Advocacy Email - April 27, 2004 pm

Advocacy Alert from NAFSA

Here is a quick update on the number of letters that have been written regarding Senate Resolution 313, "People-to-People Engagement in World Affairs," which was introduced back on March 9, 2004 by Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin.

On April 12, NAFSA launched an advocacy alert campaign in order to generate additional Senate cosponsors for the bill, and to initiate interest in the House to introduce a companion initiative. As of April 26, here is a listing of the number letters from your state that have been generated via NAFSA's "Take Action!" web page (look for your state below):

Arizona: 0 Senate; 0 House
California: 2 Senate; 1 House
Colorado: 10 Senate; 1 House
Florida: 0 Senate; 0 House
Georgia: 8 Senate; 0 House
Hawaii: 0 Senate; 0 House
Iowa: 0 Senate; 0 House
Kansas: 4 Senate; 1 House
Louisiana: 2 Senate; 0 House
Massachusetts: 2 Senate; 0 House
Maryland: 0 Senate; 0 House
Michigan: 0 Senate; 0 House
Minnesota: 4 Senate; 1 House
North Carolina: 0 Senate; 0 House
Nebraska: 0 Senate; 0 House
New Hampshire: 0 Senate; 0 House
New Jersey: 8 Senate; 4 House
New Mexico: 0 Senate; 0 House
Nevada: 0 Senate; 0 House
New York: 6 Senate; 1 House
South Carolina: 0 Senate; 0 House
Texas: 81 Senate; 21 House
Utah: 0 Senate; 0 House
Virginia: 12 Senate; 2 House
Vermont: 0 Senate; 0 House
Washington: 0 Senate; 0 House
Wisconsin: 1 Senate; 1 House
West Virginia: 0 Senate; 0 House

Since March 9, 8 additional senators have signed on as co-sponsors (to see the latest list, access: http://www.nafsa.org/content/publicpolicy/NAFSAontheIssues/Feingold.htm.)

The alert is still active, so please continue to encourage your fellow NAFSAns to write. To access the alert, go to http://econstituent.votenet.com/nafsa.

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