It is my impression that there are least 40 votes
opposing drilling in the Senate and Senators willing
to fillibuster.There are probably a majority of
Senators opposed. In Iowa I don't see us changing
votes: ie. Harkins against drilling,Grassley's for it.
Charlie
Does Pam Mackey-Taylor have the same impression?

--- Jack Eastman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I have people calling me who want to get politically
> active. Many in our
> group are concerned about drilling in the Arctic and
> one woman especially,
> concerned that the bill passed the House, is willing
> to spearhead a campaign
> to alert the public and muster support opposing the
> bill's passage.  She
> singularly, on her own volition, confronted Senator
> Grassley with a placard
> saying "No to drilling in the Arctic" when he came
> through Fairfield last
> week.
>
> Senator's Grassley's reply to her was that the
> drilling would just take 2
> thousand of the 19 thousand acres, ia sure
> incication he plans to vote in
> favor of drilling. No big surprise there.
>
> Does anybody know what the status of this bill will
> be when the Senate
> reconvenes? Should this be a high priority now?  I
> don't want our members to
> waste a lot of energy when it could be put to better
> use.  What are the
> chances this bill will pass in the Senate?
>
> Anybody want to venture an answer to another
> question--"What are the most
> effective methods of activism?"
>
>
> Feedback, please! Thank you
>
> Jack Eastman
> Leopold Group
>
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