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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>The good news is that it's
very easy to contact senators online and faster than calling. Click on this
URL: <a
href="http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm">http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm</a>
and you will find a list of all the senators, most of whom have online forms
you can easily fill in with your message. I actually sent a "letter"
to not only the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Illinois</st1:place></st1:State>
senators, but several other key senators, urging them to filibuster if
necessary to stop the drilling provision.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Jane Balaban<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
bcnnet-bounces@ece.iit.edu [mailto:bcnnet-bounces@ece.iit.edu] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>BFisher928@aol.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, December 20, 2005
7:04 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> BCNnet@ece.iit.edu<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [BCNnet] Oil Drilling in
ANWR now in Defense Appropriations bill</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Fellow BCNnetters<br>
If you haven't seen this already, I urge you to go to the Cantwell website and
sign the petition. You've probably followed Sen. Stevens sleazy back door
attempt to get drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge approved by
attaching it as a rider to the Defense Appropriations bill. Sen. Cantwell of <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State> state is one
of the strong voices in the Senate against this back door maneuver. <br>
See the msg pasted below. And I urge you to call your senators and ask them to
stand firm against this, using a filibuster if necessary. The birds of the <st1:place
w:st="on">Arctic</st1:place> will thank you!<br>
Regards<br>
Bob Fisher<br>
<br>
Senator Cantwell has totally stepped up to the plate and is battling<br>
the bully Stevens - yet again.<br>
<br>
She is looking for our help to generate millions of names to reinforce<br>
her effort on behalf of the <st1:place w:st="on">Arctic</st1:place>.<br>
<br>
PLEASE follow through on this. Many of us have asked Senator Cantwell<br>
to champion this issue - the least we can do is sign the <st1:place w:st="on">Arctic</st1:place><br>
petition.<br>
<br>
www.cantwell.com</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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