D.C. Action Page---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/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:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
This page has phone numbers and fax 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:
http://www.nea.org/home/16829.htm
4. Use the National Education Association Toolkit:
http.nea.org.home/16567.htm
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/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:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
This page has phone numbers and fax 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:
http://www.nea.org/home/16829.htm
- 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:
http.nea.org.home/16567.htm
