... members" Sen. Bob Menendez, Rep. Charlie Gonzalez, and Rep. Xavier Becerra to let them know.
Then, DHS Counselor John Sandweg spoke with Alicia Caldwell of the Associated Press to share the news with a sympathetic ear (her writeup is here).
Then, there were "staff level calls to dream letter signatories"; that refers to the April letter (link) that various Congressmen sent to Napolitano urging...
... Berkley (D-NV)
Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)
Michael Grimm (R-NY)
Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR)
David Rivera (R-FL)
Lucille Roybal Allard (D-CA)
Brad Sherman (D-CA)
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[1] From washingtonjewishweek.com/main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=15135:
...The Jewish community, for instance, wants Latinos - reportedly the largest and fastest-growing minority group in...
Guillermo Garcia of the San Antonio Express News offers "Latinos push Obama on vacant post" (link). The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is going to work with other, unnamed groups to push for a Latino to be named Secretary of the Department of Congress. They settled on one candidate, who a source says was Xavier Becerra; however, he's since indicated he's not interested.
In any case, not only...