April 2, 2008
It’s been a month and a half since the Senate Judiciary Committee held
hearings on the cruel and costly crack/powder cocaine sentencing
disparity and senators have yet to pass a reform bill. Please put
pressure on your senator if you live in one of the following states by
making a call (instructions below): AL, CA, IL, MA, NV, NY, OK, PA, UT,
VT.Alabama - Senator Jeff
Sessions (R) - (205) 731-1500
When the receptionist answers say: “Hi!
I’m calling from [your city]. I’m calling to urge Senator Sessions to
completely eliminate the crack/powder cocaine disparity. Reducing the
disparity is like desegregating 60% of public establishments instead of
all of them. I appreciate that he has a bill to reduce the disparity to
20-to-1 but I hope he change his mind and support S. 1711 which would
completely eliminate the disparity. Can I give you my address in case
the Senator wants to write me to explain his position?”
California Senator Dianne
Feinstein (D) - (202) 224-3841
When the receptionist answers say: “Hi!
I’m calling from [your city]. I’m calling to urge Senator Feinstein to
completely eliminate the crack/powder cocaine disparity. Reducing the
disparity is like desegregating 60% of public establishments instead of
all of them. I appreciate that she is a co-sponsor of S. 1685 which
would reduce the disparity to 20-to-1 but I hope she will also
co-sponsor S. 1711 which would completely eliminate the disparity. Can I
give you my address in case the Senator wants to write me to explain his
position?”
Illinois Senator Richard Durbin
(D) - (202) 224-2152
When the receptionist answers say: “Hi!
I’m calling from [your city]. I’m calling to urge Senator Durbin to
completely eliminate the crack/powder cocaine disparity. Senator Obama
is already a co-sponsor of S. 1711 which would completely eliminate the
disparity. I hope Senator Durbin will also co-sponsor this bill. Can I
give you my address in case the Senator wants to write me to explain his
position?”
Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy
(D) - (202) 224-4543
When the receptionist answers say: “Hi!
I’m calling from [your city]. I’m calling to urge Senator Kennedy to
completely eliminate the crack/powder cocaine disparity. Reducing the
disparity is like desegregating 60% of public establishments instead of
all of them. I appreciate that he is a co-sponsor of S. 1685 which would
reduce the disparity to 20-to-1 but I hope he will also co-sponsor S.
1711 which would completely eliminate the disparity. Can I give you my
address in case the Senator wants to write me to explain his position?”
Nevada Majority Leader Harry Reid
(D) - (202) 224-3542
When the receptionist answers say: “Hi!
I’m calling from [your city]. I’m calling to urge Senator Reid to
completely eliminate the crack/powder cocaine sentencing disparity.
This disparity is creating enormous racial inequities in the federal
justice system and leading federal law enforcement agencies to waste
taxpayer money on locking up low-level, nonviolent offenders. I hope he
will co-sponsor S. 1711 which would completely eliminate the disparity.
Can I give you my address in case the Senator wants to write me to
explain his position?”
New York Senator Charles Schumer
(D) - (202) 224-6542
When the receptionist answers say: “Hi!
I’m calling from [your city]. I’m calling to urge Senator Schumer to
completely eliminate the crack/powder cocaine disparity. Senator Clinton
is already a co-sponsor of S. 1711 which would completely eliminate the
disparity. I hope Senator Schumer will also co-sponsor this bill. Can I
give you my address in case the Senator wants to write me to explain his
position?”
Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn (R) -
(202) 224-5754
When the receptionist answers say: “Hi!
I’m calling from [your city]. I’m calling to urge Senator Coburn to
completely eliminate the crack/powder cocaine sentencing disparity.
This disparity is creating enormous racial inequities in the federal
justice system and leading federal law enforcement agencies to waste
taxpayer money on locking up low-level, nonviolent offenders. I hope he
will co-sponsor S. 1711 which would completely eliminate the disparity.
Can I give you my address in case the Senator wants to write me to
explain his position?”
Pennsylvania Senator Arlen
Specter (R)- (202) 224-4254
When the receptionist answers say: “Hi!
I’m calling from [your city]. I’m calling to urge Senator Specter to
completely eliminate the crack/powder cocaine disparity. Reducing the
disparity is like desegregating 60% of public establishments instead of
all of them. I appreciate that he is a co-sponsor of S. 1685 which would
reduce the disparity to 20-to-1 but I hope he will also co-sponsor S.
1711 which would completely eliminate the disparity. Can I give you my
address in case the Senator wants to write me to explain his position?”
Utah Senator Orrin Hatch (R) -
(801) 524-4380
When the receptionist answers say: “Hi!
I’m calling from [your city]. I’m calling to urge Senator Hatch to
completely eliminate the crack/powder cocaine disparity. Reducing the
disparity is like desegregating 60% of public establishments instead of
all of them. I appreciate that he has a bill to reduce the disparity to
20-to-1 but I hope he change his mind and support S. 1711 which would
completely eliminate the disparity. Can I give you my address in case
the Senator wants to write me to explain his position?”
Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy (D)
- (202) 224-4242
When the receptionist answers say: “Hi!
I’m calling from [your city]. I’m calling to urge Senator Leahy to
completely eliminate the crack/powder cocaine sentencing disparity.
This disparity is creating enormous racial inequities in the federal
justice system and leading federal law enforcement agencies to waste
taxpayer money on locking up low-level, nonviolent offenders. I hope he
will co-sponsor S. 1711 which would completely eliminate the disparity.
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