[ISLMA-Share] Fight For Libraries-Contact Full House Appropriations Committee Members Today

Tue Jul 18 09:14:52 CDT 2017

Congressman Mike Quigley is the only Illinois member of this committee.
Please read the info and contact him TODAY! His telephone number is
included in the info from ILA.

Lou Ann Jacobs
ISLMA Legislation Chair
louajcbs at gmail.com

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If you haven't written or called Congressman Mike Quigley's office: (202)
225-4061, please do so today.  We don't want the Institute of Museum and
Library Services (IMLS) to be eliminated, as proposed by the Trump
administration, and more importantly, these Library Services and Technology
Act (LSTA) funds are essential to the Illinois State Library and the
Illinois library community.  The vote is tomorrow at 10:00 Eastern standard
time, 9:00 Central time.

Thank you!

bob

Robert P. Doyle

Illinois Library Association
33 W. Grand Ave., Ste. 401
Chicago, IL  60654-6799
Phone:  312-644-1896 <(312)%20644-1896>
Fax:  312-644-1899 <(312)%20644-1899>
http://www.ila.org

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From: *Adam Eisgrau* <aeisgrau at alawash.org>
Date: Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 7:08 AM
Subject: Re: [alacro-l] Fight For Libraries-Contact Full House
Appropriations Committee Members Today
To: "alacro-l at lists.ala.org" <alacro-l at lists.ala.org>
Cc: Michael Dowling <mdowling at ala.org>

CONFIRMED: House Appropriations Committee Votes Wednesday AM on Library
Funding, More

Good morning all. It's official.

The *House Appropriations Committee has formally announced
<https://appropriations.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=395002>
that it will definitely meet tomorrow* morning at 10 AM Eastern time to
debate and vote on the large "Labor-HHS" spending bill approved in
Subcommittee last week that preserved IMLS and other key library funding at
last year's levels without cuts.

Thanks very much for those of you with Representatives on the House
Appropriations Committee for *continuing today* to encourage your members
to *send an email through the **ALA Action Center*
<http://cqrcengage.com/ala/app/write-a-letter?3&engagementId=376193> to ask
the 52 key members of the Committee (see charts below) to oppose any
proposal to cut library funding when they meet and vote tomorrow.

Please let us know if you have any questions and, as you can, what you hear
back from your Representative.  Many thanks,

Adam

*Adam Eisgrau, Managing Director*
*Office of Government Relations*
*American Library Association*
*Washington Office*
*202-215-6884 <(202)%20215-6884>*

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*From:* alacro-l-request at lists.ala.org <alacro-l-request at lists.ala.org> on
behalf of Michael Dowling <mdowling at ala.org>
*Sent:* Monday, July 17, 2017 12:17 PM
*To:* alacro-l at lists.ala.org
*Subject:* [alacro-l] Fight For Libraries-Contact Full House Appropriations
Committee Members Today

To Chapters:

[A similar message was sent late Friday. Thanks for continuing to help!]

Please forward a call to action to your members if your state has members
on the House Appropriations Committee!

*The full Committee is likely to meet and vote on that bill this Wednesday,
July 19.  So we need messages sent today and tomorrow.*

We have reconfigured ALA’s Legislative Action Center
<http://cqrcengage.com/ala/app/write-a-letter?3&engagementId=376193> to
enable constituents of all House Appropriations Committee members to reach
their Representatives with that message.

This is the next stop for a bill just adopted in Subcommittee that
preserves last year’s funding level ($231 million) for IMLS. (We’ve also
confirmed that the bill level-funds Innovative Approaches to Literacy at
$27 million.)
It’s important that all 52 Members of the full Committee hear from their
constituents now in support of maintaining full funding for IMLS, LSTA and
IAL.

If your chapter is in one of the 33 key states (please see state list and
full Committee roster below) represented by someone on the full Committee,
please direct your members to the Legislative Action Center so they can ask
their Representative on the House Appropriations Committee to preserve
library funding. For maximum effect, it would be very helpful for your
members to receive that message before Monday mid-day (your local time).
Please note that Chapter members who are not constituents of Committee
members who access the Action Center will see a message indicating that
there’s no action for them to take at this time.

*States Represented on*
*House Appropriations Committee*
*115th Congress*
*(number of “R”/”D” Representatives shown in second column)*

*STATE*
*MEMBERS BY PARTY*

AL
R2
AR
R
CA
R2 / D3
CT
D (Subcommittee Ranking Member)
FL
R2 / D
GA
R / D
IA
R
ID
R
IL
D
IN
D
KS
R
KY
R
MA
D
MD
R / D
ME
D
MI
R
MN
D
MS
R
NC
D
NE
R
NJ
R (Chair)
NV
R
NY
D3 (Ranking Member)
OH
R /D2
OK
R (Subcommittee Chair)
PA
R / D
TN
R
TX
R3 / D
UT
R
VA
R
WA
R2 / D
WI
D
WV
R

*House Appropriations Committee Members by Party*
*115th Congress*
*Majority [4]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Appropriations#cite_note-Majority-4>*
*Minority [5]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Appropriations#cite_note-Minority-5>*

   - Rodney Frelinghuysen
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Frelinghuysen>, New Jersey,
   *Chairman*
   - Hal Rogers <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Rogers>, Kentucky
   - Robert Aderholt <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Aderholt>,
   Alabama
   - Kay Granger <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Granger>, Texas
   - Mike Simpson <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Simpson>, Idaho
   - John Culberson <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Culberson>, Texas
   - John Carter
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carter_%28Texas_politician%29>, Texas
   - Ken Calvert <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Calvert>, California
   - Tom Cole <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cole>, Oklahoma
   - Mario Diaz-Balart <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Diaz-Balart>,
   Florida
   - Charlie Dent <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Dent>, Pennsylvania
   - Tom Graves <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Graves_%28politician%29>,
   Georgia
   - Kevin Yoder <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Yoder>, Kansas
   - Steve Womack <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Womack>, Arkansas
   - Jeff Fortenberry <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Fortenberry>,
   Nebraska
   - Tom Rooney <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Rooney_%28politician%29>,
   Florida
   - Chuck Fleischmann <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Fleischmann>,
   Tennessee
   - Jaime Herrera Beutler
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Herrera_Beutler>, Washington
   - David Joyce
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Joyce_%28politician%29>, Ohio
   - David Valadao <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Valadao>, California
   - Andy Harris <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_P._Harris>, Maryland
   - Martha Roby <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Roby>, Alabama
   - Mark Amodei <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Amodei>, Nevada
   - Chris Stewart
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Stewart_%28politician%29>, Utah
   - David Young
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Young_%28Iowa_politician%29>, Iowa
   - Evan Jenkins
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Jenkins_%28politician%29>, West
   Virginia
   - Steven Palazzo <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Palazzo>,
   Mississippi
   - Dan Newhouse <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Newhouse>, Washington
   [6]
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Appropriations#cite_note-NewRepMembers-6>
   - John Moolenaar <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Moolenaar>, Michigan
   - Scott Taylor
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Taylor_%28politician%29>, Virginia

   - Nita Lowey <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita_Lowey>, New York, *Ranking
   Member*
   - Marcy Kaptur <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcy_Kaptur>, Ohio
   - Pete Visclosky <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Visclosky>, Indiana
   - José Serrano <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_E._Serrano>, New
   York
   - Rosa DeLauro <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_DeLauro>, Connecticut
   - David Price
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Price_%28U.S._politician%29>, North
   Carolina
   - Lucille Roybal-Allard
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_Roybal-Allard>, California
   - Sanford Bishop <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanford_Bishop>, Georgia
   - Barbara Lee <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Lee>, California
   - Betty McCollum <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_McCollum>,
   Minnesota
   - Tim Ryan <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Ryan_%28politician%29>,
   Ohio
   - Dutch Ruppersberger <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Ruppersberger>,
   Maryland
   - Debbie Wasserman Schultz
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Wasserman_Schultz>, Florida
   - Henry Cuellar <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cuellar>, Texas
   - Chellie Pingree <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chellie_Pingree>, Maine
   - Mike Quigley
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Quigley_%28politician%29>, Illinois
   - Derek Kilmer <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Kilmer>,
Washington, *Vice
   Ranking Member*
   - Matt Cartwright <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Cartwright>,
   Pennsylvania
   - Grace Meng <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Meng>, New York[7]
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Appropriations#cite_note-NewDemMembers-7>
   - Mark Pocan <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Pocan>, Wisconsin
   - Katherine Clark <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Clark>,
   Massachusetts
   - Pete Aguilar <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Aguilar>, California

*Adam Eisgrau, Managing Director*
*Office of Government Relations*
*American Library Association*
*Washington Office*
*202-215-6884 <(202)%20215-6884>*
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