This week alerts are going out from Republican, conservative and pro-life organizations headquartered in Washington, D.C. and everywhere around the country asking citizens to phone their Senators to support necessary amendments to the proposed stimulus package, and to ask members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to vote NO on the nomination of David W. Ogden for Deputy Attorney General of the United States. Mr. Ogden is a solid and committed pro-abortion advocate.

As a result of increased activity by the grassroots, which we heartily applaud, the Capitol Switchboard and Senate offices phone lines have been jammed with calls and people are finding it difficult if not impossible to get through.

We expect this situation to repeat itself time and again as President Obama and the liberal Democrats continue their barrage of bad legislation and the Republicans attempt to mitigate the damage.

Here is what you can do. 

First, try the Capitol Switchboard. HOUSE: 202-225-3121; SENATE: 202-224-3121

If that fails, use the following instructions:

• Go to this website http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/ to locate the D.C. office of your Senators or House members. Just go to the map and click on your state.

• Their phone and fax numbers are listed next to their names. If the phone is busy, a fax will work just fine.

• You may also click on the name of your Senators, which will lead you to a list of phone numbers for all their offices in the state. Call the one nearest to you and register your opinions which will then be conveyed to the DC office staff.

• House members can be reached in the same way. When you click on their names you will receive a list of their district offices along with their phone and fax numbers.

Please print this information and keep it near your phone. As always, thank you for your commitment to the cause of life.