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Imagine if every Senator developed an agressive online advocacy effort like John McCain <http://www.straighttalkamerica.com>. This is just an example of their timely use of e-mail alerts in the recent campaign finance reform push. it seems clear that McCain is increasing his power this way. When will others follow? Does any know of other members of Congress or any elected official anywhere that aggressively uses e-mail alerts for online advocacy? The idea that a fellow member of the Senate is directing the public to target specific Senators seems pretty radical to me. It is normal for politicians to abstractly encourage people to "contact their member of Congress." Steven Clift Democracies Online >From the Parliament in Canada ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 02 20:47:15 GMT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CFR Senate Action Alert Opponents of Campaign Finance Reform (CFR) legislation have started a massive effort to persuade Senators to vote against McCain-Feingold . Using both the media and grassroots networks, they are bombarding Senate offices with phone calls and e-mails. In this effort, they are targeting Senators who have supported CFR in the past. Please call the following list of Senators and let them know that you appreciate their past support of Campaign Finance Reform. Let each of these Senators know that they MUST continue to support CFR and vote for final passage of the bill to have it sent to the President. Please call, fax or e-mail these 5 Senators: Senator Richard Lugar 202-224-4814 phone 202-228-0360 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senator Pete Domenici 202-224-6621 phone 202-228-1177 fax http://domenici.senate.gov/contact/contactme.cfm Senator Peter Fitzgerald 202-224-2854 phone 202-228-1372 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senator Arlen Specter 202-224-4254 phone 202-228-1229 fax http://www.senate.gov/~specter/webform.htm Senator Gordon Smith 202-224-3753 phone 202-228-3997 fax http://www.senate.gov/~gsmith/webform.htm To read an editorial from todays New York Times on CFR, please use the following link: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/27/opinion/_27WED2.html __________________________________________ This mail is never sent unsolicited. You, or someone on your behalf, has subscribed to receive this information at Straight Talk America. To unsubscribe from Straight Talk America click here: http://www.StraightTalkAmerica.com/team/unsubscribe.cfm?[EMAIL PROTECTED]&securecode=30202 Or click here http://www.StraightTalkAmerica.com/team/settings.cfm to review your subscriptions. Please do not respond to this email. To contact Straight Talk America please click here: http://www.StraightTalkAmerica.com/feedback/feedback.cfm . *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To unsubscribe instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. ***
