This same petition also goes directly to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways And Means Committee, the first places we need to make a stand against this. And as we hold their feet to the fire, we will update the info so you can know exactly who is responsibly representing you, and who just works exclusively for some big corporate donor.
Now, please take a moment to continue reading why it is so important for you to use the letters to the editor function, and how it works exactly. A former congressional aide recently wrote that NOTHING gets the attention of members of Congress more than when their NAME appears in a letter to the editor.
Think about it. They might get 10,000 phone calls or 100,000 emails in their offices, but who's to know? Who's to call them out on it? But when there is PUBLICITY, that's what really gets their attention.
We must mention a couple more things that are VERY important for our policy advocacy success together. Most newspapers like letters to be no more than about 200 words, so this is a safe number to be in the ball park of. Also, please do not include any internet website links in your comments. Newspaper want to know what YOU have to say, not publish links for people to just leave their own newspaper site.
And while a phone number is not required by our action page form for regular congressional submissions, newspapers universally require one so they can confirm you are a real person who authorizes publication of your letter.
Though the same action page will send messages to your own members of Congress, and the two congressional committees involved, you should refer to your members of Congress in the THIRD person. That way the voicing will work for all recipients. That is, avoid the word "you" and for members of Congress it will be like you are talking to one of their aides, which makes perfect sense.
Then, after you submit the action page,
feel free to request the must have new "Expressway To Trade Hell TPP" bumper
sticker. Imagine a barren highway racing towards a horizon in flames, with a
sign post that tells you where this is going. Based on the terrific constructive input of the readers of OpEdNews, we are not fully spelling
out "Trans Pacific Partnership" on the bumper sticker because we
want people who don't know what it is to QUESTION what it is. This is
the most dramatic bumper sticker we have ever done, and you can have
one for no charge, not even shipping just by requesting one from
this page.
Expressway To Trade Hell Trans Pacific Partnership bumper
stickers: http://www.peaceteam.net/all_bumper_stickers.php
Of
course, if you can make a contribution of any amount, this is what makes it
possible for us to sent free stickers to anyone who cannot afford to make a
contribution right now.
Thank you for your faithful diligence in reading
this alert to the end. Every word in it is critical stuff you will need to
know so that we can win.
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