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Virtual Lobby Day: Help expand our impact as we meet with every Missouri member of Congress today!

Submitted by Brent Hugh on Thu, 03/22/2012 - 9:26am

Our Missouri delegation is meeting with every one of Missouri's Congressional offices today to ask them to support bicycling and walking.

 
As we're meeting the members of Congress and their staff members today, you can help amplify our message event more:
National Bike Summit
National Bike Summit
 
 - Help us raise a Twitterstorm of support for bicycling and walking today
 - Call or email the Congress members we're meeting today
 - Follow the progress of our meetings and updates at MoBikeFed.org and on Facebook & Twitter.
 
See below for more details as well as our schedule for today.

Help use Raise a Twitterstorm of Support for Biking and Walking

Use twitter to tell our members of Congress that you bike and you vote! 
 
Senators: @clairecmc  @RoyBlunt
Representatives:  @RepToddAkin  @RepCarnahan  @repcleaver  @RepHartzler  @VickyHartzler  @JoAnnEmerson @auctnr1 (Billy Long)

 
Here are some sample tweets you can use: 
 
Hey [@RepresentativeX]: #ibikeivote, Support a clean extension of the transpo bill and Petri amend #nbs12
 
Hey [@SenatorX]: #ibikeivote, Pls support clean extension of the transportation bill #nbs12
 
Hey [@RepresentativeX]: Remember the freedom of ur first #bike? Support bike funding in the #transportation bill! #ibikeivote #nbs12
 
The Petri Amendment is in the House, so include that in tweets to Reps only.  (FYI Petri is pronounced PEA-try.)
 
It may feel like one tweet to you, but it makes a big difference. 

Call or Email Your Representatives

Even if you have called or emailed before, calling today helps even more because of those personal meetings we're having today. 

 - Email or (better) call their office with this message:

Please support dedicated funding bicycling and walking in the federal transportation bill.  It very inexpensive, very cost-effective, and is very important to me (give an example or two explaining why).  I support the message of the Missouri delegation to the National Bike Summit who will be visiting your office tomorrow.

 - For Senators, ask: "Please support a clean extension of the transportation bill."

 - For your House member ask: "Please support a clean extension of the transportation bill and the Petri Amendment."  (FYI Petri is pronounced PEA-try).
 
See below for MO members of Congress.  Otherwise, you can look up your elected officials here: http://www.capwiz.com/lab/dbq/officials/
 
 * MO Senate (all Missourians - both Senators)

   Senator Claire McCaskill (D)
   http://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/?p=contact
   p: 202-224-6154 f: 202-228-6326

   Sen. Roy Blunt (R)
   http://blunt.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-roy
   p: 202-224-5721

 * MO1 House - St. Louis area

   Rep. William Lacy "Lacy" Clay Jr. (D)
   http://lacyclay.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=90§iontree=3,90
   p: 202-225-2406 f: 202-226-3717

 * MO2 House - suburban St. Louis region

   Rep. W. Todd Akin (R)
   http://www.akin.org/content/contact-todd-akin-us-senate
   p: 202-225-2561 f: 202-225-2563

 * MO3 House - St. Louis area

   Rep. John Russell "Russ" Carnahan (D)
   https://forms.house.gov/carnahan/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm
   p: 202-225-2671 f: 202-225-7452

 * MO4 House - West-Central Missouri

   Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R)
   https://hartzler.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
   p: 202-225-2876 f: 202- 225-2695

 * MO5 House - Kansas City area (south)

   Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (D)
   https://cleaver.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
   p: 202-225-4535 f: 202-225-4403

 * MO6 House - Northwest Missouri and north KC

   Rep. Samuel B. "Sam" Graves (R)
   https://gravesforms.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=84
   p: 202-225-7041 f: 202-225-8221

 * MO7 House - Southwest Missouri

   Rep. Billy Long (R)
   https://longforms.house.gov/email-billy
   p: 202-225-6536 f: 202-225-5604

 * MO8 House - Southeast Missouri

   Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R)
   https://forms.house.gov/emerson/webforms/zipauthen_contact.shtml
   p: 202-225-4404 f: 202-226-0326

 * MO9 House - Columbia, Central-east & Northeast Missouri

   Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R)
   http://luetkemeyer.house.gov/contact/
   p: 202-225-2956 f: 202-225-5712

Our Meeting Schedule for Today

All meetings eastern time zone on Thursday, March 22nd, 2012: 
Sen. McCaskill - Coffee with Claire 9am and meeting with staff immediately afterwards
Sen Blunt - 11am
Rep. Hartzler - 11:30am
Rep. Akin - 1pm
Rep. Cleaver - 1pm 
Rep Graves - 3pm
Rep Luetkemeyer - 10:30am
Rep Clay - 1:30pm
Rep Carnahan, 4:00pm
Rep Emerson - 2:00pm
Rep Long - 5:00pm
 
Thank you!  Your support for the Missouri Bicycle & Pedestrian Federation and the other advocacy organizations around Missouri makes our delegation at the National Bike Summit possible--and is making a real difference in Missouri and across the U.S.
 

 

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