Contact Senators Harry Reid & Tom Coburn pressuring them to bring HR 5566 to a vote!

What Congressman Elton Gallegly is saying in this blog is that he believes the Senate is not going to vote on this. We can not give up. We have to fight to press the Senate to vote on the bill. We must stand behind Congressman Gallegly now and scream from the hilltops at the Senate! We fight for the animals now! Please contact Senators Harry Reid & Tom Coburn pressuring them to bring HR 5566 to a vote! -The Team

Contact Tom Coburn here.

Contact Harry Reid here.

PoliticalNews.me – Nov 16,2010 – WASHINGTON, DC—While Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-CA) thanked his House colleagues for once again passing his animal crush video bill, he noted that the technical change demanded by House Democrats made it unlikely that the bill would be signed into law this year.

“Nearly everyone agrees that Congress must stop the creation and distribution of videos that graphically depict the abuse and killing of animals,” Gallegly said. “My bill to outlaw crush videos passed the House in July by a 416-3 vote. The Senate passed a slightly modified version in September by unanimous consent. But instead of passing the Senate version, the House today passed a resolution agreeing to the Senate version—but with an unwarranted amendment that makes it unlikely the bill will become law this year.”

The House amendment would strip language that makes it a federal crime, punishable by up to seven years in jail, to attempt or conspire to create or distribute a crush video. Under current statute, it is already a federal crime to conspire to violate any federal criminal law, with punishment up to five years in jail. Therefore, stripping the wording from the Senate version of the bill will have little impact.

Gallegly’s bill now heads back to the Senate. The Senate has made it clear they will not have time to revisit the bill during the lame-duck session, meaning the bill is probably dead for this session of Congress.

Gallegly first passed a crush video bill into law in 1999. Signed by President Bill Clinton, the law effectively shut down the crush video industry. After recent federal court rulings that the 1999 law was too broad, however, crush videos are back on the market.

“Cruelty to animals is often the first step leading to violence against people,” Gallegly said. “While the torture of defenseless animals is in itself despicable, by allowing these videos to be widely sold, Congress is potentially putting human lives at risk.

“I will continue to work with the Senate to pass the bill this year in the few days left in the lame-duck session. If we are unable to reach agreement, I’ll be back with a bill in January.”

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“The Senate says that they don’t “have time” to deal with the potential serial killers making and selling animal torture pornography which is overtaking this nation. We must now contact the Senate and tell them to MAKE TIME! PASS H.R. 5566!” ~ Marla Stormwolf-Patty

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Lovely review. I just stumbled upon your blog or wanted to pronounce that I have really enjoyed reading your blog posts. Any way I’ll be subscribing to your feed coupled with I hope you entry once again shortly.

This bill is important. Is it possible to get a rep who is more competent than Elton Gallegly to carry it? (unfortunately he is my congressman and is pretty worthless). He’s been at this for ten years. First, he writes a bill that the Supreme Court overturns (unanimously, I think). Then, he doesn’t have the juice to get this one through.

What would it take to get a more effective Congressperson to carry the bill?

HR566 It is time to take time to put a stop to this horriffic animal cruelty. How on earth can this be permitted and how can you say you do not have time to do something a about it.

HR5566 It is time to STOP this cruelty. How on can something like this be permitted. LITERALLY makes me SICK!!!!!!

I’m saddened by the fact that it does not appear possible to contact the senators unless you live in the U.S.A. I live in South Africa and I realise I could just say that I am from the states, but I think it’s a little stupid that it’s not immediately an option to contact these people from outside the country.

Having said that, keep on fighting the fight- This is important, not just for this cause but for the plight of animals in general the world over. Amandla!

Don’t be a lame duck! VOTE for ANIMAL RIGHTS PROTECTION NOW! STOP CRUSH VIDEOS!

You got through by the skin of your teeth this time, better start listening to the correct people not the “right” people.

Please MAKE the time to vote YES on HR 5566.

These baby animals that are tortured and killed are subjected to unspeakable acts, and unendurable, protracted pain!

Some of your colleagues will be leaving the Senate. Urge them to do one good deed before they leave, and vote YES for HR 5566. Sadistic and perverted crush videos cater only to the perverted.

Please, make crush videos illegal.

We must continue to fight to get this bill reinstated. PLEASE DO NOT GIVE UP ON THE PRESSURE. SEND THE MESSAGE TO SENATORS HARRY REID AND TOM COBURN. WE WILL GET THIS LAW REINSTATED

Please dont let this continue. Bring about all changes you need to to make sure these idiotic Crush videos are outlawed and that the perpetrators are bought to justice. There is nothing good that can be gained by allowing this to continue.

What do you MEAN you don’t have TIME for this? Would you react the same if it was yoru CHILD int these horrific videos??????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

all you people care about is your self and money, let me just tell you that you REAP WHAT YOU SOW. Gods created lives are in danger but you nasty people could care less. if anything i feel sorry for you, and you say your to busy, doing what , trying to lie to all the nation about everything you can possibley think of just to make your selves more money. you people need a serious talk with God. GO VEGAN!!!