| Immediate action item! Local Government Health Bill needs your support. | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Ralph Wyman (rwmuusja gmail.com)
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| Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 13:16:15 -0700 (PDT) | |
May 16th, 2008 -- MUUSJA--Bringing UUs together to work collectively for social change. Greetings Minnesota UUs: It is an exciting time as the legislature reaches its mandated session-end. Both the House and Senate have passed historic and important legislation. Please now contact Governor Pawlenty to tell him to Support the Local Government Health Bill! Yesterday, the Minnesota House passed the bill 83-50 (see roll call below) and now the bill goes to the governor's desk. The bill passed the Minnesota Senate in April. Tell Governor Pawlenty to let this important bill become law! This is the first time in 15 years that GLBT-friendly legislation has passed both houses of the legislature in the form of a stand-alone bill! One of MUUSJA's partner organizations, OutFront Minnesota, played a major role in this historic legislative victory. Let's help them complete the success! This bill would enable local governments to choose to offer domestic partner benefits to employees and their families. It expands health care protections for families while allowing local governments to do what's best for their own communities. Contact the governor and tell him "I support providing health care benefits to more families and honoring local control over local issues." Governor Tim Pawlenty Telephone: (651) 296-3391 Toll Free: (800) 657-3717 E-mail: tim.pawlenty [at] state.mn.us [phone calls are best as time is short!] After you contact the governor, please e-mail or call your state representatives to respond to their vote. http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/Districtfinder.asp Yes Votes = "Thank you for supporting SF 960 which allows local governments to increase families' access to health care." Anderson Kelliher Anzelc Atkins Benson Berns Bigham Bly Brown Brynaert Bunn Carlson Calrk Davnie Dill Dittrich Dominguez Eken Erhardt Faust Fritz Gardner Greiling Hansen Hausman Haws Hilstrom Hilty Hornstein Hortman Hosch Huntley Jaros Johnson Juhnke Kahn Kalin Knuth Kranz Laine Lenczewski Lesch Liebling Lieder Lillie Loeffler Madore Mahoney Mariani Marquart Masin Moe Morgan Morrow Mullery Murphy, E. Murphy, M. Nelson Norton Paymar Pelowski Peterson, A. Peterson, N. Peterson, S. Poppe Rukavina Rudd Sailer Scalze Sertich Simon Slawik Slocum Solberg Swails Thao Thissen Tillberry Tschumper Wagenius Walker Welti Winkler Wollschlager No Votes = "I'm disappointed you voted against SF 960 which allows local governments to increase families' access to health care." Abeler Anderson, S. Beard Brod Buesgens Cornish Dean DeLaForest Demmer Dettmer Doty Drazkowski Eastlund Emmer Erickson Finstad Garofalo Gottwalt Gunther Hackbarth Hamilton Heidgerken Holberg Hoppe Howes Koenen Kohls Lanning Magnus McFarlane McNamara Nornes Olin Olson Otremba Ozment Paulsen Peppin Ruth Seifert Severson Shimanski Simpson Smith Tingelstad Urdahl Ward Wardlow Westrom Zellers Thank you! MUUSJA--Bringing UUs together to work collectively for social change.
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