We’re at 43


Apr 26th, 2007 2:00 PM EST
By Weldon Kennedy

Since last Monday, ONE members have been writing and calling their senators asking them to sign on to the “Feinstein-Hagel” Dear Colleague letter asking for $39.8 billion for the international affairs budget (IAB). We want 60 signers by Friday, and right now we’re at 43.

If you don’t see both of your state’s senators below, please call 1-800-786-2663 and urge them to fully fund the IAB in 2008. Go here for some talking points for your call.

* Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
* Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
* Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
* Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
* Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)

* Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
* Sen. Benjamin Cardin (D-MD)
* Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA)
* Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
* Sen. Norm Coleman (R-NM)

* Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
* Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT)
* Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
* Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
* Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL)

* Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI)
* Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
* Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)
* Sen. Chuck Hagel (D-NE)
* Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)

* Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
* Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
* Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA)
* Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
* Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI)

* Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)

* Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
* Sen. Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT)
* Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN)
* Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL)

* Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
* Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
* Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
* Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)
* Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO)

* Sen. Jack Reed (D- RI)
* Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR)
* Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
* Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
* Sen. John Sununu (R-NH)
* Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH)

* Sen. John Warner (R-VA)
* Sen. James Webb (D-VA)

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