Originally Posted by cooljay788  Now I hear from an online smoke shop the Senators' vote on the PACT Act will be on November 5th, this Thursday. |
Google SD-226 to see the work schedule for the US Senate Judiciary Committee on November 5 (today) at 10am. This is where the PACT Act of 2009 will either live and go on to the senate for a vote or it will die there as 3 previous attempts have died in committee. People need to call the 19 senators on that committee TODAY to raise their objections to this bill. Do nothing and suffer. Call the Capitol switchboard today and ask to be connected to your state senators' office and voice your opinion. Go to the home page of CigReviews, click cigarette links, click "Stop S.1147" and follow the instructions. Do it today. If you have already done it, do it again.
Emailing these senators does absolutely nothing since they do not read the emails. All these senators have armies of support personnel that intercept the emails and these same support workers many times have their own anti-smoker agendas. Hand written letters have the most pronounced effect but as of this writing, time has almost run out. Only a phone call to the capitol switchboard and requesting to be connected to your state senator will do any good at this point. You have the right still to voice your opinion. Be a part of the political process. If you do nothing, you will suffer for it when this bill passes. Do it today.
