First Call to Your Senator

Ring Ring!

Aide: Senator ________'s office?

Powerful YOU: Hello! My name is ______ ________ and I am a constituent of the Senator. I have a few requests for Senator _______ - would you mind writing them down and seeing that (s)he gets them?

Aide: Certainly (or perhaps silence, or questions about you name or address - in any case, provide this information nicely and continue).

Powerful YOU: I would like for the Senator to

1) (and you may want to say "one" and "two" out loud so they know that there are more than one request) on the issue of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, bring ALL troops AND contractors home from Iraq and Afghanistan; STOP funding the war; and create a PEACE PLAN for Iraq and Afghanistan that does not involve troops from the Coalition of the Willing but DOES involve the US financing peacekeeping operations and reconstruction;

2) on the issue of civil rights, repeal the Military Commissions Act of 2006; and

3) on the issue of the rule of law and accountability for our leaders, put Cheney and Bush in jail through conviction when the impeachment legislation gets through the House and goes to the Senate.

And I would like the Senator to act on these requests as soon as possible. I will be faxing a letter reiterating these requests later on, and I will also be following up to see if (s)he will do what I've asked. When would be a good time to follow up on this?

(the aide may say they'll get back to YOU, or give you a date - in either case, call back at the time when they give you OR call back about a week later after you've faxed your letter).

Aide: Alright. I'll make sure (s)he gets the message.

Powerful YOU: Thank you so much!

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