| Alaska Call Capitol Switchboard toll-free at 1-800-828-0498 to ask for your Member of Congress by name. Ask to speak to a Legislative or Veteran Affairs Aide when you reach their office. Use the Sample Message as a guide for what to say. If your Member of Congress tells you that they will consider it when it comes to a vote, it means they are telling you NO! You need to press them to become a cosponsor. If there are insufficient cosponsors it will never come to a Vote! Email, call or fax your Member of Congress as found in the List below or visit their local office as found in Blue Pages of your phone book under U.S. Government Information. |
| Sample message to Senator: Dear [address them by first name] Please cosponsor S. 663, Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2009, introduced by Senator Ben Nelson (along with 17 other Senators) which affects WWII mariners whose average age is 84. During World War II, mariners suffered the highest rate of casualties of any armed service. After the war they did not receive recognition for their sacrifice nor promised benefits. S. 663 would help make up for that in a small way, by providing $1000 per month for the short time they have remaining. Please see a mini-history of the Merchant Marine during World War II: http://www.usmm.org/cd.html for reasons to cosponsor. Please let me know that you have become a cosponsor or if you have any questions. [Name] [home address] [phone] |
Sample
message to Member of Congress:
Dear [address them by first name] Please cosponsor H.R. 23, Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2009, introduced by Bob Filner of California which affects WWII mariners whose average age is 84. During World War II, mariners suffered the highest rate of casualties of any armed service. After the war they did not receive recognition for their sacrifice nor promised benefits. H.R. 23 would help make up for that in a small way, by providing $1000 per month for the short time they have remaining. Please see a mini-history of the Merchant Marine during World War II: http://www.usmm.org/cd.html for reasons to cosponsor. Please let me know that you have become a cosponsor or if you have any questions. [Name] [home address] [phone] |
| Senator | E-mail - phone - fax | S 663 |
| Sen Mark Begich (D- AK) | senator@begich.senate.gov phone 202-224-3004 fax 202-228-3205 |
Cosponsor |
| Sen Lisa Murkowski (R- AK) | Contact
Lisa phone 202-224-6665 fax 202-224-5301 |
Original Sponsor |
| Member of Congress | E-mail - phone - fax | HR 23 |
| Don Young (R-At Large) | http://donyoung.house.gov/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm
202-225-5765 fax 202-225-0425 |
Cosponsor |
Urgent
- Belated Thank You to Merchant Mariners
of World War II
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