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For those who might be interested, I am fwd the following post that came to me. In a message dated 6/30/1999 8:08:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > ----------------------------------------- > URGENT ACTION ITEM! House may vote Thursday > on measure to kill "Know Your Customer" > ----------------------------------------- > > * Immediate action required! Please telephone your Representative > > We've just been informed that the U.S. House may vote Thursday, > July 1, on an amendment that would kill all "Know Your Customer" > rules and regulations permanently. > > The measure is called the Paul-Barr-Campbell Financial Privacy > Amendment to HR 10. The amendment would accomplish all of > the goals of the Know Your Customer Sunset Act (HR 516). > > Please contact your House representative immediately and ask > him or her to *support* this amendment. > > Note that we can't be certain that this vote will actually take > place on Thursday, but we're acting on the latest information > available on Capitol Hill as of Tuesday evening. If we waited > until we were certain of a vote, it would be too late to alert you! > > Those of you whose House representative sits on the Rules > Committee can play an especially important role. (See below.) > > WHAT TO DO: Immediately call the Capitol Hill switchboard at > 202-225-3121 or 202-224-3121 and ask to be connected to your > representative's office. Then politely tell the staffer, or > leave a voice mail message, saying: > > (1) You are a voter in their district, and leave your name, > address, and telephone number. > > (2) Ask them to vote YES on the Paul-Barr-Campbell Financial > Privacy Amendment to HR 10 when it comes to a vote on Thursday. > > The Capitol switchboard is open 24 hours a day, so please call > regardless of when you get this message. If your representative > has voice mail (and most do) you will be connected to their office. > Please call if you get this anytime before late Thursday night. > > Remember, call -- don't e-mail -- because there's not enough time > for the office staff to download, print, and count e-mail messages > before the vote. > > WHAT TO DO IF YOUR REPRESENTATIVE SITS ON THE RULES COMMITTEE: > > Look at the list of the 13 Rules Committee members below and see if > one of them represents your district. If so, call 202-225-3121 or > 202-224-3121 and ask to be connected to their office. Then tell them: > > (1) You are a voter in their district, and leave your name, address, > and telephone number. > > (2) Vote to *ALLOW* a full House vote on the Paul-Barr-Campbell > Financial Privacy Amendment to HR 10. Tell them you know this > amendment would kill the Know Your Customer regulation, which is > a violation of your financial privacy. > > David Dreier (CA) > Porter Goss (FL) > John Linder (GA) > Deborah Price (OH) > Lincoln Diaz-Balart (FL) > Doc Hastings (WA) > Sue Myrick (NC) > Pete Sessions (TX) > Tom Reynolds (NY) > John Joseph Moakley (MA) > Martin Frost (TX) > Tony Hall (OH) > Louise McIntosh-Slaughter (NY) > > -------------------------------- > > DefendYourPrivacy.com is provided as a public service > by the Libertarian Party. > > To join the Libertarian Party please visit > http://www.LP.org/lp-membership.html > > To request information about the Libertarian Party, please visit > http://www.LP.org/lp-membership-iform.html > > To support DefendYourPrivacy.com financially, please visit > http://www.LP.org/lp-kyc-contrib.html > > -------------------------------- > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE, > simply hit REPLY and put the word > > unsubscribe > > in the SUBJECT header. > > IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION > that requires an answer, YOU MUST > mailto:[log in to unmask] > Replies to the List Manager will be deleted > from our mailing list. > > -------------------------------- >