March Madness Update - Sign On Letters for TB, Global Fund, Child Survival, and Jeff Sachs


March 20, 2012
by Crickett Nicovich, Outreach and Advocacy Associate

Updated March 26: It’s time for a March Madness Recap! This month has been busy with action taking to get members of Congress to sign on to “Dear Colleague” letters in support of RESULTS global health appropriations asks. Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) led a letter in support of full funding for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria, and we had a bi-partisan letter from Rep. Young (R-AL) and Rep. Engel (D-NJ) requesting support for bilateral TB-funding. Another bi-partisan letter supported robust funding for the Maternal and Child Health account, including support for GAVI was circulated by Representatives Betty McCollum (D-MN), Dave Reichert (R-WA), Lois Capps (D-CA) and Aaron Schock (R-IL). 

Great work getting signers!  Check below to see if your member signed on to one or more of the appropriations letters.

Tuberculosis Letter

Signers (20): Eliot L. Engel (D-NJ) , Don Young (R-AK), Joe Baca (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Bob Filner (D-CA), Gene Green (D-TX), Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL), Rush Holt  (D-NJ), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Brad Miller (D-NC), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), David Price (D-NC), Charles B. Rangel (D-NY), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)

Global Fund and HIV/AIDS Support Letter

Signers (82): Barbara Lee (D-CA), Robert Andrews, Karen Bass, Tammy Baldwin, Howard Berman, Earl Blumenauer, Madeleine Bordallo, Leonard Boswell, Corrine Brown, Lois Capps, André Carson, Donna Christensen, Judy Chu, Yvette Clarke, Steve Cohen, John Conyers, Danny Davis, Susan Davis, Diana DeGette, Peter DeFazio, Rosa DeLauro, Ted Deutch, Lloyd Doggett, Donna Edwards, Keith Ellison, Eliot Engel, Bob Filner, Charles Gonzalez, Al Green, Raúl Grijalva, Luis Gutiérrez, Janice Hahn, Alcee Hastings, James Himes, Maurice Hinchey, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Rush Holt, Sheila Jackson Lee, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Hank Johnson, Dale Kildee, Dennis Kucinich, Sander Levin, John Lewis, Zoe Lofgren, Ben Ray Luján, Carolyn Maloney, Jim McDermott, James McGovern, Gwen Moore, James Moran, Brad Miller, George Miller, Christopher Murphy, Jerrold Nadler, Grace Napolitano, Gary Peters, Jared Polis, David Price, Mike Quigley, Charles Rangel, Silvestre Reyes, Laura Richardson, Steven Rothman, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Bobby Rush, Linda Sanchez, John Sarbanes, Jan Schakowsky, Bobby Scott, Albio Sires, Louise Slaughter, Jackie Speier, Pete Stark, John Tierney, Edolphus Towns,  Chris Van Hollen, Maxine Waters, Melvin Watt, Henry Waxman, Frederica Wilson, Lynn Woolsey

Maternal and Child Health Letter Supporting GAVI 

Signers (53): David Reichert (R-WA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Aaron Schock (R-IL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ), Karen Bass (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Andre Carson (D-IN), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Rosa DeLauro (d-CT), Ted Deutch (D-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Bob Filner (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Jim Himes (D-CT),  Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Eleanor Holmes-Norton (D-DC), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Hank Johnson (D-GA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Ben Lujan (D-NM), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Jim McGovern (D-MA), Brad Miller (D-NC), Gwen Moore (D-WI), James Moran (D-VA), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Jared Polis (D-CO), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Jan    Schakowsky (D-IL), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Adam Smith (D- WA), Pete Stark (D-CA), Betty Sutton (D-OH), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Melvin Watt (D-NC), Henry Waxman (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), Don Young (R-AK)

There was also a new letter from Rep. Conyers in support of the new Jeff Sachs for World Bank President Campaign.  Great work RESULTS getting 27 people signed on to this new letter!

Signers (27): John Conyers (D-MI), Robert Brady, Andre Carson, Hansen Clarke, Yvette Clarke, Steve Cohen, Peter Defazio, Donna Edwards, Keith Ellison, Anna Eshoo, Chaka Fattah, Raul Grjalva, Ruben Hinojosa, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Rush Holt, Bob Filner, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Sheila Jackson Lee, Hank Johnson, Barbara Lee, Zoe Lofgren, Jim McDermott, James P. McGovern, Jerrold Nadler, Charles, Rangel, Maxine Waters, Lynn Woolsey

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