The Senator of the Week: Mega Thread - Build up Cosponsors. - Page 3

- Position: Senator Crapo

Thank you for contacting me to express your thoughts regarding S.729, the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. I appreciate hearing from you and welcome the opportunity to respond.

As you may know, Senator Richard Durbin (D-Illinois) introduced S. 729 on March 26, 2009. The DREAM Act would allow individuals who were brought to the United States prior to the age of 16, who have lived in this country at least five years, are of good moral character, are not inadmissible or deportable under specific grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and have been admitted to an institution of higher education or earned a high school or equivalent diploma a chance to earn their conditional resident status upon acceptance by an institution of higher learning or upon graduation from high school. This measure also authorizes individuals who have met the necessary requirements prior to enactment of this Act to petition the Secretary for conditional permanent resident status. S. 729 was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee, where it awaits further consideration.

As the Senate considers this legislation - and other measures pertaining to immigration reform - I will keep your thoughts in mind and will always work to represent the best interests of Idahoans.

Again, thank you for contacting me. Please feel free to contact me in the future on this or other matters of interest to you. For more information about the issues before the U.S. Senate as well as news releases, photos, and other items of interest, please visit my Senate website, http://crapo.senate.gov.



Sincerely,

Mike Crapo

United States Senator

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No position. That is good, because that means he isn't against the bill.

Also, I will probably extend the senators for this week for another week since they were off for the week due to Memorial Day. I will just add new representatives for next week instead.

ok sounds good,

this might be a bit of a dumb question, but do you know if its more useful to send emails/faxes during senate business hours (which i assume is morning mon-fri) or can you send it anytime/during the weekend as well and they or their assistants will just receive it when they are around. Ive usually been waiting till a weekday i have free in the morning so i can send it during business hours but i got the crappo email and it says it was sent at 8:26pm (pacific tyme) so im wondering if maybe i dont have to send it early morning any thoughts?

I'm not 100% sure, but I normally send my faxes in the morning each weekday; usually before noon central time. Either way the staff will see the message, so send it when it is most convenient.

*****Senators of the Week. - 5/31/09 - 6/6/09*****

Overview

We have 3 senators we want to try to add as cosponsors.

1 - Senator Frank Lautenberg - Voted for the DA 2007.
2 - Senator Michael Bennet - Supports the DA
3 - Senator Amy Klobuchar - Voted for DA 2007

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Senator Amy Klobuchar - Minnesota - zip code to use: Saint Paul/55106

Address: 302 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-3244
Fax: 202-228-2186
Email: http://klobuchar.senate.gov/emailamy...lamy&submit=Go


Senator Michael Bennet - Colorado - zip code to use: Denver/80205

Address: 702 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5852
Fax: 202-228-4083
Email: http://bennet.senate.gov/public/inde...lSenatorBennet


Senator Frank Lautenberg - New Jersey - zip code to use: Newark/07198

Address: Hart Senate Office Building Suite 324 Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-3224
Fax: (202) 228-4054

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House Members to add as cosponsors.


Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1]

Washington, DC
1502 Longworth House
Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
phone: (202) 225-2726
fax: (202) 225-4580

Rep Baca, Joe [CA-43]

Washington, D.C. Office
2245 Rayburn House Off. Bldg
Washington, D.C. 20515-0542
phone: (202)225-6161
Fax: (202)225-8671

Rep Becerra, Xavier [CA-31]

Washington D.C. Office
1119 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-6235

Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1]

405 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone - (202) 225-5965
Fax - (202) 225-3119

Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3]

WASHINGTON D.C.:
2267 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4811
Fax: (202) 225-8941


Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3]

Washington Office
2336 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-0123
Fax: (202) 225-2256

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Nice,We're up to 66 co-sponsors in the House now with the following additions.

Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 6/2/2009
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 6/2/2009
Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] - 6/2/2009
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 6/2/2009

I'm glad Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee finally cosponsored the bill.

How many do we need in the House? We have 66 right now?

What about Senate at this point?

Still, 22 in the Senate. We technically would need 220+ in the house, but its rare to see a house bill get that many cosponsors. Getting cosponsors in the House is important for building support in general.

Special Senator of the Week: June 7 to June 13

Since, the immigration meeting is set for June 17th, we should also use this week to target those who will be at the meeting.


Only two Senators to target this week.

Senator Carl Levin [D] - Michigan - zip code: Grand Rapids/49555

Phone: (202) 224-6221
Fax: (202) 224-1388
Email: http://levin.senate.gov/contact/

Senator Ron Wyden [D] - Oregon - zip code: Portland/97202

Phone: (202) 224-5244
Fax: (202) 228-2717
Email: http://wyden.senate.gov/contact/