UPDATE:
Sen. Arlen Specter on won the support of the Senate Judiciary Committee's Republicans to be their chairman next year, surviving complaints from opponents of abortion who lobbied to skip over him in favor of a conservative."I have assured the president that I would give his nominees quick committee hearings and early committee votes," Specter said. "I have no reason to believe that I'll be unable to support any individual President Bush finds worthy" of the federal bench, Specter told reporters. An official vote won't come until January, and can still be appealed to the full 55-member GOP caucus. We will be watching Senator!
Randy in Upper St. Clair asked for the Senate Judiciary Committe contact info. Here it is:
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
224 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingWashington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5225
Fax: (202) 224-9102
You can still take action:
1ST CALL: CONTACT the White House. Urge Pres. Bush to work to assure families that Sen. Specter does not become Judiciary Chairman — where Specter says he would work against the President’s picks for judges that stick to the Constitution and are pro-life.
Phone: (202) 456-1414Fax: (202) 456-2461
E-mail: president@whiteh ouse.gov
2ND CALL: CALL Sen. Rick Santorum's office -- let him know that you and your family are counting on him to use his influence to stop Sen. Arlen Specter from becoming Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. Washington, D.C. Office: (202) 224-6324
In two newspaper interviews before the election, Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter promised to block pro-life and "extremist" judges appointed by President Bush, apparently contradicting claims he is making now amid fierce opposition to his becoming chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. A third paper, the Philadelphia Inquirer, endorsed the pro-abortion senator largely because of his anticipated position on the panel.
Judges are to interpret the law. Personal opinion should have nothing to do with it. When you set aside the law for your opinion that's when you become an "activist".
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ReplyDeleteCan you postthe number of the Senate Judiciary Committee so we can call them and tell them directly that we do not want Senator Specter to become their Chairman? I heard this on one of the talk stations but was driving and couldn't copy the number down. I am a democrat but I voted for both Bush and Specter and I acnnot believe that after he reassured us that he was a moderate republican, he could come out and say that he would block any attemptsto overturn Roe Versus Wade. Even Roe is now against the ruling she helped spark.
Randy G. in Upper ST Clair
Thanks Randy. I've posted the number.
ReplyDeleteThanks to all of you who called and wrote to put pressure on Sen. Spector. A special thanks to those listed who joined the effort:
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Associated Builders and Contractors
Bethel Park Republican committee
Fran Bevan, President, PA Eagle Forum
Jerry Birmelin, State Representative
Judge Robert Bork
State Representative Scott Boyd
Matthew Brouillette, President, Commonwealth Foundation
Bob Butera
Tim Carney
Michael Ciccocioppo, Executive Director, PA Prolife Federation
Concerned Women for America
Council for Citizens Against Government Waste
State Representative Tom Creighton
State Representative Gordon Denlinger
Paul Depaula, President, Pennsylvania Republican Assembly
Mark Dion
Dr. James Dobson
Jim Donahue
Don Ely, GOP activist and GOP State Committee member
Pat Toomey Supporters
Family Research Council
Steve Forbes
Steve Freind
John Fund, Wall Street Journal
Marylou Gartner, People Concerned for the Unborn Child
Charlie Gerow
Marilyn Gillispie, GOP activist and GOP State Committee member
Bill Green, Communications consultant
Senator Jon Kyl
Mark Harris, Executive Vice Chair of Young Conservatives of Pennsylvania
Roy Jones, American Family Association, PA Division
Robert Kettering, Americans for Christian Traditions In Our Nation
Lancaster County Republican Committee
Dennis Lebo, Cumberland County Clerk
Chris Lilik, State Chairman of Young Conservatives of PennsylvaniaTom Lingenfelter
George Marlin, Chairman, Philadelphia Trust Company
Ted Meehan, former President of Pennsylvania Republican Assembly
State Representative Daryl Metcalfe
John J. Miller, National Review’s “Worst Republican Senator” writer
Charlie Mitchell, Bucknell Conservative Club
Monroeville Republican Committee
Steve Moore, President, The Club for Growth
Larry Murphy
National Review
National Taxpayers Union
Grover Norquist
Marina Oswald
PA Orthopaedic Society PAC
PA Pro-life Federation
PA Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
Politically Active Physicians Association
Chris Reilly
Judge Janice Rogers Brown
Sam Rohrer, State Representative
Former State Senator John Scott
Senator Jeff Sessions
Joe Sterns, former President, PA Young Republicans
Nancy Staible, Pennsylvania State Director, Concerned Women for America
Richard Stokes
Don Thomson, Christian Coalition of Pennsylvania
State Representative Katie True
Allen Twigg, Franklin County GOP Chairman
Steve Ulrich, Christian Conservative activist
Paul Weyrich, Free Congress Foundation and founder of the Heritage Foundation
and YOU!!!!!!
Arlen Specter was never the Attorney General of Pennsylvania
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