[Njabs-talk] Legislative Alert-Urgent-Cosponsors Needed

Sat Jul 25 05:07:54 UTC 2009

Please distribute to all your email lists.

Lynn Reynolds is on vacation.  We need to act.

Please encourage our members to make as many calls as possible.

We represent voters in each district, therefore, we need to make calls to 

our Congressman and to others that have not signed up at this writing.

Congressman Andres signe on the original bill, just make the calls to 

encourage to sign the bill once again.

We need numerous calls from numerous persons to move the bill.

Roll up your sleeves and let's get the job done.

After making calls, please contact Lynn Reynolds with your results from 

each call.

Keep believing.  Keep dreaming.  Keep learning

This is extremely important!

Let's work together.  Let's make a difference!

Joseph J. Ruffalo 

President, 

National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey
Phone:  
973-743-0075
Please visit our State and National Web Sites
http://www.nfbnj.org
http://www.thruoureyes.org
http://www.blindchildren.org
http://www.nfb.org
Email: 
nfbnj at yahoo.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Hartle, Jesse 
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 11:52 AM
Subject: Legislative Alert-Urgent-Cosponsors Needed

Fellow 
Federationists:

I am writing to update you on our efforts to gain cosponsor support for 
the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 (H.R. 734 and S. 841) in both the 
House of Representatives and the Senate.  
H.R. 734 currently has 130 cosponsors, and S. 841 has 9 
cosponsors.

I have listed all cosponsors below by state.  We only have one week left to work on 
this issue before Congress adjourns for the August recess.  I am asking you to make calls next week, 
July 26–31, to your senators and representatives to urge them to join as a 
cosponsor of this important legislation.  

-- Senators can be 
added to S. 841 by contacting Doug Frost in Senator Kerry’s office; 
and
-- Representatives 
can be added to H.R. 734 by contacting either Emily Khoury in Congressman 
Towns’s office, or James Thomas in Congressman Stearns’s office.  

You may be connected to your members of Congress by calling the Capitol 
switchboard at (202) 225-3121.  

We must continue to build on the progress that we have already made on 
this issue (thank you) by working hard next week to add new cosponsors on this 
legislation.

Also, please contact me with any questions; my contact information is 
listed below.  

Sincerely,

Jesse M. 
Hartle
Government Programs 
Specialist
NATIONAL FEDERATION 
OF THE BLIND
Telephone: (410) 
659-9314, extension 2233
E-mail: jhartle at nfb.org

JMH/wmb

Cosponsors of H.R. 734 and S. 841
Congressman Towns, Democrat Lead Sponsor, H.R. 
734
Congressman Stearns, 
Republican Lead Sponsor, H.R. 734
Senator Kerry, 
Democrat Lead Sponsor S. 841

Alaska
Congressman 
Young

Arizona
Congressman 
Grijalva
Congressman 
Pastor

Arkansas
Congressman 
Berry
Congressman 
Boozman

California
Congressman 
Berman
Congresswoman 
Capps
Congressman 
Filner
Congresswoman 
Harman
Congresswoman 
Lee
Congresswoman 
Matsui
Congressman 
Rohrabacher
Congresswoman Linda 
Sanchez
Congressman 
Schiff
Congressman 
Stark
Congresswoman 
Tauscher
Congresswoman 
Waters

Connecticut
Congressman 
Courtney

District of 
Columbia
Congresswoman 
Norton

Florida
Congressman 
Bilirakis
Congresswoman 
Brown
Congressman 
Crenshaw
Congressman 
Hastings
Congresswoman 
Ros-Lehtinen
Congresswoman 
Wasserman Schultz
Congressman 
Wexler

Georgia
Congressman 
Bishop
Congressman 
Lewis

Guam
Congresswoman 
Bordallo

 Hawaii
Congressman 
Abercrombie
Congresswoman 
Hirono

Idaho
Congressman 
Minnick

Illinois
Senator 
Durbin
Congresswoman 
Biggert
Congressman 
Costello
Congressman 
Davis
Congressman 
Foster
Congressman 
Gutierrez
Congressman 
Hare
Congressman 
Jackson
Congressman 
Lipinski
Congressman 
Manzullo
Congressman 
Roskam
Congresswoman 
Schakowsky

Indiana
Senator 
Bayh
Congressman 
Carson
Congressman 
Ellsworth

Iowa
Congressman 
Boswell
Congressman 
Braley
Congressman 
King
Congressman 
Latham
Congressman 
Loebsack

Louisiana
Senator 
Vitter
Congressman 
Alexander
Congressman 
Cao
Congressman 
Melancon

Maine
Congressman 
Michaud
Congresswoman 
Pingree

Maryland
Senator 
Cardin
Senator 
Mikulski
Congressman 
Cummings
Congresswoman 
Edwards
Congressman 
Ruppersberger
Congressman 
Sarbanes
Congressman Van 
Hollen

Massachusetts
Senator 
Kennedy
Congressman 
Capuano
Congressman 
Delahunt
Congressman 
Markey
Congressman 
McGovern
Congressman 
Neal
Congressman 
Tierney

Michigan
Congressman 
Conyers

Minnesota
Congressman 
Ellison
Congresswoman 
McCollum
Congressman 
Oberstar
Congressman 
Peterson
Congressman 
Walz

Mississippi
Congressman 
Taylor

Missouri
Congressman 
Blunt
Congressman 
Carnahan
Congresswoman 
Emerson

Nebraska
Congressman 
Terry

Nevada
Congresswoman 
Berkley
Congresswoman 
Titus

New Hampshire
Congresswoman 
Shea-Porter

New Jersey
Congressman 
Payne
Congressman 
Sires
Congressman 
Rothman

New Mexico
Congressman 
Heinrich

New York
Congresswoman 
Clarke
Congressman 
Hinchey
Congresswoman 
Lowey
Congresswoman 
Maloney
Congressman 
Nadler
Congressman 
Rangel
Congressman 
Serrano

North Carolina
Congressman 
Jones
Congressman 
McIntyre
Congressman 
Price

North Dakota
Congressman 
Pomeroy

Ohio
Congressman 
Driehaus
Congressman 
LaTourette
Congressman 
Ryan
Congressman 
Wilson

Oregon
Congressman 
Blumenauer
Congressman 
DeFazio
Congressman 
Wu

Pennsylvania
Senator 
Specter
Congressman 
Brady
Congressman 
Carney
Congresswoman 
Dahlkemper
Congressman 
Doyle
Congressman Fattah 

Congressman 
Holden
Congressman 
Kanjorski
Congressman 
Platts
Congressman 
Thompson

Puerto 
Rico
Congressman 
Pierluisi

Rhode Island
Congressman 
Kennedy

South Dakota
Congresswoman 
Herseth Sandlin

Tennessee
Congressman 
Cohen
Congressman 
Roe

Texas
Congressman Gene 
Green
Congressman 
Neugebauer
Congressman 
Sessions

Utah
Senator 
Bennett
Senator 
Hatch
Congressman 
Bishop

Vermont
Congressman 
Welch

Virginia
Congressman 
Connolly
Congressman 
Moran
Congressman 
Wittman

Washington
Congressman 
McDermott

West Virginia
Congressman 
Mollohan
Congressman 
Rahall

Wisconsin
Congresswoman 
Moore
Congressman Petri 

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