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Well, I just made calls to all of the Reps and Senators again (I made a round of calls last week). Total time took about 20 minutes to call all of them. The only one I didn't get to was Burt Solomon. I got a voice recording to say that his mailbox was full. For the most part, all I had to say was "I am calling in regards to HB1893/SB1164 and am asking for Mr/Mrs XXXX support in getting the bill out of committee and onto the floor for a vote.". Most of the people answering my calls just said "Thank you. I'll be sure that Mr/Mrs XXX gets your message". About 1/3 of them asked for my name and address, but most did not. All of the aids (except for one) was very courteous. I found it suprising that most of aides were quick to point out that their Senator/Representative was a sponsor/co-author of that bill. Which is perplexing if so many of the representatives/senators co-authored/sponsered the bill, then why is it still setting in commitee?

The one Senator who said anything negative was Mr. Rodney Ellis. When I called him, and asked for his support the aid said "....well that's not gonna happen. The bill is dead and Mr. Ellis doesn't support it, and would rather pass bills to increase college financial aid....". I know some of the other Senators/Representatives did not support it (from my round of calling a couple of days ago). However their aids never mentioneed it, and just said they'd pass the message one. Mr. Ellis's aid was the only one who openly said that Mr. Ellis would not support it.

I did get a couple of the aids say something like "we've gotten lots of calls on that bill today". They wouldn't say if those calls were pro/against the bill. So it appears that this bill is receiving alot of attention.