As of yesterday, the following Michigan Representatives have not yet signed on to the Dear Appropriation Letters for LSTA &/OR IAL.

Please see the directions below to reach out to Senator Peters or your Representative if they are on this list.  The deadline is Tuesday.  So, please take action in the next few days.

Thank you,

Kathy Lester

·        Senator Gary Peters

·        Rep. Debbie Dingell

·        Rep. Dan Kildee (not on LSTA)

·        Rep. Andy Levin (not on IAL)

·        Rep. Brenda Lawrence

·        Rep. Elissa Slotkin

·        Rep. Haley Stevens

·        Rep. Rashida Tlaib

FROM KEVIN MAHER, ALA Public Policy & Advocacy

Good morning,  I just did a scan of where we are on the signatures. The attached file is a list of all the House and Senate members who have not signed the LSTA  and/or the IAL letters. I note which letter folks have not signed, if nothing is listed, they have signed neither letter. We are several signatures short of last year and if we can return all of last year’s signees, we should be close to last year.

The deadline to sign the letters is next Tuesday! (Senate deadline may be extended but the House deadline is firm.)

If there is any outreach you can do, today would be the day to do that!

Urge your members to call your Representatives and Senators today to request they sign the letters.  Feel free to forward to anyone you think is appropriate.

• Contact the House of Representatives operator at 202-225-3121 to speak to your Representative.
• Ask them to sign the “Grijalva-Young LSTA letter.” They can contact Flavio Bravo at Flavio.bravo@mail.house.gov or 202-225-2435 to sign.
• Ask them to sign the “Johnson-Young-McGovern IAL Letter.” They can contact Nawaid Ladak at Nawaid.ladak@mail.house.gov or 202-225-8885 to sign.

• Contact the Senate operator at 202-224-3121 to speak to both of your Senators offices.
• Ask them to sign the “Reed-Collins LSTA Letter.” They can contact Elyse Wasch at Elyse.Wasch@Reed.Senate.gov or 202-224-4642 to sign.
• Ask them to sign the Reed-Stabenow IAL Letter.” They can contact Moira Lenehan at Moira.Lenehan@reed.senate.gov or 202-224-4642 to sign.

For additional information:

• Visit the #FundLibraries campaign page to see if your members of Congress have signed on to the effort.
• If not they have not signed, please email your officials and urge them to sign on to the Dear Appropriator Letters in the House and Senate.
• Use this template for the Senate
• Use this template for the House.

If you want to take an additional step, call the office directly as listed here:

• Contact the House of Representatives operator at 202-225-3121 to speak to your Representative
• Ask them to sign the “Grijalva-Young LSTA letter.” They can contact Flavio Bravo at Flavio.bravo@mail.house.gov or 202-225-2435 to sign.
• Ask them to sign the “Johnson-Young-McGovern IAL Letter.” They can contact Nawaid Ladak at Nawaid.ladak@mail.house.gov or 202-225-8885 to sign.
• Contact the Senate operator at 202-224-3121 to speak to both of your Senators offices.
• Ask them to sign the “Reed-Collins LSTA Letter.” They can contact Elyse Wasch at Elyse.Wasch@Reed.Senate.gov or 202-224-4642 to sign.
• Ask them to sign the Reed-Stabenow IAL Letter.” They can contact Moira Lenehan at Moira.Lenehan@reed.senate.gov or 202-224-4642 to sign.

Please share this note with your colleagues, friends, family, and any other library lovers in your life and ask them to make these requests. We need Congress to hear us, loud and clear.

Direct any questions to Kevin Maher in the ALA Public Policy & Advocacy office, kmaher@alawash.org.

Kevin L. Maher

Deputy Director, Public Policy & Advocacy

(202) 403-8236 ▪ kmaher@alawash.org

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@kev_mah