We need your help to get 100 House Cosponsors on the TRADE act, and to help change the future course of trade policy.

This year, thousands of people have called and emailed congressional members, and over 90 house representatives have already agreed to cosponsor the 2009 TRADE Act. We now need your help to get us over 100.

The Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment (TRADE) Act marks out the policy space for a more balanced way to expand trade. It maps a fair path forward, explaining what we care about in a good trade agreement. This bill shifts the debate towards discussing an improved trade and globalization model, and moves us beyond repeatedly fighting against the failed policies of the past.

But to get to 100 cosponsors, and show legislative strength behind this initative, we need you to email, call or fax your members of congress today. Here are two simple ways to do so:

* Contact your members of congress by internet. Use our simple form to personalize a message to your members in the House and Senate.
* Contact your members of congress by phone. Call 202-224-3121 and tell the capitol switchboard operator to connect you to your member's office. Ask confidently to speak to the "Trade L.A.", and request that the member cosponsor the TRADE Act. There's a sample script on the attached link. Be sure to leave your address.

Please contact your member today! You can also send a letter to the editor on the 2009 TRADE Act.

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Need more information? You can find more background by visiting

http://www.citizenstrade.org/tradeact.php

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