| MAY 1 - 2: NATIONAL CUBA CALL-IN DAYS |
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| Written by Melanie Knight | |||||||
| Thursday, 26 April 2007 | |||||||
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From: IFCO <
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> We are writing to urge you – and everyone in our national IFCO/Pastors for Peace network – to be part of the *National Cuba Call-In Days* on *Tuesday and Wednesday May 1-2.* Mark these dates on your calendar now, because we need you to make three phone calls to Capitol Hill next week: to ask your Congressional representative to sign on as a co-sponsor of *HR654 (the Rangel/Flake bill)*, and to ask both your Senators to sign on as co-sponsors of *S721 (the Enzi/Baucus bill). Both of these bills would end all restrictions on travel to Cuba. *Our friends on Capitol Hill have been busy dealing with the war in Iraq and other issues, and they have not been talking too much about Cuba policy. Now it's time to changethat! A number of national public-policy groups have joined to initiate the *National Cuba Call-In Days* to generate broad Congressional support for these companion bills to end the Cuba travel ban. Let's FLOOD Capitol Hill with phone calls on May 1-2, to let our reps and senators know that it's time to end all restrictions on travel to Cuba! Please ask everyone you know to join in this effort; our calls will have a really big impact. Call the Congressional switchboard: 202/225-3121; they will connect you to the offices of your rep and your senators. Ask for the foreign policy staff person who handles Cuba issues; then ask them to make sure that your congressperson/senator signs on as a co-sponsor to the bill to end restrictions on travel to Cuba (HR654 in the House, S721 in the Senate). If you can't speak directly with the staffer, it's FINE to leave a voicemail message: just be ready with a good concise statement, less than a minute long; let them know your name and what town you live in, and tell them why you think it's important that they sign on to the bill. HR654 currently has 101 House co-sponsors, and S721 has 18 co-sponsors in the Senate; they are listed below. If your rep or senator has already co-sponsored the bill, let them know how grateful we are! If not, let's get them on this list: *HOUSE CO-SPONSORS OF HR654: angel (D-NY), Flake (R-AZ), Allen (D-ME), Baird (D-WA), Baldwin (D-WI), Becerra (D-CA), Berman (D-CA), Berry (D-AR), Biggert (R-IL), Blumenauer (D-OR), Boucher (D-VA), Brady (D-PA), Capps (D-CA), Capuano (D-MA), Carson (D-IN), Christiansen (D-VI), Clarke (D-NY), Clay (D-MO), Cohen (D-TN), Conyers (D-MI), Cubin (R-WY), Cummings (D-MD), Davis, D (D-IL), Davis, L (D-TN), Davis, S (D-CA), DeFazio (D-OR), Degette (D-CO), Delahunt (D-MA), DeLauro (D-CT), Doyle (D-PA), Ellison (D-MN), Emerson (R-MO), Farr (D-CA), Fattah (D-PA), Filner (D-CA), Frank (D-MA), Gonzalez (D-TX), Gordon (D-TN), Grijalva (D-AZ), Harman (D-CA), Hinchey (D-NY), Honda (D-CA), Jackson (D-IL), Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jefferson (D-LA), Johnson, EB (D-TX), Johnson, T (R-IL), Kildee (D-MI), Kilpatrick (D-MI), Kind (D-WI), Kucinich (D-OH), LaHood (R-IL), Lee (D-CA), Lewis (D-GA), Lofgren (D-CA), Lowey (D-NY), Maloney (D-NY), Matheson (D-UT), McCollum (D-MN), McDermott (D-WA), McGovern (D-MA), McNulty (D-NY), Meehan (D-MA), Meeks (D-NY), Michaud (D-ME), Miller (D-CA), Moore, D. (D-KS), Moore, G. (D-WI), Moran, James (D-VA), Moran, Jerry (R-KS), Nadler (D-NY), Oberstar (D-MN), Olver, (D-MA), Pastor (D-AZ), Paul (R-TX), Payne (D-NJ), Peterson (D-MN), Pomeroy (D-ND), Price (D-NC), Ramstad, (R-MN), Rush (D-IL), Sanchez (D-CA), Schakowsky (D-IL), Schwartz (D-PA), Serrano (D-NY), Shays (R-CT), Snyder (D-AR), Solis (D-CA), Stark (D-CA), Tanner (D-TN), Tauscher (D-CA), Thompson, B. (D-MS), Thompson, M. (D-CA), Towns (D-NY), Velazquez (D-NY), Walz (D-MN), Waters (D-CA), Watson (D-CA), Waxman (D-CA), Welch (D-VT), Woolsey (D-CA) (101 as of 4/25/07). SENATE CO-SPONSORS OF S721: Enzi (R-WY), Baucus (D-MT), Bingaman (D-NM), Boxer (D-CA), Cantwell (D-WA), Conrad (D-ND), Craig (R-ID), Dorgan (D-ND), Durbin (D-IL), Feingold (D-WI), Feinstein (D-CA), Hagel (R-NE), Harkin (D-IA), Inouye (D-HI), Johnson ( -SD), Leahy (D-VT), Murray (D-WA), Thomas (R-WY) (18 as of 4/25/07).*
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