ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 14, Number 110 
November 10, 2005

In This Issue: URGENT ACTION ALERT: PATRIOT Conferees will discuss 
legislation TODAY – call your Members of Congress! 

Yesterday the House and Senate named conferees (list is below) to 
hash out the differences between the House and Senate versions of 
PATRIOT reauthorization legislation. Now discussion of the 
reauthorization bills will begin in earnest—and constituent input 
remains very important.  The Senate version of the reauthorization 
bill contains key reader privacy provisions—the House version does 
not. 

The conference committee meets TODAY at 1:30 PM EST. This may be 
the only meeting of the committee, so your action is needed now! 
Please call your Members of Congress TODAY and ask them to support 
the Senate version of PATRIOT Reauthorization legislation. The 
Capitol switchboard number is: 202-224-3121.

Your grassroots efforts have truly made a difference in the 
ongoing debate over PATRIOT provisions—please keep pushing your 
Members of Congress to support the Senate version of the bill and 
restore important reader privacy protections.

House PATRIOT Conferees:
Chairman Sensenbrenner (R-WI) 
Chairman Hoekstra (R-MI)
Rep. Coble (R-NC)
Rep. Smith (R-TX)
Rep. Gallegly (R-CA)
Rep. Chabot (R-OH)
Rep. Jenkins (R-TN)
Rep. Conyers (D-MI)
Rep. Berman (D-CA)
Rep. Boucher (D-VA)
Rep. Nadler (D-NY)
Rep. Oxley (R-OH)
Rep. Bachus (R-AL)
Rep. Frank (D-MA)
Rep. Harman (D-CA)
Rep. Wilson (R-NM)

Senate PATRIOT Conferees:
Chairman Specter (R-PA)
Chairman Roberts (R-KS)
Senators Hatch (R-UT)
Se. DeWine (R-OH)
Sen. Kyl (R-AZ)
Sen. Sessions (R-AL)
Sen. Leahy (D-VT)
Sen. Rockefeller (D-WV) 
Sen. Kennedy (D-MA)
Sen. Levin (D-MI)




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