IMPORTANT***My proposed plan of action***
 

If you know how the legislative process works, you will know that bills are referred to committee and subcommittees. S.729 (the DREAM Act in the Senate) is in the Senate Judiciary Committee which in turn has placed it in the Immigration Subcommittee. The bill must be approved by the subcommittee and send it to the committee. The committee must then approve it and send it to the full senate. It is the same process in the House of Representatives. Currently, the DREAM Act in the House (H.R. 1751) is in the House Judiciary Committee and the House Education and Labor Committee.

I propose that we target the members of these committees as the bill passes through them. Because we are calling some Congresspeople that will never see the bill (if it does not make it out of committee) because they are not part of these committees and subcommittees. I HOPE THIS IS MAKING SENSE! (Example: Sen. Lugar is not part of the Immigration Subcommittee. So, even if he supports the bill, he cannot help it advance. Only the members can help the bill advance.)

These are the Congresspeople that I believe we should target:

Senate Judiciary Committee:

Sen. Schumer 202-224-6542
Sen. Leahy 202-224-4242
Sen. Feinstein 202-224-3841
Sen. Durbin 202-224-2152
Sen. Whitehouse 202-224-2921
Sen. Wyden 202-224-5244
Sen. Cornyn 202-224-2934
Sen. Grassley 202-224-3744
Sen. Kyl 202-224-4521
Sen. Sessions 202-224-4124
***The preceding also make up the membership of the Immigration Subcommittee***

Sen. Specter 202-224-4254
Sen. Kohl 202-224-5653
Sen. Hatch 202-224-5251
Sen. Feingold 202-224-5323
Sen. Cardin 202-224-4524
Sen. Graham 202-224-5972
Sen. Coburn 202-224-5754
Sen. Klobuchar 202-224-3244
Sen. Kaufman 202-224-5042

House Immigration Subcommittee:

Rep. Lofgren 202-225-3072
Rep. King 202-225-4426
Rep. Berman 202-225-4695
Rep. Harper 202-225-5031
Rep. Jackson Lee 202-225-3816
Rep. Gallegly 202-225-5811
Rep. Waters 202-225-2201
Rep. Lungren 202-225-5716
Rep. Pierluisi 202-225-2615 (Puerto Rico...may not have a vote in full House???)
Rep. Poe 202-225-6565
Rep. Gutierrez 202-225-8203
Rep. Chaffetz 202-225-7751
Rep. Sanchez 202-225-6676
Rep. Weiner 202-225-6616
Rep. Gonzales 202-225-3236
Rep. Delahunt 202-225-3111

House Education and Labor Commitee

Rep. George Miller, Chairman (CA-07) 202-225-2095
Rep. Dale E. Kildee (MI-05) 202-225-3611
Rep. Donald M. Payne (NJ) (202)-225-3436
Rep. Robert E. Andrews (NJ-01) 202-225-6501
Rep. Robert C. Scott (VA-03) (202) 225-8351
Rep. Lynn C. Woolsey (CA-06) 202-225-5161
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (TX-15) (202) 225-2531
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (NY-04) (202) 225-5516
Rep. John F. Tierney (MA-06) (202) 225-8020
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (OH-10) (202) 225-5871
Rep. David Wu (OR-01) (202) 225-0855
Rep. Rush D. Holt (NJ-12) 202-225-5801
Rep. Susan A. Davis (CA-53) (202) 225-2040
Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-07) (202) 225-2435
Rep. Timothy H. Bishop (NY-01) (202) 225-3826
Rep. Joe Sestak (PA-07) (202) 225-2011
Rep. Dave Loebsack (IA-02) (202) 225-65767
Rep. Mazie Hirono (HI-02) (202)225-4906
Rep. Jason Altmire (PA-04) 202-225-2565
Rep. Phil Hare (IL-17) (202) 225-5905
Rep. Yvette Clarke (NY-11) (202) 225-6231
Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) (202) 225-2076
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01) (202) 225-5456
Rep. Marcia Fudge (OH-11) (202) 225-7032
Rep. Jared Polis (CO-2) 202.225.2161
Rep. Paul Tonko (NY-21) (202) 225-5076
Rep. Pedro Pierluisi (PR) **info above**
Rep. Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (Northern Mariana Islands) (202) 225-2646
Rep. Dina Titus (NV-3) (202) 225-3252

Republicans

Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, Ranking Member (CA-25) (202) 225-1956
Rep. Thomas E. Petri (WI-06) 202-225-2476
Rep. Peter Hoekstra (MI-02) (202) 225-4401
Rep. Michael N. Castle (DE-At Large) 202.225.4165
Rep. Mark E. Souder (IN-03) (202) 225-4436
Rep. Vernon J. Ehlers (MI-03) (202) 225-3831
Rep. Judy Biggert (IL-13) 202-225-3515
Rep. Todd Russell Platts (PA-19) (202) 225-5836
Rep. Joe Wilson (SC-02) (202) 225-2452
Rep. John Kline (MN-02) 202-225-2271
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) 202-225-2006
Rep. Tom Price (GA-06) 202-225-4501
Rep. Rob Bishop (UT-01) 202-225-0453
Rep.Brett Guthrie (KY-2) (202) 225-3501
Rep. Bill Cassidy (LA-6) (202) 225-3901
Rep.Tom McClintock (CA-4) (202) 225-2511
Rep. Duncan D. Hunter (CA-52) (202) 225-5672
Rep. Phil Roe (TN-1) (202) 225-6356
Rep. Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-05) (202) 225-5121

I hope you agree. i think that this the best way to help the bills move through congress. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions don't hesitate to contact me or post a reply.

-VeganDreamer

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I disagree. Many of the Senators and Reps you posted are guaranteed supporters of DREAM, thus focusing our energy on them is a waste of time. We should focus on the Congress members who are on the fence, and who could get us the 60 votes that we need.

http://dreamact.info/forum/showthread.php?t=10136 Best plan, in my opinion.

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i totally agree with u daffodills.

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Maybe someone could cross reference which senators and reps are both on-the-fence ( or not a firm yes or no or unknown ) AND are on these committees ?

If it isn't a huge number, then maybe people could come up with targeted arguments in favor of DREAM , that fit these particular members interests and agendas ? i.e. military, teacher training, unions, high tech, etc... and ways that DREAM would help their own local economy / interest.

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this might be a good idea, but because we have a limited amount of time, it is better to focus on people who are on the fence, or those who might vote against the dream act (to try to convince them).
this would be an ok plan if we had more time.
sorry :(

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I second the suggestion of cross-referencing this list with the ones on the fence, we can focus on calling them this weekend and then focus on the rest during the week. Or we can call them all.

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Thank you all for your comments.

First of all, I did not mean that we only contact these congresspeople. I have been calling these and others.

Second, even if the majority of these congresspeople support the bill, they will not bring it to a discussion if they do not get our calls. The DREAM Act is not the only bill in these committees and if they get more calls supporting other bills, those other bills will get more priority. We want our bill to move through committee as fast as possible, before other bills.

Thanks.

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I agree with you and what others are saying Cross reference those in the Committee and sub committee who are on the fence

so basically call these senators

Sen. Specter 202-224-4254
Sen. Graham 202-224-5972
Sen. Grassley 202-224-3744

in the house i dunno all the on fence members

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Hey, I got a quick question. I've been calling everyday since it was introduced, each senator that was on the fence. Then i got to wondering.. is this a toll free number or will i be charged for calling out of state? NOt that It'll matter too much to me cus it's well worth the money to get the DREAM act passed, just want to know if ill end up with a huge bill so i wont be caught off guard.

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Depends on your phone plan if its a Cell phone more than likely you have domestic long distance included and you'll just get charged at the normal rate or the minutes which are allocated to you. If you called from a land line make sure your phone plan includes domestic long distance if not you might get charged a good amount but i don't know which plan you got.

but best advice is call the toll free # 1-800-828-0498

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^^^ haha. AWESOME. That made me laugh in the school library.

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I have a question, is it really OK to contact the senators that represent the states others the one you currently live in? What do we tell them about our address?

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Why not?

Nobody will ask you for your address, they only ask for a zipcode, or the city you are calling from.

This list has everything you need: http://dreamact.info/forum/showthread.php?t=10136

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i thought that at first too. From my experience, calling reps requires a zip code and/or city the you live in like this: "what city do you live in?" Lol. Say your city and that's it. Senators are easier, just say what you came to say and they will tell the senator for you. They dont ask you anything, at least they havent asked me yet. KEEP CALLING :)

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I can't stress this enough: If they ask for a zip code, you really really need to give them one from their state, otherwise they won't pass your message along, especially when they haven't made up their minds.

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I have to agree with angeleno. I actually interned at a senator's office and as an intern I had to take down constituent comments and their zip codes. If the zip code belonged to another state other than the one that the senator represented, we would not even put it in our excel sheet. So, in order for our voice to be heard and our comments to be passed on to the senators, we have to give them a zip code from their state. Hope this helps. Btw, it's my first post ever on this site. I love this site and I've been checking it out for years now, I appreciate everyone's information. This year we are going to get Dream Act, but we do have to act on it! Lets go guys, we can do this!