ACTION ALERT!! BIG PUSH NEEDED ON FAMILY OPPORTUNITY ACT!!
September 29, 2002
(adapted from an email by Kathy McGinley of the
Arc)
The Senate has an opportunity to take action on the Family Opportunity Act
this week.
We need an unrelenting push from grassroots disability advocates over the next
several days to compel the Senate to support a strong Family Opportunity Act.
The message is simple: "Pass the Family Opportunity Act. Middle class families
of children with severe disabilities have waited long enough."
Every Senator must be contacted! That includes the 75 co-sponsors listed below
and Senators Feingold and Wyden who have indicated they would support the
measure even though they have not co-sponsored it. As with the Work Incentives
Improvement Act of 1999, continued opposition is anticipated from Sen. Gramm
from Texas and Sen. Nickels from Oklahoma. Sen. Conrad (D-ND) is also
extremely important in his role as Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee -
if that committee would release the funds in the budget reserved for FOA from
last year (never spent), things would be easier.
Please take this alert seriously! This is a real opportunity to get FOA passed
this year!
More Information on the
Family Opportunity Act
COSPONSORS(75), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:
Sen Akaka, Daniel K. - 2/13/2001
Sen Baucus, Max - 2/13/2001
Sen Bayh, Evan - 2/13/2001
Sen Biden Jr., Joseph R. - 2/13/2001
Sen Bingaman, Jeff - 2/13/2001
Sen Bond, Christopher S. - 3/28/2001
Sen Boxer, Barbara - 2/13/2001
Sen Breaux, John B. - 2/13/2001
Sen Bunning, Jim - 10/17/2001
Sen Burns, Conrad R. - 6/7/2001
Sen Byrd, Robert C. - 2/13/2001
Sen Cantwell, Maria - 2/27/2001
Sen Carnahan, Jean - 3/22/2001
Sen Carper, Thomas R. - 12/19/2001
Sen Chafee, Lincoln D. - 2/13/2001
Sen Cleland, Max - 2/13/2001
Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham - 2/13/2001
Sen Cochran, Thad - 5/2/2001
Sen Collins, Susan M. - 2/13/2001
Sen Conrad, Kent - 2/13/2001
Sen Corzine, Jon - 2/13/2001
Sen Crapo, Michael D. - 2/13/2001
Sen Daschle, Thomas A. - 2/13/2001
Sen Dayton, Mark - 2/13/2001
Sen DeWine, Michael - 2/13/2001
Sen Dodd, Christopher J. - 2/13/2001
Sen Domenici, Pete V. - 2/13/2001
Sen Dorgan, Byron L. - 2/13/2001
Sen Durbin, Richard J. - 2/13/2001
Sen Edwards, John - 2/13/2001
Sen Ensign, John E. - 12/5/2001
Sen Enzi, Michael B. - 3/8/2001
Sen Feinstein, Dianne - 2/13/2001
Sen Frist, Bill - 2/13/2001
Sen Graham, Bob - 2/13/2001
Sen Hagel, Chuck - 3/22/2001
Sen Harkin, Tom - 2/13/2001
Sen Hatch, Orrin G. - 4/3/2001
Sen Helms, Jesse - 2/13/2001
Sen Hollings, Ernest F. - 2/15/2001
Sen Hutchinson, Tim - 2/27/2001
Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey - 6/19/2001
Sen Inouye, Daniel K. - 2/13/2001
Sen Jeffords, James M. - 2/13/2001
Sen Johnson, Tim - 2/13/2001
Sen Kennedy, Edward M. - 2/13/2001
Sen Kerry, John F. - 2/13/2001
Sen Kohl, Herb - 2/13/2001
Sen Landrieu, Mary L. - 2/13/2001
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. - 2/13/2001
Sen Levin, Carl - 2/13/2001
Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. - 2/13/2001
Sen Lincoln, Blanche - 2/13/2001
Sen Lugar, Richard G. - 2/13/2001
Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. - 2/13/2001
Sen Miller, Zell - 2/15/2001
Sen Murkowski, Frank H. - 7/26/2002
Sen Murray, Patty - 2/13/2001
Sen Nelson, Bill - 2/13/2001
Sen Reed, Jack - 2/13/2001
Sen Reid, Harry M. - 2/13/2001
Sen Roberts, Pat - 2/13/2001
Sen Rockefeller IV, John D. - 2/13/2001
Sen Santorum, Rick - 2/13/2001
Sen Sarbanes, Paul S. - 2/13/2001
Sen Schumer, Charles E. - 2/13/2001
Sen Smith, Gordon - 2/13/2001
Sen Snowe, Olympia J. - 2/13/2001
Sen Specter, Arlen - 5/14/2001
Sen Stabenow, Debbie - 2/15/2001
Sen Thomas, Craig - 2/13/2001
Sen Thurmond, Strom - 2/13/2001
Sen Torricelli, Robert G. - 2/13/2001
Sen Warner, John W. - 2/13/2001
Sen Wellstone, Paul D. - 2/13/2001
Last Updated on
04/14/04
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