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TEXAS AFT LEGISLATIVE HOTLINE–WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2009

National Call-In Day for Real Health-Care Reform

Make your voice heard in support of health-care reform. Join other union members in a day of action to help us flood the switchboards on Capitol Hill with thousands of calls.

 


Click here to call your senators in support of passing comprehensive health-care reform. You’re just a click away. When you click on this link, you’ll go to an American Federation of Teachers Web page with bullet points and a sample script you can use when you leave your message with the two Texans in the U.S. Senate, Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn. Follow the simple instructions on that Web page for making your phone call.

Sens. Hutchison and Cornyn need to know we want reform that will:

--Control costs and not tax our health insurance benefits;

--Provide affordable coverage for all Americans;

--Encourage competition by including a national public health-insurance plan option;

--Prevent employers from dropping coverage; and

--Prevent shifting new Medicare costs to states.

Tell-a-Friend ... Use the Tell-a-Friend link below to forward this message to your friends and colleagues and urge them to contact their senators.

In Case You Get a Busy Signal From the U.S. Senate Switchboard: Just in case the lines into Congress are jammed, though, there's another way you can reach U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison. That's through their district offices across Texas. For most of you, that's going to be a local call to one of the following numbers:

For Sen. Cornyn's district offices:
Austin (512) 469-6034
Dallas (972) 239-1310
Harlingen (956) 423-0162
Houston (713) 572-3337
San Antonio (210) 224-7485

For Sen. Hutchison's district offices:
Abilene (325) 676-2839
Austin (512) 916-5834
Dallas (214) 361-3500
Harlingen (956) 425-2253
Houston (713) 653-3456
San Antonio (210) 340-2885