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Communications Decency Act -- urgent, polite action needed
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Date: Tue, 6 Jun 1995 11:55:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: Stanton McCandlish
More Information
Exon passed in Senate
CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE EXON/GORTON COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT
Update: -Senate changes gears, we're caught with little time -What You Can Do Now (US and non-US citizens)
CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT June 6, 1995
PLEASE WIDELY REDISTRIBUTE THIS DOCUMENT WITH THIS BANNER INTACT REDISTRIBUTE ONLY UNTIL June 20, 1995 REPRODUCE THIS ALERT ONLY IN RELEVANT FORUMS
Distributed by the Voters Telecommunications Watch (vtw@vtw.org)
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CONTENTS The Latest News What You Can Do Now -- U.S. and non-U.S. citizens Senate Contact List For More Information List Of Participating Organizations
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THE LATEST NEWS
The Senate is ready to act on the Telecommunications Reform Bill this week, perhaps as soon as Wednesday, June 7th. We had thought the Counter Terrorism bill would take all week, but the Senate changed its schedule without consulting us. :-)
(We sincerely apologize for issuing another alert on the heels of the prior one, but the Senate's readiness to move on this legislation was not anticipated. We'll watch out for such a situation again and avoid releasing two alerts to close together in the future. We also apologize for the length of this Alert, but it contains the entire Senate contact info.)
Note that there are few people who don't know about the bill. However if you are unfamiliar with the bill, take a moment to retrieve the materials listed in the "For More Information" section.
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WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW -- U.S. and non-U.S. citizens
The Telecomm Reform Bill, will, in all likelihood, include either the Exon Amendment (formerly the Communications Decency Act) or the Leahy Amendment. It is essential that the Leahy language be substituted for Exon's, and therefore it is essential:
1. That all citizens call or fax their Senators as soon as possible. There is no time for written letters and email is too easily discounted or ignored. Non-U.S. citizens should contact Vice President Gore. Note, if you decide to send a fax, you'll want to write an expanded version of the statement below.
It's very important that you always be cool, collected, and polite.
U.S. citizens:
Non-U.S. citizens:
The world looks to the United States as one leader in developing a Global Information Infrastructure. Title 4 of the Telecomm Reform bill (the Communications Decency Act) imperils that leadership. Please work to remove it from the Telecomm Reform bill (S652) and replace it with Senator Leahy's sensible alternative (S714). I'm calling from ____________."
2. Send VTW a note telling us what you did. If you contacted your two Senators, send a letter to vtw@vtw.org with a subject line of "XX ack" where "XX" is your state. For example:
To: vtw@vtw.org Subject: OH ack
I called my Ohio Senators and expressed my opinion.
If you contact Senators outside your state, please let us know what state you're from.
If you contacted Vice President Gore, send a letter to vtw@vtw.org with a subject line of "gore ack". For example:
To: vtw@vtw.org Subject: gore ack
I called VP Gore and expressed my opinion. I'm from France.
An automatic responder will return an updated contact tally.
3. Forward this Alert to relevant forums on other online services and BBS's. Check the letter you get back to see which Senators are underrepresented by citizen contacts. Forward the Alert to any friends and colleagues in those states.
4. If you haven't yet signed the petition to support Sen. Leahy, do so now. Send mail to vtw@vtw.org with a subject line of "send petition" for directions.
5. Congratulate yourself! Your two-minute activism joins that of many thousands of others over the past two months.
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SENATE CONTACT LIST
Vice President Gore can be reached at:
White House comment line Telephone: (202) 456-1111 (M-F 9-5 EST) Facsimile: (202) 456-2461 (M-F 9-5 EST) Email: vice-president@whitehouse.gov
US Senate Listing:
D ST Name (Party) Phone Fax = == ============ ===== === R AK Murkowski, Frank H. 1-202-224-6665 1-202-224-5301 R AK Stevens, Ted 1-202-224-3004 1-202-224-1044 D AL Heflin, Howell T. 1-202-224-4124 1-202-224-3149 R AL Shelby, Richard C. 1-202-224-5744 1-202-224-3416 D AR Bumpers, Dale 1-202-224-4843 1-202-224-6435 D AR Pryor, David 1-202-224-2353 1-202-224-8261 R AZ Kyl, Jon 1-202-224-4521 1-202-224-2302 R AZ McCain, John 1-202-224-2235 1-202-228-2862 D CA Boxer, Barbara 1-202-224-3553 na D CA Feinstein, Dianne 1-202-224-3841 1-202-228-3954 D CO Campbell, Ben N. 1-202-224-5852 1-202-225-0228 R CO Brown, Henry 1-202-224-5941 1-202-224-6471 D CT Dodd, Christopher J. 1-202-224-2823 na D CT Lieberman, Joseph I. 1-202-224-4041 1-202-224-9750 D DE Biden Jr., Joseph R. 1-202-224-5042 1-202-224-0139 R DE Roth Jr. William V. 1-202-224-2441 1-202-224-2805 D FL Graham, Robert 1-202-224-3041 1-202-224-2237 R FL Mack, Connie 1-202-224-5274 1-202-224-8022 D GA Nunn, Samuel 1-202-224-3521 1-202-224-0072 R GA Coverdell, Paul 1-202-224-3643 1-202-228-3783 D HI Akaka, Daniel K. 1-202-224-6361 1-202-224-2126 D HI Inouye, Daniel K. 1-202-224-3934 1-202-224-6747 D IA Harkin, Thomas 1-202-224-3254 1-202-224-7431 R IA Grassley, Charles E. 1-202-224-3744 1-202-224-6020 R ID Craig, Larry E. 1-202-224-2752 1-202-224-2573 R ID Kempthorne, Dirk 1-202-224-6142 1-202-224-5893 D IL Moseley-Braun, Carol 1-202-224-2854 1-202-224-2626 D IL Simon, Paul 1-202-224-2152 1-202-224-0868 R IN Coats, Daniel R. 1-202-224-5623 1-202-224-8964 R IN Lugar, Richard G. 1-202-224-4814 1-202-224-7877 R KS Dole, Robert 1-202-224-6521 1-202-224-8952 R KS Kassebaum, Nancy L. 1-202-224-4774 1-202-224-3514 D KY Ford, Wendell H. 1-202-224-4343 1-202-224-0046 R KY McConnell, Mitch 1-202-224-2541 1-202-224-2499 D LA Breaux, John B. 1-202-224-4623 na D LA Johnston, J. Bennett 1-202-224-5824 1-202-224-2952 D MA Kennedy, Edward M. 1-202-224-4543 1-202-224-2417 D MA Kerry, John F. 1-202-224-2742 1-202-224-8525 D MD Mikulski, Barbara A. 1-202-224-4654 1-202-224-8858 D MD Sarbanes, Paul S. 1-202-224-4524 1-202-224-1651 R ME Snowe, Olympia 1-202-224-5344 1-202-224-6853 R ME Cohen, William S. 1-202-224-2523 1-202-224-2693 D MI Levin, Carl 1-202-224-6221 na R MI Abraham, Spencer 1-202-224-4822 1-202-224-8834 D MN Wellstone, Paul 1-202-224-5641 1-202-224-8438 R MN Grams, Rod 1-202-224-3244 1-202-224-9931 R MO Bond, Christopher S. 1-202-224-5721 1-202-224-8149 R MO Ashcroft, John 1-202-224-6154 na R MS Cochran, Thad 1-202-224-5054 1-202-224-3576 R MS Lott, Trent 1-202-224-6253 1-202-224-2262 D MT Baucus, Max 1-202-224-2651 na R MT Burns, Conrad R. 1-202-224-2644 1-202-224-8594 R NC Faircloth, D. M. 1-202-224-3154 1-202-224-7406 R NC Helms, Jesse 1-202-224-6342 1-202-224-7588 D ND Conrad, Kent 1-202-224-2043 1-202-224-7776 D ND Dorgan, Byron L. 1-202-224-2551 1-202-224-1193 D NE Exon, J. J. 1-202-224-4224 1-202-224-5213 D NE Kerrey, Bob 1-202-224-6551 1-202-224-7645 R NH Gregg, Judd 1-202-224-3324 1-202-224-4952 R NH Smith, Robert 1-202-224-2841 1-202-224-1353 D NJ Bradley, William 1-202-224-3224 1-202-224-8567 D NJ Lautenberg, Frank R. 1-202-224-4744 1-202-224-9707 D NM Bingaman, Jeff 1-202-224-5521 na R NM Domenici, Pete V. 1-202-224-6621 1-202-224-7371 D NV Bryan, Richard H. 1-202-224-6244 1-202-224-1867 D NV Reid, Harry 1-202-224-3542 1-202-224-7327 D NY Moynihan, Daniel P. 1-202-224-4451 na R NY D'Amato, Alfonse M. 1-202-224-6542 1-202-224-5871 D OH Glenn, John 1-202-224-3353 1-202-224-7983 R OH Dewine, Michael 1-202-224-2315 1-202-224-6519 R OK Inhofe, James 1-202-224-4721 R OK Nickles, Donald 1-202-224-5754 1-202-224-6008 R OR Hatfield, Mark O. 1-202-224-3753 1-202-224-0276 R OR Packwood, Robert 1-202-224-5244 1-202-228-3576 R PA Santorum, Rick 1-202-224-6324 1-202-228-4991 R PA Specter, Arlen 1-202-224-4254 1-202-224-1893 D RI Pell, Claiborne 1-202-224-4642 1-202-224-4680 R RI Chafee, John H. 1-202-224-2921 na D SC Hollings, Ernest F. 1-202-224-6121 1-202-224-4293 R SC Thurmond, Strom 1-202-224-5972 1-202-224-1300 D SD Daschle, Thomas A. 1-202-224-2321 1-202-224-2047 R SD Pressler, Larry 1-202-224-5842 1-202-224-1259* R TN Thompson, Fred 1-202-224-4944 1-202-228-3679 R TN Frist, Bill 1-202-224-3344 1-202-224-8062 R TX Hutchison, Kay Bailey 1-202-224-5922 1-202-224-0776 R TX Gramm, Phil 1-202-224-2934 1-202-228-2856 R UT Bennett, Robert 1-202-224-5444 1-202-224-6717 R UT Hatch, Orrin G. 1-202-224-5251 1-202-224-6331 D VA Robb, Charles S. 1-202-224-4024 1-202-224-8689 R VA Warner, John W. 1-202-224-2023 1-202-224-6295 D VT Leahy, Patrick J. 1-202-224-4242 1-202-224-3595 R VT Jeffords, James M. 1-202-224-5141 na D WA Murray, Patty 1-202-224-2621 1-202-224-0238 R WA Gorton, Slade 1-202-224-3441 1-202-224-9393 D WI Feingold, Russell 1-202-224-5323 na D WI Kohl, Herbert H. 1-202-224-5653 1-202-224-9787 D WV Byrd, Robert C. 1-202-224-3954 1-202-224-4025 D WV Rockefeller, John D. 1-202-224-6472 na R WY Simpson, Alan K. 1-202-224-3424 1-202-224-1315 R WY Thomas, Craig 1-202-224-6441 1-202-224-3230
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
For more information on the Communications Decency Act, visit the following resources:
Web Sites URL:http://www.panix.com/vtw/exon/ URL:http://epic.org/ URL:http://www.eff.org/pub/Alerts/ URL:http://www.cdt.org/cda.html
FTP Archives URL:ftp://ftp.cdt.org/pub/cdt/policy/freespeech/00-INDEX.FREESPEECH URL:ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/Alerts/
Gopher Archives: URL:gopher://gopher.panix.com/11/vtw/exon URL:gopher://gopher.eff.org/11/Alerts
Email: vtw@vtw.org (put "send help" in the subject line) cda-info@cdt.org (General CDA information) cda-stat@cdt.org (Current status of the CDA)
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LIST OF PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS
In order to use the net more effectively, several organizations have joined forces on a single Congressional net campaign to stop the Communications Decency Act.
In alphabetical order:
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) infoaclu@aclu.org American Communication Association (ACA) comminfo@cavern.uark.edu American Council for the Arts Arts & Technology Society cyberguy@well.com biancaTroll productions bianca@bianca.com Californians Against Censorship Together BobbyLilly@aol.com Center For Democracy And Technology (CDT) info@cdt.org Centre for Democratic Communications (CDC) cshariff@aztec.co.za Center for Public Representation (CPR) mgpritch@facstaff.wisc.edu Computer Communicators Association community@pigpen.demon.co.uk Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility cpsr@cpsr.org Cross Connections staff@xconn.com Cyber-Rights Campaign cyber-rights@cpsr.org CyberQueer Lounge tomh@cyberzine.org Electronic Frontier Canada (EFC) efc@graceland.uwaterloo.ca Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) info@eff.org Electronic Frontier Foundation - Austin eff-austin@tic.com Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) efa-info@efa.org.au Electronic Frontiers Houston (EFH) efh@efh.org Electronic Frontiers New Hampshire (EFNH) efnh@mv.com Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) info@epic.org Feminists For Free Expression (FFE) FFE@aol.com First Amendment Teach-In croth@omnifest.uwm.edu Florida Coalition Against Censorship pipking@mail.firn.edu FACTS (Friendly Anti-Censorship Taskforce for Students) jt885291@oak.cats.ohiou.edu Hands Off! The Net baby-x@phanton.com Human Rights Watch (HRW) infohrw@hrw.org Inland Book Company David1756@aol.com Inner Circle Technologies, Inc. aka. NovaLink Inst. for Global Communications igc-info@igc.org National Libertarian Party 73163.3063@compuserve.com Libertarian Party (national) (LP) lphq@access.digex.net Marijuana Policy Project MPProject@AOL.com Metropolitan Data Networks Ltd. MindVox system@phantom.com National Bicycle Greenway cycleam@cruzio.com National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) ncac@netcom.com National Public Telecomputing Network (NPTN) info@nptn.org National Writers Union (UAW Local 1981 AFL-CIO) kip@world.std.com Oregon Coast Rural Information Service Cooperative Panix Public Access Internet info@panix.com People for the American Way jlessern@reach.com Rock Out Censorship TWieseROC@aol.com Society for Electronic Access sea@sea.org The Thing International BBS Network (TTNet) info@thing.nyc.ny.us The WELL info@well.com Voters Telecommunications Watch (VTW) vtw@vtw.org
(Note: All 'Electronic Frontier' organizations are independent entities, not EFF chapters or divisions.)
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