Alito Filibuster

The Cloture 19 Database

UPDATE: Tuesday, 1/31/06

Below are the 19 Democrats who voted for cloture yesterday, thereby helping to stop the filibuster. The names have been verified from the list on the Senate's website. You should be able to copy the table below to your clipboard and paste it into an Excel spreadsheet to do some automated faxing, if you're technically inclined. Otherwise, there are instructions below for the easiest way to send email messages to them.

If you're really, really technically inclined and want to work with me on developing a way to automate filling in the webforms, let me know: caro@makethemaccountable.com.

Member Name DC Phone DC FAX Email
Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D- HI) 202-224-6361 202-224-2126 senator@akaka.senate.gov
Senator Max Baucus (D- MT) 202-224-2651 202-224-0515 http://baucus.senate.gov/contact/emailForm.cfm?subj=issue
Senator Jeff Bingaman (D- NM) 202-224-5521 202-224-2852 senator_bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov
Senator Robert C. Byrd (D- WV) 202-224-3954 202-228-0002 http://byrd.senate.gov/byrd_email.html
Senator Maria Cantwell (D- WA) 202-224-3441 202-228-0514 http://cantwell.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
Senator Thomas R. Carper (D- DE) 202-224-2441 202-228-2190 http://carper.senate.gov/aemail.htm
Senator Kent Conrad (D- ND) 202-224-2043 202-224-7776 http://conrad.senate.gov/webform.html
Senator Byron L. Dorgan (D- ND) 202-224-2551 202-224-1193 senator@dorgan.senate.gov
Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D- HI) 202-224-3934 202-224-6747 Senator_Inouye@inouye.senate.gov
Senator Tim Johnson (D- SD) 202-224-5842 202-228-5765 http://johnson.senate.gov/emailform.html
Senator Herb Kohl (D- WI) 202-224-5653 202-224-9787 http://kohl.senate.gov/gen_contact.html
Senator Mary Landrieu (D- LA) 202-224-5824 202-224-9735 http://landrieu.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (D- CT) 202-224-4041 202-224-9750 http://lieberman.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm?regarding=issue
Senator Blanche Lambert Lincoln (D- AR) 202-224-4843 202-228-1371 http://lincoln.senate.gov/html/webform.html
Senator Bill Nelson (D- FL) 202-224-5274 202-228-2183 http://billnelson.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
Senator Ben Nelson (D- NE) 202-224-6551 202-228-0012 http://bennelson.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
Senator Mark Pryor (D- AR) 202-224-2353 202-228-0908 http://pryor.senate.gov/contact/
Senator John D. Rockefeller, IV (D- WV) 202-224-6472 202-224-7665 http://rockefeller.senate.gov/services/email.cfm
Senator Ken Salazar (D- CO) 202-224-5852 202-228-5036 http://salazar.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm

Those highlighted in yellow voted FOR cloture and AGAINST confirmation.

Sources at Senate.gov:
Cloture vote
Confirmation vote

Type the text you want to send to the senators in any text editor. Copy the text you typed to the Clipboard. (Click at the top left of the text and, without letting go, drag to the bottom right until all the text is selected. Let go. Move the cursor to where it is inside the selected text, then right click and then left click on Copy.) If you want your message to be read, it's better not to get too strong with your language. You can be firm without using profanity or threats.
Click on the "email" address of the first senator.

If an email message window pops up, paste your text into the message block, add something provocative to the subject line, and click Send.

If the senator's webform page opens, fill in the input blocks. They usually ask for your name, address, and phone number, etc. Once you've done it one time, auto-fill will help you after that. Paste your text into the comments block. Click the button that sends your message.

Use the Back button to return to this page.
Go to the next senator.

The biggest disadvantage of these webforms is that you can't send graphics. You can, however, send links to stories and to graphics. You just have to make sure the address is correct. I always use copy and paste for sending link addresses.

Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com