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TO:       All Forest Activists
FROM:     Steve Holmer & Jim Jontz
DATE:     July 1, 1996
 
SUBJECT:  Rider Vote in Senate Possible/President Clinton Needs
          to Hear From Us
 
     To follow up on the very close House vote on the
Furse/Porter amendment to halt the Clearcut Logging Rider, efforts
are underway for a similar vote in the Senate.  This would come as
an amendment to the Senate Interior Appropriations bill which is
now under consideration.  We can expect a vote in the Senate on
the Interior Appropriations bill as early as Mid-July.  
 
     We are currently looking for Senators to sponsor this
amendment.  Please contact the following Western Senators, and
urge them to lead an effort to limit funding for timber sales under
the logging rider in the Senate Interior Appropriations Bill:
 
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)202/228-3954  224-3841     Kathy Lacey
Ron Wyden (D-OR) 202/228-2717 224-5244  Logan Lee
Patty Murray (D-WA) 202/224-0238   224-2621  Marla Marvin
Max Baucus (D-MT) 202/228-3687     224-2651  Curt Rich
 
 
The President Needs to Hear From Us
     The Clinton Administration let pass an excellent opportunity
to support rider repeal by failing to actively support the Furse/Porter
amendment to halt the rider.   
 
     To win the Senate vote we need the Administration's
support.  On the Murray Amendment, several Democrats voted the
wrong way (Sens. Byrd (D-WV), Johnston (D-LA), Reid (D-NV),
Breaux (D-LA) and Heflin (D-AL)).  We must change several of
these votes to win and we need the Administration's support to
turn these Democratic Members around.   Please join us in sending
the President a strong message, to support the rider repeal vote
coming in the Senate and to cancel destructive sales.
 
Sign-on Letter Reminder
     To remind President Clinton of our resolve to see our forests
protected, a sign-on letter was distributed last week calling on
President Clinton to cancel destructive sales under the rider and
endorse full repeal of the rider.  Please send in your name,
organization, city and state to sign-on by Wednesday, July 3.
 
     Please call, fax, write and email President Clinton to express
your outrage with the Administration's very disappointing
performance to stop the rider.  You can reach the President by
calling 202/456-1111 (9-5 EST) or 202/456-6797.  Fax: 202/456-2883,
456-2710 and 456-7929.  President Clinton, The White House,
Washington, D.C. 20500, president@whitehouse.gov