WEP&GPO... Social Security Fairness
DC Action
How to contact the decision makers in Washington
This page contains links to many things you can do as an individual or a member of a group to contact the decision makers in Washington. Work toward the passing of HR 235 and S 484 to repeal the WEP and the GPO.
1.
Lobby Congress directly:
a.
Use the National Education Assn.’s all-purpose button---send letters to your Senator and Congresspersons and sign their petition. http://capwiz.com/nea/issues/alert/?alertid=12398176
b.
Use our method to print out 41 letters addressed to the individual members of the House Ways and Means Committee that you send in one envelope. http://www.ssfairness.com/contact-ways-and-means.html
c.
Type in the bill numbers on this site or "Social Security Fairness" and see the lists of legislators supporting the Social Security Fairness bills, S 484 and HR 235. http://thomas.loc.gov/
d.
Contact your Congresspersons directly. Find their websites by checking these sites: http://www.house.gov/ (put in your zip) and http://www.senate.gov/ find your Senator. There will be a place on their individual websites, telling you how to contact them.
2.
Contact the President:
Remind the President that this is an issue he has promised to support.
Here are several ways to contact him:
Here are several ways to contact him:
This page has phone and fax numbers as well as street address.
3.
Get support from your state and local officials:
Get your state legislature to pass a resolution! Here is a suggestion from the NEA toolkit:
a.
You can contact your state capital by typing in your state's initials instead of “ca” in this example. http:/www.ca.gov
b.
Get support from your local school board and city council
4.
Use the National Education Association Toolkit:
