Those should be getting extra special attention.

“look up the phone number on the Senate website” … Where do I find that? Kirk is my new senator, and looks like he hasn’t taken a position yet.

will do, but offices are closed today

…Her Houston office is closed for observance of Veterans Day

This really upsets me. He basically owned this Senate seat from day one and we never heard from him since. He has never had to be out in the public eye articulating conservatism and I just don’t get good vibes from him. The worst thing of all is that he is from North Dakota! Why are we wasting these seats on those who will not stand with Jim DeMint.

Everyone is so focused on the debate surrounding blue state Republicans and whether conservatives can win in those states. They are forgetting the fact that we have so many deep red state Republicans who aren’t conservative. We should have two Jim DeMints from every southern and great planes state. Unfortunately, as you can see from this list, we have a lot of work to do.

that is until we boot Webb out in 2012.

at Senator Graham’s. Must be day off for Vet Day.

McCain stand? That should be interesting after all that he went through during the primary

Can hardly believe these two are from the same state. I like Sessions, but Shelby is a squish.
Unfortunately, Shelby ran unopposed this year so he was just re-elected. I tried calling his office and they are out of the office today, but I WILL be calling tomorrow.

I just called friends to make multiple calls also.

The PROGRESSIVE PORKERS list is very enlightening. It’s kind of like the guys on that list are saying we could care less about what the American people think.

Matter of interest. On Senator Graham’s website. Dated Date: 03/17/2010

Supporting Senator DeMint’s Earmark Reform Bill
Posted by Senator Lindsey Graham

I’m proud of Jim’s leadership on the earmark moratorium issue, and wish we had received more votes last night for this important initiative. I believe a timeout on earmarks would give Congress time to reevaluate the process being used. It also would have sent a signal to the American people that the ‘business as usual’ approach to earmarks no longer exists.

To senator-elect Ron Johnson’s email. It’s from the campaign so will need to do it again when he is in office. I’ve pushed for not two years, but a permanent end to earmarks. He seems like a right thinker, but I am concerned that he could waver once in DC. I like the initiative.

Capitol switchboard said it was busy, then I called the direct number and still busy. 202-224-5922

I guess that’s a good sign but I’ll still keep trying.

I left maessages at the local offices of my Senators since the voicemail was full at the DC offices. I left my phone number hoping I get a retrun call. We’ll see.

I sent her an email. It’ll be intersting to see if she responds on topic, or with a form letter.

Has anyone confirmed that Cornyn supports the ban?

I could be totally wrong, but I believe most Americans are fed up with the manner in which most earmarks end up getting funded. They are usually tacked on to other, totally unrelated, bills and are seldom read by those voting on them.
Senator Inhofe is correct in saying that without earmarks, the President will have total control over spending. That is not acceptable either.
Why not place all “earmarks” in one bill for all to review and have input on. If the majority in the House or Senate agree on a particular earmark, it will be approved. If not, tough luck. Better luck next time.
By controlling earmarks in this manner, our elected representatives will not be able to buy votes with their special projects. The lobbyists will get one chance at selling their projects to their House or Senate member and convince him or her to get it entered on the bill. Opposing lobbyists will have an equal chance to oppose the project.
Finally, iif the funds requested are for a project that should normally be funded by state and local governments, and are not permitted by the Constitution, they should not be included in the bill without full consent of the House or Senate.
One thing is sure, this country cannot continue on the current spending track. We elect those persons to do the job expected of them.

Unfortunately, while Oklahoma has the stellar Tom Coburn, we also have Jim Inhofe — and he is vehemently opposed to Coburn on the earmark issue.

Inhofe is good on most every other issue, but leave his pork and earmarks alone!!

I tried! I don’t have any GOP Senator’s just 1 Commie and 1 traditional Dem. Not surprisingly, they are for earmarks.

I’ll tell you Erick…the Bad guy list is seriously depressing….look at that cast of characters.

* Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky)
* Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee)
* Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi)
* Senator-Elect John Hoeven (R-North Dakota)
* Senator-Elect Rob Portman (R-Ohio)
* Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins (R-Maine)
* Senators Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss (R-Georgia)
* Senator Lindsay Graham (R-South Carolina)
* Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas)
* Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
* Senator-Elect Jerry Moran and Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kansas)
* Senator Scott Brown (R-Massachusetts)
* Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (R-Idaho)
* Senator David Vitter (R-Louisiana)
* Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota)
* Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama)
* Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Oklahoma)***
* Senator Richard Lugar and Senator-Elect Dan Coats (R-Indiana)
* Senator-Elect Roy Blunt (R-Missouri)
* Senator Orin Hatch (R-Utah)

***Inhofe played a key role in almost single handedly fighting the good fight against global warming in the Congress…putting up with relentless attacks from the left and doing everything in his power to debunk the lie….so I’m inclined to not be as upset with him on earmarks as I am with the rest of the flunkees.

http:/hutchison.senate.gov/contact.cfm
DC phone# 202-224-5922, Austin phone # 512-916-5834

I sent an e-mail but have not gotten through by phone yet.
I reminded Kay I have supported her in the past but this is a new day and it’s time for her to support my position. The will of the people for a change.

http:/hutchison.senate.gov/contact.cfm
DC phone# 202-224-5922, Austin phone # 512-916-5834

I sent an e-mail but have not gotten through by phone yet.
I reminded Kay I have supported her in the past but this is a new day and it’s time for her to support my position. The will of the people for a change.

they have an R-State. RINO’s have to be taught who is in charge. They like the Democrats think that once elected they can just do what they want to. I wil be calling Bob Casey today even though he is a Democrat. He also needs to get the message as to who is in charge. His days are numbered since he wil be up for re-election in 2012. He has not been a friend to PA and it is time for him to go.

Saxby Chambliss who’s aid said he had not made his decision yet. I reminded him that I knew that he is a big user of earmarks and that I hoped for his political future he would have a change of heart.

Johnny Isakson is supporting the ban, which leads me to think that Chambliss will do the same. Chambliss is not the kind to put a target on his back. He flipped big time when he realized that Georgians were up in arms over the “Amnesty Bill”.

I called both Senator’s offices and they both gave the same “the senator does not have a statement on this issue at this time”. I expressed my desire for them to support the ban, we will see!

Great idea for us to call these folks and let them know that we want them to do the right thing. Too bad so many of them are too greedy to do so, and need to be reminded that they can be replaced.

Have called Sen. Hutchison TX, and sent her an email since her D. C. phone is busy, so I called San Antonio and spoke with a very nice young woman named Lauren.

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Spoke to the assistant and the response was “Senator does not have a stand on this issue at this time”

I then asked why he doesnt have a stand given it will be voted on at the beginning of next week. The answers were a combination of: silence, fumbling, and “the Senator has been busy and out of the country,” and he will make a decision next week at the time of the vote.

So again it’s after I vote I will tell you how I voted and what I voted for. You will find out what I voted for and how I voted after I vote. Pure transparency.

Yes, please call and tell your Senators that the Founders got it wrong and that President Obama should have the sole power of the purse. Just because Senators and Congressmen were elected to represent a state doesn’t mean they know more about what should be funded than those brilliant bureaucrats in Washington. We clearly need to transfer more power to Obama and future presidents. If a president puts something in the budget, it must be good, if a Senator or Congressmen believes there should be additional funding for something like breast cancer research or armored troop carriers in Iraq, that is a bad idea according to the Senator DeMint and must only be supported if President Obama says so – he knows best. We need to severely limit the Constitutional authority of the Congress and increase the power of the President. Please call now to express your support for Senator DeMint and right the wrongs done to poor King George in 1776. DeMint knows so much more than our foolish Founding Fathers what is best for the country. Turn satire font off.

I am starting a movement to send Kay Bailey to Maine, then freezing all three of the airheads solid. Them Yankees are nuts but I didn’t know they were contagious, KB used to have a working brain before she took on Rick Perry. Time to reenergize my “Repeal the Nineteenth” movement.

I called Senator McCain’s office this morning, and she stated that he has made no comment about his vote on the earmark ban at this point because he has not been in the office. Right now he is out of the country.

As for Senator Kyl, his office has no comment at this time about his vote.

With both offices, I told him that I supported the earmark ban proposed by DeMint, and that I think they should as well. The wasteful spending needs to end. And we are watching them…

Nelson has not yet told the staff answering the phone where he stands on this one….LOL Rignt Sure Mr. Nelson… Your fired next time around. George LeMieux staff said he stands with Jim on this. NO MORE EAR MARKS !!!

and got the same response I get every…single..darn.. time I call her office no matter what the topic—-”Senator Hutchison has not released a statement on that yet.” And my response back is the same every time–”Then tell her to get off her tail end and make a response and let the people of Texas know where she stands.” Infuriating.

I called her Washington office, along with all of her state offices. Same canned response every time. I’m signing off now. Need to go take some blood pressure medicine.

talked with me for 15 minutes about how they will not do anything to get behind in the race for shipping lines contracts for the Port of Charleston. The Army Corp of Engineers study on deepening the Port in preparation for the 2014 Panama Canal opening was defunded in Obama’s budget and must be funded by state/fed funds. He said he is sick of hearing about other options because there are none that work. He said the ports that have tried to privately fund deepening studies have been torpedoed by the Army Corps of Engineers who must approve them. I said I don’t have a sense that it’s a dire situation and he said Senator Graham doesn’t want to look back and have lost thousands of jobs and billions in shipping lines contracts for the state because we got behind Jacksonville, Wilmington, Savannah, etc. in the southern port race for those super tankers. He said there is little chance Congress will ever revise the Army Corp’s process.

I know the Ports Authority in S.C. is controlled by the General Assembly which is controlled by Sen. McConnell (yes another good old boy Senate leader with an (R) next to the name McConnell, but far worse, believe me). It is not a pretty picture what goes on behind the scenes with that Port Authority and dock leases, contracts, etc. I read in the local paper that Sen. Demint is working with the Ports Authority on alternative avenues to fund this study but I don’t have details. It’s only $200K fed funds this year and $400K next year (if it’s a 50/50 split). The staffer mentioned $1.5 million as a figure too.

I will try to call Demint’s lead state staffer who is working with Ports. I didn’t argue with this staffer because I could tell he was really hot under the collar about this whole thing. I get the sense his office is FURIOUS with Demint. I could barely stand listening to him defend these earmarks (although he cited all the times the Senator’s voted with Demint against earmarks. I responded that this is brass tacks though because there’s a chance of success. He said it’s not fair that Republicans should have their hands tied and I said it’s a matter of how you do business and if you can give up certain, umm “tools.” I didn’t tell him how abhorrent the earmark tool is to me.

He said Senator Graham is willing to take the “political heat.” I wanted to retort, no, he isn’t. Senator Demint is the one being excoriated in the local media for “endangering the port.” Senator Graham will be primaried, mark my words.

On CNN, Leeza Mercowski takes a shot at DeMint for opposing earmarks.

If Linda MooCowsky wins, then let her be a Dem. As a GOP Senator, she is going to hinder reforms that DeMint supports.

Rob Portman – forgot to ask for name of staffer, no position although staffer mentioned transparency and Rob supporting 1yr moratorium, I stated my case of supporting DeMint’s resolution and that I’m a PC and say that earmarks are still bad for Republicans even if they are transparent
Richard Lugar – Staffer name is John, no position
Dan Coates – Can’t get to a staffer, left message to support resolution, then found on his website that he currently supports it.
Mark Kirk – Staffer name is Kristian, was very receptive and friendly. Kirk currently supports it.
Roy Blunt – Tried # on campaign website and turned out to be a disconnected number (hm)
Lamar Alexander – Staffer name is Caroline, no position
Mitch McConnell – Staffer put me on hold (to probably cut me off cause she couldn’t seem to handle me respectable frustration). I stated to her that I’m a PC, will get more PCs signed up, am disturbed by Mitch’s position and ask that will he change his mind (without being rude). Then trying to call his office again, this time another staffer (male) and told him my case. With Rand elected, I wonder if they are shaking a little. 2014 is the year!