Missouri 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 |
| Christopher S. Bond (R- MO) | Contact
Kit 202-224-5721 fax 202-224-8149 |
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| Claire McCaskill (D- MO) |
Contact Claire
202-224-6154 fax 202-228-6326 |
| Member of Congress | E-mail - phone - fax | HR 23 |
| William Lacy Clay, Jr. (D - 01) | http://lacyclay.house.gov/contact.htm
202-225-2406 fax 202-226-3717 |
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| Todd Akin (R-02) | http://www.house.gov/akin/email.shtml
202-225-2561 fax 202-225-2563 |
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| Russ Carnahan (D - 03) | http://carnahan.house.gov/contact.shtml
202-225-2671 202-225-7452 |
Cosponsor |
| Ike Skelton (D-04) | http://www.house.gov/skelton/email.shtml
202-225-2876 202-225-2695 |
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| Emanuel Cleaver II (D - 05) | http://www.house.gov/cleaver/IMA/issue.htm
202-225-4535 fax 202-225-4403 |
Cosponsor |
| Samuel B. Graves (R-06) | http://www.house.gov/graves/contact.shtml
202-225-7041 fax 202-225-8221 |
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| Roy Blunt (R-07) | http://www.blunt.house.gov/Contact.aspx
202-225-6536 fax 202-225-5604 |
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| Jo Ann Emerson (R-08) | http://www.house.gov/emerson/contact/
202-225-4404 fax 202-226-0326 |
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| Blaine Luetkemeyer (R - 09) | Contact
Blaine 202-225-2956 fax 202-225-5712 |
04/02/09