Support for H.R. 676

National and International Labor Unions
  • United Automobile Workers (UAW)
  • United Steel Workers
  • International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)
  • Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
  • United Electrical Workers (UEW)
  • National Education Association (NEA)
  • California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
  • International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU)
  • National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)
  • United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States & Canada
  • American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada
  • Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU)
  • International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE)
  • Sheet Metal Workers International Association (SMWIA)

Chairman Conyers addresses a crowd of H.R. 676 supporters at a reception sponsored by the California Nurses Association.
State AFL-CIO Federations

  • Kentucky
  • Pennsylvania
  • Connecticut
  • Ohio
  • Delaware
  • North Dakota
  • Washington
  • South Carolina
  • Wyoming
  • Vermont
  • Florida
  • Wisconsin
  • South Dakota
  • North Carolina
  • Missouri
  • Minnesota
  • Maine
  • Arkansas
  • Maryland/District of Columbia
  • Texas
  • Iowa
  • Arizona
  • Tennessee
  • Oregon
  • Georgea
  • Oklahoma
  • Kansas
  • Colorado
  • Indiana
  • Alabama
  • California
  • Alaska
  • Michigan
  • Montana
  • Nebraska

453 union organizations in 49 states, including 112 Central Labor Councils and Area Labor Federations, have endorsed H.R. 676.

Health Professionals & Civic Organizations
  • American Medical Students Association
  • American Public Health Association
  • Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
  • Coalition of Labor Union Women
  • Electrical Workers Minority Caucus
  • Healthcare-NOW!
  • Hip Hop Caucus
  • Institute for Policy Studies, Cities for Progress
  • Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization
  • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
  • National Council on Healthcare for the Homeless
  • National Organization for Women (NOW)Chairman Conyers with Dr. Claudia Fegan, Past President of Physicians for a National Health Program
  • National Student Nurses Association
  • Physicians for a National Health Program
  • Progressive Democrats of America
  • The United Church of Christ
  • United Federation of Teachers
  • United Methodist Global Board of Church and Society
  • Young Democrats of America
  • ROOT
Members of Congress
  • Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Baca, Joe [CA-43] - 9/17/2007
  • Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Becerra, Xavier [CA-31] - 6/13/2007
  • Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] - 6/15/2007
  • Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [GA-2] - 12/11/2007
  • Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1] - 2/27/2007
  • Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3] - 4/17/2007
  • Rep Capuano, Michael E. [MA-8] - 11/9/2007
  • Rep Carson, Andre [IN-7] - 7/10/2008
  • Rep Christensen, Donna M. [VI] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] - 2/16/2007
  • Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Cleaver, Emanuel [MO-5] - 4/22/2008
  • Rep Clyburn, James E. [SC-6] - 4/24/2008
  • Rep Cohen, Steve [TN-9] - 2/7/2007
  • Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Delahunt, William D. [MA-10] - 2/12/2007
  • Rep Doyle, Michael F. [PA-14] - 3/21/2007
  • Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] - 3/7/2007
  • Rep Green, Al [TX-9] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Hare, Phil [IL-17] - 4/30/2007
  • Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 1/29/2007
  • Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Hirono, Mazie K. [HI-2] - 7/23/2007
  • Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Jefferson, William J. [LA-2] - 6/26/2007
  • Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [GA-4] - 2/13/2007
  • Rep Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9] - 2/12/2007
  • Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] - 9/24/2007
  • Rep Kildee, Dale E. [MI-5] - 4/17/2007
  • Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [MI-13] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Loebsack, David [IA-2] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Lynch, Stephen F. [MA-9] - 10/9/2007
  • Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 1/29/2007
  • Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep McNulty, Michael R. [NY-21] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Meehan, Martin T. [MA-5] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Meeks, Gregory W. [NY-6] - 9/20/2007
  • Rep Miller, George [CA-7] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Moore, Gwen [WI-4] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 1/22/2008
  • Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] - 1/29/2007
  • Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38] - 2/27/2007
  • Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 3/21/2007
  • Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] - 2/16/2007
  • Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Richardson, Laura [CA-37] - 9/20/2007
  • Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille [CA-34] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Rush, Bobby L. [IL-1] - 2/6/2007
  • Rep Ryan, Tim [OH-17] - 5/8/2007
  • Rep Sanchez, Linda T. [CA-39] - 4/23/2007
  • Rep Sanchez, Loretta [CA-47] - 9/20/2007
  • Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 4/17/2007
  • Rep Scott, David [GA-13] - 9/20/2007
  • Rep Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [VA-3] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] - 2/7/2007
  • Rep Solis, Hilda L. [CA-32] - 2/12/2007
  • Rep Sutton, Betty [OH-13] - 3/27/2007
  • Rep Thompson, Bennie G. [MS-2] - 6/12/2007
  • Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6] - 9/6/2007
  • Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Udall, Tom [NM-3] - 2/27/2007
  • Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35] - 1/29/2007
  • Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Weiner, Anthony D. [NY-9] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Welch, Peter [VT] - 5/3/2007
  • Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4] - 1/24/2007
  • Rep Yarmuth, John A. [KY-3] - 2/27/200