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Move Quick To Save Habeas
Posted by Kevin

Stolen wholesale from MyDD:

I’m told there’s an outside shot that House Democrats on the Armed Services Committee will put a restoration of habeas corpus into the Defense Department Authorization Bill being marked up tomorrow and Thursday. Apparently Chairman Skelton has the votes but there are concerns about whether to have this fight now.

Now’s the time to let them know that this is something that we elected them to get done. There’s a bit of fear that this vote could put freshmen members at risk, though I don’t really know why as the data on this isn’t compelling and the attack ads just didn’t work in 2006.

The most important members to contact are Ike Skelton, antiwar freshmen, and members of the Armed Services Committee. Pelosi and Hoyer would be good too. Each link below goes to that member’s email form, and their phone numbers are to the right. I’ve only included Democratic members of the committee since the decision on whether to make a vote will be made within the party - the full list of Armed Service members is here.

Call and ask them to restore habeas corpus and put it in the Defense Department Authorization bill. This is an especially important message to deliver to freshmen members who have the moral credibility of having been in elected in 2006 in the teeth of Republican fear-mongering.

Leadership
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, (202) 225-4965
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, (202) 225-4131

Armed Services Committee Democrats
Ike Skelton, Missouri, Chairman, 202-225-2876
John Spratt, South Carolina, 202-225-5501
Solomon P. Ortiz, Texas, (202) 225-7742
Gene Taylor, Mississippi, 202 225-5772
Neil Abercrombie, Hawaii, (202) 225-2726
Marty Meehan, Massachusetts, (202) 225-3411
Silvestre Reyes, Texas, (202) 225-4831
Vic Snyder, Arkansas, 202-225-2506
Adam Smith, Washington, (202) 225-8901
Loretta Sanchez, California, 202-225-5859
Mike McIntyre, North Carolina, (202) 225-2731
Ellen O. Tauscher, California, (202) 225-1880
Robert A. Brady, Pennsylvania, (202) 225-4731
Robert Andrews, New Jersey, 202-225-6501
Susan A. Davis, California, (202) 225-2040
Rick Larsen, Washington, (202) 225-2605
Jim Cooper, Tennessee, 202-225-4311
Jim Marshall, Georgia, 202-225-4311
Madeleine Z. Bordallo, Guam, (202) 225-1188
Mark Udall, Colorado, (202) 225-2161
Dan Boren, Oklahoma, (202) 225-2701
Brad Ellsworth, Indiana, (202) 225-4636
Nancy Boyda, Kansas, (202) 225-6601
Patrick Murphy, Pennsylvania, (202) 225-4276
Hank Johnson, Georgia, (202) 225-1605
Carol Shea-Porter, New Hampshire,(202) 225-5456
Joe Courtney, Connecticut, (202) 225-2076
David Loebsack, Iowa, 202.225.6576
Kirsten Gillibrand, New York, (202) 225-5614
Joe Sestak, Pennsylvania, (202) 225-2011
Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona, (202) 225-2542
Elijah Cummings, Maryland, (202) 225-4741
Kendrick Meek, Florida, 202-225-4506
Kathy Castor, Florida, (202)225-3376

Please rip this list off and spread it far and wide.

May 8th, 2007 Legal Issues | 6 comments

6 Comments »

  1. Stormy Dragon writes:

    Have the dems done anything they said the were going to do during the election? The whole reason they go elected was to reverse many of the Bush administration’s bad policies and all they’ve been doing is sitting around with their thumbs up their butts because they’re afraid to take a stand on anything.

    I’m starting to regret voting for them.

    Comment 5/8/2007

  2. tgirsch writes:

    Yeah, Stormy, the Democrats haven’t done anything they promised. Except, of course, for just about all of it.

    And, of course, they also passed a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, which was really the biggest issue that got them elected. That our president is a fucking moron who vetoed it, against the will of pretty much everyone except for the insane, isn’t their fault.

    But I’m all ears. What key promises — ones that made you vote for them — do you think they’ve failed to keep?

    Comment 5/9/2007

  3. Stormy Dragon writes:

    You seem to be forgetting there’s a second house to our legislature. Pointing out all the bills the house passed doesn’t account for much if Democrat controlled senate committees are just going to sit on them.

    Even then, saying they kept their promise to reform Congress is a joke. The ill the passed was even more watered down the lame as Republican bill from last year.

    Comment 5/9/2007

  4. Linda Kuczwanski writes:

    Thanks! I contacted Jim Cooper and let him know I support the restoration of Habeus Corpus.

    LK

    Comment 5/9/2007

  5. tgirsch writes:

    Stormy:

    If you think that decades of corruption can be corrected in four months, you’re either naive or stupid.

    And if you think (best-case) 51 votes is enough to get things done in the senate, you haven’t been paying attention.

    Comment 5/10/2007

  6. Matt writes:

    Yep. Thank the Lord for that “liberal” media, dutifully reporting the accomplishments to the masses.

    Comment 5/12/2007

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