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How You Can Help Pass the MD-CARE Act

Check the list of co-sponsors for H.R. 717 and S. 805, [Documents can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat.], to see if the U.S. representatives or senators from your state have co-sponsored the bill in their respective houses. If your national legislators are on the list, please write or e-mail to thank them for supporting the MD-CARE Act.

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  • If any of your national legislators are not listed, please contact them as soon as possible, urging him or her to co-sponsor and support this critical legislation. Remind the representative or senator that this is not a partisan or political issue, but rather a human issue.

    Members of the 107th Congress can be contacted by telephone, fax or e-mail. To locate contact information for your U.S. representatives or senators, check your local telephone directory or look online at www.senate.gov and www.house.gov. The number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121.


    MD CARE Act (S.805) Co-Sponsors - U.S. Senate

    As of September 7, 2001

    George Allen, R-VA
    Robert F. Bennett, R-UT
    Christopher S. Bond, R-MO
    John B. Breaux, D-L
    Jim Bunning, R-KY
    Conrad R. Burns, R-MT
    Maria Cantwell, D-WA
    Jean Carnahan, D-MO
    Lincoln D. Chafee, R-RI
    Max Cleland, D-GA
    Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY
    Thad Cochran, R-MS
    Susan M. Collins, R-ME
    Jon Corzine, D-NJ
    Michael D. Crapo, R-ID
    Thomas A. Daschle, D-SD
    Mark Dayton, D-MN
    Michael DeWine, R-OH
    Christopher J. Dodd, D-CT
    Pete V. Domenici, R-NM
    Byron L. Dorgan, D-ND
    Dianne Feinstein, D-CA
    Charles E. Grassley, R-IA
    Ernest F. Hollings, D-SC
    Tim Y. Hutchinson, R-AR
    Tim Johnson, D-SD
    John F. Kerry, D-MA
    Herb Kohl, D-WI
    Mary L. Landrieu, D-LA
    Joseph I. Lieberman, D-CT
    Blanche Lincoln, D-AR
    Mitch McConnell, R-KY
    Barbara A. Mikulski, D-MD
    Frank H. Murkowski, R-AK
    Benjamin E. Nelson, D-NE
    Don Nickles, R-OK
    Harry M. Reid, D-NV
    Pat Roberts, R-KS
    Paul S. Sarbanes, D-MD
    Charles E. Schumer, D-NY
    Bob Smith, R-NH
    Olympia J. Snowe, R-ME
    Debbie Stabenow, D-MI
    Robert G. Torricelli, D-NJ
    George V. Voinovich, R-OH
    John W. Warner, R-VA
    Paul D. Wellstone, D-MN


    MD CARE Act (H.R. 717) Co-Sponsors - House of Representatives

    July 23, 2001

    Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii
    Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y.
    Robert Aderholt, R-Ala.
    Todd W. Akin, R-Mo.
    Thomas Allen, D-Me.
    Robert Andrews, D-N.J.
    Richard K. Armey, R-Texas
    Joe Baca, D-Calif.
    Spencer Bachus, R-Ala.
    Richard Baker, R-La.
    John Elias Baldacci, D-Me.
    Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc.
    Cass Ballenger, R-N.C.
    Bob Barr, R-Ga.
    Thomas Barret, D-Wisc.
    Roscoe Bartlett, R-Md.
    Joe Barton, R-Texas
    Charles Bass, R-N.H.
    Ken Bentsen, D-Texas
    Shelley Berkley, D-Nev.
    Marion Berry, D-Ark.
    Judy Biggert, R-Ill.
    Michael Bilirakis, R-Fla.
    Sanford D. Bishop, D-Ga.
    Rod R. Blagojevich, D-Ill.
    Ed Blumenauer, D-Ore.
    Roy Blunt, R-Mo.
    Sherwood L. Boehlert, R-N.Y.
    John Boehner, R-Ohio
    Henry Bonilla, R-Texas
    David E. Bonior, D-Mich.
    Mary Bono, R-Calif.
    Robert Borski, D-Pa.
    Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa
    Allen Boyd, D-Fla.
    Kevin Brady, R-Texas
    Robert Brady, D-Pa.
    Corrine Brown, D-Fla.
    Henry Brown Jr., R-S.C.
    Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio
    Ed Bryant, R-Tenn.
    Richard Burr, R-N.C.
    Steve Buyer, R-Ind.
    Sonny Callahan, R-Ala.
    Ken Calvert, R-Calif.
    Dave Camp, R-Mich.
    Eric Cantor, R-Va.
    Shelley Moore Capito, R-W. Va.
    Lois Capps, D-Calif.
    Benjamin Cardin, D-Md.
    Brad Carson, D-Okla.
    Julia Carson, D-Ind.
    Michael Castle, R-Del.
    Steve Chabot, R-Ohio
    Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.
    Eva M. Clayton, D-N.C.
    Bob Clement, D-Tenn.
    Howard Coble, R-N.C.
    Mac Collins, R-Ga.
    Gary Condit, D-Calif.
    John Conyers Jr., D-Mich.
    Jerry F. Costello, D-Ill.
    William Coyne, D-Pa.
    Robert E. (Bud) Cramer, D-Ala.
    Philip M. Crane, R-Ill.
    Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla.
    Barbara Cubin, R-Wyo.
    John Abney Culberson, R-Texas
    Randy (Duke) Cunningham, R-Calif.
    Jo Ann Davis, R-Va.
    Tom Davis, R-Va.
    Nathan Deal, R-Ga.
    Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn.
    Peter Deutsch, D-Fla.
    Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Fla.
    Calvin Dooley, D-Calif.
    John Doolittle, R-Calif.
    Michael Doyle, D-Pa.
    John J. Duncan Jr., R-Tenn.
    Vernon Ehlers, R-Mich.
    Robert Ehrlich, R-Md.
    Jo Ann Emerson, R-Mo.
    Eliot Engel, D-N.Y.
    Phil English, R-Pa.
    Anna Eshoo, D-Calif.
    Bob Etheridge, D-N.C.
    Lane Evans, D-Ill.
    Terry Everett, R-Ala.
    Mike Ferguson, R-N.J.
    Bob Filner, D-Calif.
    Ernie Fletcher, R-Ky.
    Mark Foley, R-Fla.
    Randy Forbes, R-Va.
    Harold E. Ford, D-Tenn.
    Vito Fossella, R-N.Y.
    Martin Frost, D-Texas
    Elton Gallegly, R-Calif.
    Greg Ganske, R-Iowa
    Jim Gibbons, R-Nev.
    Wayne Gilchrest, R-Md.
    Paul Gillmor, R-Ohio
    Benjamin A. Gilman, R-N.Y.
    Charles Gonzalez, D-Texas
    Virgil Goode Jr., I-Va.
    Bob Goodlatte, R-Va.
    Bart Gordon, D-Tenn.
    Kay Granger, R-Texas
    Sam Graves, R-Mo.
    Gene Green, D-Texas
    James C. Greenwood, R-Pa
    Felix Grucci, R-N.Y.
    Luis V. Gutierrez, D-Ill.
    Gil Gutknecht, R-Minn.
    Tony P. Hall, D-Ohio
    Jane Harman, D-Calif.
    Melissa A. Hart, R-Pa.
    Alcee Hastings, D-Fla.
    Doc Hastings, R-Wash.
    Robin Hayes, R-N.C.
    J. D. Hayworth, R-Ariz.
    Joel Hefley, R-Colo.
    Baron Hill, D-Ind.
    Van Hilleary, R-Tenn.
    Earl F. Hilliard, D-Ala.
    Ruben Hinojosa, D-Texas
    David L. Hobson, R-Ohio
    Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich.
    Tim Holden, D-Pa.
    Rush Holt, D-N.J.
    Darlene Hooley, D-Ore.
    Stephen Horn, R-Calif.
    John Hostettler, R-Ind.
    Amo Houghton, R-N.Y.
    Steny Hoyer, D-Md.
    Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.
    Asa Hutchinson, R-Ark.
    Henry Hyde, R-Ill.
    Jay Inslee, D-Wash.
    Johnny Isakson, R-Ga.
    Steve Isreal, D-N.Y.
    Darrell E. Issa, R-Calif.
    William L. Jenkins, R-Tenn.
    Christopher John, D-La.
    Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio
    Walter Jones, R-N.C.
    Paul E. Kanjorski, D-Pa.
    Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio
    Ric Keller, R-Fla.
    Sue Kelly, R-N.Y.
    Mark Kennedy, R-Minn.
    Brian Kerns, R-Ind.
    Dale E. Kildee, D-Mich.
    Carolyn Kilpatrick, D-Mich.
    Ron Kind, D-Wisc.
    Peter King, R-N.Y.
    Jack Kingston, R-Ga.
    Mark Steven Kirk, R-Ill.
    Gerald Kleczka, D-Wisc.
    Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz.
    Dennis J. Kuchinich, D-Ohio
    John J. LaFalce, D-N.Y.
    James Langevin, D-R.I.
    Steve Largent, R-Okla.
    Rick Larsen, D-Wash.
    Steve C. LaTourette, R-Ohio
    James A. Leach, R-Iowa
    John Lewis, D-Ga.
    Ron Lewis, R-Ky.
    William Lipinski, D-Ill.
    Frank LoBiondo, R-N.J.
    Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif.
    Nita Lowey, D-N.Y.
    Frank Lucas, R-Okla.
    Ken Lucas, D-Ky.
    Bill Luther, D-Minn.
    Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y.
    Donald Manzullo, R-Ill.
    Edward J. Markey, D-Mass.
    Frank Mascara, D-Pa.
    Jim Matheson, D-Utah
    Robert Matsui, R-Calif.
    Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y.
    Karen McCarthy, D-Mo.
    Betty McCollum, D-Minn.
    Jim McCrery, R-La.
    Jim McDermott, D-Wash.
    James P. McGovern, D-Mass.
    John McHugh, R-N.Y.
    Michael R. McNulty, D-N.Y.
    Martin Meehan, D-Mass.
    Carrie P. Meek, D-Fla.
    Robert Menendez, D-N.J.
    John L. Mica, R-Fla.
    Juanita Millender-McDonald, D-Calif.
    Dan Miller, R-Fla.
    Gary G. Miller, R-Calif.
    George Miller, D-Calif.
    Patsy T. Mink, D-Hawaii
    Alan B. Mollohan, D-W. Va.
    Dennis Moore, D-Kan.
    James Moran, D-Va.
    Jerry Moran, R-Kan.
    Constance Morella, R-Md.
    John Murtha, D-Pa.
    Sue Myrick, R-N.C.
    Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y.
    Grace F. Napolitano, D-Calif.
    Richard E. Neal, D-Mass.
    George R. Nethercutt Jr., R-Wash.
    Robert W. Ney, R-Ohio
    Anne M. Northup, R-Ky.
    Charlie Norwood, R-Ga.
    Jim Nussle, R-Iowa
    James Oberstar, D-Minn.
    John Olver, D-Mass.
    C. L. (Butch) Otter, R-Idaho
    Michael Oxley, R-Ohio
    Major Owens, D-N.Y.
    Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J.
    Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J.
    Ed Pastor, D-Ariz.
    Donald Payne, D-N.J.
    Mike Pence, R-Ind.
    Collin C. Peterson, D-Minn.
    John Peterson, R-Pa.
    David D. Phelps, D-Ill.
    Charles (Chip) Pickering, R-Miss.
    Todd Russell Platts, R-Pa.
    Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D.
    Rob Portman, R-Ohio
    David E. Price, D-N.C.
    Deborah Pryce, R-Ohio
    Adam Putnam, R-Fla.
    Jack Quinn, R-N.Y.
    George Radanovich, R-Calif.
    Jim Ramstad, R-Minn.
    Charles B. Rangel, D-N.Y.
    Dennis Rehberg, D-Mont.
    Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas
    Thomas Reynolds, R-N.Y.
    Bob Riley, R-Ala.
    Ciro Rodriguez, D-Texas
    Harold Rogers, R-Ky.
    Mike Rogers, R-Mich.
    Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif.
    Mike Ross, D-Ark.
    Edward R. Royce, R-Calif.
    Bobby Rush, D-Ill.
    Paul Ryan, R-Wisc.
    Martin Olav Sabo, D-Minn.
    Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif.
    Tom Sawyer, D-Ohio
    Jim Saxton, R-N.J.
    Joe Scarborough, R-Fla.
    Bob Schaffer, R-Colo.
    Janice Schakowsky, D-Ill.
    Jose Serrano, D-N.Y.
    Pete Sessions, R-Texas
    John Shadegg, R-Ariz.
    John Shimkus, R-Ill.
    Ronnie Shows, D-Miss.
    Rob Simmons, R-Conn.
    Ike Skelton, D-Mo.
    Louise McIntosh Slaughter, D-N.Y.
    Adam Smith, D-Wash.
    Christopher H. Smith, R-N.J.
    Lamar Smith, R-Texas
    Vic Snyder, D-Ark.
    John Spratt, D-S.C.
    Fortney Pete Stark, D-Calif.
    Cliff Stearns, R-Fla.
    Bart Stupak, D-Mich.
    John Sununu, R-N.H.
    John Sweeney, R-N.Y.
    John Tanner, D-Tenn.
    Ellen O. Tauscher, D-Calif.
    W.J. (Billy) Tauzin, R-La.
    Charles H. Taylor Jr., R-N.C.
    Gene Taylor, D-Miss.
    John R. Thune, R-S.D.
    Karen Thurman, D-Fla.
    Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan.
    John Tierney, D-Mass.
    Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y.
    James A. Traficant, D-Ohio
    Jim Turner, D-Texas
    Tom Udall, D-N.M.
    Fred Upton, R-Mich.
    Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y.
    David Vitter, R-La.
    Greg Walden, R-Ore.
    James Walsh, R-N.Y.
    Zach Wamp, R-Tenn.
    Wes Watkins, R-Okla.
    Melvin L. Watt, D-N.C.
    J. C. Watts, R-Okla.
    Henry Waxman, D-Calif.
    Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y.
    Cur Weldon, R-Pa.
    Dave Weldon, R-Fla.
    Jerry Weller, R-Ill.
    Ed Whitfield, R-Ky.
    Heather Wilson, R-N.M.
    Frank Wolf, R-Va.
    Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif.
    David Wu, D-Ore.
    Albert Russel Wynn, D-Md.
    Don Young, R-Alaska.

     

     
     
         
         
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