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Letters To Congress

Vote YES on the SMART Port Security Act

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Dear Representative: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I write to express our support for H.R. 4251, the SMART Port Security Act, offered by Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI), which will be voted under suspension later today. The SMART Port Security Act, among other things, makes needed reforms to the Transportation Worker Identification […]

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Oppose Drastic Transportation Cuts: Vote NO on the Broun Motion to Instruct

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Dear Representative:On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I am writing to express our strong opposition to the Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 4348 – the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012 – offered by Rep. Paul Broun and urge you to vote against this motion. The cuts called for in this […]

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Support Bi-partisan Buy America Improvements: Vote YES on the Rahall Motion to Instruct

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Dear Representative: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I write to express our support for the Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 4348 – Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012 – offered by Rep. Nick Rahall (WV), and urge you to vote for this Motion. This Motion to Instruct directs conferees to […]

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S. 1789, the 21st Century Postal Service Act

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Dear Senator: As the Senate begins debate on S. 1789, the 21st Century Postal Service Act, the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) urges you to amend this legislation to ensure that the final bill helps solve the financial crisis facing the United States Postal Service (USPS) and protects the long-term stability of this institution and its […]

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Support the Surface Transportation Extension Act — H.R. 4348

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Dear Representative: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge you to support H.R. 4348, the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012, Part II when it is considered on the House floor later today. We have long maintained that the reauthorization of surface transportation programs is among the most important jobs legislation […]

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Vote No on the Republican Budget Resolution

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Dear Representative: Later today, the House of Representatives will vote on a resolution proposed by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan establishing the budget for Fiscal Year 2013 (H. Con. Res. 112).  I urge you to oppose this resolution as it would deal a devastating blow to our transportation system and its workers. This Republican budget […]

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Support S. 1813

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Dear Senator: The Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) strongly supports passage of a surface transportation reauthorization (S. 1813) that will put millions of Americans to work building, operating and modernizing our nation’s transit systems, rail network, highways and bridges.  Today, the Senate will begin to consider dozens of amendments, many of them unrelated to transportation. […]

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Defeat H.R. 7, Bring a Bipartisan Surface Transportation Bill to the House Floor

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Dear Representative: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I write to express our opposition to the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act (H.R. 7) and urge you to vote against it in its current form. We do not take this position lightly and instead do so with great regret that H.R. 7 […]

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Passage of Surface Transportation Authorization is Vital

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Dear Senator: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge you to vote for cloture on the Motion to Proceed on S. 1813, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21).  After significant delay and eight extensions of the surface transportation program, now is the time to pass this critically […]

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Reject Federal Transit Privatization Mandates Support Amendment #64

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Dear Representative: As the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee continues to consider H.R. 7, I urge you to support amendment #64 offered by Rep. Peter DeFazio that would remove heavy-handed transit privatization mandates included in the bill.  As drafted, H.R. 7 would cast aside decades of bipartisan policy that has left privatization decisions to local […]

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