In the diocesan email newsletter received this morning, the Bishop requested assistance in preventing FOCA from reaching the president's desk for signature. President-elect Barack Obama has stated that he WOULD SIGN into law the Freedom of Choice Act. But it is possible to short-circuit the president-elect's intention by preventing FOCA from being enacted or ever being voted upon in the U.S. Senate and maybe even the U.S. House. Pro-abortion advocates do not have the 60 votes needed to end a filibuster in the senate, if pro-life senators are willing to launch such a filibuster to prevent a vote on this legislation.The Bishop asks that we write or telephone our U.S. senators and representatives and let them know that Missourians are pro-life and oppose FOCA. For the Diocese of Kansas City ~ St. Joseph, representatives include:
U.S. Senators
Senator Kit Bond
274 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5721
Senator Claire McCaskill
717 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-6154
Congressmen
Rep. Ike Skelton, District 4
2206 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2876
Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver, District 5
1641 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4535
Rep. Sam Graves, District 6
1415 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-7041
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