Okay so we are in serious financial doodoo and it IS impossible to reach anyone in congress. That said, please do not let go of the momentum (relative as it may be – to years of nothing) on UAFA.
Quote : “UAFA Gains Cosponsors, Momentum in Congress
September was a huge month for the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) in Washington. Four new Senators and eighteen Representatives came on to the bill, bring our total number of cosponsors to a record eighteen Senators and 118 House Members – increases of 30% and 20% respectively.”
Now that the 110th is seated.. we must all do our part to fight for equality in immigration for all Americans. Yes there are Americans in exile right now, and for many years, separated from aging parents, tocan be with the person they love. American citizens are forced to leave their own country to be with partners as there are no immigration rights for same sex couples.
COSPONSORS(18), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)
| Sen Akaka, Daniel K. [HI] – 2/14/2008 | Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] – 9/11/2007 |
| Sen Brown, Sherrod [OH] – 5/16/2007 | Sen Cantwell, Maria [WA] – 9/16/2008 |
| Sen Cardin, Benjamin L. [MD] – 7/23/2008 | Sen Casey, Robert P., Jr. [PA] – 9/11/2008 |
| Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] – 9/8/2008 | Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] – 5/14/2007 |
| Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI] – 5/15/2007 | Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] – 8/3/2007 |
| Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] – 9/4/2007 | Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ] – 9/26/2007 |
| Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ] – 1/31/2008 | Sen Murray, Patty [WA] – 9/20/2007 |
| Sen Sanders, Bernard [VT] – 1/30/2008 | Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY] – 9/11/2008 |
| Sen Whitehouse, Sheldon [RI] – 9/4/2007 | Sen Wyden, Ron [OR] – 5/7/2008 |
Where is Senator Feinstein? Why are there so few of you here? All if you received our votes now we need you to help our families.
Pleas check if your Senator is here – every Democratic Senator should be here…. for goodness sake!
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Great News! Rep. Jerrold Nadler plans to reintroduce the Uniting American Families Act on Feb. 13!
You can make the bill a success by convincing your Representative to support the bill from Day One. Reintroducing the bill with as many cosponsors as possible will show powerful momentum for the rights of gay and lesbian binational couples!
Please call your Representative and ask them to be an original cosponsor of the “Uniting American Families Act of 2009”
It’s easy!
Find out who your U.S. House Representative is. Go to http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/index.htm, enter your address, and you will be provided the name of your U.S. Representative.
Call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202)224-3121 and ask to be connected to your U.S. Representative.
Tell your representative’s staff:
I am calling to ask Representative ________________ to be an original cosponsor of the Uniting American Families Act of 2009. To cosponsor, he/she must contact Rep. Jerrold Nadler who is the lead sponsor.
The U.S. government discriminates against gay and lesbian binational couples by not allowing us to sponsor our foreign-born life partners for immigration. Because of this, we face the terrible choice of separating from the person we love or leaving our country. As Americans, we should not have to choose between family and country. Please ask Rep. _________________ to cosponsor the Uniting American Families Act of 2009 by reaching out to Rep. Nadler before February 12.
Thanks for asking your member of Congress to celebrate love this Valentine’s Day by cosponsoring UAFA!
I am not sure that asking to celebrate love will do the trick – try UNITING FAMILIES