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Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Senate VAWA Vote Tomorrow - Call Now!

Posted on 06:41 by Unknown

The Senate is expected to vote on final passage of the Violence Against Women Act on Thursday, Feb. 7.  We need a strong, bipartisan vote in favor of this reauthorization in order to compel the House to take it up next.  Call now!

When you reach your Senators’ offices, ask for the staff person who handles VAWA.

Click here for phone numbers and talking points.

The following Senators are already co-sponsors of VAWA.  Make sure to include a “thank you” if they represent you:

Senators Ayotte, Kelly (R-NH), Baldwin, Tammy  (D–WI), Baucus, Max (D-MT) , Begich, Mark (D-AK), Bennet, Michael (D-CO), Blumenthal, Richard (D-CT), Boxer, Barbara (D-CA), Brown, Sherrod (D-OH),  Cantwell, Maria (D-WA), Cardin, Benjamin (D-MD), Carper, Thomas (D-DE) Casey, Robert(D–PA), Collins, Susan (R-ME), Coons, Chris (D-DE), Crapo, Mike (R-ID), Donnelly, Joe (D-IN) Durbin, Richard (D-IL), Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA), Franken, Al (D-MN), Gillibrand, Kirsten (D-NY), Hagan, Kay (D-NC), Harkin, Tom (D-IA), Heinrich, Martin (D-NM), Heitkamp, Heidi (D–ND), Heller, Dean (R-NV),  Hirono, Mazie  (D-HI), Johnson, Tim (D - SD), Kaine, Tim (D-VA) King, Angus (I-ME), Kirk, Mark (R-IL), Klobuchar, Amy (D-MN), Landrieu, Mary(D-LA), Lautenberg, Frank R.(D-NJ) Leahy, Patrick (D-VT), Levin, Carl (D-MI) McCaskill, Claire (D-MO), Manchin, Joe (D-WV) ,Menendez, Robert (D-NJ), Merkley, Jeff (D-OR), Mikulski, Barbara (D-MD), Moran, Jerry(R-KS), Murkowski, Lisa(R-AK), Murphy, Christopher (D-CT) Murray, Patty (D-WA), Nelson, Bill (D-FL)  Pryor, Mark  (D-AR), Reed, Jack (D-RI), Reid, Harry (D-NV), Rockefeller, John D (D-WV), Sanders, Bernard (I-VT), Schatz, Brian (D-HI) Schumer, Charles  (D-NY), Shaheen, Jeanne (D-NH), Stabenow, Debbie (D-MI), Tester, Jon (D-MT), Udall, Mark (D-CO), Udall, Tom (D-NM), Warner, Mark(D-VA), Warren, Elizabeth(D-MA), Whitehouse, Sheldon (D-RI),Wyden, Ron (D-OR). 

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