Sunday, August 01, 2010

Stealth Vote on Kagan coming soon.

Urgent Alert: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is planning to force a vote on Elena Kagan’s confirmation for a lifetime appointment on the U.S. Supreme Court in a matter of days.

According to The Hill: "Democratic leaders plan to open debate on the Kagan nomination late Tuesday or Wednesday, which would allow just three days of debate — or possibly less, if senators hope to leave on Thursday night, as they typically do." The Hill is being generous. In actuality, according to our math, opening debate on Tuesday afternoon will only permit two days of debate, at best, if the Senate adjourns on Thursday as planned.

So... why is Harry Reid trying to rush Kagan's confirmation through the Senate? Senator Jeff Sessions told The Hill that Reid's rush tactic "may be an attempt to compact the nomination so the American people aren’t as able to be attuned to what’s occurring. The nominee isn’t particularly popular with the American people. So maybe they want to force it through. It’s not good.” Make no mistake, as you read this urgent appeal, Harry Reid is sweating bullets over Kagan’s confirmation. He knows full well that Elena Kagan is one of the least popular Supreme Court nominees in recent memory... And, he knows that if he cannot FORCE a vote on her confirmation prior to the August recess – before the American people have a chance to express their opposition – Kagan’s support in the Senate could crumble. In fact, some moderate Democrat Senators may already be wavering. Senator Sessions recently told Jason Mattera with Human Events that "a number of Democrats" are "uneasy" about the Kagan nomination and that some of them can be picked off.

You and other concerned Americans have the means to STOP the confirmation of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court... but we must act quickly. Given Reid’s plan to ram her confirmation through the Senate, there is literally no time to lose.

Use the hyperlink below to send your urgent and personalized Blast Fax messages to each and every one of the 41 Republican Member of the United States Senate and a handful of Democratic Members of the Senate who are from red states, are facing tough re-elections and/or who may be swayable (Bennet, Boxer, Murray, Feingold, Lincoln, Tester, Begich, Webb, Baucus, Landrieu, Burris, Bayh, Dodd and Specter). Or alternately, you can send your urgent and personalized Blast Faxes to ALL of the Members of the United States Senate. Tell them, in no uncertain terms, that Elena Kagan's writings and professional history call into question her ability to serve impartially on the U.S. Supreme Court. Tell them that she may be someone unable and unwilling to set aside her far-left political views. Remind them that the United States is a nation of laws, not of men and that they have a Constitutional duty to not simply rubber-stamp Elena Kagan to a lifetime appointment on the High Court. please use this hyperlink.

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