http://www.tomharkin.com/petition/default.asp

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Dear Senator Harkin:

We, the undersigned, support your principled stand with Senators Russ
Feingold and Barbara Boxer in favor of holding President Bush
accountable, and we urge you to bring the Resolution of Censure to
the floor of the Senate for a vote. The President has brazenly,
arrogantly and unapologetically broken the law - the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which prohibits warrantless
wiretaps of American citizens. Despite getting caught red-handed, he
refuses to stop.

Government must protect Americans' security, and that's why the FISA
law allows intelligence services to listen to terrorists'
conversations legally - by going to the secret espionage and
terrorism court to get a warrant AFTER listening.

We are a nation of laws, not of men. No American is above the law.
That most certainly includes the President. If Congress fails to hold
him to account through censure, then he will believe that he can
continue breaking laws with impunity. This is profoundly dangerous to
our democracy.

We admire your courage in standing up to President Bush and saying
enough! Now, we urge you to take the next step. We - ordinary
Americans deeply concerned for the country we love - ask you to work
with your colleagues to support and pass the Resolution of Censure in
the Senate.

Petition in Support of the Resolution of Censure

Yes, Tom! Please let your colleagues in the Senate know that the
American people demand accountable, law-abiding democracy here at
home, not just rhetoric about democracy abroad! I want you to
mobilize support for Senator Feingold's Resolution of Censure so that
when the Senate returns to session after the Easter recess, a vote on
the Senate floor will tell President Bush that no American can be
above the law!

Please use the form below to sign the petition.

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Tom Harkin: Why I Fully Support Bush Censure

"We have a President who likes to break things. He has broken the
federal budget, running up $3 trillion in new debt. He has broken the
Geneva Conventions, giving the green light to torture. He has
repeatedly broken promises – and broken faith – with the American
people. And now, worst of all, he has broken the law."

Sign the Petition for Bush Censure

In brazen violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
(FISA), he ordered the National Security Agency to conduct
warrantless wiretaps of American citizens. And, despite getting
caught red-handed, he refuses to stop.

Sign the Petition for Bush Censure

Let's be clear: No American – and that must include the President –
is above the law. And if we fail to hold Bush to account, then he
will be confirmed in his conviction that he can pick and choose among
the laws he wants to obey. This is profoundly dangerous to our
democracy.

So it is time for Congress to stand up and say enough! That's why,
this week, Senator Russ Feingold proposed a resolution to censure
George W. Bush for breaking the FISA law. And that's why I fully
support this resolution of censure.

Help me send a message to my colleagues in the Senate, sign the
petition for Bush Censure

Nothing is more important to me than the security of our country. Of
course, we need to be listening to the terrorists' conversations. And
sometimes there is not time to get a warrant. That's why the FISA law
allows the President, when necessary, to wiretap first, and obtain a
warrant afterward. But that's not acceptable to this above-the-law
President. He rejects the idea that he should have to obtain a
warrant before or after wiretapping.

Sign the Petition for Bush Censure

We have an out-of-control President whose arrogant and, now, illegal
behavior is running our country into the ditch. It's time to rein him
in. And a fine place to start is by passing this resolution of
censure. I hope that Senator Feingold's measure will be brought to
the floor. And when it is, I will proudly vote yes.

http://www.byrd2006.com/wiretap/

The United States Constitution has served this country for more than
200 years. Our system of checks and balances ensures that our
freedoms are protected.

There is evidence that the Bush Administration may have broken the
law, and most certainly has violated the spirit of the Constitution,
and the public trust by spying on American citizens without a court
order.

We, the undersigned, believe that no President is above the law. We
demand a Constitutional check on the Administration's illegal
wiretapping. We join Senator Byrd in calling for a nonpartisan,
independent commission to investigate and determine the legality of
the President's actions.

The Constitution is the people's shield -- a shield of liberty -- and
we must not let that shield turn to rust.