Reminder... time to call your House Representative
The House reconvenes tomorrow morning... and it's time to get this issue back on the table. Below is the list of co-sponsors for HR 2711, if your congressperson isn't on the list... it's time to call their offices and ask why not.
| Rep Abercrombie, Neil - HI-1 Rep Baldwin, Tammy - WI-2 Rep Berkley, Shelley - NV-1 Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. - GA-2 Rep Blumenauer, Earl - OR-3 Rep Boswell, Leonard L. - IA-3 Rep Boucher, Rick - VA-9 Rep Brady, Robert - PA-1 Rep Brown, Sherrod - OH-13 Rep Cardin, Benjamin - MD-3 Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy - MO-1 Rep Clyburn, James E. - SC-6 Rep Conyers, John, Jr. - MI-14 Rep DeGette, Diana - CO-1 Rep Doyle, Michael F. - PA-14 Rep Emanuel, Rahm - IL-5 Rep Eshoo, Anna G. - CA-14 Rep Etheridge, Bob - NC-2 Rep Farr, Sam - CA-17 Rep Filner, Bob - CA-51 Rep Ford, Harold E., Jr. - TN-9 Rep Gillmor, Paul E. - OH-5 Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. - TX-20 Rep Goode, Virgil H., Jr. - VA-5 Rep Green, Mark - WI-8 Rep Grijalva, Raul M. - AZ-7 Rep Harman, Jane - CA-36 Rep Hart, Melissa A. - PA-4 Rep Hefley, Joel - CO-5 Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - NY-22 Rep Holden, Tim - PA-17 Rep Holt, Rush D. - NJ-12 Rep Hooley, Darlene - OR-5 Rep Israel, Steve - NY-2 Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila - TX-18 Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs - OH-11 Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. - OH-10 Rep Lantos, Tom - CA-12 Rep Larson, John B. - CT-1 Rep Lee, Barbara - CA-9 Rep Lofgren, Zoe - CA-16 Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. - NY-14 Rep Manzullo, Donald A. - IL-16 Rep McDermott, Jim - WA-7 |
Rep McGovern, James P. - MA-3 Rep McIntyre, Mike - NC-7 Rep McNulty, Michael R. - NY-21 Rep Meeks, Gregory W. - NY-6 Rep Michaud, Michael H. - ME-2 Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita - CA-37 Rep Moore, Dennis - KS-3 Rep Murphy, Tim - PA-18 Rep Nadler, Jerrold - NY-8 Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes - DC Rep Ortiz, Solomon P. - TX-27 Rep Owens, Major R. - NY-11 Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. - NJ-6 Rep Peterson, Collin C. - MN-7 Rep Petri, Thomas E. - WI-6 Rep Price, David E. - NC-4 Rep Rahall, Nick J., II - WV-3 Rep Rangel, Charles B. - NY-15 Rep Rodriguez, Ciro - TX-28 Rep Ross, Mike - AR-4 Rep Rothman, Steve R. - NJ-9 Rep Rush, Bobby L. - IL-1 Rep Ryan, Timothy J. - OH-17 Rep Sanchez, Linda T. - CA-39 Rep Sanchez, Loretta - CA-47 Rep Sanders, Bernard - VT Rep Sandlin, Max - TX-1 Rep Scott, David - GA-13 Rep Serrano, Jose E. - NY-16 Rep Shays, Christopher - CT-4 Rep Simmons, Rob - CT-2 Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh - NY-28 Rep Spratt, John M., Jr. - SC-5 Rep Strickland, Ted - OH-6 Rep Stupak, Bart - MI-1 Rep Terry, Lee - NE-2 Rep Udall, Mark - CO-2 Rep Udall, Tom - NM-3 Rep Van Hollen, Chris - MD-8 Rep Watson, Diane E. - CA-33 Rep Waxman, Henry A. - CA-30 Rep Wexler, Robert - FL-19 Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. - CA-6 |
Also, if one of your Representatives is on the Subcommitte for 21st Century Competitiveness (where HR2711 has been referred since 07/28/03)... they NEED to be contacted to move forward with the bill. See the table below for those members:
| Republicans (16) | Democrats (13) |
| Johnny Isakson Vice Chairman | Dale Kildee Ranking Minority Member |
| John Boehner | John Tierney |
| Tom Petri | Ron Kind |
| Mike Castle | David Wu |
| Sam Johnson | Rush Holt |
| Fred Upton | Betty McCollum |
| Vern Ehlers | Carolyn McCarthy |
| Patrick Tiberi | Chris Van Hollen |
| Ric Keller | Tim Ryan |
| Tom Osborne | Major Owens |
| Tom Cole | Donald Payne |
| Jon Porter | Robert Andrews |
| John Carter | RubÈn Hinojosa |
| Phil Gingrey | |
| Max Burns | |