[Nfbwv-talk] Legislative Alert

[C. Smyth]

Fellow Federationists:
            Congress will be returning to Washington
 for a lame duck session beginning on Monday, November 17.
We should take this opportunity to continue our work on building cosponsor support
for H.R. 5734, the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2008.
Adding cosponsor support to this legislation will be extremely helpful when we reintroduce
this legislation early in the next Congress.
Currently 80 members of the House of Representatives are listed as cosponsors of
this legislation; I have included the list by state below this message.
We should start to make calls to our representatives on Monday, November 10, and
urge them to join as cosponsors of H.R. 5734.
You should continue to make calls until Congress adjourns.
Members of the House of Representatives can be added as cosponsors of H.R. 5734 by
contacting either Dana Grayson in Congressman Towns' office, or James Thomas in Congressman
Stearns' office; Democrats will most likely contact Congressman Towns, and Republicans
will generally contact Congressman Stearns.
You may be connected to your representative's office by calling the Capitol switchboard
at (866) 727-4894.
If you believe that your member of Congress is likely to join as a cosponsor of this
legislation, please contact me; I have listed my contact information below.
Thank you very much for all of your hard work on this issue.
Jesse Hartle
Government Programs Specialist
National Federation of the Blind
Phone: (410) 659-9314, ext. 2233
E-mail:
jhartle at nfb.org
Cosponsors of H.R. 5734
Alaska
Congressman Young
Arizona
Congressman Grijalva
Arkansas
Congressman Berry
Congressman Boozman
California
Congressman Berman
Congressman Filner
Congresswoman Lofgren
Congresswoman Harman
Congressman McNerney
Congresswoman Linda Sanchez
Congressman Schiff
Congressman Stark
Congresswoman Tauscher
Congresswoman Waters
Florida
Congresswoman Brown
Congressman Stearns, original Sponsor
Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz
Georgia
Congressman Bishop
Congressman Lewis
Guam
Congresswoman Bordallo
Hawaii
Congressman Abercrombie
Illinois
Congresswoman Biggert
Congressman Jackson
Congressman LaHood
Congressman Roskam
Congresswoman Schakowsky
Iowa
Congressman Boswell
Congressman Braley
Congressman King
Congressman Latham
Congressman Loebsack
Louisiana
Congressman Jefferson
Maine
Congressman Allen
Congressman Michaud
Maryland
Congressman Cummings
Congressman Wynn
Massachusetts
Congressman Capuano
Congressman Delahunt
Congressman McGovern
Congressman Tierney
Minnesota
Congressman Ellison
Congresswoman McCollum
Congressman Oberstar
Congressman Peterson
Congressman Walz
Mississippi
Congressman Taylor
Missouri
Congressman Carnahan
Nevada
Congresswoman Berkley
New Hampshire
Congresswoman Shea-Porter
New Jersey
Congressman Andrews
New Mexico
Congressman Pearce
New York
Congressman Hinchey
Congressman Kuhl
Congresswoman Lowey
Congresswoman Maloney
Congressman McNulty
Congressman Nadler
Congressman Rangel
Congressman Serrano
Congressman Towns, Lead Sponsor
North Carolina
Congressman Butterfield
Congressman McIntyre
Congressman Price
Ohio
Congressman LaTourette
Congressman Ryan
Oregon
Congressman Blumenauer
Pennsylvania
Congressman Robert Brady
Congressman Fattah
Puerto Rico
Congressman Fortuño
Rhode Island
Congressman Kennedy
Tennessee
Congressman Cohen
Texas
Congressman Gene Green
Congressman Neugebauer
Congressman Sessions
Vermont
Congressman Welch
Virginia
Congressman Goode
Congressman Moran
Congressman Wittman
Washington
Congressman McDermott
West Virginia
Congressman Rahall
Wyoming
Congresswoman Cubin