[NLA] Re: NIFL Dear Colleague Letter in SENATE

[Jon Randall]

Karen,

Thanks so much for working on this! Rep. Sawyer has agreed to touch base
with Sen. DeWine on this matter too.

Thanks again,
Jon


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[mailto:nla-admin at lists.literacytent.org]  On Behalf Of Karen Scheid
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Subject:	Re: [NLA] Re: NIFL Dear Colleague Letter in SENATE


Jon,

I talked to Kristen Bannerman in Senator DeWine's office this morning and
faxed her the materials from the Coalition and the Dear Colleague letter. I
also sent an alert to adult literacy programs in Ohio related to this issue
and will, momentarily, be sending a written appeal to Senator DeWine
related to sponsorship.

Karen

At 03:06 PM 9/17/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Help Needed: One Senate Republican!
>
>The alert posted earlier today (Urgent Action: Help Preserve NIFL's Adult
Ed
>Focus!) could have been posted ten days ago except for one problem. To
>launch this effort, we need one Democrat and one Republican in the House
and
>one Democrat and one Republican in the Senate to take the lead on these
>letters.
>
>To date, we haven't been able to secure the lead Republican co-sponsor for
>the letter in the Senate. We just couldn't wait any longer and posted the
>alert for the House letter only. Senator John Breaux (LA) has agreed to be
>the lead Democrat co-sponsor of the Senate letter - identical to the House
>letter. But we need a Republican too!
>
>The lead co-sponsors are the ones that ask their fellow Senators to sign
the
>letter and collect the actual signatures. It requires a commitment of some
>staff work to be a lead co-sponsor. Getting Republicans in the Senate to
>sign on should be easier, but first we need ONE to agree to be the letter's
>cosponsor with Senator Breaux.
>
>Anyone personally know someone in the office of a Republican Senator?
>
>We've made requests to the following: Republican Senators Frist (TN),
>Specter (PA), and McCain (AZ). Senator Thompson (TN) said he'd likely sign
>the letter but not take the lead on it. We've sent new requests Senators
>Collins (ME) and DeWine (OH). If you have connections in any of these
>offices feel free to follow up on requests that have already been made by
>fellow constituents on behalf of the National Coalition for Literacy.
>
>Or, email me directly if you have a connection to a Republican Senator we
>haven't asked yet.
>
>Thanks,
>Jon
>
>
>Jon Randall
>Public Policy Committee Chair
>National Coalition for Literacy
>www.natcoalitionliteracy.org
>
>NCL policy efforts are supported in part by funding from ProLiteracy
>Worldwide
>
>FedStrategics, LLC
>strategic advocacy & public affairs consulting
>to charitable organizations
>www.FedStrategics.com
>
>8413 Park Crest Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20910
>Tel: (301) 588-5304   Fax: (301) 588-5353
>jrandall at FedStrategics.com
>
>
>
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