<P>Joan Huffer in Senator Daschle's office was pursuing the letter the day before Thanksgiving and thought our Senator would be interested in signing on.
<P>Nancy Hansen
<P>Sioux Falls Area Literacy Council
<P>Sioux Falls, SD
<P> <B><I>"Dyer, Becky" <Becky.Dyer@maine.gov></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Senators Snowe and Collins from Maine are both interested in signing on,<BR>however both offices thought they had heard that it was too late and are<BR>checking with Breaux's office to confirm.<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Jon Randall [mailto:jrandall@fedstrategics.com]<BR>Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 7:49 AM<BR>To: NLA Listserv (E-mail)<BR>Subject: [NLA] Breaux-Hatch NIFL Letter -- The Final Week!<BR><BR><BR>We have *one more week* to gather signatures for the Breaux-Hatch NIFL<BR>letter in the Senate. Our goal is 30 co-signers. There are 19 thus far.<BR><BR>If your Senators are not on the co-signer list below, please call your<BR>Senator's legislative assistant education. If you don't get to speak to him<BR>or her, leave a message and call back every day this week until you get<BR>through. Be polite but explain that this is important and that his or her<BR>boss only has until Friday to sign on.<BR><BR>Let's see how many other states' literacy advocates can join those of NY,<BR>CT, RI, and MA will two stars on the NLA honor roll for having delivered<BR>both of their Senators to the co-signer's list.<BR><BR>I'll post the latest co-signer's list as soon as Sen. Breaux's office<BR>provides me with an update.<BR><BR>Thanks, and keep up the good work! Our work on this is not done until both<BR>of our Senators are on the co-signer's list.<BR><BR>Best,<BR>Jon<BR><BR>NIFL Letter in the Senate, Co-signers (19*)<BR><BR>John Breaux (D-LA) Orrin Hatch (R-UT)<BR>John D Rockefeller IV (D-WV) Pat Roberts (R-KS)<BR>John Kerry (D-MA) Arlen Specter (R-PA)<BR>Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) Lincoln Chafee (R-RI)<BR>Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) * Christopher Bond (R-MO)<BR>Diane Feinstein (D-CA)<BR>Charles Schumer (D-NY)<BR>Christopher Dodd (D-CT)<BR>Ernest Hollings (D-SC)<BR>Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)<BR>Edward Kennedy (D-MA)<BR>Jack Reed (D-RI)<BR>* Patty Murray (D-WA)<BR>* Jon Corzine (D-NJ)<BR><BR>* Reported but not yet confirmed with Sen. Breaux's office<BR><BR><BR>Letters and phone calls being made to ...<BR><BR>Boxer (D-CA)<BR>Durbin (D-IL) Fitzgerald (R-IL)<BR>McConnell (R-KY) Bunning (R-KY)<BR>DeWine (R-OH) Voinovich (R-OH)<BR>Snowe (R-ME) Collins (R-ME)<BR>Sarbanes (D-MD) Mikulski (D-MD)<BR>Hagel (R-NE) Nelson (D-NE)<BR>Smith (R-NH) Gregg (R-NH)<BR>Torricelli (D-NJ) Corzine (D-NJ)<BR>Domenici (R-NM)<BR>Helms (R-NC) Edwards (D-NC)<BR>Santorum (R-PA)<BR>Frist (R-TN) Thompson (R-TN)<BR>Gramm (R-TX) Hutchison (R-TX)<BR>Thurmond (R-SC)<BR>Daschle (D-SD) Johnson (D-SD)<BR>Leahy (D-VT) Jeffords (I-VT)<BR>Warner (R-VA) Allen (R-VA)<BR>Kohl (D-WI) Feingold (D-WI)<BR><BR><BR><BR>Jon Randall<BR>Public Policy Committee Chair<BR>National Coalition for Literacy<BR>www.natcoalitionliteracy.org<BR><BR>NCL policy efforts are supported in part by funding from ProLiteracy<BR>Worldwide<BR><BR>FedStrategics, LLC<BR>strategic advocacy & public affairs consulting<BR>to charitable organizations<BR>www.FedStrategics.com<BR><BR>8413 Park Crest Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20910<BR>Tel: (301) 588-5304 Fax: (301) 588-5353<BR>jrandall@FedStrategics.com<BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>NLA mailing list: NLA@lists.literacytent.org<BR>http://lists.literacytent.org/mailman/listinfo/nla<BR>LiteracyTent: web hosting, news, community and goodies for literacy<BR>http://literacytent.org<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>NLA mailing list: NLA@lists.literacytent.org<BR>http://lists.literacytent.org/mailman/listinfo/nla<BR>LiteracyTent: web hosting, news, community and goodies for literacy<BR>http://literacytent.org</BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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