Signing Up

Jan 12th, 2007 5:00 PM UTC
By Virginia Simmons

Since leaders in Congress first announced their intention to extend the continuing resolution, which would keep federal funding for 2007 at 2006 levels, ONE has mobilized an effort to save the nearly 1 billion dollars for the fight against extreme poverty, HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis that would be lost.

This week, ONE members encouraged their representatives to sign “Dear Colleague” letters asking congressional leadership to give as much money back to these critical programs as possible. Now that the official deadlines for getting signatures have passed, you can see the final list of those who decided to join the effort below.

We’ll have to wait, possibly until February 15 (when the current continuing resolution expires), until we find out how much of the billion dollars is saved, but thanks to your letters, emails, faxes and calls, our representatives heard not just that Americans care about global poverty, but that Americans are paying close attention to what they do with this critical funding.

Signers of the Brownback/Durbin “Dear Colleague” letter in the Senate:

Leahy (D-VT), Specter (R-PA), Biden (D-DE), Levin (D-MI), Lautenberg (D-NJ), Feingold (D-WI), Stabenow (D-MI), Murray (D-WA), Menendez (D-NJ), Coleman (R-MN), Sununu (R-NH), Kennedy (D-MA), Clinton (D-NY), Akaka (D-HI), Kerry (D-MA), Obama (D-IL), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Mikulski (D-MD), Feinstein (D-CA), Dodd (D-CT), Lincoln (D-AR), Brown (D-OH), Bingaman (D-NM), Murkowski (D-AK), Lieberman (I-CT), Harkin (D-IA), Boxer (D-CA), Salazar (D-CO), Wyden (D-OR), Collins (R-ME), Dole (R-NC), Schumer (D-NY), Inouye (D-HI), Hagel (R-NE), Burr (R-NC), Cardin (D-MD), Landrieu (D-LA), Smith (R-OR), Whitehouse (D-RI), Martinez (R-FL)

Signers of the Lee/Shays “Dear Colleague” letter in the House:

Lantos (D-CA), Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), McDermott (D-WA), McCotter (R-MI), Payne (D-NJ), Carter (R-TX), C. Brown (D-FL), Cummings (D-MD), Baldwin (D-WI), Christensen (D-VI), Michaud (D-ME), Jefferson (D-LA), Doggett (D-TX), Millender-McDonald (D-CA), Fattah (D-PA), Jackson Lee (D-TX), Holt (D-NJ), Larsen (D-WA), A. Green (D-TX), Waxman (D-CA), Wexler (D-FL), Waters (D-CA), Meek (D-FL), Kucinich (D-OH), John Lewis (D-GA), Conyers (D-MI), S. Davis (D-CA), Carson (D-IN), Allen (D-ME), McGovern (D-MA), G. Moore (D-WI), Cleaver (D-MO), Carnahan (D-MO), Capuano (D-MA), Tauscher (D-CA), Clay (D-MO), Wynn (D-MD), Crowley (D-NY), Watt (D-NC), Blumenauer (D-OR), Pastor (D-AZ), Nadler (D-NY), Van Hollen (D-MD), Matsui (D-CA), R. Scott (D-VA), Dicks (D-WA), Schakowsky (D-IL), Bordallo (D-GU), Berman (D-CA), Grijalva (D-AZ), Eshoo (D-CA), Capps (D-CA), G. Green (D-TX), Lofgren (D-CA), Tierney (D-MA), Markey (D-MA), A. Hastings (D-FL), B. Thompson (D-MS), Rangel (D-NY), Hinchey (D-NY), Honda (D-CA), Boucher (D-VA), E.B. Johnson (D-TX), Woolsey (D-CA), Inslee (D-WA), Hare (D-IL), George Miller (D-CA), Butterfield (D-NC), DeGette (D-CO), Pallone (D-NJ), McNulty (D-NY), Rush (D-IL), D. Davis (D-IL), Linda Sanchez (D-CA), Gutierrez (D-IL), R. Brady (D-PA), Maloney (D-NY), McCarthy (D-NY), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), Sires (D-NJ), Ruppersberger (D-MD), Solis (D-CA), James Moran (D-VA), Dingell (D-MI), McNerney (D-CA), Rothman (D-NJ), Pascrell (D-NJ), Cohen (D-TN), Snyder (D-AR), Stark (D-CA)

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