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Call to action! Protect our members against unfair excise tax The following 190 members of the House of Representatives have signed on to the letter: Joe Courtney (CT-02) Neil Abercrombie (HI-01) Gary Ackerman (NY-05) Robert Andrews (NJ-01) Michael Arcuri (NY-24) Joe Baca (CA-43) Tammy Baldwin (WI-02) Shelley Berkley (NV-01) Sanford Bishop (GA-02) Tim Bishop (NY-01) Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) John Boccieri (OH-16) Dan Boren (OK-02) Leonard Boswell (IA-03) Rick Boucher (VA-09) Robert Brady (PA-01) Bruce Braley (IA-01) Corrine Brown (FL-03) Lois Capps (CA-23) Michael Capuano (MA-08) Dennis Cardoza (CA-18) Russ Carnahan (MO-03) Andre Carson (IN-07) Ben Chandler (KY-06) Donna Christensen (VI-00) Judy Chu (CA-32) Yvette Clarke (NY-11) Wm. Lacy Clay (MO-01) Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05) Stephen Cohen (TN-09) John Conyers (MI-14) Jerry Costello (IL-12) Joe Courtney (CT-02) Joseph Crowley (NY-07) Elijah Cummings (MD-07) Kathy Dahlkemper (PA-03) Danny Davis (IL-07) Lincoln Davis (TN-04) Peter DeFazio (OR-04) William Delahunt (MA-10) Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) Norman Dicks (WA-06) John Dingell (MI-15) Lloyd Doggett (TX-25) Mike Doyle (PA-14) Steve Driehaus (OH-01) Donna Edwards (MD-04) Keith Ellison (MN-05) Brad Ellsworth (IN-08) Eliot Engel (NY-17) Anna Eshoo (CA-14) Sam Farr (CA-17) Chaka Fattah (PA-02) Bob Filner (CA-51) Bill Foster (IL-14) Barney Frank (MA-04) Marcia Fudge (OH-11) John Garamendi (CA-10) Charles Gonzalez (TX-20) Alan Grayson (FL-08) Gene Green (TX-29) Al Green (TX-09) Raul Grijalva (AZ-07) Luis Gutierrez (IL-04) John Hall (NY-19) Debbie Halvorson (IL-11) Phil Hare (IL-17) Jane Harman (CA-36) Alcee Hastings (FL-23) Martin Heinrich (NM-01) Brian Higgins (NY-27) Jim Himes (CT-04) Maurice Hinchey (NY-22) Mazie Hirono (HI-02) Paul Hodes (NH-02) Tim Holden (PA-17) Rush Holt (NJ-12) Michael Honda (CA-15) Jay Inslee (WA-01) Steve Israel (NY-02) Jesse Jackson (IL-02) Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18) Hank Johnson (GA-04) Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30) Steve Kagen (WI-08) Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Patrick Kennedy (RI-01) Dale Kildee (MI-05) Carolyn Kilpatrick (MI-13) Mary Jo Kilroy (OH-15) Dennis Kucinich (OH-10) James Langevin (RI-02) John Larson (CT-01) Barbara Lee (CA-09) Sander Levin (MI-12) John Lewis (GA-05) Dan Lipinski (IL-03) Dave Loebsack (IA-02) Zoe Lofgren (CA-16) Nita Lowey (NY-18) Ben Lujan (NM-03) Stephen Lynch (MA-09) Dan Maffei (NY-25) Carolyn Maloney (NY-14) Edward Markey (MA-07) Eric Massa (NY-29) Doris Matsui (CA-05) Carolyn McCarthy (NY-04) Betty McCollum (MN-04) Jim McDermott (WA-07) James McGovern (MA-03) Mike McMahon (NY-13) Kendrick Meek (FL-17) Gregory Meeks (NY-06) Michael Michaud (ME-02) George Miller (CA-07) Brad Miller (NC-13) Alan Mollohan (WV-01) Gwen Moore (WI-04) Dennis Moore (KS-03) Christopher Murphy (CT-05) Scott Murphy (NY-20) John Murtha (PA-12) Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) Grace Napolitano (CA-38) Richard Neal (MA-02) Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-00) James Oberstar (MN-08) John Olver (MA-01) Solomon Ortiz (TX-27) William Owens (NY-23) Bill Pascrell (NJ-08) Ed Pastor (AZ-04) Donald Payne (NJ-10) Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) Tom Perriello (VA-05) Gary Peters (MI-09) Chellie Pingree (ME-01) Mike Quigley (IL-05) Nick Rahall (WV-03) Silvestre Reyes (TX-16) Laura Richardson (CA-37) Ciro Rodriguez (TX-23) Mike Ross (AR-04) Steven Rothman (NJ-09) Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) Bobby Rush (IL-01) Tim Ryan (OH-17) John Salazar (CO-03) Linda Sanchez (CA-39) Loretta Sanchez (CA-47) John Sarbanes (MD-03) Janice Schakowsky (IL-09) Mark Schauer (MI-07) Adam Schiff (CA-29) Kurt Schrader (OR-05) Allyson Schwartz (PA-13) David Scott (GA-13) Bobby Scott (VA-03) Jose Serrano (NY-16) Joe Sestak (PA-07) Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01) Brad Sherman (CA-27) Heath Shuler (NC-11) Albio Sires (NJ-13) Louise McIntosh Slaughter (NY-28) Zack Space (OH-18) Jackie Speier (CA-12) Fortney Stark (CA-13) Bart Stupak (MI-01) Betty Sutton (OH-13) Harry Teague (NM-02) Bennie Thompson (MS-02) John Tierney (MA-06) Dina Titus (NV-03) Paul Tonko (NY-21) Edolphus Towns (NY-10) Chris Van Hollen (MD-08) Nydia Velazquez (NY-12) Peter Visclosky (IN-01) Tim Walz (MN-01) Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20) Maxine Waters (CA-35) Diane Watson (CA-33) Anthony Weiner (NY-09) Peter Welch (VT-00) Robert Wexler (FL-19) Charlie Wilson (OH-06) Lynn Woolsey (CA-06) David Wu (OR-01) John Yarmuth (KY-03) Tuesday, December 29, 2009 bentley@ble.org © 1997-2010 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen

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