Senate Bill Update: Omnibus package or bust!

by Heather on December 16, 2022

We had fantastic in-person meetings in DC this week, and it is now clear that if we are going to get the Lymphedema Treatment Act through the Senate this year and signed into law, it must be through inclusion in the year-end omnibus package. Further, it’s anticipated that the package may be finalized as soon as Monday, so these are literally our final days to convince the Senate to include our bill.

PLEASE call your two Senators today using our Senate Call Action Alert, or the list of phone numbers below. Note that we have updated the call script and additional tips on what to say are below.

During our meetings we were told over and over again what a difference it makes for lawmakers and their staff to hear directly from people whose lives are affected by lymphedema. Personal stories are what make it real for them. Please call your two Senators today and tell them why it’s important to you for the LTA to be included in the year-end package.

Thank you!

Heather Ferguson
Founder & Executive Director
Lymphedema Advocacy Group
LymphedemaTreatmentAct.org

CALL SCRIPT & TIPS:

  • I am a constituent calling to ask that the Senate please include S.1315, the Lymphedema Treatment Act, in the year-end package. This bill was recently passed by the House with over 400 votes, and it has 74 cosponsors in the Senate. This issue is important to me because… ”  
     
  • If your Senator is a cosponsor on the list below, mention that and say thank you. REMEMBER – during our House vote, 76 members who were not cosponsors voted yes, but 5 who were cosponsors voted no, so outreach to every Senator is important, regardless of cosponsor status. 
      
  • If you are a constituent of Senator Cantwell (our lead sponsor) or Senator Grassley (our co-lead sponsor), it’s still very important that they hear from you. Thank them for their leadership on the bill and urge them to do everything possible to make sure it is passed this year!
     
  • If you are leaving a voicemail, include your name and zip code. If you speak to a live person they will ask you for that.

AK-Senate: Lisa Murkowski, 202-224-6665 Cosponsor
AK-Senate: Dan Sullivan, 202-224-3004 Cosponsor
AL-Senate: Richard Shelby, 202-224-5744
AL-Senate: Tommy Tuberville, 202-224-4124 
AR-Senate: Tom Cotton, 202- 224-2353  Cosponsor
AR-Senate: John Boozman, 202- 224-4843  Cosponsor
AZ-Senate: Kyrsten Sinema, 202- 224-4521  Cosponsor
AZ-Senate: Mark Kelly, 202-224-2235  Cosponsor
CA-Senate: Dianne Feinstein, 202-224-3841  Cosponsor
CA-Senate: Alex Padilla, 202- 224-3553  Cosponsor
CO-Senate: John Hickenlooper, 202-224-5941  Cosponsor
CO-Senate: Michael Bennet, 202-224-5852  Cosponsor
CT-Senate: Chris Murphy, 202-224-4041  Cosponsor
CT-Senate: Richard Blumenthal, 202- 224-2823  Cosponsor
DE-Senate: Chris Coons, 202-224-5042  Cosponsor
DE-Senate: Tom Carper, 202- 224-2441  Cosponsor
FL-Senate: Marco Rubio, 202- 224-3041  Cosponsor
FL-Senate: Rick Scott, 202- 224-5274  Cosponsor
GA-Senate: Jon Ossoff, 202-224-3521  Cosponsor
GA-Senate: Raphael Warnock, 202- 224-3643  Cosponsor
HI-Senate: Brian Schatz, 202- 224-3934  Cosponsor
HI-Senate: Mazie Hirono, 202-224-6361  Cosponsor
IA-Senate: Joni Ernst, 202-224-3254  Cosponsor
IA-Senate: Chuck Grassley, 202-224-3744  Co-lead Sponsor
ID-Senate: Jim Risch, 202-224-2752
ID-Senate: Mike Crapo, 202-224-6142
IL-Senate: Dick Durbin, 202-224-2152  Cosponsor
IL-Senate: Tammy Duckworth, 202-224-2854  Cosponsor
IN-Senate: Todd Young, 202-224-5623  Cosponsor
IN-Senate: Mike Braun, 202-224-4814
KS-Senate: Roger Marshall, 202-224-4774  Cosponsor
KS-Senate: Jerry Moran, 202-224-6521 Cosponsor
KY-Senate: Rand Paul, 202-224-4343
KY-Senate: Mitch McConnell, 202-224-2541
LA-Senate: Bill Cassidy, 202-224-5824  Cosponsor
LA-Senate: John Kennedy, 202-224-4623
MA-Senate: Elizabeth Warren, 202-224-4543  Cosponsor
MA-Senate: Ed Markey, 202-224-2742  Cosponsor
MD-Senate: Chris Van Hollen, 202-224-4654  Cosponsor
MD-Senate: Ben Cardin, 202-224-4524  Cosponsor
ME-Senate: Susan Collins, 202-224-2523  Cosponsor
ME-Senate: Angus King, 202-224-5344  Cosponsor
MI-Senate: Gary Peters, 202-224-6221  Cosponsor
MI-Senate: Debbie Stabenow, 202-224-4822  Cosponsor
MN-Senate: Tina Smith, 202-224-5641  Cosponsor
MN-Senate: Amy Klobuchar, 202-224-3244  Cosponsor
MO-Senate: Josh Hawley, 202-224-6154  Cosponsor
MO-Senate: Roy Blunt, 202-224-5721  Cosponsor
MS-Senate: Cindy Hyde-Smith, 202-224-5054  Cosponsor
MS-Senate: Roger Wicker, 202-224-6253  Cosponsor
MT-Senate: Steve Daines, 202-224-2651  Cosponsor
MT-Senate: Jon Tester, 202-224-2644  Cosponsor
NC-Senate: Richard Burr, 202-224-3154
NC-Senate: Thom Tillis, 202-224-6342  Cosponsor
ND-Senate: Kevin Cramer, 202-224-2043  Cosponsor 
ND-Senate: John Hoeven, 202-224-2551  Cosponsor
NE-Senate: Deb Fischer, 202-224-6551  Cosponsor
NE-Senate: Ben Sasse, 202-224-4224
NH-Senate: Jeanne Shaheen, 202-224-2841  Cosponsor
NH-Senate: Margaret Wood Hassan, 202-224-3324  Cosponsor
NJ-Senate: Cory Booker, 202-224-3224  Cosponsor
NJ-Senate: Bob Menendez, 202-224-4744  Cosponsor
NM-Senate: Ben Ray Lujan, 202-224-6621  Cosponsor
NM-Senate: Martin Heinrich, 202-224-5521  Cosponsor
NV-Senate: Jacky Rosen, 202-224-6244  Cosponsor
NV-Senate: Catherine Cortez Masto, 202-224-3542  Cosponsor
NY-Senate: Kirsten Gillibrand, 202-224-4451  Cosponsor
NY-Senate: Chuck Schumer, 202-224-6542  Cosponsor
OH-Senate: Sherrod Brown, 202-224-2315  Cosponsor
OH-Senate: Rob Portman, 202-224-3353
OK-Senate: Jim Inhofe, 202-224-4721  Cosponsor
OK-Senate: James Lankford, 202-224-5754  Cosponsor 
OR-Senate: Jeff Merkley, 202-224-3753  Cosponsor 
OR-Senate: Ron Wyden, 202-224-5244
PA-Senate: Pat Toomey, 202-224-4254
PA-Senate: Bob Casey, 202-224-6324  Cosponsor
RI-Senate: Sheldon Whitehouse, 202-224-2921  Cosponsor
RI-Senate: Jack Reed, 202-224-4642  Cosponsor
SC-Senate: Tim Scott, 202-224-6121  Cosponsor
SC-Senate: Lindsey Graham, 202-224-5972  Cosponsor
SD-Senate: John Thune, 202-224-2321
SD-Senate: Mike Rounds, 202-224-5842  Cosponsor
TN-Senate: Marsha Blackburn, 202-224-3344
TN-Senate: Bill Hagerty, 202-224-4944
TX-Senate: Ted Cruz, 202-224-5922
TX-Senate: John Cornyn, 202-224-2934
UT-Senate: Mike Lee, 202-224-5444
UT-Senate: Mitt Romney, 202-224-5251
VA-Senate: Mark Warner, 202-224-2023  Cosponsor
VA-Senate: Tim Kaine, 202-224-4024 
VT-Senate: Patrick Leahy, 202-224-4242  Cosponsor
VT-Senate: Bernie Sanders, 202-224-5141  Cosponsor
WA-Senate: Patty Murray, 202-224-2621  Cosponsor
WA-Senate: Maria Cantwell, 202-224-3441  Lead Sponsor
WI-Senate: Tammy Baldwin, 202-224-5653  Cosponsor
WI-Senate: Ron Johnson, 202-224-5323 
WV-Senate: Shelley Moore Capito, 202-224-6472  Cosponsor
WV-Senate: Joe Manchin, 202-224-3954
WY-Senate: Cynthia Lummis, 202-224-3424
WY-Senate: John Barrasso, 202-224-6441

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