[Ohio-talk] Fw: Legislative Alert - Requested Action on the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2009

[Dr. Smith]

Read on because we still have a lot of work to do especially in the Senate so do what you can to get your representative to sign on ok?

JW

Dr. J. Webster Smith
President National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
P.O.BOX 458 Athens, Ohio, 45701-0458
Phone Number - 740-592-6326 
"Changing What it Means to be Blind"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Hartle, Jesse 
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 4:48 PM
Subject: Legislative Alert - Requested Action on the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2009


Fellow Federationists:

 

            Members of Congress have now returned to Washington after concluding the August recess.  We must continue to contact members of the Senate and House of Representatives to urge members to join as cosponsors on the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 (S. 841 in the Senate, and H.R. 734 in the House of Representatives).

 

            The House bill has 136 cosponsors at this time, while the Senate bill has 13.  I have included the list of cosponsors by state on each bill below. 

 

            You can be connected with any member of Congress by calling the Capitol switchboard at (202) 225-3121.  If your member of the House of Representatives wants to be added as a cosponsor on H.R. 734, he or she should contact either Emily Khoury in Congressman Towns's office, or James Thomas in Congressman Stearns's office.  If your Senator wants to cosponsor S. 841, he or she should contact Doug Frost in Senator Kerry's office.  

 

            We must be unrelenting in our efforts to bring the issues that affect blind Americans to the attention of Congress in order to prevent our issues from being lost in the Washington legislative shuffle. 

 

            If you have any questions please feel free to contact me; I have listed my contact information below.  As always, I thank you for your hard work on this issue in advance.

 

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 S 841, and HR 734

Senator Kerry, Lead sponsor on S 841

Congressman Towns, Lead Sponsor on HR 734

Congressman Stearns, Lead Sponsor on HR 734

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 Johnson

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

 

Kansas

Senator Brownback

 

Louisiana

Senator Vitter

Congressman Alexander

Congressman Cao

Congressman Melancon

 

Maine

Senator Collins

Congressman Michaud

Congresswoman Pingree

 

Maryland

Senator Cardin

Senator Mikulski

Congressman Cummings

Congresswoman Edwards

Congressman Ruppersberger

Congressman Sarbanes

Congressman Van Hollen

 

Massachusetts

Senator Kennedy - (members that leave Congress or pass away during their term are not removed from cosponsor lists)

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

Senator Wicker

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

Senator Burr

Congressman Jones

Congressman Kissell

Congressman McIntyre

Congressman Brad Miller

Congressman Price

Congressman Shuler

 

North Dakota

Congressman Pomeroy

 

Ohio

Congressman Driehaus

Congresswoman Kaptur

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 Al Green

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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