It's time to save the internet.... MOVE ON.ORG ACTION >>>>>>>

Dear MoveOn member,

It's time. This week, the full House of Representatives votes on whether to protect Internet freedom. Your representative, James Matheson, needs to hear solid constituent support for protecting Net Neutrality—the Internet's First Amendment.

Here's an important detail: House members will be voting on a larger law governing our nation's communications policy—and the current version of this bill guts Net Neutrality. So we must ask every representative to vote against this proposal unless it is changed to protect Net Neutrality.

Some tips when calling:

1) If the staffer is making a tally of constituent calls, make sure they have a category specifically for "Vote no on the COPE telecom law if it doesn't protect Net Neutrality." Otherwise, your representative may get a diluted message and miss the point.


2) If they ask for more details, you can urge your representative to support the bipartisan Sensenbrenner-Conyers Net Neutrality amendment (HR 5417) which passed the House Judiciary Committee two weeks ago with a powerful 20-13 bipartisan majority. And if that amendment fails, they should vote against the entire bill.

3) If you get a voicemail option, leave a message. They will get it.


Thanks for helping to save the Internet.
–Eli Pariser, Adam Green, Noah T. Winer, and the MoveOn.org Civic Action team
Monday, June 5th, 2006

P.S. Here is a new humorous video about Net Neutrality starring Grammy-nominated musician Moby—asking people to call Congress. If you forward it to 5 friends, you can help spread the word:

http://www.SavetheInternet.com/moby

P.P.S. You can support this member-driven campaign today. As companies like AT&T spend millions lobbying Congress to gut Internet freedom, we will win this fight because of the power of regular people. A donation of $5, $10, or $20 would go a long way. You can donate here:
https://civic.moveon.org/donatec4/creditcard.html?id=7925-4815348-av5n6IY.Pc3afI7qR2Mc7g&t=4