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Resistance See other Resistance Articles Title: URGENT Save on-line cigarettes, Call your Senator Now By making all cigarettes nonmailable, the Senate is ensuring you will no longer be able to purchase these products by mail-order, telephone order, or over the Internet because the United States Postal Service, along with UPS, Fed-Ex and all other carriers, will be prohibited by law from delivering your orders to you. *** URGENT - PLEASE CALL BEFORE THURSDAY *** Your Senators will be voting shortly to make ALL TOBACCO PRODUCTS NON-MAILABLE!!! WE NEED YOUR HELP TO TELL YOUR SENATORS NOT TO PASS THIS BILL !!! (This has ALREADY BEEN PASSED in the House of Representatives !!!) Please contact BOTH your Senators by phone, email, or regular mail. (You do NOT have to identify yourself as a smoker.) TELEPHONE: You can directly dial your Senators office using the number shown for them below, or you can dial 1-800-828-0498 (this is a toll-free number) to be connected with a Capitol Switchboard Operator. Simply ask the Operator to connect you with your Senators Office. Time is crucial at this point, so a phone call is by far the best choice for contacting your Senators. REGULAR MAIL: Send a letter to your Senator at their LOCAL offices nearest you. You can find the addresses for local offices on the Senators' websites or by looking in your telephone book's government section. It is important that you send your letter to your Senators' local office since mail often takes months to reach a Senator's Washington, DC office due to increased security at the Capitol. EVERY TELEPHONE CALL, EMAIL AND LETTER MAKES A DIFFERENCE. YOUR SENATORS NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE! THE SITUATION: Right now there is legislation pending in the United States Senate - the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act of 2009 ("PACT Act") (S.1147) which contains, among other bad ideas, a provision to make ALL cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products nonmailable. This legislation has already been passed by the House of Representatives and is currently in a Senate Committee that could send it to the Senate floor at any time for a vote! WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU: By making all cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products nonmailable, the Senate is ensuring you will no longer be able to purchase these products by mail-order, telephone order, or over the Internet because the United States Postal Service, along with UPS, Fed-Ex and all other carriers, will be prohibited by law from delivering your orders to you. Taking away your options means forcing you back to buying over-priced tobacco products from your local retailer once again. WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP: Native American cigarette and tobacco sellers are committed to doing everything we can to stop the PACT Act, but we need your help. Your Senators work for you and as their constituents, it is your voice and your vote that counts! WHAT YOU CAN DO: Contact your Senators and tell them not to pass the PACT Act. Your Senators should be protecting your interests, but it is up to you to let them know what you think about the PACT Act. There are three easy ways to contact your Senators - by telephone, email, or regular mail - all of which are explained below. Every state has two Senators - please remember to contact BOTH Senators for your state. At this point time is crucial, so a phone call is by far the best means to use. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINION: As an American Citizen, it is your right to let your Senators know how you feel about any action Congress takes. You elected your Senators to represent you and they can only do this if you tell them what you want. When you contact your Senator you do not need to identify yourself as a smoker or as someone who purchases cigarettes and/or smokeless tobacco products by mail-order, telephone-order, and/or the Internet. You only need to identify yourself as a resident of the state they represent. THE POSTAL SERVICE: The price of stamps is being raised practically every year. The PACT Act will take an entire class of legal, non-hazardous goods and make them nonmailable. What this means is a huge loss of business (potentially hundreds of millions of dollars) for the Postal Service. Will they continue to raise the price of stamps and other mail services to compensate for their lost income? The United States Postal Service is already suffering a fiscal crisis due to the downturn in the economy. If the PACT Act is passed and millions of dollars of revenue are taken away, there could be serious consequences for consumers, including reducing the number of delivery days from 6 per week down to 5 or perhaps only 4 days per week. COST: When the PACT Act of 2003 (S.1177) passed the Senate, the Congressional Budget Office prepared a Cost Estimate for the Bill. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the PACT Act of 2003 would cost about $140 MILLION over the 2004-2008 period to enforce. $140 Million over four years - and that estimate is already six years old. How much will the PACT Act of 2009 cost to enforce? Isn't there a better way to spend our tax dollars? 1. Tell your Senators that you are one of their constituents and provide an address so they know where in the state you are from. Since anyone can contact a Senator, it is important that you let your Senators know that you live and vote in their home state. Because the Senators receive so much mail, mail from their constituents always takes priority. 2. Make it clear to your Senators that you DO NOT want them to pass the PACT Act of 2009 (S.1147). Let your Senators know that if they don't support you - you won't support them. 3. This bill presents undue hardship to many smokers who are older, and shut-in with limited mobility. It is unfair to prevent them from ordering tobacco products through home delivery. 4. This bill represents discriminatory pricing as the majority of smokers are lower-income, many on a fixed income. It is discriminatory to force them to pay higher prices. 5. This bill represents discriminatory taxation as smokers were forced to pay an additional increase of more than $7 a carton in new federal taxes earlier this year. 6. This bill represents unlawful double-taxation as Internet and mail-order retailers are already collecting and paying federal and state excise taxes in the state where the tobacco is purchased. 7. This bill represents discriminatory restriction of trade towards smokers as all other lawful products can be purchased through the mail-order and through the Internet. Let your Senators know that if they don't support you - you won't support them.
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CONTACT YOUR UNITED STATES SENATORS State Senator Phone Website Alaska Lisa Murkowski 202-224-6665 Alaska Mark Begich 202-224-3004 Alabama Richard Shelby 202-224-5744 Alabama Jeff Sessions 202-224-4124 Arkansas Blanche Lincoln 202-224-4843 Arkansas Mark Pryor 202-224-2353 Arizona John McCain 202-224-2235 Arizona Jon Kyl 202-224-4521 California Dianne Feinstein 202-224-3841 California Barbara Boxer 202-224-3553 Colorado Mark Udall 202-224-5941 Colorado Michael Bennet 202-224-5852 Connecticut Christopher Dodd 202-224-2823 Connecticut Joseph Lieberman 202-224-4041 Delaware Thomas Carper 202-224-2441 Delaware Ted Kaufman 202-224-5042 Florida Bill Nelson 202-224-5274 Florida Mel Martinez 202-224-3041 Georgia Saxby Chambliss 202-224-3521 Georgia Johnny Isakson 202-224-3643 Hawaii Daniel Inouye 202-224-3934 Hawaii Daniel Akaka 202-224-6361 Iowa Charles Grassley 202-224-3744 Iowa Tom Harkin 202-224-3254 Idaho Mike Crapo 202-224-6142 Idaho Jim Risch 202-224-2752 Illinois Richard Durbin 202-224-2152 Illinois Roland Burris 202-224-2854 Indiana Richard Lugar 202-224-4814 Indiana Evan Bayh 202-224-5623 Kansas Sam Brownback 202-224-6521 Kansas Pat Roberts 202-224-4774 Kentucky Mitch McConnell 202-224-2541 Kentucky Jim Bunning 202-224-4343 Louisiana Mary Landrieu 202-224-5824 Louisiana David Vitter 202-224-4623 Massachusetts Edward Kennedy 202-224-4543 Massachusetts John Kerry 202-224-2742 Maryland Barbara Mikulski 202-224-4654 Maryland Benjamin Cardin 202-224-4524 Maine Olympia Snowe 202-224-5344 Maine Susan Collins 202-224-2523 Michigan Carl Levin 202-224-6221 Michigan Debbie Stabenow 202-224-4822 Minnesota Amy Klobuchar 202-224-3244 Missouri Kit Bond 202-224-5721 Missouri Claire McCaskill 202-224-6154 Mississippi Thad Cochran 202-224-5054 Mississippi Roger Wicker 202-224-6253 Montana Max Baucus 202-224-2651 Montana Jon Tester 202-224-2644 North Carolina Richard Burr 202-224-3154 North Carolina Kay Hagan 202-224-6342 North Dakota Kent Conrad 202-224-2043 North Dakota Byron Dorgan 202-224-2551 Nebraska Ben Nelson 202-224-6551 Nebraska Mike Johanns 202-224-4224 New Hampshire Judd Gregg 202-224-3324 New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen 202-224-2841 New Jersey Frank Lautenberg 202-224-3224 New Jersey Robert Menendez 202-224-4744 New Mexico Jeff Bingaman 202-224-5521 New Mexico Tom Udall 202-224-6621 Nevada Harry Reid 202-224-3542 Nevada John Ensign 202-224-6244 New York Charles Schumer 202-224-6542 New York Kirsten Gillibrand 202-224-4451 Ohio George Voinovich 202-224-3353 Ohio Sherrod Brown 202-224-2315 Oklahoma James Inhofe 202-224-4721 Oklahoma Tom Coburn 202-224-5754 Oregon Ron Wyden 202-224-5244 Oregon Jeff Merkley 202-224-3753 Pennsylvania Arlen Specter 202-224-4254 Pennsylvania Robert Casey 202-224-6324 Rhode Island Jack Reed 202-224-4642 Rhode Island Sheldon Whitehouse 202-224-2921 South Carolina Lindsey Graham 202-224-5972 South Carolina James DeMint 202-224-6121 South Dakota Tim Johnson 202-224-5842 South Dakota John Thune 202-224-2321 Tennessee Lamar Alexander 202-224-4944 Tennessee Bob Corker 202-224-3344 Texas Kay Hutchison 202-224-5922 Texas John Cornyn 202-224-2934 Utah Orrin Hatch 202-224-5251 Utah Robert Bennett 202-224-5444 Virginia James Webb 202-224-4024 Virginia Mark Warner 202-224-2023 Vermont Patrick Leahy 202-224-4242 Vermont Bernie Sanders 202-224-5141 Washington Patty Murray 202-224-2621 Washington Maria Cantwell 202-224-3441 Wisconsin Herb Kohl 202-224-5653 Wisconsin Russell Feingold 202-224-5323 West Virginia Robert Byrd 202-224-3954 West Virginia John Rockefeller 202-224-6472 Wyoming Michael Enzi 202-224-3424 Wyoming John Barrasso 202-224-6441
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