Has your Rep co-sponsored the Clean Water Restoration Act?

[MH1]

There's a good chance he/she has, since there are already 169 cosponsors; but you may want to check it out and send them a nudge, if they haven't.

Go here (EarthJustice action page) to send a message to your rep:

http://action.earthjustice.org/campaign/CWRA_CoSponsor_July_2007?qp_source=website

Read the House bill (H.R.2421) here.

Read the corresponding Senate bill (S.1870) here.

More from EarthJustice:

Polluting industries are trying to undo long-established safeguards for our local waterways and wetlands, but we now have a chance to stop them. If they have their way, up to 60 percent of our nation’s rivers and streams could be stripped of federal Clean Water Act protections.

The Clean Water Restoration Act would restore the original intent of the Clean Water Act, the law that has protected our communities from pollution and cleaned up our nation’s water - water that our kids can play in, water that supports healthy fish and wildlife populations, water that is free from dangerous toxins.

We have momentum. This is the perfect opportunity as a citizen concerned with protecting all U.S. waters to ask your representative to co-sponsor the Clean Water Restoration Act. Already, 166 Members of the U.S. House are supporting this bill.

Take action now to urge Congress to protect our local waters by supporting the Clean Water Restoration Act.

If you think this is a worthy effort, please give a K & R and spread the word. Thanks!

[valerief]

1. Thanks. Mine has! Glad to see that. nt

[MH1]

2. Mine has too, and I plan to thank him.

But we need all the support we can get, in case * decides to come up with some lame excuse to veto it.

So, gotta get the stragglers on board!

[valerief]

5. It's worth it!. nt

[MH1]

3. Thanks for the recs, everyone!

That was a fast 5!

:patriot:

[nam78_two]

4. K&R.nt

[il_lilac]

6. my dino rep did not of course

sent him my two cents- thank you!

[MH1]

8. Thank you for taking action! n/t

[il_lilac]

7. oops- K&R nt

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

9. Yes, mine has. eom

[beachmom]

10. My rep is one of the most right wing members of Congress, Thelma Drake

She openly took money from PACS from Exxon Mobile and Halliburton.

Thanks for the heads up, nevertheless.

[MH1]

11. I'm sure you'll be very happy to dump her next election.

I hope you have a good candidate.

Meanwhile if she gets a few emails, it can't hurt. :)

[cali]

12. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say yes, without checking.

i've got a very green rep. I'd be surprised as hell if he hasn't signed on to this legislation.

Now to go check, boy am I gonna be shocked if he hasn't.

(Peter Welch, D-VT)

[MH1]

13. Must be nice

to have reps you can count on.

I see Sanders and Leahy both cosponsored the Senate bill.

I'm jealous. :)

[sandnsea]

14. Yep, but Smith hasn't

For lurking Oregonians who want to keep hammering away at him. He pretends to care, but it's only on the high profile symbolic stuff.