DRAFT JACK REED (D) - RI

[seraph]

Fellow DUers. I am asking you to write your nearest Democratic Senator, (depending on where you live and who represents you) and encourage them to push for Jack Reed as minority leader.

We must mobilize now, or we will be stuck with another lap-dog like Tom Daschle.

Harry Reid I am sure is a fine man, but we need a leader from a safe state. Rhode Island is a safe state for Democrats and Jack Reed has a great record.

His bio here:


Jack Reed is the 47th United States Senator from Rhode Island. Elected to the Senate in 1996, Reed, who succeeded Senator Claiborne Pell (D-RI), previously served three terms as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District. Reed has been a leader in the House and the Senate on education, health care and campaign finance reform, promoting and strengthening Rhode Island's economy and on defense, international affairs, child care and gun control issues.

Reed was born in 1949 in Providence, Rhode Island and since 1950 has resided in Cranston, Rhode Island. After graduating from LaSalle Academy in Providence, he attended the United States Military Academy at West Point where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1971. Following his graduation from West Point and receiving an active duty commission in the United States Army, Reed attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University where he received a Masters of Public Policy. Reed, an Army Ranger and a paratrooper, served in the 82nd Airborne Division as an Infantry Platoon leader, a Company Commander and a Battalion Staff Officer. He returned to West Point in 1978 as an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences.

Reed resigned from the Army as a Captain in 1979 and enrolled in Harvard Law School. In 1982, he graduated from Harvard and served a year as an associate with the Washington, D.C. law firm of Sutherland, Asbill, and Brennan. In 1983, he returned to Rhode Island and joined Edwards and Angell, a Providence law firm. Reed was elected to the Rhode Island State Senate in 1984 and served for three terms. In 1990, Reed was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. In his first term in Congress, Reed was described by the Boston Globe as "a relentless advocate for his home state." During the Rhode Island's credit union and banking crisis, he helped secure $180 million in federal loan guarantees to pay off depositors and he won support for federal funding for the design and construction of a project to upgrade the state's freight rail system. During the next six years Reed became a leader on a number of issues including education and health care. In 1996, when Senator Pell announced his retirement, Reed campaigned for and was elected to the United States Senate.

Reed is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. He is the senior Democratic member of the Joint Economic Committee.

Democratic Leader Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD) appointed Reed to serve as Eastern Regional Ranking Member of the Democratic Policy Committee and he was appointed by Majority Whip Harry Reid (D-NV) to serve as a Deputy Whip.

http://reed.senate.gov/AboutJackReed.htm

This is how you find your US Senator and contact info.

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm



Let's not screw this up again.

Thank you.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. Either him or Durbin

[seraph]

2. Can we count on you to act my friend?

:dem::hi:

[Abelman]

3. Done.

Two MI Senators have just recieved emails.

[seraph]

4. Thank You!!

:kick::thumbsup:

Sincerely, Thanks a bunch!

[DireStrike]

5. Senators Clinton and Schumer have been informed.

Or will be shortly. :-)

[seraph]

6. Thank You my friend!

Taking back the party starts today!

Here and now.

:bounce::kick:

[seraph]

7. KICK (nt)

:kick:

[jtb33]

8. You DO know that Senator Reid gets a "B" rating from the NRA...

right?

Kerry got an "F".

That says a lot.