Talking Points For The Audit The Fed Bill (And List Of Senators To Target This Week)
I want to give those of you who have never called a Senator’s office some talking points for how to get your message across when you call. My conversations seem to follow this pattern:
I usually say something like “hello, i am calling to find out if the Senator has decided to support Senate bill 604.”
There is usually a pause or they ask what bill that is.
I let them know that it is the bill to audit the federal reserve.
Then they usually tell me that the Senator hasnt released a statement on the bill yet, but that they’d be happy to pass along my opinions on the bill.
So I say something like “I think that Senator (XXXX) should absolutely support this bill. this bill is about transparency. I think its a good thing for Americans to know where the trillions of dollars in bailout money has gone.
Then I reference how Democratic representative Alan Grayson asked Ben Bernanke which foreign central banks received $500 billion in money from the Federal Reserve and Ben Bernanke–the Chairman of the Federal Reserve did not know. I tell them to check out one of the youtube clips of this testimony (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJqM2tFOxLQ&NR=1).
I reiterate the point that this bill is about transparency, and then I remind them that the Federal Reserve is a private institution that controls our Nation’s money supply and that it has never been audited in its 95 year history and that the American people deserve to know what happening with our money.
Then i say something like “please let the Senator know that I would really appreciate it if he would support this bill, thank them and then get off the phone. It usually takes about a minute and a half or less. Easy stuff.
As I said on Friday, I started an effort to bombard Senators’ offices with phone calls to let them know about this bill. Hundreds of calls are being made for this effort daily. If you are on Facebook, please consider adopting the following statuses this week. If you arent on Facebook, please get the word out about this bill and the effort to call these Senators any way that you can.
For those of you who havent read the bill, here it is. The bill itself is 335 words (337 if you count the words “a bill) and has no scary legalese to it..
Status for Monday, August 3rd:
S. 604 (The Audit the FED Bill) Now has the support of 21 Senators! Victory is within reach. Lets target 1 Democrat and 1 Republican today and bombard them with calls to get their support. Democrat: Jeff Bingaman (NM) (202) 224-5521. Republican: Jon Kyl (AZ) (202) 224-4521. It literally takes less than 2 minutes to call! PLEASE REPOST!!!
Status for Tuesday, August 4th:
S. 604 (The Audit the FED Bill) Now has the support of 21 Senators! Victory is within reach. Lets target 1 Democrat and 1 Republican today and bombard them with calls to get their support. Democrat: Herb Kohl (WI) (202) 224-5653. Republican: Lamar Alexander (TN) (202) 224-4944. It literally takes less than 2 minutes to call! PLEASE REPOST!!!
Status for Wednesday, August 5th:
S. 604 (The Audit the FED Bill) Now has the support of 21 Senators! Victory is within reach. Lets target 1 Democrat and 1 Republican today and bombard them with calls to get their support. Democrat: Daniel Akaka (HI) (202) 224-6361. Republican: Judd Gregg (NH) (202) 224-3324. It literally takes less than 2 minutes to call! PLEASE REPOST!!!
Status for Thursday, August 6th:
S. 604 (The Audit the FED Bill) Now has the support of 21 Senators! Victory is within reach. Lets target 1 Democrat and 1 Republican today and bombard them with calls to get their support. Democrat: Daniel Inouye (HI) (202) 224-3934. Republican: John Ensign (NV) (202) 224-6244. It literally takes less than 2 minutes to call! PLEASE REPOST!!!
Status for Friday, August 7th:
S. 604 (The Audit the FED Bill) Now has the support of 21 Senators! Victory is within reach. Lets target 1 Democrat and 1 Republican today and bombard them with calls to get their support. Democrat: Ron Wyden (OR) (202) 224-5244. Republican: John Thune (SD) (202) 224-2321. It literally takes less than 2 minutes to call! PLEASE REPOST!!!
If you can take two minutes out of your day every weekday and call these Senators about this bill, we can get it passed. We are now 8 House members away from having a veto-proof majority in the House, with persistence we can get a majority in the Senate.
Americanly Yours,
Phred Barnet
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1Wow! I just called Sen. Bingaman’s office and his staff said, “I don’t think he’s reviewing that right now”. Good grief!
2I made all the calls for last week.. Are there ones for this week.
I want to help in some small way..
3im in DC with limited internet access. Larry Sipes is running the effort this week and I dont have access to the list of Senators that he is targeting. Ill try to get the list from him, but in the mantime, I suggest friending him on Facebook for details.
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