Sens. Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) are circulating a "Dear Colleague" letter requesting support on a letter to Subcommittee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Ranking Member Arlen Specter (R-PA), to request the inclusion of $5.1 billion in funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in the FY 09 Labor Health and Human Services Appropriations bill.
Currently, the following Senators have signed: Baucus (D-MT), Biden (D-DE), Brown (D-OH), Clinton (D-NY), Dodd (D-CT), Durbin (D-IL), Kennedy (D-MA), Kerry (D-MA), Kohl (D-WI), Lautenberg (D-NJ), Lieberman (I-CT), Rockefeller (D-WV), Sanders (I-VT), Snowe (R-ME), Stabenow (D-MI), Sununu (R-NH), Whitehouse (D-RI), Wyden (D-OR). The letter will be circulated until April 4.