#endslavery - Use Twitter to Help Pass the TVPRA!
By Erica Boonstra - Tue, 04/24/2012
For nearly a year and a half, advocates like you have been working hard to pass the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA). Thanks to your efforts, the bill has 40 Senate cosponsors from all across the political spectrum—we are so grateful for your tireless work to pass this bill that will help end trafficking at home and around the world!
We’ve come so far, but we’re not stopping here. IJM is teaming up with World Vision, Polaris Project and Safe Horizon to gain even more suport for the TVPRA and to ensure that it passes quickly. Our goal is to get 10 more senators to cosponsor this bill by April 30.
You can help us achieve this goal by raising your voice online! Join us by tweeting at these senators who have not yet cosponsored the TVPRA. And don’t forget to use the hashtag #endslavery in your tweet so we can follow your efforts!
Don’t see your senators listed? That means they are already a cosponsor of the TVPRA—thanks for your help getting them onboard!
UPDATE (April 27): Senators Reed and Whitehouse from Rhode Island have just signed on as cosponsors of the TVPRA! Thank you to all who reached out to them! The TVPRA now has 42 cosponsors in the Senate.
| State | Senator | Advocacy Tweet |
| ALASKA | Mark Begich (D) | Tweet |
| ALASKA | Lisa Murkowski (R) | Tweet |
| ALABAMA | Jeff Sessions (R) | Tweet |
| ALABAMA | Richard C Shelby (R) | Tweet |
| ARKANSAS | John Boozman (R) | Tweet |
| ARIZONA | Jon Kyl (R) | Tweet |
| ARIZONA | John McCain (R) | Tweet |
| DELAWARE | Thomas Carper (D) | Tweet |
| HAWAII | Daniel K Inouye (D) | Tweet |
| IOWA | Chuck Grassley (R) | Tweet |
| IOWA | Tom Harkin (D) | Tweet |
| IDAHO | Mike Crapo (R) | Not on Twitter |
| IDAHO | James E Risch (R) | Not on Twitter |
| ILLINOIS | Mark Kirk (R) | Tweet |
| INDIANA | Daniel Coats (R) | Tweet |
| INDIANA | Richard G Lugar (R) | Tweet |
| KANSAS | Jerry Moran (R) | Tweet |
| KANSAS | Pat Roberts (R) | Tweet |
| KENTUCKY | Mitch McConnell (R) | Tweet |
| KENTUCKY | Rand Paul (R) | Tweet |
| LOUISIANA | David Vitter (R) | Tweet |
| MAINE | Olympia J Snowe (R) | Tweet |
| MAINE | Susan M Collins (R) | Tweet |
| MICHIGAN | Carl Levin (D) | Tweet |
| MISSOURI | Roy Blunt (R) | Tweet |
| MISSOURI | Claire McCaskill (D) | Tweet |
| MISSISSIPPI | Roger F Wicker (R) | Tweet |
| MONTANA | Max Baucus (D) | Tweet |
| NORTH DAKOTA | Kent Conrad (D) | Not on Twitter |
| NORTH DAKOTA | John Hoeven (R) | Tweet |
| NEBRASKA | Mike Johanns (R) | Tweet |
| NEBRASKA | Ben Nelson (D) | Tweet |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE | Kelly Ayotte (R) | Tweet |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE | Jeanne Shaheen (D) | Tweet |
| NEW JERSEY | Frank R Lautenberg (D) | Tweet |
| NEW MEXICO | Jeff Bingaman (D) | Not on Twitter |
| NEW MEXICO | Tom Udall (D) | Tweet |
| NEVADA | Harry Reid (D) | Tweet |
| OKLAHOMA | Tom Coburn (R) | Tweet |
| OKLAHOMA | James M Inhofe (R) | Tweet |
| PENNSYLVANIA | Patrick J Toomey (R) | Tweet |
| RHODE ISLAND | Jack Reed (D) | Not on Twitter |
| RHODE ISLAND | Sheldon Whitehouse (D) | Tweet |
| SOUTH CAROLINA | Jim DeMint (R) | Tweet |
| SOUTH CAROLINA | Lindsey Graham (R) | Tweet |
| SOUTH DAKOTA | Tim Johnson (D) | Tweet |
| SOUTH DAKOTA | John Thune (R) | Tweet |
| TENNESSEE | Lamar Alexander (R) | Tweet |
| TENNESSEE | Bob Corker (R) | Tweet |
| TEXAS | John Cornyn (R) | Tweet |
| TEXAS | Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) | Tweet |
| UTAH | Orrin G Hatch (R) | Tweet |
| UTAH | Mike Lee (R) | Tweet |
| VIRGINIA | Mark R Warner (D) | Tweet |
| VIRGINIA | Jim Webb (D) | Not on Twitter |
| WISCONSIN | Ron Johnson (R) | Tweet |
| WISCONSIN | Herb Kohl (D) | Not on Twitter |
| WEST VIRGINIA | Joe Manchin III (D) | Tweet |
| WEST VIRGINIA | John D Rockefeller, IV (D) | Tweet |
| WYOMING | John Barrasso (R) | Tweet |
| WYOMING | Michael B Enzi (R) | Not on Twitter |
Erica Boonstra is an organizer for Justice Campaigns and helps manage IJM's grassroots efforts around the country and abroad. Justice Campaigns mobilizes people around the country in support of U.S. policies that will lead to the abolition of human trafficking and modern-day slavery.
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