8:45 am By Maegan La Mala · DREAM Act|Immigration
29 Nov 2010This week something will happen with the DREAM Act and hopefully that something will be passage. It is expected that the DREAM Act, which would help many undocumented young people access legal status in he U.S., will come up for a vote as a stand-alone bill this week. VivirLatino will try and do it’s best to cover events in DC and around the country as they happen.
In the meantime, have you called your senator and congressperson?
How to call congress:
1. Dial the switchboard 1-866-967-6018
2. Ask operator for a member from the target list:
Senate Democrats:
Conrad (ND)
Dorgan (ND)
McCaskill (MO)
Webb (VA)
Warner (VA)
Landrieu (LA)
Pryor (AR)
Tester (MT)
Murkowski (AK)
Hagan (NC)
Senate Republicans:
Hutchison (TX)
Brownback (KS)
Kirk (IL)
Bennett (UT)
Voinovich (OH)
Snowe (ME)
Collins (ME)
Lemieux (FL)
Lugar (IN)
Bunning (KY)
Representatives:
Kirkpatrick (AZ) or Berry (AR) or Ross (AR) or Cardoza (CA) or Dreier (CA) or Costa (CA) or Klein (FL) or Kosmas (FL) or Putnam (FL) or Barrow (GA) or Marshall (GA) or Bishop (GA) or Scott (GA) or Bean (IL) or Halvorson (IL) or Hill (IN) or Visclosky (IN) or Chandler (KY) or Michaud (ME) or Kratovil (MD) or Dingell (MI) or Schauer (MI) or Kildee (MI) or Peters (MI) or McCollum (MN) or Oberstar (MN) or Peterson (MN) or Walz (MN) or Adler (NJ) or Murphy (NY) or Slaughter (NY) or Arcuri (NY) or Higgins (NY) or Hall (NY) or Lee (NY) or Owens (NY) or Kissell (NC) or Boccieri (OH) or Wilson (OH) or Holden (PA) or Dahlkemper (PA) or Gordon (TN) or Tanner (TN) or Cooper (TN) or Boucher (VA) or Nye (VA)3. When receptionist picks up leave a message urging the member to vote yes on DREAM.
Via / DREAMActivist
Video Via / Cuéntame
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November 30th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
Senator Lisa Murkowski is a Republican.