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Please respond to the requests for help listed below. Many of these requests come from our national leaders or organizations, e.g., Senator Harry Reid or Governor Howard Dean. Many of the requests are urgent and easy to do, such as:

  • Sign a petition
  • Call your elected officials
  • Write your elected officials
  • Write letters to the editor

Put your values into action now! Stand for something or fall for anything!

Updated: October 12, 2007

 

 Petitions, Recent Headlines, and Requests for Action
 

ONE PERSON CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE !

Texas politicians have pushed hardworking Texans and their families to the bottom for child welfare, education, energy prices, insurance prices, poverty, health, hunger, and many other ways of measuring the quality of our lives.

  • They just don't care about you and me.
  • It's all about them and money.
  • They are not just cooking the books - they're hiding them.
  • They sell Texas to foreigners.
  • They are picking our pockets while poisoning us.
  • Politicians are playing shell games and covering up poisonous activity

Call your elected officials and tell them what your values and vision NOW!


 

Occupation of Iraq!

  • We started a blood feud in Iraq - it's the Iraqi version of the Hatfields and McCoys.
  • Our soldiers are sitting ducks caught in the middle of this mess.
  • Revenge killings are provoked with every Iraqi killed!
  • All Texas Republicans voted to ESCALATE the war.
  • Tell them what you think.

Call your elected officials NOW!


 

Standing Against Us! As reported in Fort Worth Star Telegrams (How They Voted, Aug 6 and July 30), Texas Republicans

  • Voted for huge tax give-aways for 8,000 super rich.
  • Their vote was for a hugh tax increase for the rest of us.
  • They are with the super rich and insiders with money.
  • Burgess, Marchant, Hutchison, and Cornyn are not for the rest of us. Act Now!

Privatize Social Security? - Relentless Republican attack on secure retirement and pension plans.

  • Rep. J.McCrery (Chair of Social Security Subcommittee) - Social Security privatizing at top of 2007 agenda.
  • President's Chief of Staff said that White House laying groundwork to privatize Social Security next year.
  • They don't give up. Neither should you. Act Now!

 

Take Action What can one person do?

  1. Write a letter to the editor (Fort Worth Star Telegram).
  2. Write a letter to your elected Republican officials - tell them that what they do speaks louder than what they say.
  3. Call your elected Republican officials - tell them what you expect them to do. Call their local number or the 800 number and ask to be transferred to the Senator or Representative you would like to talk to.
 U.S. Contacts Number
US Capitol Switchboard 800-426-8073
White House 202-456-1414
Senator Cornyn (R) 972-239-1310
Senator Hutchison (R) 214-361-3500
Representative Barton (R) 817-543-1000
Representative Burgess (R) 817-531-8454
Representative Granger (R) 817-338-0909
Representative Marchant (R) 972-556-0162

Invite a friend or two to follow your example. Build on the power of 1, 2, 4, 8, ... !

 
 Texas Contacts Number
Rick Perry (R) 800-843-5789
Senator Chris Harris (R)(SD 9) 817-461-9109
Senator Kim Brimer (R) (SD 10) 817-332-8269
Senator Jane Nelson (R) (SD 12) 817-424-3446
Rep Lon Burnam (D) (90) 817-924-1997
Rep Kelly Hancock (R) (91) 817-686-8998
Rep Todd Smith (R) (92) 817-283-3131
Rep Paula Hightower-Pierson (D) (93) 512-463-0824
Rep Diane Patrick (R) (94) 512-463-0624
Rep Marc Veasey (D) (95) 817-339-1430

Rep Bill Zedler (R) (96)

817-361-7855
Rep Anna Mowery (R) (97) 817-732-1372

Rep Vicki Truitt (R) (98)

817-488-4098
Rep Charlie Geren (R) (99) 817-738-8333
 

Tell our Democratic leaders and candidates what you expect from them.

 Who to Contact Number
US Capitol Switchboard 800-426-8073
Senator Harry Reid 202-224-3542
Representative Nancy Pelosi 202-225-0100
   

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