Department of Peace - Ideas for Change in America: Youth PROMISE Update

Youth PROMISE Update - 31 New Cosponsors in May!

Published June 03, 2009 @ 01:36PM PT

The Change.org community is having a huge impact! The concerted effort to lobby Representatives in the House since the Youth PROMISE act (H.R. 1064) was first introduced has lead to some very encouraging results. In the month of May alone, 31 new co-sponsors have signed on, bringing the total number of cosponsors to 115, representing 26% of the 435 delegates in the House! The following list shows the new cosponsors who have signed on in May. If any of these visionary supporters represents your district, please send them a note or call them to say "Thanks" for standing up to reduce violence. If your Representative does not yet support H.R. 1064, please send them a note via Change.org and ask that they do so.

Representative	State-District
Rep Pastor, Ed	AZ-4
Rep Sherman, Brad	CA-27
Rep Berman, Howard L.	CA-28
Rep Richardson, Laura	CA-37
Rep Davis, Susan A.	CA-53
Rep Miller, George	CA-7
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L.	CT-3
Rep Meek, Kendrick B.	FL-17
Rep Wexler, Robert	FL-19
Rep Hare, Phil	IL-17
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V.	IL-4
Rep Souder, Mark E.	IN-3
Rep Capuano, Michael E.	MA-8
Rep Edwards, Donna F.	MD-4
Rep Van Hollen, Chris	MD-8
Rep Thompson, Bennie G.	MS-2
Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr.	NC-3
Rep Sires, Albio	NJ-13
Rep Bishop, Timothy H.	NY-1
Rep Towns, Edolphus	NY-10
Rep Israel, Steve	NY-2
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh	NY-28
Rep Driehaus, Steve	OH-1
Rep Fudge, Marcia L.	OH-11
Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y.	PA-13
Rep Doyle, Michael F.	PA-14
Rep Langevin, James R.	RI-2
Rep Rodriguez, Ciro D.	TX-23
Rep Nye, Glenn C., III	VA-2
Rep Perriello, Thomas S.P.	VA-5
Rep Boucher, Rick	VA-9

Late update: As this post was going to press, we found out that an additional 4 new cosponsors have signed on to H.R. 1064, bringing the total to 119 cosponsors. Again, if any of these people is your Representative, please send them some love.

Representative	State-District
Rep Waxman, Henry A.	CA-30
Rep Platts, Todd Russell	PA-19
Rep Wittman, Robert J.	VA-1
Rep Wolf, Frank R.	VA-10

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such an inspiring film...love it!

Posted by Jennifer Ayoub on 07/08/2009 @ 09:02PM PT
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The film I am referring to is "Amazing Grace."

Posted by Jennifer Ayoub on 07/08/2009 @ 09:03PM PT
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