REONAUTS... Your voices are needed to stop a e-cig tax bill!!!
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Just got an email from Maria Cantwell regarding her position on this bill:
Thank you for contacting me regarding the Individuals with Disabilities Education (IDEA) Full Funding Act. I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue.
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced the Individuals with Disabilities Education (IDEA) Full Funding Act (S. 1403) on July 21, 2011. This bill has been referred to the Senate Committee on Finance, where it awaits further review. If enacted, this bill would amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to reauthorize and make appropriations through fiscal year 2021. The purpose of this proposed legislation is to assist states and outlying areas in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities in public schools.
IDEA has proven a remarkable success since its initial enactment in 1975. According to the U.S. Department of Education, prior to the establishment of IDEA, U.S. schools educated only one in five students with disabilities. Today, more than 6.5 million children and youths receive special education and related services to meet their individual needs. The majority of children with disabilities are being educated in neighborhood schools and inside regular classrooms with their non-disabled peers. High school graduation rates have increased dramatically among students with disabilities, with a 17 percent increase between 1987 and 2003.
The IDEA Full Funding Act is fully paid for by doubling the tax on cigarettes and small cigars and setting equivalent increases to other tobacco products. These tax provisions are expected to help reduce tobacco use and prevent individuals from smoking. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 443,000 people die annually in the United States from tobacco use or exposure, and another 8.6 million live with a serious illness caused by tobacco. The total medical cost of smoking related illnesses is approximately $96 billion a year. I have always been strong supporter of tobacco prevention measures, and I will continue to support tobacco control and safety measures going forward.
Sincerely,
Maria Cantwell
United States Senator
Thank you for contacting me regarding the Individuals with Disabilities Education (IDEA) Full Funding Act. I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue.
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced the Individuals with Disabilities Education (IDEA) Full Funding Act (S. 1403) on July 21, 2011. This bill has been referred to the Senate Committee on Finance, where it awaits further review. If enacted, this bill would amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to reauthorize and make appropriations through fiscal year 2021. The purpose of this proposed legislation is to assist states and outlying areas in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities in public schools.
IDEA has proven a remarkable success since its initial enactment in 1975. According to the U.S. Department of Education, prior to the establishment of IDEA, U.S. schools educated only one in five students with disabilities. Today, more than 6.5 million children and youths receive special education and related services to meet their individual needs. The majority of children with disabilities are being educated in neighborhood schools and inside regular classrooms with their non-disabled peers. High school graduation rates have increased dramatically among students with disabilities, with a 17 percent increase between 1987 and 2003.
The IDEA Full Funding Act is fully paid for by doubling the tax on cigarettes and small cigars and setting equivalent increases to other tobacco products. These tax provisions are expected to help reduce tobacco use and prevent individuals from smoking. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 443,000 people die annually in the United States from tobacco use or exposure, and another 8.6 million live with a serious illness caused by tobacco. The total medical cost of smoking related illnesses is approximately $96 billion a year. I have always been strong supporter of tobacco prevention measures, and I will continue to support tobacco control and safety measures going forward.
Sincerely,
Maria Cantwell
United States Senator
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Its a shame that the people we have representing us in the House and Senate have no damn clue what the difference between a cigarette and an e-cig are... 
I have always said I'd much rather be surrounded by people with common sense over book smarts .....ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. Perhaps that was why I despised the officers in my command that gave the orders, they had degrees out the wazoo, but had zero hands on experience! 
I have always said I'd much rather be surrounded by people with common sense over book smarts .....ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. Perhaps that was why I despised the officers in my command that gave the orders, they had degrees out the wazoo, but had zero hands on experience! 
That's the same one I got.
So I went to her website and responded with links, etc. Tobacco products and vaping are not the same nor should they be treated as such. Can't respond to that email...it is not a monitored email address. If that message ticked you off like it did me....I'd go to her website and correct her lack of information. That's crazy, it seems like she's not really caring about the topic at all IMO. Sending out regurgitated emails is not the way to communicate with the public. I was wondering my the email sounded so generic in the first place.
Anyways, I'm definitely gonna go and put my 2 cents in when I visit her site.
Anyways, I'm definitely gonna go and put my 2 cents in when I visit her site.
Politicians pay no real attention to any form of electronic communication from their constituency, because it's so easily spoofed. Results demand putting pen to paper, a phone call, or a meeting in person.
It also bears remembering that the vast majority of elected officials at the house and senate level don't really care what you think - they have their own agendas to promote, and only pay enough lip service to superficially seem like they're exercising the will of the people. We have much deeper problems than the individual players in the game.
My senator responded with a letter stating that he was totally against the bill because he is anti-abortion (?). Truth is, they dredge up whichever talking points they think pander to their party's faithful, while actually voting based on whoever buys them.
Yep...canned responses do nothing to help their perception in the public eye. You would think they would be aware of that.
I got form letter e-mail from both of my senators. Pfffttt.
The only way to make them take notice is to send a hefty campaign contribution.
The only way to make them take notice is to send a hefty campaign contribution.
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