Illinois 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. Find Your Representative (Member of Congress) 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 |
| Richard J. Durbin (D- IL) | http://durbin.senate.gov/contact.cfm
202-224-2152 fax 202-228-0400 |
Original Sponsor |
| Roland Burris (D- IL) | senator_rolandburris@burris.senate.gov
202-224-2854 fax 202-228-3333 |
| Member of Congress | E-mail - phone - fax | HR 23 |
| Bobby L. Rush (D-01) | http://www.house.gov/rush/zipauth.html
202-225-4372 fax 202-226-0333 |
Cosponsor |
| Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D-02) | http://www.jessejacksonjr.org/contact.htm
202-225-0773 fax 202-225-0899 |
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| Dan Lipinski (D-03) | http://www.house.gov/formlipinski/zipauth.html
202-225-5701 fax 202-225-1012 |
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| Luis V. Gutierrez (D-04) | Contact
Luis 202-225-8203 fax 202-225-7810 |
Cosponsor |
| Mike Quigley (D - 05) | Contact
Mike 202-225-4061 fax 202-225-5603 |
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| Peter Roskam (R - 06) |
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
202-225-4561 fax 202-225-1166 |
Cosponsor |
| Danny K. Davis (D-07) | https://forms.house.gov/davis/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm
202-225-5006 fax 202-225-5641 |
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| Melissa Bean (D-08) | http://www.house.gov/bean/issue_subscribe.htm
202-225-3711 fax 202-225-7830 |
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| Janice 'Jan' Schakowsky (D-09) | http://www.house.gov/schakowsky/email.shtml
202-225-2111 fax 202-226-6890 |
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| Mark S. Kirk (R-10) | Contact
Mark 202-225-4835 fax 202-225-0837 |
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| Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson (D - 11) | Contact
Debbie 202-225-3635 fax 202-225-3521 |
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| Jerry F. Costello (D-12) | Contact
Jerry 202-225-5661 fax 202-225-0285 |
Cosponsor |
| Judy Biggert (R-13) | http://judybiggert.house.gov/ContactJudy.aspx
202-225-3515 fax 202-225-9420 |
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| Bill Foster (D - 14) |
http://foster.house.gov/Contact/
202-225-2976 fax 202-225-0697 |
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| Timothy V. Johnson (R-15) | http://www.house.gov/writerep/
202-225-2371 fax 202-226-0791 |
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| Donald A. Manzullo (R-16) | http://manzullo.house.gov/zipauth.aspx
202-225-5676 fax 202-225-5284 |
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| Phil Hare (D - 17) | Contact
Phil 202-225-5905 fax 202-225-5396 |
Cosponsor |
| Aaron Schock (R - 18) | Contact
Aaron 202-225-6201 fax 202-225-9249 |
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| John Shimkus (R-19) | Contact
John 202-225-5271 fax 202-225-5880 |
Urgent
- Belated Thank You to Merchant Mariners
of World War II
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