3 Percent Repeal Bills Continue to Attract Cosponsors

The House cosponsor number has grown from 36 during the week of the AGC convention to 162 this week.  Connecticut, Iowa and West Virginia have their full House delegation cosponsoring repeal.  The following states have at least half their House delegation cosponsoring: KS, KY, LA, MN, MS, NE, OH, OR, SC, UT and WI. Thanks to all of those Chapters who have helped make Congress aware of this important issue. AGC sends a special thank you to AGC members in NY, GA, PA, AZ, TX, NC, VA and CA, who have sent many messages to Congress on this issue over the last couple of months.  The most recent additions to the House cosponsor list are: Rep Stearns, Cliff [FL-6] - 6/13/2011 Rep Runyan, Jon [NJ-3] - 6/13/2011 Rep Sarbanes, John P. [MD-3] - 6/13/2011 Rep Gowdy, Trey [SC-4] - 6/13/2011 Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [FL-18] - 6/13/2011 Rep Huelskamp, Tim [KS-1] - 6/13/2011 Rep Dold, Robert J. [IL-10] - 6/13/2011 Rep Noem, Kristi L. [SD] - 6/13/2011 Rep Blackburn, Marsha [TN-7] - 6/15/2011 Rep Burgess, Michael C. [TX-26] - 6/15/2011 Rep Castor, Kathy [FL-11] - 6/15/2011 Rep Flores, Bill [TX-17] - 6/15/2011 Rep Hastings, Doc [WA-4] - 6/15/2011 Rep Latta, Robert E. [OH-5] - 6/15/2011 If you know these members of the House, please send them a thank you for cosponsoring. Senate bills also continue to add cosponsors.  The following Senators cosponsored 3 percent repeal bills in the last week. Sen Inhofe, James M. [OK] - 6/9/2011 Sen Heller, Dean [NV] - 6/14/2011 Sen Moran, Jerry [KS] - 6/15/2011 To send a letter to your member of Congress and Senators, click here.  To see the full list of cosponsors click here. For more information, please contact Jeff Shoaf at shoafj@agc.org.