If you believe in true Net Neutrality, it’s time to get on the phones and try to prevent Senator Ted Stevens from calling a vote on his Net Neutrality bill (S.2686) as the Senate goes into recess. Basically, no one is going to be there after Thursday and yet Stevens is going to try and get a cloture vote through so a filibuster can be prevented and the bill can be considered in the lame duck session after November elections before the Senate leaves for the August recess.

Stevens is shooting for a cloture vote on Thursday and has plans to keep everyone in a lame duck session to force a vote on net neutrality after Congress is supposed to be in recess. If you can’t win fair and square, you try the smarmy tactics…please hit the phones.” – FireDogLake

Email or call these swing voters on the committee with your concerns. Remember, be polite but insistent that these senators appear and vote against cloture to assure that Stevens’ bill does not pass:

Blanche Lincoln (D-Arkansas) – Email - Phone: (202) 224-4843

Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) – Email - Phone: (202) 224-6551

Joe Lieberman (D-Connecticut) – Email - Phone: (202) 224-4041

[UPDATE 8-1-2006]

Here are Senator Ron Wyden’s June 28th (D-Oregon) remarks objecting to Stevens’ bill, made on the floor of the senate–for some background.
[via Daily KOS via Firedoglake]