Pax-salon Mailing List: Call your Senators and help small farmers. A vote at Last!

[Fred H Olson (fholson]

The message below is (I think) a reply to Rahn Westby from
Tim Fullerton of Oxfam America .  Patty tried to forward it to the
Paxsalon list but due to format problems that failed.  I've tried
to clean it up and post it.  Fred, listserv manager

PS see also my related messsage about the film Corn King currently
showing  in Mpls.
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Dear Rahn,

It has been an up and down year working on the Farm Bill. It is very
hard challenging the status quo on Capitol Hill, but as a member of the
Farm Bill Action Team you have been there with us the entire way. By
sending tens of thousands of emails, faxes and phone calls, Congress is
starting to hear our call: poor farmers here and abroad shouldn't suffer
so that American millionaires can farm the government for subsidies.
After many false starts and plenty of partisan wrangling, it was
announced last Friday that the Senate will finally resume consideration
of the Farm Bill tomorrow. This appears to be our last chance to reform
the Farm Bill and we need your help one final time. Let's rally together
as a strong 8,000 member team for one last push for reform! Two key
amendments that would fight poverty and injustice, the Dorgan-Grassley
Payment Limits Amendment and the Lugar-Lautenberg FRESH Amendment, could
be up for a vote as early as tomorrow. We need you to call your Senators
now and ask them to vote yes in favor of these two key amendments. Phone
calls from constituents can influence the way your senators' will vote.
Even if you called in the past, it is important that you call again.
Call today and make your voice heard! It's fast and simple, and it will
make a big difference. And to make it easier, we are providing a script
for you to use below.

Sincerely, Tim Fullerton Oxfam America

Please follow these simple instructions.
1. Call 1-800-977-1912 and listen to the prerecorded message.
2. An automated message will tell you what to say.
3. Please enter this six-digit code: 047826#.
4. You will be connected to Senator Coleman's office.
5. Hang up and call Senator Klobuchar using the toll free number
and the code 347826#

Hello, my name is <YOUR NAME>    and I'm a voting constituent from
<YOUR CITY>   , Minnesota. I would like you to vote yes on the
Dorgan-Grassley Payment Limits Amendment and on the Lugar-Lautenberg
FRESH Amendment to the Farm Bill. These amendments will reduce unfair
subsidies and shift funds to programs that feed hungry families, protect
the environment, and help poor and minority farmers. Thank you for your
time. Special interest groups are working hard to defeat these
amendments and protect the status quo, so it is critical that you call
today. Senators listen to their constituents. Make sure they hear from
you! Thank you again for your fantastic efforts throughout this long
fight and for using your voice again to improve the lives of poor
farming families at home and abroad.