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NARP 06/11/2002 Amtrak needs your help for final push in Senate! To NARP Members--June 12, 2002: Three senators have signed since yesterday's message: Conrad ND, Edwards NC and Levin MI. The 48 senators who have signed (see list below) include 12 members of the Appropriations Committee, a fact you might point out if your senator's office cites membership on that committee as a reason for failing to sign. Neither Indiana senator has signed, and only one each from Arkansas, California and Florida. Others not on the list who have been supportive in the past include Harkin (D-IA), Burns (R-MT), Carnahan (D-MO), Daschle (D-SD) and Hutchison (R-TX). Your message should indicate that a senator who wants to sign the letter should contact John Kilvington in Senator Carper's office, 4-3260. To repeat yesterday's message: The Capitol Hill switchboard is 202/224-3121; the Senate directory is at http://www.senate.gov/contacting/index.cfm. The Senate directory has e-mail addresses and web sites (where, in many cases, fax numbers will be listed). Please include your full, regular address whatever means of communication you use. Here is the current list. 1 Lincoln, Blanche D AR 2 Boxer, Barbara D CA 3 Dodd, Christopher J. D CT 4 Lieberman, Joseph I. D CT 5 Biden, Jospeh R. D DE 6 Carper, Tom D DE 7 Graham, Bob D FL 8 Cleland, Max D GA 9 Akaka, Daniel D HI 10 Inouye, Daniel K. D HI 11 Durbin, Richard J. D IL 12 Breaux, John B D LA 13 Landrieu, Mary D LA 14 Kennedy, Edward M. D MA 15 Kerry, John F. D MA 16 Mikulski, Barbara A. D MD 17 Sarbanes, Paul D MD 18 Collins, Susan R ME 19 Snowe, Olympia R ME 20 Levin, Carl D MI 21 Stabenow, Debbie A. D MI 22 Wellstone, Paul David D MN 23 Baucus, Max D MT 24 Edwards, John R. D NC 25 Conrad, Kent D ND 26 Dorgan, Byron L. D ND 27 Nelson, Ben D NE 28 Corzine, Jon D NJ 29 Torricelli, Robert G. D NJ 30 Bingaman, Jeff D NM 31 Reid, Harry D NV 32 Clinton, Hillary D NY 33 Schumer, Charles E. D NY 34 DeWine, Mike R OH 35 Santorum, Rick R PA 36 Specter, Arlen R PA 37 Chafee, Lincoln R RI 38 Reed, Jack D RI 39 Hollings, Ernest F. D SC 40 Johnson, Tim D SD 41 Allen, George R VA 42 Warner, John W. R VA 43 Jeffords, James M. I VT 44 Leahy, Patrick J. D VT 45 Cantwell, Maria D WA 46 Feingold, Russ D WI 47 Kohl, Herbert H. D WI 48 Rockefeller, John D. IV D WV Thanks again for your efforts! --Ross B. Capon, NARP Executive Director To NARP Members, June 11, 2002-- The number of Senate signers of the pro-Amtrak letter to Senate Appropriations leaders is now 45 and there is hope that 51 target can be reached tomorrow and the letter sent. The Capitol Hill switchboard is 202/224-3121; the Senate directory is at http://www.senate.gov/contacting/index.cfm. The Senate directory has e-mail addresses and web sites (where, in many cases, fax numbers will be listed). Please include your full, regular address whatever means of communication you use. Below is an updated list (including correction from Friday of Virginia Senator Allen's first name, it's George). The 12 people new to the list below: Dodd CT, Akaka & Inouye HI, Breaux & Landrieu LA, Stabenow MI, Wellstone MN, Chafee RI, Johnson SD, Cantwell WA, Kohl WI, Rockefeller WV. 1 Lincoln, Blanche D AR 2 Boxer, Barbara D CA 3 Dodd, Christopher J. D CT 4 Lieberman, Joseph I. D CT 5 Biden, Jospeh R. D DE 6 Carper, Tom D DE 7 Graham, Bob D FL 8 Cleland, Max D GA 9 Akaka, Daniel D HI 10 Inouye, Daniel K. D HI 11 Durbin, Richard J. D IL 12 Breaux, John B D LA 13 Landrieu, Mary D LA 14 Kennedy, Edward M. D MA 15 Kerry, John F. D MA 16 Mikulski, Barbara A. D MD 17 Sarbanes, Paul D MD 18 Collins, Susan R ME 19 Snowe, Olympia R ME 20 Stabenow, Debbie A. D MI 21 Wellstone, Paul David D MN 22 Baucus, Max D MT 23 Dorgan, Byron L. D ND 24 Nelson, Ben D NE 25 Corzine, Jon D NJ 26 Torricelli, Robert G. D NJ 27 Bingaman, Jeff D NM 28 Reid, Harry D NV 29 Clinton, Hillary D NY 30 Schumer, Charles E. D NY 31 DeWine, Mike R OH 32 Santorum, Rick R PA 33 Specter, Arlen R PA 34 Chafee, Lincoln R RI 35 Reed, Jack D RI 36 Hollings, Ernest F. D SC 37 Johnson, Tim D SD 38 Allen, George R VA 39 Warner, John W. R VA 40 Jeffords, James M. I VT 41 Leahy, Patrick J. D VT 42 Cantwell, Maria D WA 43 Feingold, Russ D WI 44 Kohl, Herbert H. D WI 45 Rockefeller, John D. IV D WV Thanks for your efforts! --Ross B. Capon, NARP Executive Director TRAC Members & Associates-- I just got off the phone with Ross Capon of NARP. He said Senator Feinstein signed the Pro-Amtrak Letter to Senate Appropriators today after a "flood" of emails and phone calls since yesterday! Ross thanks TRAC for our efforts and he said our campaign was paramount in getting Feinstein to sign the letter. NARP has now exceeded its goal of majority-plus-one signing in the Senate--with 52 Senators signing! This shows what we can do as an organization, as a group of individuals with common goals. In the last 24 hours I have received over 70 cc's of member and associate emails to Feinstein, and this doesn't include the phone calls and letters. I have read a number of these emails and will read them all by this evening. They are excellent--short, stating the main points and yet all individualized. And most importantly, so many of you took the time to send an email and be part of the effort. I also sent Feinstein email on behalf of TRAC, letting her know of our membership numbers and of the wide distribution of the California Rail News. She was reminded that many thousands of rail passengers throughout California would soon be reading about her decision--whatever it was--regarding the signing of this letter. Membership numbers and publication distribution equals political influence. This is only one battle in the fight for a better Amtrak, many more lay ahead. But today we helped our friends at NARP with their national goal which in turn supports our state goals (which includes interstate, long-distance services). We also let Feinstein know we are out there and that we care how she votes on rail passenger issues. If anyone receives replies by email or mail from Senator Feinstein (or has received any in the past, to asses her past position), I would appreciate receiving a copy here at TRAC (926 J St. #612, Sacramento 95814). I thank you all, -- --Alan C. Miller Administrative Director Train Riders Association of California |
