CURRENT ISSUES

Bill Moyers on Health Care: Please Watch, Listen, and Share | PBS
Please click on link for health care broadcast:
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07312009/watch.html
Also, being replayed the week of August 1-7, 2009 on PBS Digital. Please watch and share.

Ameren/ComEd Petition for Senator Emil Jones

Please circulate this petition for Illinois Senate President Emil Jones, insisting that he release the Ameren/ComEd Senate Bill (SB) #1592 for debate and vote on the floor of the senate. This petition was created by the Alton cluster of Core Teams and Congregations and approved by the UCM Executive Committee.
 
Please return the completed petitions to the UCM office for delivery to Senate President Emil Jones.
 
Illinois Senate President Emil Jones, Jr. may also be called at: (217) 782-2728; emailed at: jone@senatedem.state.il.us ; or letters sent to: 327 Capitol Building, Springfield, IL  62706 
 
Thank you for your support of this effort as well as improved health care, education funding, jobs, and roadway safety legislation for all of Illinois' residents.

Madison County Sheltered Home
Drug Court in St. Clair County
Expansion of Metro Link
New Mississippi River Bridge
Drug Courts in Madison and St. Clair Counties
Mental Health Courts
Local Hiring for all transportation and other major construction projects
Health Care Justice Act providing quality, accessible health care for all
Skateboard park and downtown park in Granite City
Improved storm water drainage in East St. Louis
Improved and equalized education funding through A+ Illinois
Increased county funding of the University of Illinois Extension programs
Civil Rights of Immigrants through Secure Borders Act

Drug Courts - Jo’Anna Watts
Civil Rights of Immigrants