ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 8, Number 100 October 4, 1999 In this issue: Thanks Needed: ESEA Title VI Funding Letter As reported in the September 28 and September 30 ALAWONs (http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon/alwn8097 and http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon/alwn8099 respectively), both House and Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittees restored funding for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title VI - Innovative Education Program Strategies. The Senate Subcommittee would fund the block grant at $375 million, while the House Subcommittee reported a new high for the block grant at $385 million. The Administration's budget request did not include funding for ESEA Title VI. THANKS NEEDED: Thanks should go to Reps. Rod Blagojevich (D-IL) and Michael Castle (R-DE) who co-sponsored and circulated a letter of support for Title VI for the third consecutive year. As in past years, we encourage you to thank the 81 Representatives (below) who signed the letter of support for ESEA Title VI. Title VI is the block grant that includes school library and instructional resources as one of the choices for spending block grant monies. ST-DST-PTY NAME PHONE FAX (Use 202 AREA CODE) AL-7 D Earl F. Hilliard 225-2665 226-0772 CA-7 D George Miller 225-2095 225-5609 CA-10 D Ellen O. Tauscher 225-1880 225-5914 CA-16 D Zoe Lofgren 225-3072 225-3336 CA-20 D Calvin M. Dooley 225-3341 225-9308 CA-26 D Howard L. Berman 225-4695 225-5279 CA-30 D Xavier Becerra 225-6235 225-2202 CA-37 D J.Millender-McDonald 225-7924 225-7926 CA-38 R Stephen Horn 225-6676 226-1012 CA-46 D Loretta Sanchez 225-2965 225-5859 CA-50 D Bob Filner 225-8045 225-9073 CO-1 D Diana DeGette 225-4431 225-5657 CT-2 D Sam Gejdenson 225-2076 225-4977 CT-6 R Nancy L. Johnson 225-4476 225-4488 DE-1 R Michael N. Castle 225-4165 225-2291 FL-3 D Corrine Brown 225-0123 225-2256 GA-2 D Sanford D. Bishop 225-3631 225-2203 GA-4 D Cynthia McKinney 225-1605 226-0691 GA-5 D John Lewis 225-3801 225-0351 HI-1 D Neil Abercrombie 225-2726 225-4580 IL-1 D Bobby L. Rush 225-4372 226-0333 IL-3 D William O. Lipinski 225-5701 225-1012 IL-4 D Luis V. Gutierrez 225-8203 225-7810 IL-5 D Rod R. Blagojevich 225-4061 225-5603 IL-7 D Danny K. Davis 225-5006 225-5641 IL-12 D Jerry F. Costello 225-5661 225-0285 IL-17 D Lane Evans 225-5905 225-5396 IN-10 D Julia Carson 225-4011 225-5633 IA-3 D Leonard L. Boswell 225-3806 225-5608 LA-7 D Christopher John 225-2031 225-5724 ME-1 D Thomas H. Allen 225-6116 225-5590 ME-2 D John Elias Baldacci 225-6306 225-2943 MD-3 D Benjamin L. Cardin 225-4016 225-9219 MD-7 D Elijah E. Cummings 225-4741 225-3178 MA-1 D John W. Olver 225-5335 226-1224 MA-2 D Richard E. Neal 225-5601 225-8112 MA-3 D James P. McGovern 225-6101 225-5759 MA-7 D Edward J. Markey 225-2836 226-0340 MA-9 D John Joseph Moakley 225-8273 225-3984 MA-10 D William D. Delahunt 225-3111 225-5658 MI-5 D James A. Barcia 225-8171 225-2168 MI-9 D Dale E. Kildee 225-3611 225-6393 MI-10 D David E. Bonior 225-2106 226-1169 MI-14 D John Conyers 225-5126 225-0072 MI-15 D Carolyn Kilpatrick 225-2261 225-5730 MI-16 D John D. Dingell 225-4071 MN-2 D David Minge 225-2331 226-0836 MN-8 D James L. Oberstar 225-6211 225-0699 NJ-6 D Frank Pallone 225-4671 225-9665 NY-4 D Carolyn McCarthy 225-5516 225-5758 NY-10 D Edolphus Towns 225-5936 225-1018 NY-20 R Benjamin A. Gilman 225-3776 225-2541 NY-25 R James T. Walsh 225-3701 225-4042 NY-26 D Maurice D. Hinchey 225-6335 226-0774 NY-30 R Jack Quinn 225-3306 226-0347 NC-2 D Bob Etheridge 225-4531 225-5662 NC-12 D Melvin L. Watt 225-1510 225-1512 OH-6 D Ted Strickland 225-5705 225-5907 OH-10 D Dennis J. Kucinich 225-5871 225-5745 OH-13 D Sherrod Brown 225-3401 225-2266 OH-14 D Thomas C. Sawyer 225-5231 225-5278 OR-5 D Darlene Hooley 225-5711 225-5699 PA-2 D Chaka Fattah 225-4001 225-5392 PA-8 R James C. Greenwood 225-4276 225-9511 PA-18 D Michael F. Doyle 225-2135 225-3084 PA-19 R William F. Goodling 225-5836 226-1000 RI-1 D Patrick J. Kennedy 225-4911 225-3290 RI-2 D Robert A. Weygand 225-2735 225-5976 SC-6 D James E. Clyburn 225-3315 225-2313 TN-5 D Bob Clement 225-4311 226-1035 TN-8 D John S. Tanner 225-4714 225-1765 TN-9 D Harold E. Ford 225-3265 225-5663 TX-1 D Max Sandlin 225-3035 225-5866 TX-10 D Lloyd Doggett 225-4865 225-3073 TX-24 D Martin Frost 225-3605 225-4951 VT-1 I Bernard Sanders 225-4115 225-6790 WA-6 D Norman D. Dicks 225-5916 226-1176 WI-5 D Thomas M. Barrett 225-3571 225-2185 GU-0 D Robert A. Underwood 225-1188 226-0341 VI-0 D Donna Christian-Green 225-1790 225-5517 MA-8 D Michael E. Capuano 225-5111 225-9322 ****** ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is a free, irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office. 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