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93rd-116th Congress (1973-2020) | About Members. Current Members of the 116th Congress About Members . How to Contact Your Member.
Subject: NRLN — Is your member of Congress working for you? How to find out.
All NRLN Grassroots Advocates – You are empowered and have the tools to influence Congress.
- How is your member of Congress doing on retiree issues?
The NRLN has made it easy to find out. The NRLN looks at all bills introduced in Congress and then determines which are relevant to us, who supports them as cosponsors and who opposes or supports positions of the NRLN on them in votes. Your Representative’s and Senators’ “report cards” can be found starting at this website and then following the links (states and pictures). http://www.congressweb.com/nrln (any zip code works.) When you get to your Representative or Senators, just go to the bottom if you want to see the entire state (Senators and Representative altogether) in one shot. After clicking on your state on the U.S. map, download an EXCEL file by clicking on the link under your state flag. This data is updated daily. - Some members of Congress are key for retiree issues.
All Representatives and Senators are important for us to communicate with but those who are committees that control and initiate bills relevant to retirees are critical for us. This info can be found under the Grassroots tab on the NRLN website www.nrln.org. If you are represented by members of Congress on this list it is even more important you take some action. - Put pressure on your House and Senate members. At a minimum, make sure to respond to all NRLN Action Alerts – This doesn’t take five minutes. (The latest one can be found on the NRLN website at http://www.congressweb.com/NRLN.) There are many other methods that can be employed. This website provides a list and simple “how-to’s” for 10 different methods. http://www.nrln.org/soledad/documents Sending you lawmaker an e-mail or Facebook message, particularly with a copy of his report card can have a big impact on him/her or his/her staff members. Twitter allows only short 140 character messages, but can be hard-hitting short messages.
- Additional information on NRLN issues.
If you want more detailed information concerning NRLN positions, full whitepapers, executive summaries,
and talking points are available online at www.nrln.org under the Legislative Agenda tab.
More of you need to get involved in responding to Action Alerts or taking other measures with Congress if we are to succeed. (To you frequent responders, I say “THANKS”.)
Feel free to pass this on to your friends, NRLN members or not. The more Congress hears from retirees, the better. If anyone wants to get our Action Alerts and other e-mails they can sign up at www.nrln.org and click on the flashing icon at the top of the homepage. Even better, become an NRLN Individual Member with an annual contribution, or a member of a retiree association or chapter so we can have their e-mail address.
Hoping to see more or even all of you participate to help us accomplish our objectives.
Bob Martina
NRLN VP- Grassroots
318-797-5419
rfjm9870@aol.com
You can contact Congress in many ways. Do it your way any time
The array of “weapons” to choose from:
- Responding to NRLN Action Alerts
- Composing your own message
- Letter-to-the-Editor
- Calling the local or Washington, D.C. office
- Sending an e-mail with or without attachments to his office
- Fax a message or mail a hard copy
- Local office visits
- Town Hall /Phone Town Hall Meetings
Respond to Action Alerts.
These are sent out by the NRLN on issues that are of immediate priority. You will receive a request to respond to them occasionally. On the NRLN web site at www.nrln.org and clicking on the Take Action Now! icon. This will take you to the latest Action Alert. You can edit the message to personalize it. You can contact the President, both of your U.S. Senators, and your U.S. Representative in less than 5 minutes.
Composing your own message.
You can also use this link to write your own message on any topic you wish. If you want to write on NRLN issues you can find plenty of background material under the Legislation tab on the NRLN home page.
Note: To check up if your Representative or Senators are co-sponsors of bills we support or oppose, just plug in your zip code in the window next to the photo of the U.S. Capitol Building on the right side of the home page, click the GO!, and you’ll see a USA map. Click on your state and follow the links to your Senators or Representative. There you’ll find contact information about him/her, what committees he/she is on, and if he/she co-sponsors bills we support, or oppose. Also on these sites are links to his/her official website, Twitter and Facebook accounts, if available.
Letter-to-the-Editor.
You can send a Letter-to-the-Editor about NRLN Legislative Agenda issues by going to http://www.congressweb.com/nrln/media. A map of the USA will appear, click on your home state to access a list of newspapers in your state. Or, enter your zip code, click on GO and a list of newspapers in your area will appear. Check the box next to the newspaper you want to send your letter to and then click on “Send a Message.”
Calling the local or Washington, D.C. office.
From the contact information obtained above you can call an office and talk to a staffer and talk about an issue and or obtain an e-mail address for an appropriate staffer. It is good to get the e-mail address of a staffer so you can send him/her an e-mail with attachments if needed.
Sending an e-mail with or without attachments to his/her office.
Once you get the e-mail you can send him a copy of the Action Alert sample letter or our position papers (executive summaries or whole documents) obtained from our Legislative Agenda tab on our home page at www.nrln.org. Or, you can send him/her the link to the document on the NRLN website.
Fax a message or mail a hard copy.
U.S. Postal Service mail has to go through a toxic screening so it takes about two weeks to reach the congressional offices, but it allows bulky documents to get to him/her. If a fax is sent, it cannot be screened out for district where it originated. Don’t send more than five pages unless requested. When sending an executive summary say, if you wish, here is the link to the full document.
Local office visits.
These are normally handled by the NRLN Grassroots Congressional District Leader. Names, e-mail addresses and phone numbers of these individuals are posted on the NRLN website under the Grassroots tab at: http://www.nrln.org/soledad/directory.html . Contact your Congressional District Leader if you want to meet with your Representative or Senators. These meetings normally cover a specific issue or a small number of them. These meetings can be requested by a phone call or message sent via his/her official website.
Town Hall Meetings/Phone Town Hall.
Contact the local office to find out when and where they will be conducted. Be prepared to ask questions on a few issues by looking at our Legislative Agenda and executive summaries on www.nrln.org . You can get on the phone meeting list by calling the local office.
Facebook.
Almost all members of Congress now have Facebook and Twitter accounts. You can post an item on Facebook and even attach a link to a document such as an executive summary of an NRLN white paper from the Legislative Agenda tab by copying in the link to it. Get his Facebook and Twitter accounts as outlined in the prior Note or on this site http://govsm.com/w/House which provides links to all Representatives’ Facebook and Twitter accounts. For Senators, go to http://govsm.com/w/Senate
Similar to Facebook but messages are restricted to very short length. Good for short “reminders”.
You’ll need Facebook or Twitter accounts to use these channels but they are free. Ask your grandkids for help if needed.
Amplify our Message in Congress
The NRLN’s Grassroots Network is the heartbeat of our organization. It is the men and women—retirees and future retirees—who sign up to be Grassroots Advocates that are the voices who amplify the messages that must be heard by our elected representatives in Washington, DC.
When you enter your name, email address and U.S. Mail address in our database, you are joining this special group. Just take Action on one of our Action Alerts on our home page.
- The NRLN staff will send you email messages and progress reports on important retirement issues. Your contact information in the NRLN’s secure database will only be used to send NRLN messages to you.
- You will also receive Action Alerts when it is critical that retirees write to members of Congress on pending retirement legislation or other issues they should address.
- Your U.S. Mail address, including 9-digit Zip Code, is important because there are times when we need to identify the constituents of particular U.S. Representatives who should hear the views of retirees and future retirees from “back home” on bills before their committees.
- The Grassroots Network also needs volunteers as Congressional District (CD) Leaders for more direct involvement with members of Congress.
- When NRLN Grassroots Advocates are sent an Action Alert, it is intended to motivate our thousands of participants to personalize the sample letter provided and use the Capwiz system to send their messages directly into the web forms of House and Senate offices on Capitol Hill.
Since the power of grassroots organizing is individuals with a common purpose coming together to accomplish objectives, it is vital to mobilize large numbers of people.
We need more NRLN members to respond to Action Alerts. Please take Action on all Action Alerts and remind your retiree friends to do so also.
Sign Up to Receive NRLN Emails
If you are not already receiving e-mails from the NRLN CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW, you will be taking the first step toward doing your part to gain fair treatment for retirees.
We hope that you will also consider becoming an individual member of the NRLN by making a personal contribution by clicking on one of the other provided links.
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MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS AND CHAPTERS OF THE NRLN
ORGANIZATION | CONTACT | |
AMERICAN AIRLINES RETIREES COMMITTEE Preserve Retiree Benefits through Communications and Determination! | Kathy Johnson | |
Martha Deahlarizonchapter@nrln.org | ||
Carole Lovell | ||
Vern Larsonvernlarson@cox.net | ||
Dave Wattrdwatt@msn.com | ||
RETIRED EMPLOYEES of the CALIFORNIA STATE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (RECSEA) | LARRY ANDREUCCETTIlvanpaa@aol.com | |
CenturyLink Retirees Association | Jerry Weldon | |
Jay Kuhnie | ||
Evan Gost | ||
Will Buergey | ||
Janet Seefried | ||
Jim Odleodlejk@gmail.com | ||
| Mike Stohlmeyer | |
Larry Hice larryhttp@aol.com | ||
Art Roberts | ||
Jane Banfieldjanebanfield@aol.com | ||
| Joseph R.(Dick) Ciocca | |
Joe SciulliLUCENTCHAPTER@nrln.org | ||
Cassie Kelleycassek@comcast.net | ||
Marguerite CooperORchapter@nrln.org | ||
Les Bays –lpbays1@yahoo.comBarry Gore –barrygore@gmail.com. Bob Taylor –retaylorxtva@gmail.com | ||
Claudeen Luckartutahchapter@nrln.org | ||
Susie CoulterWAchapter@nrln.org |
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The NRLN Is…
Based in Washington, D.C., the National Retiree Legislative Network (NRLN) is the only nationwide organization solely dedicated to representing the interests of retirees and future retirees. Formed in 2002, the NRLN’s endeavors to secure federal legislation to protect retirees’ employer-sponsored pensions and benefits in addition to keeping Social Security and Medicare strong. The NRLN is a non-partisan, grassroots coalition representing more than 2 million retirees who came to the NRLN from nearly 200 different U.S. corporations and public entities. Our members lobby on behalf of retirees in a majority of U.S. Congressional Districts across the country. They are working together as NRLN Individual Members, Retiree Associations and Chapters to preserve the retirement benefits they earned during their many years of employment.
How to Become Part of the NRLN
I want to sign up my Retiree Association or Club for an NRLN Membership
Retiree Associations are composed of retirees and future retirees from a specific company or public entity
Click here to see current Retiree Associations affiliated with NRLN.
Retiree Associations are founded and flourish around a membership that in addition to being focused on Congress also addresses issues related to their former employers.
If you are a member of an organized retiree group, or company club, you are invited to fill in the:
Member Association application form.
Our current group dues are simple. Our Annual Dues are currently $3.00 per paid member and are paid annually by the Associations. Dues for a start-up fledging association are set based on the group’s affordability for a period of time determined by the NRLN Board.
I want to form a local NRLN Chapter.
NRLN Chapters are grassroots organizations built around a mix of retirees and future retirees from various companies and public entities in common geographic areas in the U.S. Some Chapters have a base of retirees from a single company with their main focus being on Congressional legislative issues. Chapters are not intended to replace or raid Retiree Associations but partner with them at the grassroots level.
NRLN Chapters receive a myriad of support services and startup guidance from the NRLN. Chapters are required to upload their membership lists to the NRLN database including mailing address with 9-digit Zip Code (in order to identify Congressional Districts), phone number and email addresses. The data is maintained in a secure database and access by third parties is prohibited. Members of Chapters will be solicited at least annually to make a contribution to become an Individual Member of the NRLN.
Click here to learn more about forming an NRLN Chapter
If you have a proposal for forming a Retiree Association or NRLN Chapter, send an email to us with your name and phone number by clicking webmaster@nrln.org or call toll free 1-866-360-7197. We look forward to hearing from you.
Working Together to Preserve Retirement Benefits
What is important is for retirees and pre-retirees to work together to preserve the benefits we earned. We believe the NRLN is the only National Group that is dedicated solely to preserve those benefits. A copy of the NRLN Bylaws is available here.
We encourage you to take an active role in our efforts by becoming a Grassroots Member , – click here
The information you provide to the NRLN will not be sold or shared with anyone other than Officers and Staff of the NRLN Organization. There will be no spam messages sent and you will be able to opt out from receiving NRLN email messages at any time.
We Welcome Your Financial Support
Should you choose to become active in the affairs of current and future retirees, we welcome your financial support and your input. Please join us today! Make your individual contribution and/or Organization check payable to: NRLN, Inc. and mail to: NRLN Inc. PO Box 69051 Baltimore, MD 21264-9051
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Talking Points
- Time to End Taxpayer Rebates to Private Health Insurance Industry
- Grand Bargain
- Universal Retirement Account
- Congress Needs to Do More to Reduce Prescription Drug Prices
- Talk Is Cheap – Drugs Are Not!
- Pension Plan Risks in Mergers, Acquisitions and Spin-offs
- Pension Recoupment
- Restore Pension Security
- Pre-Existing Conditions
- Pension Plan De-risking: Fiduciary Protection of Retirees
- Proposed Pension Disclosures
- Proposed Pension Disclosures FTAP Table
- Social Security
- PBGC
- Pension Asset Protection
- Medicare
- MCP
- Mergers, Acquisitions, & Spinoffs
- Bankruptcy
- Medicare 3-Day Inpatient Rule
President's Forum
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