Update on budget Issues

Michigan's Legislative Leaders

Many of you have asked for addresses of legislators and they are listed below. Please ask them to help solve the problem without NMU or other U.P. organizations paying a higher price. My phrase, "do no harm and let's solve the problem in a fair way" may help you here. In addition, I have prepared a list of talking points that can be used to express the need to find a solution to Michigan's budget problems.

Your voice is important and it is heard. Please do not use NMU stationery or an NMU E-mail address to send this message.

As soon as we know the membership of the Conference Committee, my office will post those names and addresses. This is the critical group that will fashion a compromise between the house and senate versions of the budget. It is their work that goes to the Governor.

Legislative Leaders

Governor Jennifer Granholm
Governor Granholm's Offices

Senate Majority Leader, Senator Ken Sikkema
S-106 Capitol Building, Post Office Box 30036, Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Office Phone: (517) 373-0798; Fax: (517) 373-5236

Speaker of the House, Representative Craig DeRoche
Office Location: Room 166 Capitol Building, P.O. Box 30014, Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Office Phone: (517) 373-0827; Fax: (517) 373-5873

Chair of Higher Education Appropriation Committee, Senator Mike Goschka
Office Location: S-2 Capitol Building, Post Office Box 30036, Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Office Phone: (517) 373-1760; Fax (517) 373-3487

Chair of the Appropriations Committee, Representative Scott Hummel
Office Location: 351 Capitol Building, P.O. Box 30014, Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Office Phone: (517) 373-1778; Fax: (517) 373-5780

Chair of Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee, Representative John Stewart
Office Location: N0699 House Office Building, P.O. Box 30014, Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Office Phone: (517) 373-5952; Fax: (517) 373-3816

Additional Information

Additional information on the Michigan legislative leaders can be found at www.mich.gov.