Word came in late last night that Senator Inouye's SAC Defense subcommittee will begin marking up the Senate Defense Appropriation bill today. They may or may not finish today, Tuesday, but best to get your calls and faxes in today if possible and first thing Wednesday if not.
Relevant excerpts from SAU #20 follow.
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The Senate Appropriations Committee's Defense Subcommittee (SAC Defense, Daniel Inouye chairman) will probably mark up in the next few days. This is the second area where we have to push for favorable treatment of SSRT, to improve our position in the eventual Defense Appropriations conference.
We also recommend calls, letters, and faxes to Senator Inouye, chairman of the
Senate Appropriations Committee's Defense Subcommittee (SAC Defense) and to
any SAC Defense members from your state, asking them to appropriate funds for
Single Stage Rocket Technology (SSRT) at the House Authorization level of
$79.88 million. Here too, thank the Senators who voted for Domenici's SSRT
amendment, and inquire politely of the others why they opposed SSRT, while
giving them at least one good reason why they should support it.
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-- Senate Appropriations Committee, Defense Subcommittee List --
("Senator XYZ", office#, "Washington DC 20510" will get mail to them.)
(* = voted for the Domenici Amendment favoring full funding for SSRT.)
(note - Phil Gramm of Texas did not vote either way on the amendment.)
SENATOR STATE FAX PHONE Office#
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*Bond, Christopher R MO 224-7491 224-5721 SR293
Bumpers, Dale D AR 224-6435 224-4843 SD229
Byrd, Robert D WV 224-4025 224-3954 SH311
*Cochran, Thad R MS 224-9450 224-5054 SR326
*D'Amato, Alfonse R NY 224-5871 224-6542 SH520
DeConcini, Dennis D AZ 224-2302 224-4521 SH328
*Domenici, Pete R NM 224-7371 224-6621 SD434
Gramm, Phil R TX 228-2856 224-2934 SR370
Harkin, Tom D IA 224-9369 224-3254 SH351
Hollings, Ernest D SC 224-3573 224-6121 SR125
Inouye, Daniel D HI 224-6747 224-3934 SH722
*Johnston, J.Bennett D LA 224-2952 224-5824 SH136
Lautenberg, Frank D NJ 224-9707 224-4744 SH506
Leahy, Patrick D VT 224-3595 224-4242 SR433
Nickles, Don R OK 224-6008 224-5754 SH713
Sasser, Jim D TN 224-8062 224-3344 SR363
Specter, Arlen R PA 224-1893 224-4254 SH303
*Stevens, Ted R AK 224-2354 224-3004 SH522
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