Keep telling Washington!
Current Proposed Legislation
1. The 2011 Social Security Fairness House bill is H.R. 1332. This is this the House repeal bill for the current Congress. It is sponsored by Buck McKeon, (R-CA) Click on the link below, select “Bill Number,” add H.R. 1332, and you will see current information on this legislation. http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php (We are hoping to see a Senate bill introduced after Thanksgiving)
2. This link goes to the Library of Congress (Thomas) information about the 2011 bill regarding a revision of the WEP formula, introduced by Texas Sen. Hutchison. This is NOT a repeal bill. It is similar to the House bill introduced in past years by Kevin Brady (R-TX).
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:S.113:
Easy noise you can make!
- Lobby Congress directly:
- Anyone can use the National Education Association link to send letters to their Congressperson and tell them to support H.R.1332. http://capwiz.com/nea/issues/alert/?alertid=12398176
- Here is a link to the NEA list of House Members who have already co-signed HR 1332. Check to see if your Representative is among them! http://capwiz.com/nea/issues/bills/?bill=39298516&cs_party=all&cs_status=all&cs_state=ALL
- Even better–use another NEA link to tell your House Member to co-sign the current Social Security Fairness bill. http://www.capwiz.com/nea/issues/alert/?alertid=40399501&type=CO
- 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.
- Contact the President:
Remind the President that this is an issue he has promised to support.
The link below takes you to the page on the White House website with phone, regular mail, email, and fax addresses.
(Faxing late at night is a good way to get through) http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
- 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
You can contact your state capital by typing in your state’s initials instead of “ca” in this example. http:/www.ca.gov
Also, get support from your local school board and city council.
- Use the National Education Association Toolkit for more ideas on lobbying: