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It certainly is pleasant to see people doing what I was planning on doing but hadn't gotten around to yet. This post is right on the money. There are only 29 total (Congressmen and Senators) who are candidates for the conference committee. I believe the time for cards and letters is drawing to a close and what we need down the stretch is personal contact. ANYONE WHO CAN GET TO ANY OF THESE 29 LEGISLATORS SHOULD DO SO ASAP. Guilt is a powerful motivator and if you want to feel guilty, just do nothing these next several weeks to get this Bill passed only to find out you could have made a difference. On Monday, September 15, 1997 2:37 PM, Mary Rack [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] wrote: > Hello, USA readers! > > My experience in meeting with Vince Snowbarger (R, very to-the-right, > KS) has really brought home to me the value of personal contacts with > legislators. So, please, even if your Senators and Congresspeople > are already cosponsors, contribute to this we- > hope-final push for Udall passage. > > As I understand it, the conferees resolving differences between the > House & Senate versions of the appropriations measure will come from > the respective Appropriations subcommittees for Labor, Health, Human > Services Education etc. The subcommittees are: > > SENATE: > > Specter (PA) Harkin (IA) > Cochran (MS) Hollings (SC) > Gorton (WA) Inouye (HI) > Bond (MO) Bumpers (AR) > Gregg (NH) Reid (NV) > Faircloth (NC) Kohl (WI) > Craig (ID) Murray (WA) > Hutchison (TX) Byrd (WV) > Stevens (AK) > > HOUSE: > > John Edward Porter, Ill., Chairman > C.W. Bill Young, Fla. David R. Obey, Wis. > Henry Bonilla, Texas Louis Stokes, Ohio > Ernest J. Istook, Jr., Okla. Steny H. Hoyer, Md. > Dan Miller, Fla Nancy Pelosi, Calif > Jay Dickey, Ark. Nita M. Lowey, N.Y. > Roger F. Wicker, Miss. Rosa DeLauro, Conn. > > If any of these people represent you, please ask them to retain Udall > language in the compromise bill. > If none of these are "yours", contact your people and ask them to > "Dear Colleague" subcommittee members and urge them to retain Udall > language. > > I think we have cause for optimism, but we don't dare stop now; please > help. > > Mary Rack > [log in to unmask]