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On February 9th, Senators Patrick J. Leahy (D) of Vermont and Russell D.
Feingold (D) of Wisconsin co-sponsored Senate Bill 1567, which would
repeal the "indecency" provisions of the Telecom Bill.

If you want those provisions repealed, here's what to do:

   - Send a one-page letter or fax to both of your Senators.  If one of
     your Senators is Patrick Leahy or Russell Feingold, congratulate
     him on his fine work.  For all other Senators, urge them to support
     S. 1567 and help to pass it as swiftly as possible.  Get right to
     the point, limit yourself to a couple of paragraphs, and be very
     respectful as you ask these Senators to change existing law.

     You can find addresses, fax numbers and instructions at several
     Websites --  http://ast1.spa.umn.edu/juan/congress.html and
     http://voter96.cqalert.com/cq_job.htm are especially helpful.

     Phone calls are not as effective as letters and faxes.  If you're
     going to phone, do so only after sending a letter or fax -- and
     be sure to mention S. 1567 by number.  Email only after writing
     and calling, and be sure to include your U.S. mailing address.

   - Also write to members of the Commerce Committee, because that's
     where the bill is now, and those members will decide its future:
 
     Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
     SD-508 Dirksen Senate Office Building
     Washington, DC 20510-6125
     202-224-5115

     http://policy.net/capweb/Senate/SenateCom/COM.html
     http://www.senate.gov/committee/commerce.html

COMMERCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

     ==========REPUBLICANS==========
 
     Sen. Larry Pressler (South Dakota - Chairman)*
     SR-243 Russell Senate Office Building
     United States Senate
     Washington DC 20510-4101
     202-224-5842
     mailto:larry_pressler@pressler.senate.gov

     Sen. Ted Stevens (Alaska)*
     SH-522 Hart Senate Office Building
     United States Senate
     Washington DC 20510-0201
     202-224-3004  FAX: 202-224-2354
     mailto:senator_stevens@stevens.senate.gov.

     Sen. John McCain (Arizona)
     SR-241 Russell Senate Office Building
     United States Senate
     Washington  DC 20510-0303
     202-224-2235  FAX: 202-228-2862
     mailto:senator_mccain@mccain.senate.gov

     Sen. Conrad Burns (Montana)
     SD-187 Dirksen Senate Office Building
     United States Senate
     Washington  DC 20510-2603
     202-224-2644  FAX: 202-224-8594
     mailto:conrad_burns@burns.senate.gov 

     Sen. Slade Gorton (Washington)*
     SH-730 Hart Senate Office Building
     United States Senate
     Washington  DC 20510-4701
     202-224-3441  FAX: 202-224-9393
     mailto:senator_gorton@gorton.senate.gov

     Sen. Trent Lott (Mississippi - Majority Whip)*
     SR-487 Russell Senate Office Building
     United States Senate
     Washington  DC 20510-2403
     202-224-6253 FAX: 202-224-2262

     Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (Texas)
     SR-283 Russell Senate Office Building
     United States Senate
     Washington, DC 20510-4304
     202-224-5922  FAX: 202-224-0776
     mailto:senator@hutchison.senate.gov

     Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (Maine)
     SR-495 Russell Senate Office Bldg
     United States Senate
     Washington  DC 20510-1903
     202-224-5344  FAX: (202) 224-1946

     Sen. John Ashcroft (Missouri)
     SR-170 Russell Senate Office Building
     United States Senate
     Washington  DC 20510-2504
     202-224-6154  FAX: 202-228-5126 
     mailto:john_ashcroft@ashcroft.senate.gov

     Sen. Bill Frist (Tennessee)
     SD-565 Dirksen Senate Office Building
     United States Senate
     Washington  DC 20510-4205
     202-224-3344  FAX: 202-228-1264
     mailto:senator_frist@frist.senate.gov

     ==========DEMOCRATS==========

     Sen. (Ernest) Fritz Hollings (South Carolina - Ranking minority member)*
     SR-125 Russell Senate Office Building
     United States Senate
     Washington  DC 20510-4002
     202-224-6121  FAX: 202-224-4293
     mailto:senator@hollings.senate.gov

     Sen. Daniel Inouye (Hawaii)
     SH-722 Hart Senate Office Building
     United States Senate
     Washington, DC 20510-1102
     202-224-3934  FAX: 202-224-6747

     Sen. Wendell H. Ford (Kentucky - Minority Whip)
     SR-173A Russell Senate Office Building
     Washington  DC 20510-1701
     202-224-4343  FAX: 202-224-0046
     mailto:wendell_ford@ford.senate.gov .

     Sen. J. James Exon (Nebraska) <-- cause of the problem in the 1st place
 
     Sen. (John D.) Jay Rockefeller, IV (West Virginia)*
     SH-109 Hart Senate Office Building
     United States Senate
     Washington  DC 20510-4802
     202-224-6472  FAX: 202-224-7665
     mailto:senator@rockefeller.senate.gov

     Sen. John Kerry (Massachusetts)*
     421 Russell Senate Office Building
     United States Senate
     Washington  DC 20510-2102
     202-224-2742  FAX: 202-224-8525
     mailto:comments@kerry.senate.gov 

     Sen. John B. Breaux (Louisiana)
     516 Hart Senate Office Building
     United States Senate
     Washington  DC 20510-1803
     202-224-4623  FAX: 202-224-4268
     mailto:senator@breaux.senate.gov
 
     Sen. Richard H. Bryan (Nevada)*
     SR-364 Russell Senate Office Building
     United States Senate
     Washington  DC 20510-2804
     202-224-6244  FAX: 202-224-1867

     Byron L. Dorgan, ND
     SH-713 Hart Senate Office Building
     United States Senate
     Washington  DC 20510-3405
     202-224-2551  FAX: 202-224-1193
     mailto:senator@dorgan.senate.gov

   - Pass this information on to everyone in the United States.  Copy
     it, paste it. repost it, email it -- only 5 Senators voted against
     the Telecom Bill as a whole, so finding the votes to repeal this
     part of it will not be easy.  We'll need as many letters and faxes
     as possible to all 100 Senators, and the letters that count most
     come from the voting public in each Senator's state.

   - Pressure the news media to follow this issue and this bill (S.
     1567).  Write to and phone major newspapers, C-SPAN, the networks
     and local stations.  It will be very difficult to get them to cover
     anything but the ongoing campaigns.

   - Follow S. 1567 at THOMAS: http://thomas.loc.gov/d104/d104query.html
     As the bill moves toward a vote, be ready to make a final push.

The text of the bill is attached below.

Don Coyote
mailto:doncoyote@wi.net
http://members.aol.com/doncoyote/politics.html

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                                  104th CONGRESS
                                     2d Session
                                      S. 1567

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to repeal the amendments relating to
obscene and harassing use of telecommunications facilities made by the 
Communications Decency Act of 1995. 

                          IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                    February 9 (legislative day, FEBRUARY 7), 1996

Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. FEINGOLD) introduced the following bill; which was 
read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation .

                                        A BILL

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to repeal the amendments relating to
obscene and harassing use of telecommunications facilities made by the
Communications Decency Act of 1995. 

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF AMENDMENTS.

       Effective on the day after the date of the enactment of the Communica-
tions Decency Act of 1995, the amendments made to section 223 of the Communi-
cations Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223) by section 502 of the Communications Decency Act 
of 1995 are repealed and the provisions of such section 223 as in
effect on the day before such date shall have force and effect.