Intensifying support
for HR 5680
By Mesfin Mekonen (Washington Update)
July 13, 2006
website that is read by over 6 million Americans.
There has been progress this week, with four new co-sponsors signing on yesterday and an announcement from Rep. Maxine Waters that she will co-sponsor and actively campaign for enactment of the legislation. The most recent list of co-sponsors follows.
If your member of Congress is not on this list, contact him or her here, and follow the directions. Members of Congress have a huge number of issues to think about and there is little chance that they will know about or support HR 5680 unless someone brings it to their attention. The bill's sponsor, Rep. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.) has done his part to publicize it and to convince his colleagues. Now it is our turn.
Write your member of Congress, send and e-mail or fax, and if possible meet them in person when they hold public meetings. Tell them in your own words that HR 5680 is important to you and why they should support legislation that will promote human rights and democracy in Ethiopia. You can mention this bill is not a partisan issue, its goals should be embraced by every American: the release of political prisoners, Journalists and civic leaders who have committed no crimes and are being held in deplorable conditions; support for democratic institutions and an independent judiciary; and economic policies that will break the cycle of poverty and famine.
- Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] - 6/26/2006
- Rep Wolf, Frank R. [VA-10] - 6/26/2006
- Rep Lantos, Tom [CA-12] - 6/26/2006
- Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. [CO-6] - 6/26/2006
- Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] - 6/26/2006
- Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] - 6/26/2006
- Rep Leach, James A. [IA-2] - 6/26/2006
- Rep Rohrabacher, Dana [CA-46] - 6/26/2006
- Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 6/26/2006
- Rep Chabot, Steve [OH-1] - 6/26/2006
- Rep Green, Al [TX-9] - 6/26/2006
- Rep Sabo, Martin Olav [MN-5] - 6/26/2006
- Rep Sanchez, Loretta [CA-47] - 6/26/2006
- Rep Scott, Robert C. [VA-3] - 6/26/2006
- Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3] - 6/26/2006
- Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. [GA-4] - 6/26/2006
- Rep Issa, Darrell E. [CA-49] - 6/28/2006
- Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 6/28/2006
- Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [MI-11] - 7/11/2006
- Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33] - 7/11/2006
- Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 7/11/2006
- Rep Smith, Adam [WA-9] - 7/11/2006
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July 13, 2006
website that is read by over 6 million Americans.
There has been progress this week, with four new co-sponsors signing on yesterday and an announcement from Rep. Maxine Waters that she will co-sponsor and actively campaign for enactment of the legislation. The most recent list of co-sponsors follows.
If your member of Congress is not on this list, contact him or her here, and follow the directions. Members of Congress have a huge number of issues to think about and there is little chance that they will know about or support HR 5680 unless someone brings it to their attention. The bill's sponsor, Rep. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.) has done his part to publicize it and to convince his colleagues. Now it is our turn.
Write your member of Congress, send and e-mail or fax, and if possible meet them in person when they hold public meetings. Tell them in your own words that HR 5680 is important to you and why they should support legislation that will promote human rights and democracy in Ethiopia. You can mention this bill is not a partisan issue, its goals should be embraced by every American: the release of political prisoners, Journalists and civic leaders who have committed no crimes and are being held in deplorable conditions; support for democratic institutions and an independent judiciary; and economic policies that will break the cycle of poverty and famine.
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