TRADE Act Introduction Imminent: Write Your Rep! The momentum for progressive trade reform has shifted our way in recent weeks. Thanks to your effort, the White House recognized the political peril of their Trade Representative trying to bring up Bush's leftover NAFTA expansion to Panama instead of focusing on important progressive priorities like health care and energy. If you can help get your House member signed onto the TRADE Act this week, you can send a signal to the administration that only the strong, specific trade reform agenda of the TRADE Act will gain support in Congress. Please use the form below to email your member of Congress and urge him or her to sign on as an original cosponsor to the 2009 TRADE Act.

February 09, 2010 Subject: I am writing to urge you to sign on as an original cosponsor of the 2009 Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment (TRADE) Act. The TRADE Act is landmark legislation that shifts the debate towards what we are for with respect to a new model for trade and globalization rules that can deliver the benefits of expanded trade while avoiding the damage caused by the status quo NAFTA-WTO model. The 2008 TRADE Act, introduced last year and written by Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Rep. Mike Michaud (D-Maine) had 80 House and Senate cosponsors. The 2009 TRADE Act articulates what must be done to repair current trade pacts, such as NAFTA and creates a path forward for a new U.S. trade policy that can achieve societal goals such as good jobs, safe food and promotion of basic human rights, healthy communities and environmental protection. I strongly support this legislation, as does an array of labor, environmental, consumer, faith and family farm organizations. The TRADE Act delivers on my expectations that you and the President will create a new American trade policy and fix past agreements like NAFTA. Please become an original cosponsor of this important legislation. As a constituent, I look forward to hearing your response. Please respond to my email, hopefully letting me know you are a sponsor of this forward looking legislation. Sincerely, We will add your signature from the information you provide.		First Name* Last Name* Email* Street* Street 2 Street 3 City* State/Province* Select a state Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware D.C. Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Armed Forces (the) Americas Armed Forces Europe Armed Forces Pacific Alberta British Columbia Manitoba Newfoundland New Brunswick Nova Scotia Northwest Territories Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon Territory Other Zip/Postal Code*