Twenty-three congressmen warned President Bush in a letter
yesterday that he risks an election-year backlash from Republican voters if he continues to press his guest-worker proposal.
The Republican lawmakers said their congressional offices have received a flood of angry letters, e-mails and phone calls from Republican constituents vowing that they will refuse to vote for the president if his program is approved.
"If we do not listen to our constituents on this matter, our influence and effectiveness in Congress could be jeopardized."
Most of the congressmen signing are conservatives who represent Western, Southern and Midwestern states, including California, Idaho, Texas, Tennessee and Kansas.
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http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040128-124755-2167r.htm Add this to a letter several weeks ago signed by 33 Congress members
Wanted to add the list of Congress who signed this letter.
Besides Mr. Tancredo, the Republican congressmen who signed the letter are:
Reps. Todd Akin of Missouri
Roscoe G. Bartlett of Maryland
Ginny Brown-Waite
Jeff Miller and Cliff Stearns of Florida
Philip M. Crane and Donald Manzullo of Illinois
Nathan Deal of Georgia
John J. "Jimmy" Duncan Jr. and Zach Wamp of Tennessee
Elton Gallegly and Dana Rohrabacher of California
Scott Garrett of New Jersey
Virgil H. Goode Jr. of Virginia
Ernest Istook of Oklahoma
Walter B. Jones of North Carolina
Steve King of Iowa
Steven C. LaTourette of Ohio
C.L. "Butch" Otter and Mike Simpson of Idaho
Jim Ryun of Kansas
Lamar Smith of Texas