TOTAL INFORMATION ANALYSIS

Saturday, October 16, 2004

A joint House-Senate Committee is hashing out the details of the final 9/11 police state bill.

The Conference Committee and their staffs need to be contacted and told:

NO NAFTA ID!
NO CHECKPOINTS!
NO NATIONAL ID whatsoever!

The House 9/11 Commission police state bill, HR 10, was passed on Oct. 8th. It codifies something called the "Driver License Agreement," which invisions linking all state driver license (& state ID) databases with those of the states and provinces on Mexico and Canada to create a kind of "NAFTA ID" card rather than a national ID card.

The Senate version is considerably different. Its national ID provision, snuck on to the bill by Sen. McCain and Collins, sets up a biometric "integrated screening system" with checkpoints; and leaves to the Homeland Security Department the details as to how drivers' licenses will be integrated into the biometric screening system.

Below is a list of the conference committee which is reconciling the differences between the bills. There is a feverish race in the Capitol to push this through before the election. The Conference may be done as soon as Friday.

The staffs working on the National ID provisions mostly consist of the House Judiciary Committee and the Senate Government Affairs Committee. You can reach them at:
House Judiciary Committee
Phone: 202-225-3951 or 202-225-2492
Judiciary@mail.house.gov

Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
340 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Republican Staff (202) 224-4751
FAX: (202) 224-9603
Democrat staff: (202) 224-2627
FAX: (202) 228-4469

If you want to contact the conference negotiators, especially if you are a constituent of any, here is the info (those with asterisks deserve special attention):

U.S. House Negotiators [to email, go here]

Pete Hoekstra of Michigan - 202-225-4401, Fax: 202-226-0779
CAMPAIGN phone: (616) 396-3354

Duncan Hunter of California - 202-225-5672, Fax: 202-225-0235
CAMPAIGN Phone: 619-463-3896 Fax: 619-463-2970

Henry Hyde of Illinois - 202-225-4561, Fax: 202-225-1166
CAMPAIGN phone: 630-234-4366

*James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin - 202-225-5101, sensenbrenner@mail.house.gov.
CAMPAIGN Phone: 414-967-9292 Fax: 414-967-9293

*David Dreier of California - 202-225-2305, Fax: 202-225-7018
CAMPAIGN Phone: 626-914-3702 or 626-914-3050 Fax: 626-914-3702

*Robert Menendez of New Jersey - 202-225-7919, Fax: 202-226-0792
CAMPAIGN Phone: 626-914-3702 or 626-914-3050 Fax: 626-914-3702

Jane Harman of California - 202-225-8220, Fax: 202-226 7290
CAMPAIGN Phone: (310) 328-9125 Fax: (310) 328-9127

Ike Skelton of Missouri - 202-225-2876, www.house.gov/skelton/zipauth.htm
CAMPAIGN Phone: (816) 380-3455

Senate negotiators [for email, go here and check Senators websites]:

* Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut - 202-224-4041, Fax: 202-224-9750
* Susan Collins of Maine - 202-224-2523, Fax: 202-224-2693
Pat Roberts of Kansas - 202-224-4774, Fax: 202-224-3514
* Trent Lott of Mississippi - 202-224-6253, Fax: 202-224-2262

* George Voinovich of Ohio - 202-224-3353, Fax: none listed
CAMPAIGN: Phone: 614-224-5358 Fax: 614-224-5403

* Norm Coleman of Minnesota - 202-224-5641, Fax: 202-224-1152
* John Sununu of New Hampshire - 202-224-2841
Mike DeWine of Ohio - 202-224-2315, Fax: 202-224-6519
Carl Levin of Michigan - 202-224-6221, Fax: 202-224-1388
* Bob Graham of Florida - 202-224-3041, Fax: 202-224-2237
* Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey - 202-224-3224, Fax: 202-228-4054

We don't have much time left to stand-up for liberty and our way of life. Contact these members of Congress and also all of your own members of Congress - who will be asked to vote again on the final bill.

Sample phone message: (Be polite)
"Hi, I'm a registered voter from Ohio, and I would like to leave a message for Senator DeWine."
"I understand that the Senator is on the Conference Committee for HR 10 and S 2845 and I'm calling to urge him to stand firm against including provisions from the House bill. I'm especially concerned about the national ID database provisions and the employment screening powers for the Attorney General."

Be polite but firm. Don't let them snowball you with BS that this isn't national ID (or worse). Don't be afraid to say you will indicate your displeasure buy financially supporting an opponent or contacting the local media, leafleting, etc. But be prepared to back it up if you do so.

NO NAFTA ID!
NO CHECKPOINTS!
NO NATIONAL ID whatsoever!

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