I was all set to work my way through news, press releases, blogs and so on in order to find where the crucial votes lay on the Alito/filibuster issue — but Bob Fertik has already done the legwork.
Here’s an even briefer version of Bob’s post: call THESE senators (the post below contains instructions for doing so for free):
Democrats who will vote for Alito (i.e., traitors):
- Ben Nelson (D-NE) 202-224-6551, fax: (202) 228-0012
- Tim Johnson (D- SD) , 202-224-5842, fax: (202) 228-5765
- Robert Byrd (D- WV) , 202-224-3954, fax: (202) 228-0002
Democrats who won’t vote for Alito but won’t support the filibuster:
- Mark Pryor (D- AR), 202-224-2353
- Ken Salazar (D- CO) , 202-224-5852
- Kent Conrad (D- ND), 202-224-2043
- Bill Nelson (D- FL), 202-224-5274
- Daniel K. Akaka (D- HI), 202-224-6361
- Mary Landrieu (D- LA), 202-224-5824
- Byron L. Dorgan (D- ND) 202-224-2551
Democrats who won’t vote for Alito but are undecided about the filibuster:
- Joseph Biden, Jr. (D- DE) , 202-224-5042 (will vote for filibuster but only once)
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln (D- AR), 202-224-4843
- Joseph Lieberman (D- CT), 202-224-4041
- Thomas Carper (D- DE), 202-224-2441
- Daniel Inouye (D- HI), 202-224-3934
- Tom Harkin (D- IA), 202-224-3254
- Evan Bayh (D- IN), 202-224-5623
- Barbara Mikulski (D- MD), 202-224-4654
- Carl Levin (D- MI), 202-224-6221
- Mark Dayton (D- MN), 202-224-3244
- Max Baucus (D- MT), 202-224-2651
- Frank Lautenberg (D- NJ), 202-224-3224
- Robert Menendez (D- NJ), 202-224-4744
- Jeff Bingaman (D- NM), 202-224-5521
- Jack Reed (D- RI), 202-224-4642
- Patrick Leahy (D- VT), 202-224-4242
- Maria Cantwell (D- WA), 202-224-3441
- Patty Murray (D- WA), 202-224-2621
- Herb Kohl (D- WI), 202-224-5653
- John Rockefeller, IV (D- WV), 202-224-6472
Republicans who might do the right thing:
- Lincoln Chafee (R- RI), 202-224-2921
- Olympia Snowe (R- ME), 202-224-5344
- Susan Collins (R-ME), 202-224-2523
If your State Senator is not on that list, call them anyway — calls from a constituent always carry more weight. If any of the above are your representatives, consider also calling their local offices (Bob’s post has the contact details). It’s also worth a call to those Dems who are going to support the filibuster, to thank them:
- Barbara Boxer (D- CA) , 202-224-3553
- Dianne Feinstein (D- CA) , 202-224-3841 (1,)
- Christopher Dodd (D- CT), 202-224-2823 (1,)
- Richard Durbin (D- IL) , 202-224-2152
- Barack Obama (D- IL), 202-224-2854, fax: (202) 228-4260
- John Kerry (D- MA) , 202-224-2742
- Edward Kennedy (D- MA) , 202-224-4543
- Paul Sarbanes (D- MD), 202-224-4524
- Debbie Stabenow (D- MI) , 202-224-4822
- Harry Reid (D- NV) , 202-224-3542
- Hillary Rodham Clinton (D- NY) , 202-224-4451
- Charles Schumer (D- NY) , 202-224-6542
- Ron Wyden (D- OR) , 202-224-5244
- Russell Feingold (D- WI) , 202-224-5323