Urge Your SENATORS to Support S.
2123
The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural
Resources Committee has scheduled
CARA (Conservation and Reinvestment
Act) S.2123 for "mark-up" consideration
on June 14, 2000. With the CARA
bill now passed in the U.S. House
of Representatives, we in the
youth sports community must now
shift our attention to the Senate,
where Senator May Landrieu (D-LA)
has introduced companion legislation
to H.R.701. This
Senate CARA bill S.2123, already
has sixteen co-sponsors, including:
Frank Murkowski (R-AK, Tim Hutchinson
(R-AR), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA),
Joe Biden (D-DE), Max Cleland
(D-GA), Evan Bayh (D-IN), John
Breaux (D-LA), Senate Majority
Leader Trent Lott (R-MS), Thad
Cochran (R-MS), John Ashcroft
(R-MO), Christopher Bond (R-MO),
Bob Smith (R-NH), Judd Gregg (R-NH),
Michael DeWine (R-OH), Charles
Robb (D-VA), John Warner (R-VA).
Our
most immediate concern is getting
S.2123 reported out of the Senate
Energy and Natural Resources Committee,
whose chairman, Senator Murkowski,
has signaled his support as a
co-sponsor.
We
seek the help of all youth sports
advocates in the following states
to immediately contact their respective
Senators and urge prompt consideration
of S 2123. You may adapt the sample
letter attached to this legislative
alert if you wish.
It
is important to contact all members
of the U.S. Senate; however, here
a list of a few targeted Senators:
| ARKANSAS:
|
Blanche
Lincoln |
| COLORADO:
|
Ben
Nighthorse Campbell |
| FLORIDA:
|
Bob
Graham |
| HAWAII:
|
Daniel
Akaka |
| IDAHO:
|
Larry
Craig |
| ILLINOIS:
|
Peter
Fitzgerald |
| KENTUCKY:
|
Jim
Bunning |
| MONTANA:
|
Conrad
Burns |
| NEW
MEXICO: |
Pete
Domenici and Jeff Bingaman
|
| NORTH
DAKOTA: |
Byron
Dorgan |
| OKLAHOMA: |
Don
Nickles |
| OREGON:
|
Gordon
Smith and Ron Wyden |
| SOUTH
DAKOTA: |
Tim
Johnson |
| WASHINGTON:
|
Slade
Gorton |
| WYOMING:
|
Craig
Thomas |
The sample letter "Senate Letter
for Support of S.2123 - CARA"
can be sent from this website.
