--- National Writing Project <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: National Writing Project > <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Urgent Message About Senate Dear Colleague > Letter, March 27, 2006 > To: [log in to unmask] > Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:00:07 -0800 (PST) > > - NWP Site Bulletin - > > Dear NWP Site Leaders: > > We have only a week left –– until April 4 –– to get > senators’ signatures on the NWP Dear Colleague > letter. Today our total is 21. Last year we had 42, > so we know there are at least 21 more senators who > are likely to sign. Please call, and then call > again! > > Here are two things you can offer: The Dear > Colleague letter itself is on our website if you > need to fax it to your senators’ offices. You can > also download and fax your state data sheet. Both > documents can be found at the link below. > http://www.writingproject.org/Resources/dc.csp > > Your senator or the senator’s aide can co-sign by > calling Barbara Pryor with Senator Rockefeller’s > office at 202-224-2578, Kristin Smith with Senator > Snowe’s office at 202-224-5344, or Michael Yudin > with Senator Bingaman’s office at 202-224-5521. > > Contact information is available at www.senate.gov > or by contacting Genevieve Jeong Bennett at > 510-643-2072 or [log in to unmask] > > On behalf of everyone in the network, thank you for > your work on this important effort. > > Senate Dear Colleague Letter co-signers as of March > 27, 2006 > > California > Barbara Boxer (D) > Diane Feinstein (D) > > Connecticut > Christopher Dodd (D) > > Hawaii > Daniel K. Akaka (D) > > Illinois > Richard Durbin (D) > > Kentucky > Jim Bunning (R) > > Maine > Olympia Snowe (R) > > Maryland > Paul Sarbanes (D) > Barbara Mikulski (D) > > Massachusetts > Edward Kennedy (D) > John Kerry (D) > > Michigan > Debbie Stabenow (D) > > New Jersey > Frank Lautenberg (D) > > New Mexico > Jeff Bingaman (D) > > New York > Hillary Clinton (D) > > Ohio > Mike DeWine (R) > > Oregon > Ron Wyden (D) > > Rhode Island > Jack Reed (D) > > Vermont > Jim Jeffords (I) > > Washington > Patty Murray (D) > > West Virginia > John D. Rockefeller (D) > > *Iowa Senator Charles Grassley (R) sent his own > signed letter of support to the Subcommittee. > > > >