Congressional Elections and the Institutional Bias: Do you know where your candidates stand?

From ADAPT (10.23.10):

Do the people running for Congress support eliminating the institutional bias?

ADAPT has contacted the people running for Congress and asked them to indicate whether they would support eliminating the institutional bias in Medicaid by becoming a co-sponsor of and voting for the Community Choice Act during the next session of Congress if they are elected.  We have compiled the results so far and posted them on the Coalition for Community Integration's website. 

Here's the website link:

www.c4ci.org/find_candidates.php

>>> To search the list by state and whether the candidates are running for the Senate or the House of Representatives

This website not only tells you where the candidates stand on the issue, but provides an email address so you can contact the candidates yourself.

We have a great opportunity to make a difference in the next Congress.

The election is right around the corner...

If the candidates for Congress in your state or district haven't signed the pledge and agreed to support CCA, let them know that this is an important issue for people with disabilities, our families, and the people who support our issues. It's important that they hear from their constituents so go to the website, check on your candidates and contact them today!

Urge them to sign the pledge to FREE OUR PEOPLE!

You can also point out that this issue pretty much affects EVERY American family at some point, and (according to a Harris poll) 89 percent of Americans would be willing to pay for Community Choice.

When you send your email, you can also send a link to the Pledge form. 

Here's the Pledge form link:

www.c4ci.org/Pledge.pdf

After you check out the site, be sure to forward this email to other folks and ask them to do this too.

Let's make sure the people running for Congress know that we want them to FREE OUR PEOPLE!