UPDATE: Ask Your New Elected Officials to Stand Up for Our Families!

By Julie Kruse on 01/19/2011 @ 01:05 PM

Tags: UAFA, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Congress

It’s an exciting time here in Washington, DC, as members of the 112th Congress take office – including over 90 freshmen Representatives and 13 brand new Senators. Many of these officials know little about the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), which would allow gay and lesbian Americans to sponsor their foreign-born partners for immigration status.

Will you take a moment right now to educate your Representative and Senators about UAFA, and ask them to support this bill when it’s introduced in the new Congress?

As a constituent, you are in a unique position to influence your elected officials in Washington, DC, by telling them what matters to you and your family. Today – the first day of the new Congress – is a great day to reach out to your Representative and Senators and share your story. We need you to begin a relationship with them. Our families are working to build support for UAFA in every part of this country - and that begins with you. Please contact your elected officials today.

UPDATE: Former Cosponsors in Congress in 2011

All cosponsors will have to come back on to the bill again as all bills expired at the end of last year. So those who cosponsored in the past and have left Congress will not be counted as cosponsors again. Those who remained will need to come back on the bill again this year.

The list of current members who cosponsored in 2009-2010 is below.

Of the 25 Senators who were cosponsors last year, 21 have returned to Congress. And of the 135 Representatives in the House who were cosponsors last year, 121 have returned.

If your Senators and Representatives cosponsored before, you can thank them and ask them to do it again this year! The lists are below.

Current Senators who were cosponsors in 2009-2010

Patrick Leahy (VT)
Daniel Akaka (HI)
Barbara Boxer (CA)
Sherrod Brown (OH)
Maria Cantwell (WA)
Benjamin Cardin (MD)
Bob Casey (PA)
Richard Durbin (IL)
Al Franken (MN)
Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
Tom Harkin (IA)
Daniel Inouye (HI)
John Kerry (MA)
Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
Robert Menendez (NJ)
Jeff Merkley (OR)
Chuck Schumer (NY)
Mark Udall (CO)
Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
Ron Wyden (OR)
Bernie Sanders (VT)

Current Representatives who were cosponsors in 2009-2010

Gary Ackerman (NY-5)
Rob Andrews (NJ-1)
Joe Baca (CA-43)
Tammy Baldwin (WI-2)
Xavier Becerra (CA-31)
Shelley Berkley (NV-1)
Howard Berman (CA-28)
Tim Bishop (NY-1)
Earl Blumenauer (OR-3)
Robert Brady (PA-1)
Lois Capps (CA-23)
Michael Capuano (MA-8)
Andre Carson (IN-7)
Kathy Castor (FL-11)
Judy Chu (A-32)
Yvette Clarke (NY-11)
Wm. Lacy Clay (MO-1)
James Clyburn (SC-6)
Gerry Connolly (VA-11)
John Conyers (MI-14)
Joseph Courtney (CT-2)
Joseph Crowley (NY-7)
Elijah Cummings (MD-7)
Susan Davis (CA-53)
Danny Davis (IL-7)
Peter DeFazio (OR-4)
Diana Degette (CO-1)
Rosa DeLauro (CT-3)
Ted Deutch (FL-19)
Mike Doyle (PA-14)
Donna Edwards (MD-4)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC)
Keith Ellison (MN-5)
Eliott Engel (NY-17)
Anna Eshoo (CA-14)
Sam Farr (CA-17)
Chaka Fattah (PA-2)
Bob Filner (CA-51)
Barney Frank (MA-4)
John Garamendi (CA-10)
Raul Grijaliva (AZ-7)
Luis Gutierrez (IL-4)
Jane Harman (CA-36)
Alcee Hastings (FL-23)
Martin Heinrich (NM-1)
Jim Himes (CT-4)
Maurice Hinchey (NY-22)
Mazie Hirono (HI-2)
Rush Holt (NJ-12)
Mike Honda (CA-15)
Jay Inslee (WA-1)
Steve Israel (NY-2)
Jesse Jackson Jr. (IL-2)
Hank Johnson (GA-4)
Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30)
Dennis Kucinich (OH-10)
James Langevin (RI-2)
Rick Larsen (WA-2)
John Larson (CT-1)
Barbara Lee (CA-9)
Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX-18)
Sander Levin (MI-12)
John Lewis (GA-5)
Nita Lowey (NY-18)
Carolyn Maloney (NY-14)
Edward Markey (MA-7)
Doris Matsui (CA-5)
Carolyn McCarthy (NY-4)
Betty McCollum (MN-4)
Jim McDermott (WA-7)
Jim McGovern (MA-3)
Gregory Meeks (NY-6)
Mike Michaud (ME-2)
George Miller (CA-7)
Brad Miller (NC-13)
Gwen Moore (WI-14)
Jim Moran (VA-8)
Jerry Nadler (NY-8)
Grace Napolitano (CA-38)
Richard Neal (MA-2)
John Olver (MA-1)
Frank Pallone (NJ-6)
Bill Pascrell (NJ-8)
Ed Pastor (AZ-4)
Donald Payne (NJ-10)
Chellie Pingree (ME-1)
Jared Polis (CO-2)
David Price (NC-4)
Mike Quigley (IL-5)
Charles Rangel (NY-15)
Laura Richardson (CA-37)
Steve Rothman (NJ-9)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34)
Bobby Rush (IL-1)
Tim Ryan (OH-17)
Linda Sanchez (CA-39)
John Sarbanes (MD-3)
Janice Schakowsky (IL-9)
Adam Schiff (CA-29)
Allyson Schwartz (PA-13)
Bobby Scott (VA-3)
José Serrano (NY-16)
Brad Sherman (CA-27)
Albio Sires (Ny-13)
Louise McIntosh Slaughter (NY-28)
Adam Smith (WA-9)
Jackie Speier (CA-12)
Pete Stark (CA-13)
Betty Sutton (OH-13)
John Tierney (MA-6)
Paul Tonko (NY-21)
Edolphus Towns (NY-10)
Niki Tsongas (MA-5)
Nydia Velazquez (NY-12)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20)
Maxine Waters (CA-35)
Henry Waxman (CA-30)
Anthony Weiner (NY-9)
Peter Welch (VT)
Lynn Woosley (CA-6)
David Wu (OR-1)