Ok I got an email today saying
Dear Anthony,
When we launched the American Freedom Campaign eleven weeks ago, our goal was to build a grassroots democracy movement in support of our Constitution. We are thrilled with our progress to date and want to thank you personally for joining the movement. We hope that you are inspired by the progress report below and will forward this message along, encouraging others to join, as well.
Great news from the halls of Congress!
Let's start with some exciting news from Washington. Just two days ago, U.S. Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) introduced the American Freedom Agenda Act of 2007 (H.R. 3835). This bill is designed to reverse some of the most egregious Constitutional abuses of the past six years. We hope that you will take a moment to tell your representative in Congress to co-sponsor this legislation. To do so, just send a pre-written email from the American Freedom Campaign Web site:
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2165/...paign_KEY=17371
The American Freedom Agenda Act would bar the use of evidence obtained through torture; require that federal intelligence gathering is conducted in accordance with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA); create a mechanism for challenging presidential signing statements; repeal the Military Commissions Act, which, among other things, denies habeas corpus to certain detainees; prohibit kidnapping, detentions, and torture abroad; protect journalists who publish information received from the executive branch; and ensure that secret evidence is not used to designate individuals or organizations with a presence in the U.S. as foreign terrorists.
Like the American Freedom Campaign itself, this bill is broad in scope but with a narrow mission of ensuring that our government's actions are guided by and consistent with the provisions of our Constitution. We hope that you will take action and spread the word about this important piece of legislation.
The Constitution and the presidential candidates
The American Freedom Campaign has been doing its part to raise awareness about the current threats to our Constitution. In fact, we have inserted this issue into the middle of the presidential campaign. Over the past two months, we succeeded in getting every Democratic presidential candidate to either sign our American Freedom Pledge or provide us with a written statement expressing his or her intent to protect and defend the Constitution. The details of this effort can be seen on the following page:
http://www.americanfreedomcampaign.org/ind...=63&Itemid=
We are now shifting our attention to the Republican candidates and hope that they will be equally willing to stand up for the Constitution.
Keep yourself current
Since you have received this email, you undoubtedly have visited the American Freedom Campaign Web site at some point to give us your email address. But are you aware that our site is a great source for keeping up-to-date on news related to issues like wiretapping, torture, and executive privilege? We add new articles almost every day and make sure that they are focused on the issues you care about. The two most recent articles appear on our home page. Otherwise, you can browse our entire archive on the News page located here:
http://www.americanfreedomcampaign.org/ind...6&Itemid=59
If you are interested in watching a great talk given by Naomi Wolf, one of the founders of the American Freedom Campaign, you can visit our Videos page. It is a little long (47 minutes), but I guarantee you will find it interesting. Based on her study of other nations in which democracies eventually shut down, she describes how many of the actions taken by our government over the past six years presage a dark future for our country. Click on the following link to view the video:
http://www.americanfreedomcampaign.org/ind...5&Itemid=64
American Freedom Campaign increases its profile
The efforts of AFC are starting to draw significant media and online attention. Our presidential pledge campaign was prominently featured in the The Hill newspaper, on ABC's "The Note" (online), and on numerous important progressive blogs. AFC was also featured in the San Francisco Chronicle in an article entitled, "Groups on left, right ask candidates to reject Bush's wider powers." You can follow this link to read the article in the Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...4/MN4ASL450.DTL
Currently, the American Freedom Campaign is also one of the most "dugg" organizations in the country. Check it out at --
http://digg.com/political_opinion/popular/7days -- and feel free to "digg it" while you're there.
What would you pay to help save our Constitution?
OK, that headline may be a little dramatic. But AFC does need financial assistance from its supporters to keep up the fight for our democracy. If you are excited about our progress so far and want to see our campaign grow, please visit our site and make a contribution. You can donate $5, $50, $100, or whatever you want by following this link:
https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2165/...e_page_KEY=2644
Thank you so much for reading this far. We appreciate your interest in our activities and look forward to being in touch.
Best,
Steve
Steve Fox
Acting Campaign Director
American Freedom Campaign
http://www.americanfreedomcampaign.org
Now when I search for such a bill, searching the H.R. 3835 this is what I get :
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/thomas
To establish a coordinated national ocean exploration program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (Introduced in House)
HR 3835 IH
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3835
To establish a coordinated national ocean exploration program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 20, 2005
Mr. SAXTON (for himself, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. FARR, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. WICKER, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, and Mr. FOLEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned...
What am I doing wrong on this? I can not find such a bill with that title?