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Originally Posted by geetrue
Look at this little blurb from the fox news report: Proves phone calls and talk shows work ... 
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287143,00.html
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Originally Posted by Fox news report
Senate leaders began to see the writing on the wall as tallies for the necessary 60 votes showed critical support had been lost. Part of the change of heart was no doubt spurred by public opposition to the vote, spurred by talk radio hosts.
Opponents of the bill — Republican Sens. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, who had been a frequent guest on the radio circuit, and Jim DeMint of South Carolina — remarked on the Senate floor that the sergeant-at-arms' office told them that the volume of calls leading up to the immigration vote was so high it had crashed the phone system, and no one was able to get through during morning debate.
The phone calls that came in "did make a difference," DeMint said after the vote.
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Over the last two or more weeks I've been calling my two senators about it every day.
One didn't listen. I guess we know how I'll vote with regards to him come election time.