DREAM Act passes House, Moves to Senate - Action Needed

from friends (don't have time to weight in; gotta work for Summit for undocumented students' allies in MN at Augsburg College):

YESTERDAY A LIGHT SHOWN IN THE DARKNESS -- the House passed the DREAM Act --- YOU did it. Thank you.

1. 216-198 roll call Wednesday, A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the bill. Voting yes were 208 Democrats and 8 Republicans. Voting no were 38 Democrats and 160 Republicans.

MINNESOTA - Democrats — Ellison, Y; McCollum, Y; Oberstar, Y; Peterson, N; Walz, Y. /// Republicans — Bachmann, N; Kline, N; Paulsen, N

NORTH DAKOTA - Democrats — Pomeroy, Y

SOUTH DAKOTA - Democrats — Herseth Sandlin, Y.

* * * * *NO TIME TO REST* * * * *

2. …now the hard part: passing DREAM in the SENATE! The Senate is scheduled to vote on the DREAM Act TODAY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, AT 11am EASTERN TIME (10am Central). IT'S TIGHT. We know many of you are receiving multiple messages urging you to take action! On behalf of the AFFIRM Coalition, we urge you to call using the Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121.

LOCAL SITUATION -

North Dakota: Senator Byron Dorgan - WE ARE TOLD HE IS VOTING 'YES' - calls of thank you and support encouraged.

Senator Kent Conrad

South Dakota: Senators Tim Johnson and John Thune.

Minnesota - BOTH Senator Franken and Klobuchar are cosponsors and are 'Yes' votes. Thanks are needed.

Even if you do not live in their districts, call – and please FORWARD this to colleagues, church and denominational leaders, friends and family who do live, work in, etc. their districts.

3. NATIONAL 'TARGET LIST' BELOW - THIS IS THE FINAL CHANCE - VOTES ARE INCREDIBLY TIGHT! PLEASE, call and pass this information on to everyone you know! Thank you again!

MISSOURI

McCaskill: (202) 224-6154

LOUISIANA

Landrieu: (202) 224-5824

NORTH CAROLINA

Hagan: (202) 224-6342

INDIANA

Lugar: (202) 224-4814

UTAH

Bennett: (202) 224-5444

Hatch: (202) 224-5251

OHIO

Voinovich: (202) 224-3353

MAINE

Collins: (202) 224-2523

Snowe: (202) 224-5344

FLORIDA

LeMieux: (202) 224-3041

TEXAS

Hutchison: (202) 224-5922

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Gregg: (202) 224-3324

MASSACHUSETTS

Brown: (202) 224-2315

KANSAS

Brownback: (202) 224-6521

SOUTH CAROLINA

Graham: (202) 224-5972

MICHIGAN

Stabenow: (202) 224-4822

VIRGINIA

Warner: (202) 224-2023

Webb: (202) 224-4024

WEST VIRGINIA

Manchin: (202) 224-3954

ALASKA

Murkowski: (202) 224-6665