Friday, September 21, 2007

Community Choice Act: Help Needed

Via Adapt:

The hearing for the Community Choice Act, CCA, (S. 799) in the Senate Finance Committee is September 25th. That's NEXT TUESDAY at 10:00 AM in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room G-50.

We want to make sure ALL the Finance Committee members attend the hearing; sometimes only one or 2 are there. The more we can get to attend, the more will learn about the bill and these issues.

We need your help to ensure that as many as possible of the Senators on the Committee attend this hearing. Please contact them and ask them to attend. Let them know why you care, and ask them to support the Community Choice Act S. 799.

Democrats:

MAX BAUCUS, MT (Chair of the Committee)
JOHN ROCKEFELLER IV, WV
KENT CONRAD, ND
BINGAMAN, NM
JOHN F. KERRY, MA
BLANCHE L. LINCOLN, AR
RON WYDEN, OR
CHARLES E. SCHUMER, NY (co-sponsor)
DEBBIE STABENOW, MI
MARIA CANTWELL, WA
KEN SALAZAR, CO (co-sponsor)

Republicans:

CHARLES GRASSLEY, IA (Ranking Minority Member)
ORRIN G. HATCH, UT
TRENT LOTT, MS
OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, ME
JON KYL, AZ
GORDON SMITH, OR
JIM BUNNING, KY
MIKE CRAPO, ID
PAT ROBERTS, KS
JOHN ENSIGN, NV

Senate Finance is the "committee of jurisdiction" for the CCA in the Senate.(That means they are the committee that will decide about the bill moving onto the full Senate for passage.)