Federal DREAM Act up for a vote TODAY!

by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

The DREAM Act comes up for a vote in the Senate today, and while our two Senators support it, it will be a close call. Its Republican sponsors, Sens. Hagel and Lugar, will need to twist enough arms to reach the 60 vote threshold necessary for cloture.  Over at California Progress Report, Peter Schrag wonders why Governor Schwarzenegger has been so silent about the federal version of an Act he vetoed recently based upon the $2million of "budget impacts."

If that need is so great, why aren't Schwarzenegger et al. also demanding passage of the Dream Act? Repeated queries to the governor's office produced a blank. Worse, despite the thousands of students who've been petitioning Congress, no one in the governor's office seems to know what the Dream Act is.

If you need more reason why we need this bill, check this post out on the importance of education to these students. The Governor needs to make a statement, and so do we. Over the flip, we have a list of Senators that need so talking to, courtesy of Migra Matters. If you have friends in those states, please have them call their Senators immediately!.
Murkowski (R-AK) 202-244-6665
Stevens (R-AK) 202224-3004
Pryor (D-AR) 202-224-2353
Martinez (R-FL) 202-224-3041
Inouye (D-HI) 202-224-3934
Brownback (R-KS) 202-224-6521
Landieu (D-LA) 202-224-5824
Collins (R-ME) 202-224-2523
Snowe (R-ME) 202-224-5344
Conrad (D-ND) 202-224-2043
Dorgan (D-ND) 202-224-2551
Dominici (R-NM) 202-224-6621
Voinovich (R-OH) 202-224-3353
Smith (R-OR) 202-224-3753
Graham (R-SC) 202-224-5972
Johnson (D-SD) 202-224-5842
Cornyn (R-TX) 202-224-2934
Warner(R-VA) 202-224-2023
Rockefeller (D-VA) 202-224-6472