Call While It Counts: Tell Congress Not to Rubberstamp Bush Abuses

From the ACLU:
This is a make or break week for civil liberties. With mid-term elections looming, some leaders in Congress who appeared poised to stand up to the Bush Administration's abuse of power have made "compromises" that sell out fundamental civil liberties to political expediency. As a result, there are votes due this week on un-American legislation to expand the government's power to spy on innocent citizens and to strip the most basic due process protections from U.S. detainees.

There are two things you can do right now to make the voice of liberty and reason heard in Congress this week:

1. Call your Senators and representatives

2. Ask five friends to call as well

The proposals being voted on this week by your Members of Congress are truly frightening. If Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has his way, we could see a nightmare "Big Brother" bill that combines a rubber stamp for warrantless domestic spying on phone calls and emails with new torture and detention tactics that would gut the Geneva Conventions by diluting the War Crimes Act, taking away checks on the president's power and staining our nation's legacy as the standard bearer for the protection of human rights.

Phone calls from constituents make an impact because Members of Congress know that when one of their constituents takes the time to pick up the phone and call, they mean business. Thousands and thousands of liberty-loving people across America are calling Congress today—because they know the stakes couldn't be higher.

Please take action today. And then use our special Doonesbury eCard and ask five friends to take action.

To read more about these bills, go here.