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ACTION: Your Hot Air Can Keep Us Out of Hot Water
Hold That Thought... But Be Ready for Action! We will need your help soon to make sure that the Senate passes the Biden-Lugar amendment, getting the U.S. to work with other nations to solve climate change.
What is the Biden-Lugar amendment?We have to work together to solve climate change. The Senate's opposition to U.S. participation in international climate agreements has been a stumbling block to finding solutions. Senators Joseph Biden (D-DE) and Richard Lugar (R-IN) have championed a resolution that would get the U.S. back on track, by stating the Senate's support for such agreements. What's Happening With Biden-Lugar?The resolution passed out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the end of March. With your help, we came close to getting the sixty votes needed to offer it as an amendment and pass it as part of the Senate's energy bill in June. Unfortunately, we came up two votes short, so Senators Biden and Lugar decided to hold off. We Still Have a Shot!
We can still pass this important amendment! The Senate plans to work on a climate bill this fall, and if we get the votes we need, we can get the Biden-Lugar amendment passed as part of that bill.
And with the next round of climate negotiations happening in Bali
in December, what better way to send a message to the world that the
U.S. is back in the game? Stay Tuned!We will need your help to make sure this gets into the Senate's fall climate bill! Check out the information and the script below so you can be ready when the time comes! To learn more about the Biden-Lugar Amendment, read our Fact Sheet. To see which senators have already co-signed this amendment, click here. |
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- President Bush saw the light on climate change when, at the G8 summit, he committed for the first time to working through the United Nations to negotiate a new international climate agreement!
- We need the Senate’s support to make sure that the president’s statement is not just rhetoric. The Biden-Lugar amendment would get the Senate and our nation on the right track.
- We are so close! We need just a few more votes to pass the amendment.
- It's so easy! One phone call, five minutes of your time, and a little reading from the script below, and you could help get the U.S. where it needs to be in the fight against global warming.
Taking Action is as Easy as 1, 2, 3!
- Get contact info. Click here to search for the name and phone number of your senator's foreign policy staffer, the person you will speak with.
- Review the script below...or think up your own talking points. Just be sure you are prepared before dialing your senator's digits, even if that means reading your script word-for-word.
- Pick up the phone and give your senator's office a ring!
Repeat steps 1 - 3 for your other senator.
-- YOU CAN USE THIS SCRIPT WHEN CALLING YOUR SENATOR'S OFFICE --
Click here to find the name and phone number
of your senator's foreign policy staffer.
YOU: Hello, my name is [your name] and I live in [your hometown]. I’m calling because I want the senator to support the Biden-Lugar amendment to the Energy bill (S.1419) calling for U.S. participation in binding international climate agreements. Do you know whether the senator plans to support this amendment?
Foreign Policy Staffer: [He/She will either state the senator’s position or volunteer to pass along your views.]
YOU: Thanks. Please let the Senator know I’ll be keeping track of his stance on this issue.
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If you are put into voicemail, you can leave this message:
Hello, my name is [your name] and I live in [your hometown]. My phone number is [your number]. I’m calling because I want the senator to support the Biden-Lugar amendment to the Energy bill (S.1419) calling for U.S. participation in binding international climate agreements. Please voice my concern to the senator and let him/her know I will be keeping track of his/her stance on this issue. Thank you
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