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by Laydluck on Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:27 am
Dear Smokers,
As you well know, everything is against the law, now smoking and buying smokes through the mail is
going to be also. I have included all of the Senators from all states, so I urge everyone of you to do the follow:





1. Tell your Senators that you are one of their constituents and provide an address so they know where in the state you are from. Since anyone can contact a Senator, it is important that you let your Senators know that you live and vote in their home state. Because the Senators receive so much mail, mail from their constituents always takes priority.



2. Make it clear to your Senators that you DO NOT want them to pass the PACT Act of 2009 (S.1147). Let your Senators know that if they don't support you - you won't support them.



3. This bill presents undue hardship to many smokers who are older, and shut-in with limited mobility. It is unfair to prevent them from ordering tobacco products through home delivery.



4. This bill represents discriminatory pricing as the majority of smokers are lower-income, many on a fixed income. It is discriminatory to force them to pay higher prices.



5. This bill represents discriminatory taxation as smokers were forced to pay an additional increase of more than $7 a carton in new federal taxes earlier this year.



6. This bill represents unlawful double-taxation as Internet and mail-order retailers are already collecting and paying federal and state excise taxes in the state where the tobacco is purchased.



7. This bill represents discriminatory restriction of trade towards smokers as all other lawful products can be purchased through the mail-order and through the Internet. Let your Senators know that if they don't support you - you won't support them.



CONTACT YOUR UNITED STATES SENATORS

State
Senator
Phone
Website

Alaska
Lisa Murkowski
202-224-6665
http://murkowski.senate.gov/

Alaska
Mark Begich
202-224-3004
http://begich.senate.gov

Alabama
Richard Shelby
202-224-5744
http://shelby.senate.gov/

Alabama
Jeff Sessions
202-224-4124
http://sessions.senate.gov/

Arkansas
Blanche Lincoln
202-224-4843
http://lincoln.senate.gov/

Arkansas
Mark Pryor
202-224-2353
http://pryor.senate.gov/

Arizona
John McCain
202-224-2235
http://mccain.senate.gov/

Arizona
Jon Kyl
202-224-4521
http://kyl.senate.gov/

California
Dianne Feinstein
202-224-3841
http://feinstein.senate.gov/

California
Barbara Boxer
202-224-3553
http://boxer.senate.gov/

Colorado
Mark Udall
202-224-5941
http://markudall.senate.gov

Colorado
Michael Bennet
202-224-5852
http://bennet.senate.gov/

Connecticut
Christopher Dodd
202-224-2823
http://dodd.senate.gov/

Connecticut
Joseph Lieberman
202-224-4041
http://lieberman.senate.gov/

Delaware
Thomas Carper
202-224-2441
http://carper.senate.gov/

Delaware
Ted Kaufman
202-224-5042
http://kaufman.senate.gov/

Florida
Bill Nelson
202-224-5274
http://billnelson.senate.gov/

Florida
Mel Martinez
202-224-3041
http://martinez.senate.gov/

Georgia
Saxby Chambliss
202-224-3521
http://chambliss.senate.gov/

Georgia
Johnny Isakson
202-224-3643
http://isakson.senate.gov/

Hawaii
Daniel Inouye
202-224-3934
http://inouye.senate.gov/

Hawaii
Daniel Akaka
202-224-6361
http://akaka.senate.gov/

Iowa
Charles Grassley
202-224-3744
http://grassley.senate.gov/

Iowa
Tom Harkin
202-224-3254
http://harkin.senate.gov/

Idaho
Mike Crapo
202-224-6142
http://crapo.senate.gov/

Idaho
Jim Risch
202-224-2752
http://risch.senate.gov/

Illinois
Richard Durbin
202-224-2152
http://durbin.senate.gov/

Illinois
Roland Burris
202-224-2854
http://burris.senate.gov/

Indiana
Richard Lugar
202-224-4814
http://lugar.senate.gov/

Indiana
Evan Bayh
202-224-5623
http://bayh.senate.gov/

Kansas
Sam Brownback
202-224-6521
http://brownback.senate.gov/

Kansas
Pat Roberts
202-224-4774
http://roberts.senate.gov/

Kentucky
Mitch McConnell
202-224-2541
http://mcconnell.senate.gov/

Kentucky
Jim Bunning
202-224-4343
http://bunning.senate.gov/

Louisiana
Mary Landrieu
202-224-5824
http://landrieu.senate.gov/

Louisiana
David Vitter
202-224-4623
http://vitter.senate.gov/

Massachusetts
Edward Kennedy
202-224-4543
http://kennedy.senate.gov/

Massachusetts
John Kerry
202-224-2742
http://kerry.senate.gov/

Maryland
Barbara Mikulski
202-224-4654
http://mikulski.senate.gov/

Maryland
Benjamin Cardin
202-224-4524
http://cardin.senate.gov/

Maine
Olympia Snowe
202-224-5344
http://snowe.senate.gov/

Maine
Susan Collins
202-224-2523
http://collins.senate.gov/

Michigan
Carl Levin
202-224-6221
http://levin.senate.gov/

Michigan
Debbie Stabenow
202-224-4822
http://stabenow.senate.gov/

Minnesota
Amy Klobuchar
202-224-3244
http://klobuchar.senate.gov/

Missouri
Kit Bond
202-224-5721
http://bond.senate.gov/

Missouri
Claire McCaskill
202-224-6154
http://mccaskill.senate.gov/

Mississippi
Thad Cochran
202-224-5054
http://cochran.senate.gov/

Mississippi
Roger Wicker
202-224-6253
http://wicker.senate.gov/

Montana
Max Baucus
202-224-2651
http://baucus.senate.gov/

Montana
Jon Tester
202-224-2644
http://tester.senate.gov/

North Carolina
Richard Burr
202-224-3154
http://burr.senate.gov/

North Carolina
Kay Hagan
202-224-6342
http://hagan.senate.gov/

North Dakota
Kent Conrad
202-224-2043
http://conrad.senate.gov/

North Dakota
Byron Dorgan
202-224-2551
http://dorgan.senate.gov/

Nebraska
Ben Nelson
202-224-6551
http://bennelson.senate.gov/

Nebraska
Mike Johanns
202-224-4224
http://johanns.senate.gov/

New Hampshire
Judd Gregg
202-224-3324
http://gregg.senate.gov/

New Hampshire
Jeanne Shaheen
202-224-2841
http://shaheen.senate.gov/

New Jersey
Frank Lautenberg
202-224-3224
http://lautenberg.senate.gov/

New Jersey
Robert Menendez
202-224-4744
http://menendez.senate.gov/

New Mexico
Jeff Bingaman
202-224-5521
http://bingaman.senate.gov/

New Mexico
Tom Udall
202-224-6621
http://tomudall.senate.gov/

Nevada
Harry Reid
202-224-3542
http://reid.senate.gov/

Nevada
John Ensign
202-224-6244
http://ensign.senate.gov/

New York
Charles Schumer
202-224-6542
http://schumer.senate.gov/

New York
Kirsten Gillibrand
202-224-4451
http://gillibrand.senate.gov/

Ohio
George Voinovich
202-224-3353
http://voinovich.senate.gov/

Ohio
Sherrod Brown
202-224-2315
http://brown.senate.gov/

Oklahoma
James Inhofe
202-224-4721
http://inhofe.senate.gov/

Oklahoma
Tom Coburn
202-224-5754
http://coburn.senate.gov/

Oregon
Ron Wyden
202-224-5244
http://wyden.senate.gov/

Oregon
Jeff Merkley
202-224-3753
http://merkley.senate.gov/

Pennsylvania
Arlen Specter
202-224-4254
http://specter.senate.gov/

Pennsylvania
Robert Casey
202-224-6324
http://casey.senate.gov/

Rhode Island
Jack Reed
202-224-4642
http://reed.senate.gov/

Rhode Island
Sheldon Whitehouse
202-224-2921
http://whitehouse.senate.gov/

South Carolina
Lindsey Graham
202-224-5972
http://lgraham.senate.gov/

South Carolina
James DeMint
202-224-6121
http://demint.senate.gov/

South Dakota
Tim Johnson
202-224-5842
http://johnson.senate.gov/

South Dakota
John Thune
202-224-2321
http://thune.senate.gov/

Tennessee
Lamar Alexander
202-224-4944
http://alexander.senate.gov/

Tennessee
Bob Corker
202-224-3344
http://corker.senate.gov/

Texas
Kay Hutchison
202-224-5922
http://hutchison.senate.gov/

Texas
John Cornyn
202-224-2934
http://cornyn.senate.gov/

Utah
Orrin Hatch
202-224-5251
http://hatch.senate.gov/

Utah
Robert Bennett
202-224-5444
http://bennett.senate.gov/

Virginia
James Webb
202-224-4024
http://webb.senate.gov/

Virginia
Mark Warner
202-224-2023
http://warner.senate.gov/

Vermont
Patrick Leahy
202-224-4242
http://leahy.senate.gov/

Vermont
Bernie Sanders
202-224-5141
http://sanders.senate.gov/

Washington
Patty Murray
202-224-2621
http://murray.senate.gov/

Washington
Maria Cantwell
202-224-3441
http://cantwell.senate.gov/

Wisconsin
Herb Kohl
202-224-5653
http://kohl.senate.gov/

Wisconsin
Russell Feingold
202-224-5323
http://feingold.senate.gov/

West Virginia
Robert Byrd
202-224-3954
http://byrd.senate.gov/

West Virginia
John Rockefeller
202-224-6472
http://rockefeller.senate.gov/

Wyoming
Michael Enzi
202-224-3424
http://enzi.senate.gov/

Wyoming
John Barrasso
202-224-6441
http://barrasso.senate.gov/
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by smallbird on Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:23 pm
Laydluck:

You may want to modify your link for one of the senators from Massachusetts. Smile
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by Laydluck on Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:56 am
Why luv, I live in Michigan.
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by dumpstermcnuggets on Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:28 pm
Corrected info for what was once Sen. Kennedy's seat:

Massachusetts
Paul Kirk
202-224-4543
http://kirk.senate.gov/
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by smallbird on Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:08 am
ty for the modification D Very Happy
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by jeffhendricks on Wed Jan 06, 2010 10:10 pm
Its too late. Bill has been passed. Sad Sad Sad
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by gilster on Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:55 am
No it hasn't - not yet

Where do you see that the bill(s) passed and is signed into law?
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by CarlosAg on Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:55 am
Ignore him, he was spamming the board
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by gilster on Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:47 pm
He was an eager spammer though - put 'some' thought in the topic of the thread and gave a comment with his handy-dandy e-cig pyramid scheme website in the signature line...lol

Thanks Carlos!
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by smallbird on Sun Jan 10, 2010 12:06 am
So, I never saw the signature line (got here too late)...darn Very Happy
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