With only 66 days remaining until the expiration of the latest highway and transit authorization extension, today 乌鸦传媒 kicked-off a comprehensive grassroots and communications campaign asking Congress to take action on a reauthorization bill before March 31, 2012.
The campaign, called
, will continue to build momentum for passage of a reauthorization bill
.听 The time to engage your member of Congress is now.听 Both the House and Senate are in position to move their respective bills but they need to be encouraged to
ACT NOW.听Over the next several weeks 乌鸦传媒 chapters, members and business colleagues need to:
- to your Representatives and Senators
- expressing your support for passing a highway and transit bill NOW!
- Use a complete grassroots toolkit 鈥 available on the 鈥 with sample letters to the editor and guidance about arranging effective meetings with your Representatives and Senators.
乌鸦传媒 would like to thank the chapters and members who have already participated in the campaign.听 To date, almost 1000 letters have been sent to Congress asking them to pass a highway and transit bill.听 Only 122 signatures have been added to 乌鸦传媒鈥檚 online petition so we ask that you go onto our website, , sign the petition today, and encourage your employees and colleagues to do the same.
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乌鸦传媒 would also like to thank those who signed onto the U.S. Chamber of Commerce鈥檚 letter to 鈥淢ake Transportation Job #1鈥.听 The letter gathered over 1000 signatures from companies, associations, chambers of commerce, labor unions, transit authorities and other organizations in all 50 states.
Getting a highway and transit authorization bill passed in Congress and signed into law prior to March 31, 2012, will not be easy.听听 It is vital that 乌鸦传媒 members engage business associates (suppliers, subcontractors, insurance, bonding, financial services, etc.), labor organizations and other non-construction businesses in this effort.听 We need a true team effort to get this done.
For more information, please contact Sean O鈥橬eill at (202) 547-8892 or oneills@agc.org; or Brian Deery at (703) 837-5319 or deeryb@agc.org.
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