{"id":475672,"date":"2010-03-26T12:41:46","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T16:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/illinoiseducationassociation.org\/?p=6853"},"modified":"2010-03-26T12:41:46","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T16:41:46","slug":"please-take-a-moment-to-thank-our-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/475672","title":{"rendered":"Please take a moment to thank our friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week, the General Assembly overwhelmingly approved legislation that will drastically overhaul many of the state\u2019s public pension systems. This is a move IEA vigorously opposed not only because the legislation, we believe, will be detrimental to public education in Illinois, but also because the organization was not brought in to discuss the proposed changes.<\/p>\n

We are hoping you will take a moment to either call or e-mail (e-mail addresses will pop up when you click on a legislator\u2019s name) those lawmakers who stood with us. The following list of senators and representatives voted either \u201cno\u201d or \u201cpresent\u201d on the bill.<\/p>\n

The IEA appreciates your time and thanks you for following up with these lawmakers for showing us their support.<\/p>\n

Here is some suggested text, but you should feel free to thank them in your own words:<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you for supporting public education and voting \u2018no\u2019 on SB 1946.<\/p>\n

Although the bill passed the House and Senate with overwhelming support, you realize the negative impact that this proposal will have on future teachers and the profession.<\/p>\n

Thanks for your support.\u201d<\/p>\n

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NO VOTES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SPRINGFIELD \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 HOME<\/span><\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n

Sen. Larry Bomke<\/a> 217-782-0228\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 217-782-0228<\/p>\n

Sen. Mike Frerichs<\/a> 217-782-2507\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 217-355-5252<\/p>\n

Sen. Mike Jacobs<\/a> 217-782-5957\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 309-797-0001<\/p>\n

Sen. Dave Luechtefeld<\/a> 217-782-8137\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 618-243-9014<\/p>\n

Sen. John Millner<\/a> 217-782-8192\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 630-351-9340<\/p>\n

Sen. Dale Righter<\/a> 217-782-6674\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 217-235-6033<\/p>\n

Rep. Bill Black<\/a> 217-782-3992\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 217-431-1986<\/p>\n

Rep. Dan Brady<\/a> 217-782-1118\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 309-662-1100<\/p>\n

Rep. Rich Brauer<\/a> 217-782-0053<\/p>\n

Rep. John Cavaletto<\/a> 217-782-0066\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 618-548-9080<\/p>\n

Rep. Will Davis<\/a> 217-782-8197\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 708-799-7300<\/p>\n

Rep. Paul Froehlich<\/a> 217-782-3725\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 847-985-9210<\/p>\n

Rep. Careen Gordon<\/a> 217-782-5997\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 815-634-3096<\/p>\n

Rep. Jay Hoffman<\/a> 217-782-8018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 618-345-2176<\/p>\n

Rep. Eddie Jackson<\/a> 217-782-5951\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 618-875-9950<\/p>\n

Rep. Bill Mitchell<\/a> 217-782-8163\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 217-876-1968<\/p>\n

Rep. Don Moffitt<\/a> 217-782-8032\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 309-343-8000<\/p>\n

Rep. Rich Myers<\/a> 217-782-0416\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 309-836-2707<\/p>\n

Rep. Brandon Phelps<\/a> 217-782-5131\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 618-253-4189<\/p>\n

Rep. Raymond Poe<\/a> 217-782-0044<\/p>\n

Rep. Al Riley<\/a> 217-558-1007\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 708-799-4364<\/p>\n

Rep. Chapin Rose<\/a> 217-558-1006\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 217-348-7673<\/p>\n

Rep. Jim Watson<\/a> 217-782-1840\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 217-243-6221<\/p>\n

PRESENT<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sen. Deanna Demuzio<\/a> 217-782-8206\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 217-854-4441<\/p>\n

Sen. Kirk Dillard<\/a> 217-782-8148\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 630-969-0990<\/p>\n

Sen. Gary Forby<\/a> 217-782-5509\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 618-439-2504<\/p>\n

Rep. Mike Bost<\/a> 217-782-0387\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 618-457-5787<\/p>\n

Rep. Roger Eddy<\/a> 217-558-1040\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 618-563-4128<\/p>\n

Rep. Jerry Mitchell<\/a> 217-782-0535\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 815-625-0820<\/p>\n

Rep. Randy Ramey<\/a> 217-558-1037\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 630-876-0703<\/p>\n

Rep. Dan Reitz<\/a> 217-782-1018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 618-443-5757<\/p>\n

Rep. Skip Saviano<\/a> 217-782-3374\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 708-453-7547<\/p>\n

Rep. Pat Verschoore<\/a> 217-782-5970\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 309-558-3612<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week, the General Assembly overwhelmingly approved legislation that will drastically overhaul many of the state\u2019s public pension systems. This is a move IEA vigorously opposed not only because the legislation, we believe, will be detrimental to public education in Illinois, but also because the organization was not brought in to discuss the proposed changes. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4159,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-475672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}