Observations 4.18

I'll try and keep this short but after yesterday's pathetic vote in the U.S. Senate I felt like doing something. I decided on a simple list, a list of 45 brave Americans who simply think it should be easier to buy a gun than it is to drive a car. Actually it's easier to buy a gun than it is to import a bunch of bananas or take a pineapple home from a trip to Hawaii but I said I would keep it short. I want to give special kudos to Rand Paul who thinks that parents who have lost their children in a slaughter are simply props who have no place in a reasonable debate. But than there was no reasonable debate, just these 45 bought, paid for, and scared senators who care more about their jobs than what their constituents think.

Gabby Giffords wrote an op-ed for today's New York Times that everybody should read. In it she said this; "Our democracy’s history is littered with names we neither remember nor celebrate, people who stood in the way of progress while protecting the powerful. On Wednesday, a number of senators voted to join that list."

This is that list.

Democrats:
Max Baucus (D-MT), (202) 224-2651  
Mark Begich (D-AK), (202) 224-3004  
Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), (202) 224-2043  
Mark Pryor (D-AR), (202) 224-2353

Republicans:
Lamar Alexander (R-TN), (202) 224-4944
Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), (202) 224-3324
John Barrasso (R-WY), (202) 224-6441
Roy Blunt (R-MO), (202) 224-5721
John Boozman (R-AR), (202) 224-4843
Richard Burr (R-NC), (202) 224-3154
Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), (202) 224-3521
Dan Coats (R-IN), (202) 224-5623
Tom Coburn (R-OK), (202) 224-5754
Thad Cochran (R-MS), (202) 224-5054
Bob Corker (R-TN), (202) 224-3344
John Cornyn (R-TX), (202) 224-2934
Mike Crapo (R-ID), (202) 224-6142
Ted Cruz (R-TX), (202) 224-5922
Michael Enzi (R-WY), (202) 224-3424
Deb Fischer (R-NE), (202) 224-4521
Jeff Flake (R-AZ), (202) 224-4521
Lindsey Graham (R-SC), (202) 224-5972
Chuck Grassley (R-IA), (202) 224-3744
Orrin Hatch (R-UT), (202) 224-5251
Dean Heller (R-NV), (202) 224-6244
John Hoeven (R-ND), (202) 224-2551
Jim Inhofe (R-OK), (202) 224-4721
Johnny Isakson (R-GA), (202) 224-3643
Mike Johanns (R-NE), (202) 224-4224
Ron Johnson (R-WI), (202) 224-5323
Mike Lee (R-UT), (202) 224-5444
Mitch McConnell (R-KY), (202) 224-2541
Jerry Moran (R-KS), (202) 224-6521
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), (202) 224-6665
Rand Paul (R-KY), (202) 224-4343
Rob Portman (R-OH), (202) 224-3353
James Risch (R-ID), (202) 224-2752
Pat Roberts (R-KS), (202) 224-4774
Marco Rubio (R-FL), (202) 224-3041
Timothy Scott (R-SC), (202) 224-6121
Jeff Sessions (R-AL), (202) 224-4124
Richard Shelby (R-AL), (202) 224-5744
John Thune (R-SD), (202) 224-2321
David Vitter (R-LA), (202) 224-4623
Roger Wicker (R-MS), (202) 224-6253

Senators of the 113th Congress, Official (addresses, email, etc.)