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In article <3s0ibp$9rq@agate.berkeley.edu>,
Mark Das <rmarkd@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> wrote:
>Jonathan R Barnett (jbarnett@inferno.WPI.EDU) wrote:
>: 
>:
>: On the other hand, I think it may be worth getting into the habit.
>: The way the Republican run Congress is going, we all should start
>: thinking a bit more about protecting our privacy and staving off the
>: thought police.  I am waiting for the bill of rights to disappear in
>: the near future. 
>
>: How sad.
>:
>-
>- Yep, as we all know, the Republicans are out there to totally destroy
>-PGP and the like. All they want to do is be Big brother. They all have
>-Orwell's 1984 and treat it like the bible. Let's face it, there are people
>-in both parties looking to make gov't snooping easier. It's not the
>-evil Republican vs. the heroic Democrat nor vice-versa. I am sick of
>-blaming/arguing/impeding the other party regardless of issue, but on
>-party affiliation. 


	Actually both the Democrats and Republicans did very poorly on 
this one although the Dems did much better if you'll review the votes
below.  This isn't a partisian party issue as sponsors and supporters 
where from both parties and it clearly shows the libertarian influence
in the Republican party is non-existant.

	There were only two Republicans in entire senate who voted against
the bill--both from New England it should be proudly noted.  They were 
James Jeffords (R) (VT) and John Chafee (R) (RI).  Note also that our own 
Senator Kerry (D) (MA) sold us down the river and he's no excuse as he's 
not dumb and is well educated regarding technology.  It's time for Ma. to 
dump Kerry--been overdue anyway.

	Senator Dole voted for censorship; perhaps a Dole/Kerry ticket is 
in the making.

	Below is the complete Senate vote with phone and fax numbers--a 
more complete post on the bill itself from which this is excerpted is in 
ne.politics and many other groups.	

	None of this is a good reason to start using very long PGP sigs on
every post to the usenet--in fact there is a group devoted to .sig abuse 
and I believe the length standard is 4 lines which I always thought a bit
rigid.  PGP makes good sense for email though.

					Steve



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> ________________________________________________________________________
> RESULTS OF THE SENATE VOTE
> Senators who voted to defeat the Communications Decency Act
> (A polite letter to congratulate them for defending your free speech
>  rights would be appropriate.)
>       D ST Name (Party)               Phone           Fax
>       = == ==================         ==============  ==============
>       D CT Lieberman, Joseph I.       1-202-224-4041  1-202-224-9750
>       D DE Biden Jr., Joseph R.       1-202-224-5042  1-202-224-0139
>       D IL Simon, Paul                1-202-224-2152  1-202-224-0868
>                                         senator@simon.senate.gov
>       D IL Moseley-Braun, Carol       1-202-224-2854  1-202-224-2626
>       D MA Kennedy, Edward M.         1-202-224-4543  1-202-224-2417
>                                         senator@kennedy.senate.gov
>       D MI Levin, Carl                1-202-224-6221  na
>       D MN Wellstone, Paul            1-202-224-5641  1-202-224-8438
>       D NM Bingaman, Jeff             1-202-224-5521  na
>                                         Senator_Bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov
>       D NY Moynihan, Daniel P.        1-202-224-4451  na
>       D OH Glenn, John                1-202-224-3353  1-202-224-7983
>       R RI Chafee, John H.            1-202-224-2921  na
>       D VA Robb, Charles S.           1-202-224-4024  1-202-224-8689
>                                         Senator_Robb@robb.senate.gov
>                                         vascr@CapAccess.org
>       D VT Leahy, Patrick J.          1-202-224-4242  1-202-224-3595
>                                         senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov
>       R VT Jeffords, James M.         1-202-224-5141  na
>       D WA Murray, Patty              1-202-224-2621  1-202-224-0238
>       D WI Feingold, Russell          1-202-224-5323  na
>                                         russell_feingold@feingold.senate.gov
> Senators who voted to support the (CDA) Communications Decency Act
> (They voted for the CDA and to curtail your free speech rights.
>  Writing them an impolite and nasty letter would be a bad idea, and
>  may soon be illegal under the CDA anyway.  Take some time to cool down.)
>       D ST Name (Party)               Phone           Fax
>       = == ==================         ==============  ==============
>       R AK Murkowski, Frank H.        1-202-224-6665  1-202-224-5301
>       R AK Stevens, Ted               1-202-224-3004  1-202-224-1044
>       D AL Heflin, Howell T.          1-202-224-4124  1-202-224-3149
>       R AL Shelby, Richard C.         1-202-224-5744  1-202-224-3416
>       D AR Bumpers, Dale              1-202-224-4843  1-202-224-6435
>       D AR Pryor, David               1-202-224-2353  1-202-224-8261
>       R AZ Kyl, Jon                   1-202-224-4521  1-202-228-1239
>       R AZ McCain, John               1-202-224-2235  1-602-952-8702
>       D CA Boxer, Barbara             1-202-224-3553  na
>       D CA Feinstein, Dianne          1-202-224-3841  1-202-228-3954
>       R CO Campbell, Ben N.           1-202-224-5852  1-202-225-0228
>       R CO Brown, Henry               1-202-224-5941  1-202-224-6471
>       D CT Dodd, Christopher J.       1-202-224-2823  na
>       R DE Roth Jr.  William V.       1-202-224-2441  1-202-224-2805
>       D FL Graham, Robert             1-202-224-3041  1-202-224-2237
>       R FL Mack, Connie               1-202-224-5274  1-202-224-8022
>       D GA Nunn, Samuel               1-202-224-3521  1-202-224-0072
>       R GA Coverdell, Paul            1-202-224-3643  1-202-228-3783
>       D HI Akaka, Daniel K.           1-202-224-6361  1-202-224-2126
>       D HI Inouye, Daniel K.          1-202-224-3934  1-202-224-6747
>       D IA Harkin, Thomas             1-202-224-3254  1-202-224-7431
>       R IA Grassley, Charles E.       1-202-224-3744  1-202-224-6020
>       R ID Craig, Larry E.            1-202-224-2752  1-202-224-2573
>       R ID Kempthorne, Dirk           1-202-224-6142  1-202-224-5893
>       R IN Coats, Daniel R.           1-202-224-5623  1-202-224-8964
>       R IN Lugar, Richard G.          1-202-224-4814  1-202-224-7877
>       R KS Dole, Robert               1-202-224-6521  1-202-224-8952
>       R KS Kassebaum, Nancy L.        1-202-224-4774  1-202-224-3514
>       D KY Ford, Wendell H.           1-202-224-4343  1-202-224-0046
>       R KY McConnell, Mitch           1-202-224-2541  1-202-224-2499
>       D LA Breaux, John B.            1-202-224-4623  na
>       D LA Johnston, J. Bennett       1-202-224-5824  1-202-224-2952
>       D MA Kerry, John F.             1-202-224-2742  1-202-224-8525
>       D MD Mikulski, Barbara A.       1-202-224-4654  1-202-224-8858
>       D MD Sarbanes, Paul S.          1-202-224-4524  1-202-224-1651
>       R ME Snowe, Olympia             1-202-224-5344  1-202-224-6853
>       R ME Cohen, William S.          1-202-224-2523  1-202-224-2693
>       R MI Abraham, Spencer           1-202-224-4822  1-202-224-8834
>       R MN Grams, Rod                 1-202-224-3244  na
>       R MO Bond, Christopher S.       1-202-224-5721  1-202-224-8149
>       R MO Ashcroft, John             1-202-224-6154  na
>       R MS Cochran, Thad              1-202-224-5054  1-202-224-3576
>       R MS Lott, Trent                1-202-224-6253  1-202-224-2262
>       D MT Baucus, Max                1-202-224-2651  na
>       R MT Burns, Conrad R.           1-202-224-2644  1-202-224-8594
>       R NC Faircloth, D. M.           1-202-224-3154  1-202-224-7406
>       R NC Helms, Jesse               1-202-224-6342  1-202-224-7588
>       D ND Conrad, Kent               1-202-224-2043  1-202-224-7776
>       D ND Dorgan, Byron L.           1-202-224-2551  1-202-224-1193
>       D NE Kerrey, Bob                1-202-224-6551  1-202-224-7645
>       D NE Exon, J. J.                1-202-224-4224  1-202-224-5213
>       R NH Gregg, Judd                1-202-224-3324  1-202-224-4952
>       R NH Smith, Robert              1-202-224-2841  1-202-224-1353
>       D NJ Bradley, William           1-202-224-3224  1-202-224-8567
>       D NJ Lautenberg, Frank R.       1-202-224-4744  1-202-224-9707
>       R NM Domenici, Pete V.          1-202-224-6621  1-202-224-7371
>       D NV Bryan, Richard H.          1-202-224-6244  1-202-224-1867
>       D NV Reid, Harry                1-202-224-3542  1-202-224-7327
>       R NY D'Amato, Alfonse M.        1-202-224-6542  1-202-224-5871
>       R OH Dewine, Michael            1-202-224-2315  1-202-224-6519
>       R OK Inhofe, James              1-202-224-4721
>       R OK Nickles, Donald            1-202-224-5754  1-202-224-6008
>       R OR Hatfield, Mark O.          1-202-224-3753  1-202-224-0276
>       R OR Packwood, Robert           1-202-224-5244  1-202-228-3576
>       R PA Santorum, Rick             1-202-224-6324  na
>       R PA Specter, Arlen             1-202-224-4254  1-717-782-4920
>       D RI Pell, Claiborne            1-202-224-4642  1-202-224-4680
>       D SC Hollings, Ernest F.        1-202-224-6121  1-202-224-4293
>       R SC Thurmond, Strom            1-202-224-5972  1-202-224-1300
>       D SD Daschle, Thomas A.         1-202-224-2321  1-202-224-2047
>       R SD Pressler, Larry            1-202-224-5842  1-202-224-1259*
>       R TN Thompson, Fred             1-202-224-4944  1-202-228-3679
>       R TN Frist, Bill                1-202-224-3344  1-202-224-8062
>       R TX Hutchison, Kay Bailey      1-202-224-5922  1-202-224-0776
>       R TX Gramm, Phil                1-202-224-2934  1-202-228-2856
>       R UT Bennett, Robert            1-202-224-5444  1-202-224-6717
>       R UT Hatch, Orrin G.            1-202-224-5251  1-202-224-6331
>       R VA Warner, John W.            1-202-224-2023  1-202-224-6295
>       R WA Gorton, Slade              1-202-224-3441  1-202-224-9393
>       D WI Kohl, Herbert H.           1-202-224-5653  1-202-224-9787
>       D WV Byrd, Robert C.            1-202-224-3954  1-202-224-4025
>       D WV Rockefeller, John D.       1-202-224-6472  na
>       R WY Simpson, Alan K.           1-202-224-3424  1-202-224-1315
>       R WY Thomas, Craig              1-202-224-6441  1-202-224-3230
> ________________________________________________________________________
> FOR MORE INFORMATION
> We will be archiving the version of the Communications Decency Act
> that passed, the roll call vote that went with it, and the transcript
> of the Senate debate.
> We will make these available through the methods below as soon as
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> before using our email server.
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> ________________________________________________________________________
> LIST OF PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS
> In order to use the net more effectively, several organizations have
> joined forces on a single Congressional net campaign to stop the
> Communications Decency Act.
> American Civil Liberties Union * American Communication Association *
> American Council for the Arts * Arts & Technology Society * Association
> of Alternative Newsweeklies * biancaTroll productions * Californians
> Against Censorship Together * Center For Democracy And Technology *
> Centre for Democratic Communications * Center for Public Representation
> * Citizen's Voice - New Zealand * Computer Communicators Association *
> Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility * Cross Connection *
> Cyber-Rights Campaign * CyberQueer Lounge * Dutch Digital Citizens'
> Movement * Electronic Frontier Canada * Electronic Frontier Foundation
> * Electronic Frontier Foundation - Austin * Electronic Frontiers
> Australia * Electronic Frontiers Houston * Electronic Frontiers New
> Hampshire * Electronic Privacy Information Center * Feminists For Free
> Expression * First Amendment Teach-In * Florida Coalition Against
> Censorship * Friendly Anti-Censorship Taskforce for Students * Hands
> Off! The Net * Human Rights Watch * Inland Book Company * Inner Circle
> Technologies, Inc. * Inst. for Global Communications * Internet
> On-Ramp, Inc. * The Libertarian Party * Marijuana Policy Project *
> Metropolitan Data Networks Ltd. * MindVox * National Bicycle Greenway *
> National Coalition Against Censorship * National Public Telecomputing
> Network * National Writers Union * Oregon Coast RISC * Panix Public
> Access Internet * People for the American Way * Rock Out Censorship *
> Society for Electronic Access * The Thing International BBS Network *
> The WELL * Voters Telecommunications Watch
> (Note: All 'Electronic Frontier' organizations are independent entities,
>  not EFF chapters or divisions.)
> ________________________________________________________________________
>         End Alert
>      
> American Freedom Communications
> http://www.afcomm.com/afc
> Julian Vail
> jvail@metronet.com
> Date:  06/17/95  Time:  00:06:41
> 
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