Legislative Update

Call Your Senators Now: Last Chance to Stop Sham Patriot Act Reauthorization Bill

Talking Points for your phone calls:


Ask them to take a stand for civil liberties, and vote no on the Patriot Act reauthorization bill.
Oppose the Patriot Act reauthorization bill and support the bipartisan filibuster. Senators MUST vote AGAINST cloture if the filibuster is to succeed.
If you are from New Hampshire, Idaho, Alaska, Illinois, Wisconsin, or Colorado, one of your Senators is a member of the "civil liberties six" -- Sununu (R-NH), Craig (R-ID), Murkowski (R-AK), Durbin (D-IL), Feingold (D-WI) and Salazar (D-CO) -- who is supporting the bipartisan filibuster. Be sure to tell him or her "thank you" and to stand their ground.
The Patriot Act reauthorization bill fails to protect the privacy of ordinary Americans because it does not require that the government have any connection between the records they want and a suspected foreign terrorist.
This bill actually makes the Patriot Act worse by making it nearly impossible to overturn a gag order that accompanies these secret demands and allowing sanctions against business people who don’t turn over sensitive records sought with these secret fishing expedition orders.
Sunsets for a few of the Patriot Act powers that risk our civil liberties aren't good enough. Congress should recognize that privacy is a core American value that should not be sacrificed, for four more years or permanently. Now is the time to uphold the Constitution and rein in the Patriot Act's secret search powers.



Make a call to Senator (R-Texas) Kay Bailey Hutchison's Office
Phone: (202) 224-5922

Make a call to Senator (R-Texas) John Cornyn's Office
Phone: (202) 224-2934