{"id":633,"date":"2017-03-22T20:42:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T01:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/conventionofstates\/?p=633"},"modified":"2017-03-22T20:42:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T01:42:04","slug":"need-help-tennessee-senator-attempts-rescind-cos-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/conventionofstates\/2017\/03\/need-help-tennessee-senator-attempts-rescind-cos-resolution\/","title":{"rendered":"We need your help: Tennessee senator attempts to rescind COS resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-634\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/651\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-22-at-8.39.36-PM-e1490233225582.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-03-22 at 8.39.36 PM\" width=\"600\" height=\"598\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Calling all Convention of States supporters nationwide:\u00a0<\/strong>Tennessee Senator Mike Bell has filed legislation to rescind the COS resolution passed just last year by the Tennessee legislature! \u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>This is a serious attack on the entire Convention of States Project.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senator Bell needs to hear from you now. \u00a0Politely ask Senator Bell to withdraw SJR0254.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what must happen in order to send a message, loud and clear, to Senator Bell and any other state legislator who might get ideas about rescinding the COS resolution:\u00a0<em><strong>We need his emails jammed, Twitter account flooded, Facebook account lit up, fax machine running out of ink and paper, and voicemails full.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Keep going and don\u2019t stop until you hear that this rescission bill has been withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some talking points you can use when crafting your message, but please PERSONALIZE them and be polite but firm and professional.<\/p>\n<p>1) \u00a0 \u00a0Ask Senator Bell to \u201cWithdraw SJR0254\u201d! Be firm, but nice.<br>\n2) \u00a0 \u00a0Include your name.<br>\n3) \u00a0 \u00a0Tell him why you believe the Convention of States resolution is our last best hope for America.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Using the information listed below, please email, call, fax, and text Senator Bell today!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Senator Mike Bell<\/strong><br>\nOffice: (615) 741-1946<br>\nFax: (615) 253-0374<br>\n<a class=\"twitter-timeline decorated-link\" data-width=\"500\" data-height=\"750\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenMikeBell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tweets by SenMikeBell<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br>\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mike.bell.5030<br>\nhttps:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mike-bell-63470374\/<br>\nEmail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:sen.mike.bell@capitol.tn.gov?BCC=jpeterson@cosaction.com&amp;Subject=Please%20withdraw%20SJR0254\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" 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