR ROBERT MENENDEZ - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-4744

DC FAX: (202) 228-2197

NEWARK PHONE: (973) 645-3030

NEWARK FAX: (973) 645-0502

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Daniel_O'Brien@menendez.senate.gov

Robert_Kelly@menendez.senate.gov

mark_lopes@menendez.senate.gov

hal_connolly@menendez.senate.gov

emma_palmer@menendez.senate.gov

karissa_willhite@menendez.senate.gov

Melissa_Castro-Marmero@menendez.senate.gov





NEW MEXICO



Coming soon





NEW YORK



SENATOR KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-4451

DC FAX: (202) 228-0282

ALBANY PHONE:

ALBANY FAX: (518) 561-3362

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Jess_Fassler@gillibrand.senate.gov

Maeve_Kelly@gillibrand.senate.gov

anne_bradley@gillibrand.senate.gov



SENATOR CHARLES SCHUMER - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-6542

DC FAX: (202) 228-3027

ALBANY PHONE: (518) 431-4070

ALBANY FAX: (518) 431-4076

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Mike_Lynch@schumer.senate.gov

Jonah_Stuart@schumer.senate.gov

sarah.bermingham@schumer.senate.gov

Meghan_taira@schumer.senate.gov

Maxine_Green@schumer.senate.gov

meghan_taira@schumer.senate.gov

Robert_Franchini@schumer.senate.gov

jill_harvey@schumer.senate.gov





NORTH CAROLINA



SENATOR RICHARD BURR - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-3154

DC FAX: (202) 228-2981

ASHEVILLE PHONE: (828) 350-2437

ASHEVILLE FAX: (828) 350-2439

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Chris_Joyner@burr.senate.gov

Maggie_Piggott@burr.senate.gov

Katie_Landi@burr.senate.gov

mark_williams@vetaff.senate.gov

chris_wall@burr.senate.gov

Natasha_Hickman@burr.senate.gov

chris_walker@burr.senate.gov



SENATOR KAY HAGAN – DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-6342

DC FAX: (202) 228-2563

RALEIGH PHONE: 919-856-4630

RALEIGH FAX: (919) 856-4053

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Senator_Hagan@hagan.senate.gov

Crystal_King@hagan.senate.gov

Forest_Michaels@hagan.senate.gov

Sadie_Weiner@hagan.senate.gov





NORTH DAKOTA



SENATOR KENT CONRAD - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-2043

DC FAX: (202) 224-7776

BISMARCK PHONE: (701) 258-4648

BISMARCK FAX: (701) 258-1254

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Sara_Garland@conrad.senate.gov

Tom_Mahr@conrad.senate.gov

Tracee_Sutton@conrad.senate.gov

Craig_Kalkut@conrad.senate.gov

Shawn_Ferguson@conrad.senate.gov

Lindsey_Henjum@conrad.senate.gov

John_Fuher@conrad.senate.gov

Joe_McGarvey@conrad.senate.gov

Jayme_Fuglesten@conrad.senate.gov

Brandon_Teachout@conrad.senate.gov

John_Fetzer@conrad.senate.gov

Nathaniel_Lutovsky@conrad.senate.gov

Marty_Boeckel@conrad.senate.gov

Tim_Moore@conrad.senate.gov

Scott_Stofferahn@conrad.senate.gov

Jolene_Garty@conrad.senate.gov



SENATOR BYRON DORGAN - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-2551

DC FAX: (202) 224-1193

BISMARCK PHONE: (701) 250-4618

BISMARCK FAX: 701-258-1254

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Elizabeth_Gore@dorgan.senate.gov

Christy_Beach@dorgan.senate.gov

frannie_wellings@dorgan.senate.gov

franz_wuerfmannsdobler@dorgan.senate.gov

geoff_plague@dorgan.senate.gov

benjamin_kline@dorgan.senate.gov

geoff_plague@dorgan.senate.gov





OHIO



SENATOR SHERROD BROWN - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-2315

DC FAX: (202) 228-6321

COLUMBUS PHONE: (614) 469-2083

COLUMBUS FAX: (614) 469-2171

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

mark_powden@brown.senate.gov



SENATOR GEORGE VOINOVICH - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-3353

DC FAX: (202) 228-1382

COLUMBUS PHONE: (614) 469-6697

COLUMBUS FAX: (614) 469-7733

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

george_callas@voinovich.senate.gov

jan_fowler@voinovich.senate.gov

Michael_Dustman@Voinovich.senate.gov

Khisha_Fallon@Voinovich.senate.gov

Teresa_Frank@Voinovich.senate.gov

Linda_Greenwood@Voinovich.senate.gov

Beth_Hansen@Voinovich.senate.gov

Andre_Harper@Voinovich.senate.gov

Lauri_Hettinger@Voinovich.senate.gov

Eric_Hinten@Voinovich.senate.gov

Heather_Homan@Voinovich.senate.gov

Erik_Johnson@Voinovich.senate.gov

Ellen_Kinker@Voinovich.senate.gov

Beth_Martens@Voinovich.senate.gov

Angela_Mikolajewski@Voinovich.senate.gov

Phil_Park@Voinovich.senate.gov

Chris_Paulitz@Voinovich.senate.gov

Garrette_Silverman@Voinovich.senate.gov

Dana_Smullen@Voinovich.senate.gov

Lucy_Stickan@Voinovich.senate.gov

John_Stilliana@Voinovich.senate.gov

Jesse_Walls@Voinovich.senate.gov

Angela_Youngen@Voinovich.senate.gov

Richelle_Zakrzewski@Voinovich.senate.gov

Lisa_Zellers@Voinovich.senate.gov





OKLAHOMA



SENATOR TOM COBURN - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-5754

DC FAX: (202) 224-6005

TULSA PHONE: (918) 581-7651

TULSA FAX: (918) 581-7195

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Mike_Schwartz@Coburn.senate.gov

Courtney_Shadegg@Coburn.senate.gov



SENATOR JAMES INHOFE - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-4721

DC FAX: (202) 228-0380

TULSA PHONE: (918) 581-7651

TULSA FAX: (918) 581-7195

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

ryan_thompson@inhofe.senate.gov

wendi_price@inhofe.senate.gov

ryan_jackson@inhofe.senate.gov

jim_inhofe@inhofe.senate.gov

suzanne_meledeo@inhofe.senate.gov





OREGON



SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-3753

DC FAX: (202) 228-3997

PORTLAND PHONE: (503) 326-3386

PORTLAND FAX: (503) 326-2900

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Michael_Zamore@merkley.senate.gov

Jennifer_Piorkowski@merkley.senate.gov

senator@merkley.senate.gov



SENATOR RON WYDEN - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-5244

DC FAX: (202) 228-2717

SALEM PHONE: (503) 589-4555

SALEM FAX: (503) 589-4749

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

josh_kardon@wyden.senate.gov

joshua_sheinkman@wyden.senate.gov

mary_gautreaux@wyden.senate.gov

joel_shapiro@wyden.senate.gov

wayne_kinney@wyden.senate.gov

Nicole_tapay@wyden.senate.gov

david_blair@wyden.senate.gov

Ben_Widness@wyden.senate.gov

sallie_derr@wyden.senate.gov





PENNSYLVANIA



SENATOR ROBERT CASEY - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-6324

DC FAX: (202) 228-0604

PHILADELPHIA PHONE: (215) 405-9660

PHILADELPHIA FAX: (215) 405-9669

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

James_brown@casey.senate.gov

Michelle_Shwimer@casey.senate.gov

jofi_joseph@casey.senate.gov

sara_mabry@casey.senate.gov

jackie_erickson@casey.senate.gov

kasey_gillette@casey.senate.gov

Bryn_McDonough@casey.senate.gov

morna_murray@casey.senate.gov

richard_spiegelman@casey.senate.gov

kendra_barkoff@casey.senate.gov

open_positions@casey.senate.gov

Nathan_Steinwald@casey.senate.gov



SENATOR ARLEN SPECTER - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-4254

DC FAX: (202) 228-1229

HARRISBURG PHONE: (717) 782-3951

HARRISBURG FAX: (717) 782-4920

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Scott_Hoeflich@specter.senate.gov

Maria_Plakoudas@specter.senate.gov

Christopher_Bradish@specter.senate.gov

thomas_dower@specter.senate.gov

seema_singh@specter.senate.gov

corene_ashley@specter.senate.gov

regina_campbell@specter.senate.gov

gayle_mills@specter.senate.gov





RHODE ISLAND



SENATOR JACK REED - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-4642

DC FAX: (202) 224-4680

CRANSTON PHONE: (401) 943-3100

CRANSTON FAX: (401) 464-6837

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Neil_Campbell@reed.senate.gov

Rosanne_Haroian@reed.senate.gov

jack@reed.senate.gov

Eliz_King@reed.senate.gov

liz_king@reed.senate.gov

elyse_wasch@reed.senate.gov

Kris_Sarri@commerce.senate.gov

kara_stein@reed.senate.gov

rosanne_haroian@reed.senate.gov

Steve_Keenan@reed.senate.gov

Chris_Lanen@reed.senate.gov



SENATOR SHELDON WHITEHOUSE - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-2921

DC FAX: (202) 228-6362

PROVIDENCE PHONE: (401) 453-5294

PROVIDENCE FAX: (401) 453-5085

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Mindy_Myers@whitehouse.senate.gov

Sarah_Nixon@whitehouse.senate.gov

ben_weiner@whitehouse.senate.gov

regan_fitzgerald@whitehouse.senate.gov

jordanna_levinson@whitehouse.senate.gov

alex_swartsel@whitehouse.senate.gov

brad_crowell@whitehouse.senate.gov

sheldon_whitehouse@whitehouse.senate.gov

press@whitehouse.senate.gov

rsvp_whitehouse@whitehouse.senate.gov





SOUTH CAROLINA



SENATOR JIM DeMINT - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-6121

DC FAX: (202) 228-5143

COLUMBIA PHONE: (803) 771-6112

COLUMBIA FAX: (803) 771-6455

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Bret_Bernhardt@demint.senate.gov

Julie_Blackorby@demint.senate.gov

matt_hoskins@demint.senate.gov

Wesley_denton@demint.senate.gov

greg_gross@dole.senate.gov

hap_rigby@demint.senate.gov

jacqueline_wood@demint.senate.gov

senator@demint.senate.gov

matt_hoskins@demint.senate.gov

senator_DeMint@DeMint.senate.gov

kimberly_gluck@demint.senate.gov



SENATOR LINDSAY GRAHAM - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-5972

DC FAX: (202) 224-3808

COLUMBIA PHONE: (803) 933-0112

COLUMBIA FAX: (803) 933-0957

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Richard_Perry@lgraham.senate.gov

Lauren_Edwards@lgraham.senate.gov

jen_olson@lgraham.senate.gov

wes_hickman@lgraham.senate.gov

kevin_bishop@lgraham.senate.gov

Matt_Rimkunas@lGraham.senate.gov

Colin_Allen@LGraham.senate.gov

Laura_Bauld@lGraham.senate.gov

Adam_Brake@LGraham.senate.gov

Walt_Kuhn@LGraham.senate.gov





SOUTH DAKOTA



SENATOR TIM JOHNSON - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-5842

DC FAX: (202) 228-5765

SIOUX FALLS PHONE: (605) 332-8896

SIOUX FALLS FAX: (605) 332-2824

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Drey_Samuelson@johnson.senate.gov

Sonja_Dean@johnson.senate.gov

tim@johnson.senate.gov

jeff_gohringer@johnson.senate.gov

cynthia_bartel@johnson.senate.gov

krista_lamoreaux@johnson.senate.gov

matt_thornblad@johnson.senate.gov

erin_barry@johnson.senate.gov

Julianne_Fisher@johnson.senate.gov

jacqueline_lampert@johnson.senate.gov

todd_stubbendieck@johnson.senate.gov

kenneth_martin@johnson.senate.gov

laura_swanson@johnson.senate.gov



SENATOR JOHN THUNE - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-2321

DC FAX: (202) 228-5429

SIOUX FALLS PHONE: (605) 348-7551

SIOUX FALLS FAX: (605) 348-7208

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Daffnei_Riedel@thune.senate.gov

qusi_alhaj@thune.senate.gov

mark_haugen@thune.senate.gov

kyle_downey@thune.senate.gov

brendan_plack@thune.senate.gov

meredith_brown@thune.senate.gov

judy_vrchota@thune.senate.gov

jason_vanbeek@thune.senate.gov





TENNESSEE



SENATOR LAMAR ALEXANDER - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-4944

DC FAX: (202) 228-3398

NASHVILLE PHONE: (615) 736-5129

NASHVILLE FAX: (615) 269-4803

EMAILS TO CONTACT:



SENATOR BOB CORKER - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-3344

DC FAX: (202) 228-0566

NASHVILLE PHONE: (615) 279-8125

NASHVILLE FAX: (615) 279-9488

EMAILS TO CONTACT:





TEXAS



SENATOR JOHN CORNYN - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-2934

DC FAX: (202) 228-2856

AUSTIN PHONE: (512) 469-6034

AUSTIN FAX: (512) 469-6020

EMAILS TO CONTACT:



SENATOR KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-5922

DC FAX: (202) 224-0776

AUSTIN PHONE: (512) 916-5834

AUSTIN FAX: (512) 916-5839

EMAILS TO CONTACT:





UTAH



SENATOR ROBERT BENNETT - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-5444

DC FAX: (202) 228-1168

SALT LAKE CITY PHONE: (801) 524-5933

SALT LAKE CITY FAX: (801) 524-5730

EMAILS TO CONTACT:



SENATOR ORRIN HATCH - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-5251

DC FAX: (202) 224-6331

SALT LAKE CITY PHONE: (801) 524-4380

SALT LAKE CITY FAX: (801) 524-4379

EMAILS TO CONTACT:





VIRGINIA



SENATOR MARK WARNER - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-2023

DC FAX: (202) 224-6295

NORFOLK PHONE: (816) 756-3140

NORFOLK FAX: (816) 756-3144

EMAILS TO CONTACT:



SENATOR JIM WEBB - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-4024

DC FAX: (202) 228-6363

RICHMOND PHONE: (804) 771-2221

RICHMOND FAX: (804) 771-8313

EMAILS TO CONTACT:





VERMONT



SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-4242

DC FAX: (202) 224-3479

MONTPELIER PHONE: (802) 229-0569

MONTPELIER FAX:

EMAILS TO CONTACT:



SENATOR BERNARD SANDERS - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-5141

DC FAX: (202) 228-0776



MONTPELIER PHONE: (802) 223-2241

MONTPELIER FAX: (802) 229-5734

EMAILS TO CONTACT:





WASHINGTON



SENATOR MARIA CANTWELL - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-3441

DC FAX: (202) 228-0514

SPOKANE PHONE: (509) 353-2507

SPOKANE FAX: (509) 353-2547

EMAILS TO CONTACT:



SENATOR PATTY MURRAY - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-2621

DC FAX: (202) 224-0238

SEATTLE PHONE: (206) 553-5545

SEATTLE FAX: (206) 553-0891

EMAILS TO CONTACT:





WISCONSIN



SENATOR RUSS FEINGOLD - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-5323

DC FAX: (202) 224-2725

MILWAUKEE PHONE: (414) 276-7282

MILWAUKEE FAX: (414) 276-7284

EMAILS TO CONTACT:



SENATOR HERB KOHL - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-5653

DC FAX: (202) 224-9787

MADISON PHONE: (608) 264-5338

MADISON FAX: (608) 264-5473

EMAILS TO CONTACT:





WEST VIRGINIA



SENATOR ROBERT BYRD - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-3954

DC FAX: (202) 228-0002

CHARLESTON PHONE: (304) 342-5855

CHARLESTON FAX: (304) 343-7144

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Martha_McIntosh@byrd.senate.gov

chris_gould@byrd.senate.gov

caryn_compton@byrd.senate.gov

david_mcmaster@byrd.senate.gov



SENATOR JOHN ROCKEFELLER - DEMOCRAT



DC PHONE: (202) 224-6472

DC FAX: (202) 224-7665

CHARLESTON PHONE: (304) 347-5372

CHARLESTON FAX: (304) 347-5371

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Kerry_Ates@rockefeller.senate.gov

Sheila_Kennett@rockefeller.senate.gov

jorge_castro@rockefeller.senate.gov

Jocelyn_moore@rockefeller.senate.gov

Clete_Johnson@rockefeller.senate.gov

james_reid@rockefeller.senate.gov

lupita_salazarLetscher@rockefeller.senate.gov

john_richards@rockefeller.senate.gov

barbara_pryor@rockefeller.senate.gov

ellen_doneski@rockefeller.senate.gov

Lupita_SalazarLetscher@rockefeller.senate.gov

Lee_Zia@rockefeller.senate.gov





WYOMING



SENATOR JOHN BARRASSO - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-6441

DC FAX: (202) 224-1724

CHEYENNE PHONE: (307) 772-2451

CHEYENNE FAX: (307) 638-3512

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Shawn_Whitman@barrasso.senate.gov

Kathi_Wise@barrasso.senate.gov

Gregory_Keeley@barrasso.senate.gov

erin_tuggle@barrasso.senate.gov

bryn_stewart@barrasso.senate.gov

shawn_Whitman@barrasso.senate.gov

pam_buline@barrasso.senate.gov

Kelley_Huemoeller@Barrasso.senate.gov



SENATOR MICHAEL ENZI - REPUBLICAN



DC PHONE: (202) 224-3424

DC FAX: (202) 228-0359

CHEYENNE PHONE: (307) 772-2477

CHEYENNE FAX: (307) 772-2480

EMAILS TO CONTACT:

Flip_McConnaughey@enzi.senate.gov

Alana_Hyman@enzi.senate.gov

randi_reid@enzi.senate.gov

elly_pickett@enzi.senate.gov

wendy_gnehm@enzi.senate.gov

chris_tomassi@enzi.senate.gov

karen_mccreery@enzi.senate.gov

50 NON-STIMULUS FACTS WE ARE ASKED TO SWALLOW

50 De-Stimulating Facts
Chapter and verse on a bad bill.

By Stephen Spruiell & Kevin Williamson

Senate Democrats acknowledged Wednesday that they do not have the votes to pass the stimulus bill in its current form. This is unexpected good news. The House passed the stimulus package with zero Republican votes (and even a few Democratic defections), but few expected Senate Republicans (of whom there are only 41) to present a unified front. A few moderate Democrats have reportedly joined them.

The idea that the government can spend the economy out of a recession is highly questionable, and even with Senate moderates pushing for changes, the current package is unlikely to see much improvement.

Nevertheless, this presents an opportunity to remove some of the most egregious spending, to shrink some programs, and to add guidelines where the initial bill called for a blank check. Here are 50 of the most outrageous items in the stimulus package:

VARIOUS LEFT-WINGERY

The easiest targets in the stimulus bill are the ones that were clearly thrown in as a sop to one liberal cause or another, even though the proposed spending would have little to no stimulative effect. The National Endowment for the Arts, for example, is in line for $50 million, increasing its total budget by a third. The unemployed can fill their days attending abstract-film festivals and sitar concerts.

Then there are the usual welfare-expansion programs that sound nice but repeatedly fail cost-benefit analyses. The bill provides $380 million to set up a rainy-day fund for a nutrition program that serves low-income women and children, and $300 million for grants to combat violence against women. Laudable goals, perhaps, but where’s the economic stimulus?

And the bill would double the amount spent on federal child-care subsidies. Brian Riedl, a budget expert with the Heritage Foundation, quips, “Maybe it’s to help future Obama cabinet secretaries, so that they don’t have to pay taxes on their nannies.”

Perhaps spending $6 billion on university building projects will put some unemployed construction workers to work, but how does a $15 billion expansion of the Pell Grant program meet the standard of “temporary, timely, and targeted”?

Another provision would allocate an extra $1.2 billion to a “youth” summer-jobs program—and increase the age-eligibility limit from 21 to 24.

Federal job-training programs—despite a long track record of failure—come in for $4 billion total in additional funding through the stimulus.Of course, it wouldn’t be a liberal wish list if it didn’t include something for ACORN, and sure enough, there is $5.2 billion for community-development block grants and “neighborhood stabilization activities,” which ACORN is eligible to apply for.

Finally, the bill allocates $650 million for activities related to the switch from analog to digital TV, including $90 million to educate “vulnerable populations” that they need to go out and get their converter boxes or lose their TV signals.

Obviously, this is stimulative stuff: (SARCASM) Any economist will tell you that you can’t get higher productivity and economic growth without access to reruns of Family Feud.

Summary:

$50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts
$380 million in the Senate bill for the Women, Infants and Children program
$300 million for grants to combat violence against women
$2 billion for federal child-care block grants
$6 billion for university building projects
$15 billion for boosting Pell Grant college scholarships
$4 billion for job-training programs, including
$1.2 billion for “youths” up to the age of 24
$1 billion for community-development block grants
$4.2 billion for “neighborhood stabilization activities”
$650 million for digital-TV coupons;
$90 million to educate “vulnerable populations”

POORLY DESIGNED TAX RELIEF

The stimulus package’s tax provisions are poorly designed and should be replaced with something closer to what the Republican Study Committee in the House has proposed.

Obama would extend some of the business tax credits included in the stimulus bill Congress passed about a year ago, and this is good as far as it goes. The RSC plan, however, also calls for a cut in the corporate-tax rate that could be expected to boost wages, lower prices, and increase profits, stimulating economic activity across the board.

The RSC plan also calls for a 5 percent across-the-board income-tax cut, which would increase productivity by providing additional incentives to save, work, and invest. An across-the-board payroll-tax cut might make even more sense, especially for low- to middle-income workers who don’t make enough to pay income taxes.

Obama’s “Making Work Pay” tax credit is aimed at helping these workers, but it uses a rebate check instead of a rate cut. Rebate checks are not effective stimulus, as we discovered last spring: They might boost consumption, a little, but that’s all they do.

Finally, the RSC proposal provides direct tax relief to strapped families by expanding the child tax credit, reducing taxes on parents’ investment in the next generation of taxpayers.

Obama’s expansion of the child tax credit is not nearly as ambitious. Overall, his plan adds up to a lot of forgone revenue without much stimulus to show for it.

Senators should push for the tax relief to be better designed. Summary:

$15 billion for business-loss carry-backs
$145 billion for “Making Work Pay” tax credits
$83 billion for the earned income credit

STIMULUS FOR THE GOVERNMENT

Even as their budgets were growing robustly during the Bush administration, many federal agencies couldn’t find the money to keep up with repairs—at least that’s the conclusion one is forced to draw from looking at the stimulus bill.

Apparently the entire capital is a shambles. Congress has already removed $200 million to fix up the National Mall after word of that provision leaked out and attracted scorn.

But one fixture of the mall—the Smithsonian—dodged the ax: It’s slated to receive $150 million for renovations.

The stimulus package is packed with approximately $7 billion worth of federal building projects, including $34 million to fix up the Commerce Department, $500 million for improvements to National Institutes of Health facilities, and $44 million for repairs at the Department of Agriculture.

The Agriculture Department would also get $350 million for new computers—the better to calculate all the new farm subsidies in the bill (see “Pure pork” below).

One theme in this bill is superfluous spending items coated with green sugar to make them more palatable.

Both NASA and NOAA come in for appropriations that properly belong in the regular budget, but this spending apparently qualifies for the stimulus bill because part of the money from each allocation is reserved for climate-change research.

For instance, the bill grants NASA $450 million, but it states that the agency must spend at least $200 million on “climate-research missions,” which raises the question: Is there global warming in space?

The bottom line is that there is a way to fund government agencies, and that is the federal budget, not an “emergency” stimulus package.

As Riedl puts it, “Amount allocated to the Census Bureau? $1 billion. Jobs created? None.

”Summary:

$150 million for the Smithsonian
$34 million to renovate the Department of Commerce headquarters
$500 million for improvement projects for National Institutes of Health facilities
$44 million for repairs to Department of Agriculture headquarters
$350 million for Agriculture Department computers
$88 million to help move the Public Health Service into a new building
$448 million for constructing a new Homeland Security Department headquarters
$600 million to convert the federal auto fleet to hybrids
$450 million for NASA (carve-out for “climate-research missions”)
$600 million for NOAA (carve-out for “climate modeling”)
$1 billion for the Census Bureau

INCOME TRANSFERS

A big chunk of the stimulus package is designed not to create wealth but to spread it around.

It contains $89 billion in Medicaid extensions and $36 billion in expanded unemployment benefits—and this is in addition to the state-budget bailout (see “Rewarding state irresponsibility” below).

The Medicaid extension is structured as a temporary increase in the federal match, but make no mistake: Like many spending increases in the stimulus package, this one has a good chance of becoming permanent.

As for extending unemployment benefits through the downturn, it might be a good idea for other reasons, but it wouldn’t stimulate economic growth: It would provide an incentive for job-seekers to delay reentry into the workforce.

Summary:

$89 billion for Medicaid
$30 billion for COBRA insurance extension
$36 billion for expanded unemployment benefits
$20 billion for food stamps

PURE PORK

The problem with trying to spend $1 trillion quickly is that you end up wasting a lot of it.

Take, for instance, the proposed $4.5 billion addition to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget. Not only does this effectively double the Corps’ budget overnight, but it adds to the Corps’ $3.2 billion unobligated balance—money that has been appropriated, but that the Corps has not yet figured out how to spend.

Keep in mind, this is an agency that is often criticized for wasting taxpayers’ money. “They cannot spend that money wisely,” says Steve Ellis of Taxpayers for Common Sense. “I don’t even think they can spend that much money unwisely.”

Speaking of spending money unwisely, the stimulus bill adds another $850 million for Amtrak, the railroad that can’t turn a profit.

There’s also $1.7 billion for “critical deferred maintenance needs” in the National Park System, and $55 million for the preservation of historic landmarks.

Also, the U.S. Coast Guard needs $87 million for a polar icebreaking ship—maybe global warming isn’t working fast enough.

It should come as no surprise that rural communities—those parts of the nation that were hardest hit by rampant real-estate speculation and the collapse of the investment-banking industry—are in dire need of an additional $7.6 billion for “advancement programs.”

Congress passed a $300 billion farm bill last year, but apparently that wasn’t enough. This bill provides additional subsidies for farmers, including $150 million for producers of livestock, honeybees, and farm-raised fish.

Summary:

$4.5 billion for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
$850 million for Amtrak
$87 million for a polar icebreaking ship
$1.7 billion for the National Park System
$55 million for Historic Preservation Fund
$7.6 billion for “rural community advancement programs”
$150 million for agricultural-commodity purchases
$150 million for “producers of livestock, honeybees, and farm-raised fish”

RENEWABLE WASTE

Open up the section of the stimulus devoted to renewable energy and what you find is anti-stimulus:

billions of dollars allocated to money-losing technologies that have not proven cost-efficient despite decades of government support.

“Green energy” is not a new idea, Riedl points out.

The government has poured billions into loan-guarantees and subsidies and has even mandated the use of ethanol in gasoline, to no avail. “It is the triumph of hope over experience,” he says, “to think that the next $20 billion will magically transform the economy.”

Many of the renewable-energy projects in the stimulus bill are duplicative. It sets aside $3.5 billion for energy efficiency and conservation block grants, and $3.4 billion for the State Energy Program.

What’s the difference? Well, energy efficiency and conservation block grants “assist eligible entities in implementing energy efficiency and conservation strategies,” while the State Energy Program “provides funding to states to design and carry out their own energy efficiency and renewable energy programs.”

While some programs would spend lavishly on technologies that are proven failures, others would spend too little to make a difference.

The stimulus would spend $4.5 billion to modernize the nation’s electricity grid. But as Robert Samuelson has pointed out, “An industry study in 2004—surely outdated—put the price tag of modernizing the grid at $165 billion.”

Most important, the stimulus bill is not the place to make these changes.

There is a regular authorization process for energy spending; Obama is just trying to take a shortcut around it.

Summary:

$2 billion for renewable-energy research ($400 million for global-warming research)
$2 billion for a “clean coal” power plant in Illinois
$6.2 billion for the Weatherization Assistance Program
$3.5 billion for energy-efficiency and conservation block grants
$3.4 billion for the State Energy Program
$200 million for state and local electric-transport projects
$300 million for energy-efficient-appliance rebate programs
$400 million for hybrid cars for state and local governments
$1 billion for the manufacturing of advanced batteries
$1.5 billion for green-technology loan guarantees
$8 billion for innovative-technology loan-guarantee program
$2.4 billion for carbon-capture demonstration projects
$4.5 billion for electricity grid

REWARDING STATE IRRESPONSIBILITY

One of the ugliest aspects of the stimulus package is a bailout for spendthrift state legislatures.

Remember the old fable about the ant and the grasshopper? In Aesop’s version, the happy-go-lucky grasshopper realizes the error of his ways when winter comes and he goes hungry while the industrious ant lives on his stores.

In Obama’s version, the federal government levies a tax on the ant and redistributes his wealth to the party-hearty grasshopper, who just happens to belong to a government-employees’ union.

This happens through something called the “State Fiscal Stabilization Fund,” by which taxpayers in the states that have exercised financial discipline are raided to subsidize Democratic-leaning Electoral College powerhouses—e.g., California—that have spent their way into big trouble.

The state-bailout fund has a built-in provision to channel the money to the Democrats’ most reliable group of campaign donors: the teachers’ unions.

The current bill requires that a fixed percentage of the bailout money go toward ensuring that school budgets are not reduced below 2006 levels.

Given that the fastest-growing segment of public-school expense is administrators’ salaries—not teachers’ pay, not direct spending on classroom learning—this is a requirement that has almost nothing to do with ensuring high-quality education and everything to do with ensuring that the school bureaucracy continues to be a cash cow for Democrats.

Setting aside this obvious sop to Democratic constituencies, the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund is problematic in that it creates a moral hazard by punishing the thrifty to subsidize the extravagant.

California, which has suffered the fiscal one-two punch of a liberal, populist Republican governor and a spendthrift Democratic legislature, is in the worst shape, but even this fiduciary felon would have only to scale back spending to Gray Davis–era levels to eliminate its looming deficit. (The Davis years are not remembered as being especially austere.)

Pennsylvania is looking to offload much of its bloated corrections-system budget onto Uncle Sam in order to shunt funds to Gov. Ed Rendell’s allies at the county-government level, who will use that largesse to put off making hard budgetary calls and necessary reforms.

Alaska is looking for a billion bucks, including $630 million for transportation projects—not a great sign for the state that brought us the “Bridge to Nowhere” fiasco.

Other features leap out: Of the $4 billion set aside for the Community Oriented Policing Services—COPS—program, half is allocated for communities of fewer than 150,000 people.

That’s $2 billion to fight nonexistent crime waves in places like Frog Suck, Wyo., and Hoople, N.D.

The great French economist Frédéric Bastiat called politics “the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.”

But who pays for the state bailout? Savers will pay to bail out spenders, and future generations will pay to bail out the undisciplined present.

In sum, this is an $80 billion boondoggle that is going to reward the irresponsible and help state governments evade a needed reordering of their financial priorities.

And the money has to come from somewhere:

At best, we’re just shifting money around from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, robbing a relatively prudent Cheyenne to pay an incontinent Albany.

If we want more ants and fewer grasshoppers, let the prodigal governors get a little hungry.

Summary:

$79 billion for State Fiscal Stabilization Fund

Stephen Spruiell is a staff reporter for National Review Online. Kevin Williamson is a deputy managing editor of National Review