From Jerilyn Church:

The Indian Health Care Improvement Act of 2007 (IHCIA), Senate Bill S. 1200, is moving to the floor of the Senate! To ensure Congress understands the strong support of Indian Country for the reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, it is critical that your Senator hears from you now.
As you know, the IHCIA has been favorably reported out of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and the Committee on Finance. It is now prepared to go to the floor of the Senate, and we need to make sure that your Senator supports the bill. We expect the bill to reach the Senate floor within 2 weeks! However, in order for the bill to move to the floor it will likely have to overcome a vote for cloture in which 60 Senators must vote to limit the debate on the bill under consideration. The motion for cloture essentially prevents the bill from being filibustered. Once the motion for cloture has been obtained, the bill will then be debated under time constraints and voted upon by the Senate.
Please make your calls now because it is critical that we have the support of 60 Senators for the cloture vote confirmed before Thursday, October 25th.
Please contact your Senator and ask them to:

• Vote for the motion for cloture on S. 1200 (we need 60 Senators for cloture)
• Vote for passage of S. 1200 (we need 51 Senators to pass the bill)
• Ask your Senator to co-sponsor S. 1200 if they have not done so already

In order to reach your Senator, you can call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 (this is not a toll-free call). Ask to be connected to your state’s Senator and you will be connected directly to your Senator’s office. Urge your Senator to support the motion for cloture, vote for passage of the bill, and to sign on as a co-sponsor if they have not done so already.
Below is a list of the current 21 Senators who have sponsored or co-sponsored the IHCIA. If your Senators are not on the list, please urge them to sign on as a co-sponsor.

IHCIA, S. 1200 – Sponsor & Co-Sponsor List
Sen. Byron Dorgan – (D – NM) Sponsor
Sen. Max Baucus – (D – MT) Co-sponsor
Sen. Jeff Bingaman – (D – NM) Co-sponsor
Sen. Barbara Boxer – (D – CA) Co-sponsor
Sen. Sherrod Brown – (D – OH) Co-sponsor
Sen. Maria Cantwell – (D – WA) Co-sponsor
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton – (D – NY) Co-sponsor
Sen. Thad Cochran – (R – MS) Co-sponsor
Sen. Pete Domenici – (R – NM) Co-sponsor
Sen. Richard Durbin – (D – IL) Co-sponsor
Sen. Daniel Inouye – (D – HI) Co-sponsor
Sen. Tim Johnson – (D – SD) Co-sponsor
Sen. Amy Klobuchar – (D – MN) Co-sponsor
Sen. Carl Levin – (D – MI) Co-sponsor
Sen. Lisa Murkowski – (R – AK) Co-sponsor
Sen. Patty Murray – (D – WA) Co-sponsor
Sen. Barack Obama (D – IL) Co-sponsor
Sen. Harry Reid – (D – NV) Co-sponsor
Sen. Debbie Stabenow – (D – MI) Co-sponsor
Sen. Ted Stevens – (R – AK) Co-sponsor
Sen. Jon Tester – (D-MT) Co-sponsor
If you have any questions or need more information please contact Steve Griggs, Legislative Associate, National Indian Health Board, at sgriggs@nihb.org. Thank you for helping to achieve the reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act of 2007.