SENATE DEBATE ON NET CENSORSHIP The Senate voted to pass the Telecomm bill on Thursday (2/1/96). If you are also an avid vote counter, the tally was 91 AYEs, 5 NOES, and 3 not voting. The NOES were Feingold (D-WI), Leahy (D-VT), McCain (R-AZ), Simon (D-IL), and Wellstone (D-MN). The "not voting" were Dodd (D-CT), Gramm (R-TX), and Rockefeller (D-WV). (source: http://www.vtw.org/billwatch/issue.34.html ) HOUSE DEBATE ON NET CENSORSHIP The House vote on the Telecomm bill was 414 AYES, 16 NOES, and 4 not voting. The 16 NOES were: Abercrombie (D-HI), Conyers (D-MI), DeFazio (D-OR), Evans (D-IL), Frank (D-MA), Hilliard (D-AL), Hinchey (D-NY), Johnson (D-SD), Nadler (D-NY), Peterson (D-MN), Sanders (Socialist-VT), Schroeder (D-CO), Stark (D-CA), Volkmer (D-MO), Williams (D-MT), and Yates (D-IL). The four who did not vote were: Bryant (D-TX), Chapman (D-TX), Filner (D-CA), and Rose (D-NC). (source: http://www.vtw.org/billwatch/issue.35.html ) You are strongly urged to write to each of these Senators and Representatives and express your gratitude for their votes against this abominable piece of legislation. Senators can be contacted via: http://www.senate.gov Representatives can be contacted via: http://www.house.gov