The following is collected and archived by CND-US. If you have any questions regarding the following information/message, please contact the original sender(s) listed below. Thank You. China News Digest - US Regional Services (Bo Xiong) --------------- Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 22:46:16 GMT Reply-To: ifcss Sender: Newsletter on Chinese Community From: ifcss Subject: HQ NR #7015: Update News On Congress Bill Comments: To: pbs-l@ifcss.org, council-l@ifcss.org Comments: cc: china-nt@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU To: Multiple recipients of list CCNL Status: RO &=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&= HEADQUARTERS NEWSRELEASE * HEADQUARTERS NEWSRELEASE * HEADQUARTERS NEWSREL &^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^ * * * N E W S R E L E A S E 7015 * * * _________ August 9, 1995 __________ [[[[[[ [[[[[[[[[[ [[[[[[ [[[[[[[ [[[[[[[ ______ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ _________ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[[[[[[ [[[ [[[[[ [[[[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[[[ [[[[[ ______ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ ____ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[ [[[[ [[[ [[[[ [[[ [[[[[[ [[[[[[ [[[[[[[ [[[[[[[[ [[[[[[[[ &^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^&^ IFCSS Foundation, Inc. 733 15th Street, NW Suite 440 Washington, DC 20005 Tel: (202) 347-0017 Fax: (202) 347-0018 &=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&= 1. Simpson's bill, S269, was marked up in Senate subcommittee, and goes to the Full Committee. It won't be debated until early September. Meanwhile, Simpson keeps asserting that his new bill, on legal immigration restric- tion will be introduced, and merge with S269 after Labor Day, which is the trend closely watched by several lobby coalitions in D.C. At the Monday's coalition conference on family and employment-related immigrations, all groups including IFCSS, pledged gearing up and making continuous efforts to stop Simpson's attempt. * * * * * 2. In Senate the debates on "Dole Substitute", cutting the welfare and benefits of legal immigrants, continues on the floor until the end of this week. Several amendments have been introduced, and some of them are even harsher to immigrants, but some are plausible. Among them, Senator James Exon of Nebraska 's amendment is much worse than Dole Bill, however, Senator Dianne Feinstein of California surprisedly introduced her amend- ment which proposes more protection of and increases benefits to legal immigrants. * * * * * 3. In addition to the previous agenda, IFCSS Task Force suggests some measures, which should be understaken through the end of this week, they are: 1). Make more phone calls, to Senators in Capitol Hill immediately, in order to influence the ongoing debates and process of amendments. Obviou- sly, some amendments will be accepted which depends on how the consti- tuents respond and how strong the pressures from lobby groups are; 2). Make clear that you support Dianne Feinstein's amendment, but are strongly opposed to Exon's amendment and Dole Substitute. CSS in Califor- nia and NE could try to make more phone calls. Feinstein needs more supports - and as we spoke before - every call counts! * * * * * 4. Hundreds of people attended the Time Square Rally in New York on Friday, which was organized by the Asian American Legal Defense & Education Found, the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), etc. IFCSS Council member Sun Ying introduced IFCSS' agenda to and exchanged campaign materials, including lobby sample letters, with Chung-Wha Hong, one of rally organziers, and also, the Immigration Rights Project Coordi- nator from The National Korean American Service & Education Consortium) at the rally. Sun Ying also requested her and her organization to join in the "National Lobby Day" in early September held in Washington, D.C. sponsored by several campaign coalitions in D.C. area. * * * * * 5. Supplyment: Several Senator's phone numbers: The first 6 digits are: (202) 224-, the last four digits are: California: Dianne Feinstein 3841; Barbara Boxer 3553 Kansas: Robert Dole 6521; Nancy Kassebaum 4774 Nebraska: James Exon 4224; Robert Kerrey 6551 Wyoming: Alan Simpson 3424; Criag Thomas 6441 ********************************************************************* * PBS-L is IFCSS's news distribution list for individuals. To sign * * on or off from the list, please send email to listserv@ifcss.org * * leave the subject line open and put in the mail body: * * (For signing on) sub PBS-L last name first name * * (For signing off) unsub PBS-L last name first name * * For more information about IFCSS, write to ifcss-info@ifcss.org * *********************************************************************