ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 12, Number 90
October 1, 2003

In This Issue: Please Thank Your Senators! 

On September 24 a group of Senators sent a letter to Senators Specter (R-PA) and Harkin (D-IA), of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and  Education, asking them to show their support of libraries by voting for the higher House funding levels in the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Conference.  This appropriations bill includes the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries program, the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), and the Museum Services Act. The Senators who signed on to this important letter are listed below. Please check the list, and please thank the Senators who did sign onto the letter for working to support library programs and funding.  

The Senators who signed on to this letter were:

Jack Reed (D-RI)
Patty Murray (D-WA)
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)
Carl Levin (D-MI)
Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Lincoln Chaffee (R-RI)
Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
Susan Collins (R-ME)
Ted Kennedy (D-MA) 
John Kerry (D-MA)
Joe Biden (D-DE)
Chris Dodd (D-CT) 
John Edwards (D-NC)
Paul Sarbannes (D-MD)
Tim Johnson (D-SD)
Harry Reid (D-NV)
Jon Corzine (D-NJ) 
Russell Feingold (D-WI) 
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) 
Barbara Boxer (D-CA) 
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) 
Daniel Akaka (D-HI) 
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) 
Max Baucus (D-MT) 
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) 
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) 
Patrick Leahy (D-VT) 
Charles Schumer (D-NY) 

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