North Carolina 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 |
| Kay Hagan (D- NC) | Contact
Kay |
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| Richard Burr (R- NC) | Contact
Richard 202-224-3154 fax 202-228-2981 |
| Member of Congress | E-mail - phone - fax | HR 23 |
| G. K. Butterfield, Jr. (D - 01) | http://butterfield.house.gov/contactinfo.asp
202-225-3101 fax 202-225-3354 |
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| Bob Etheridge (D-02) | http://etheridge.house.gov/Contact/
202-225-4531 fax 202-225-5662 |
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| Walter B. Jones (R-03) | Contact
Walter 202-225-3415 fax 202-225-3286 |
Cosponsor |
| David E. Price (D-04) | http://price.house.gov/contact/contact_form.shtml
202-225-1784 fax 202-225-2014 |
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| Virginia Foxx (R - 05) | Contact
Virginia 202-225-2071 fax 202-225-2995 |
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| Howard Coble (R-06) | howard.coble@mail.house.gov
202-225-3065 fax 202-225-8611 |
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| Mike McIntyre (D-07) | Contact
Mike 202-225-2731 fax 202-225-5773 |
Cosponsor |
| Larry Kissell (D - 08) | Contact
Larry 202-225-3715 fax 202-225-4036 |
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| Sue Myrick (R-09) | http://myrick.house.gov/zipauth.shtml
202-225-1976 fax 202-225-3389 |
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| Patrick McHenry (R - 10) | http://mchenry.house.gov/zipauth.htm
202-225-2576 fax 202-225-0316 |
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| Heath Shuler (D - 11) | http://www.house.gov/writerep/
202-225-6401 fax 202-226-6422 |
Cosponsor |
| Melvin L. Watt (D-12) | http://watt.house.gov/IQform.asp
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| Brad Miller (D-13) | Contact
Brad 202-225-3032 fax 202-225-0181 |
Cosponsor |
Urgent
- Belated Thank You to Merchant Mariners
of World War II
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