Senate bill for Amtrak investment needs more co-sponsors

S. 294 has 19 co-sponsors. They are:

Sen Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [DE] - 1/16/2007
Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] - 1/16/2007
Sen Burr, Richard [NC] - 1/16/2007
Sen Cardin, Benjamin L. [MD] - 1/16/2007
Sen Carper, Thomas R. [DE] - 1/16/2007
Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] - 1/16/2007
Sen Dorgan, Byron L. [ND] - 1/16/2007
Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] - 1/16/2007
Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey [TX] - 1/16/2007
Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI] - 1/16/2007
Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] - 1/16/2007
Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] - 1/16/2007
Sen Lott, Trent [MS] - 1/16/2007
Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ] - 1/16/2007
Sen Pryor, Mark L. [AR] - 1/16/2007
Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY] - 1/16/2007
Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] - 1/16/2007
Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] - 1/16/2007
Sen Stevens, Ted [AK] - 1/16/2007

And you can look it up here.

There are 12 states in the Midwest: Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota.

There are 24 U.S. Senators from the 12 states of the Midwest.

And only one of them: Dick Durbin from Illinois, is a co-sponsor.

Let's change that.

Contact both of your U.S. Senators and ask each of them to co-sponsor S. 294.

You can call their Washington office. Ask to speak to the staffer in charge of Amtrak issues. Tell that person your name and address and ask that person if the Senator will co-sponsor S. 294. Give them your email address. Wait to hear back. If you don't hear back in a week, call again. Be polite but persistent until you get an answer.

Here is their contact information (you can see if they have a website by clicking on the state):

Ohio
Sherrod Brown
202-224-2314
George Voinovich
202-224-3353

Indiana
Evan Bayh
202-224-5623
Richard Lugar
202-224-4814

Michigan
Carl Levin
202-224-6221
Debbie Stabenow
202-224-4822

Illinois
Dick Durbin
202-224-2152
Barack Obama
202-224-2854

Wisconsin
Russell Feingold
202-224-5323
Herb Kohl
202-224-5653

Iowa
Chuck Grassley
202-224-3744
Tom Harkin
202-224-3254

Kansas
Sam Brownback
202-224-6521
Pat Roberts
202-224-4774

Missouri
Christopher Bond
202-224-5721
Claire McCaskill
202-224-6154

Minnesota
Norm Coleman
202-224-5641
Amy Klobuchar
202-224-3244

Nebraska
Chuck Hagel
202-224-4224
Ben Nelson
202-224-6551

South Dakota
Tim Johnson
202-224-5842
John Thune
202-224-2321

North Dakota
Kent Conrad
202-224-2043
Byron Dorgan
202-224-2551

Happy lobbying!