The Senate Republican leadership continues to block conferencing of the Sudan Peace Act, evidently convinced that they can ride out the storm of outrage over their procedural bottling up of this critically important legislation. The goal remains preventing the provisions of the Sudan Peace Act from being debated on their merits in a House/Senate conference. The House named its slate of conferees last year. The Senate Democratic leadership has twice requested unanimous consent to allow the bill to move forward; both times the Senate Republican leadership denied the request. It remains the most important task of Sudan advocacy to pressure for swift consideration of the Sudan Peace Act, and it’s now time to start pressuring Republican senators to demand of their leadership that the bill move forward. A good place to start is with Republicans up for re-election this fall: they are the ones who will feel the most immediate pressure from voters dismayed at Republican delay of the Sudan Peace Act.
Eric Reeves [April 1, 2002]
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063
413-585-3326
ereeves@smith.edu
Below is the contact information for both the Senate Republican leadership and sixteen other Republican senators who are up for re-election this fall. Given the political stakes in controlling the Senate, it would seem that neither the Senate leadership nor these senators facing an election year challenge can afford to ignore concerted pressure from those who regard Sudan as a national moral priority. Writing to these powerful legislators, urging that they demand of their leadership the conferencing of the Sudan Peace Act, can make a difference.
If we fail now, the Sudan Peace Act will die with the current Congressional session—and it is extremely unlikely to be re-introduced in meaningful form.
Please write to as many of these senators as possible, conveying the urgency of Sudan’s crisis and of the only US legislative response to that crisis—the Sudan Peace Act.
Senate Republican leadership:
[1] Senator Trent Lott, Senate Minority Leader
487 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-2403
Email: senatorlott@lott.senate.gov
Phone: 202-224-6253
Fax: 202-224-2262
[2] Senator Don Nickles, Senate Minority Whip
133 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-3602
Email via website:
http://capwiz.com/nyt/webreturn/?url=http://nickles.senate.gov
Phone: 202-224-5754
Fax: 202-224-6008
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Here is the Washington, DC contact information for Republican Senators up for re-election this year (November 2002). The all know full well that they face voters in their states in little over half a year. Some are in precarious political postures.
Postal addresses and contact information for state offices for these senators (and indeed all Republican senators) can be found at:
http://capwiz.com/nyt/officials/membersearch/?lvl=C&type=memname&searchlast=&party=REP&chamber=S&state=&submit.x=15&submit.y=10
[1] Senator Wayne Allard (R-CO)
Narrow win in 1996; up for re-election in November 2002
202-224-5941
Fax: 202-224-6471
Email via: http://capwiz.com/nyt/mail/?id=679&type=CO&state=CO
[2] Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Up for re-election in November 2002
202-224-6521
Fax: 202-228-1265
Sam_brownback@brownback.senate.gov
[3] Senator Lincoln Chafee
Up for election in November 2002 (was appointed to finish term of previous senator in 1999)
202-224-2921
Fax: 202-228-2853
email via: http://capwiz.com/nyt/mail/?id=40039&type=CO&lvl=C&state=RI
[4] Senator Thad Cochran
Up for re-election in November 2002
202-224-5054
Fax: 202-224-9450
http://capwiz.com/nyt/mail/?id=341&type=CO&lvl=C&state=MS
[5] Senator Susan Collins (R-ME)
up for re-election in November 2002; won with less than 50% of the vote in first election bid for the Senate (1996)
202-224-2523
Fax: 202-224-2693
Email: senator@collins.senate.gov
[6] Senator Larry Craig (R-ID)
up for re-election in November 2002
202-224-2752
Fax: 202-228-1067
Email at: http://capwiz.com/nyt/mail/?id=206&type=CO&lvl=C&state=ID
[7] Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM)
up for re-election in November 2002
202-224-6621
Fax: 202-228-0900
Email via: http://capwiz.com/nyt/mail/?id=396&type=CO&lvl=C&state=NM
[8] Senator Michael Enzi (R-WY)
Up for re-election in November 2002; first elected in 1996 in a relatively close race
202-224-3424
Fax: 202-228-0359
Email: senator@enzi.senate.gov
[9] Senator Chuck Hagel
Up for re-election in November 2002; first elected in 1996
202-224-4224
Fax: 202-224-5213
Email via: http://capwiz.com/nyt/mail/?id=365&type=CO&lvl=C&state=NE
[10] Senator Tim Hutchinson (R-AR)
Up for re-election in November 2002; first elected in 1996 by small margin
202-224-2353
Fax: 202-228-3973
Email via: http://capwiz.com/nyt/mail/?id=281&type=CO&lvl=C&state=AR
[11] Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
up for re-election in November 1996
202-224-2541
Fax: 202-224-2499
Email: senator@mcconnell.senate.gov
[12] Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS)
up for re-election in November 2002; first elected in 1996
202-224-4774
Fax: 202-224-3514
Email via: http://capwiz.com/nyt/mail/?id=256&type=CO&lvl=C&state=KS
[13] Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
up for re-election in November 2002; narrowly won first term in 1996
202-224-4124
Fax: 202-224-3149
Email: Senator@sessions.senate.gov
[14] Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR)
up for re-election in November 2002; won first term in 1996 with only 50% of the vote
202-224-3753
Fax: 202-228-3997
Email via: http://capwiz.com/nyt/mail/?id=489&type=CO&lvl=C&state=OR
[15] Senator Robert Smith (R-NH)
up for re-election in November 2002; won election last time with only 49% of the vote
202-224-2841
Fax: 202-224-1353
Email: opinion@smith.senate.gov
[16] Senator John Warner (R-VA)
up for re-election in November 2002; won election last time by narrow margin
202-224-2023
Fax: 202-224-6295
Email via: http://capwiz.com/nyt/mail/?id=595&type=CO&lvl=C&state=VA