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Federal Legislature
http://www.firstgov.gov/Agencies/Federal/Legislative.shtml
- The Federal Legislative Branch
website is divided into the Senate and House of Representatives websites.
Similar information is provided by each website. Under each heading
directions for navigation in the Senate and House of Representatives sites
will be given.
How to…
Use the Federal Legislative Branch website:
How to
Find & Contact Federal Legislators
- Search by State on pull down menu at top right hand
corner of the page
- Links to the Senator’s websites and their contact
information will be provided
- Senators are also listed alphabetically under the
Senator tab at the top of the page
- Charles Grassley and Tom Harkin are the current
Federal Senators from Iowa
- Links to their websites and contact information will
be provided.
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A link entitled
How to… will take you to new page
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The link for
How to Contact Senators will provide you with information on how to
properly address a Senator or committee.
- Committees – Assignments can be found under the
Committees tab at the top of the home page
- The
Assignments link on the left side of the page will list all
Senators alphabetically by name and their corresponding committees.
- House of
Representatives Home Page
- Find your Representative by entering your zip code at
the top of the page.
- Links to the representative’s website and their
contact information will be provided.
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If you know your representative, they are all listed
alphabetically on the pull down menu at the top of the page.
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A link the representative’s website will be provided.
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Write your
Representative – this link is available on the left side bar of the
page
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Provide your state and zip code and the site will facilitate you
in writing an email to your representative.
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Committees – Can be accessed through the
Committee Offices
link on the left side bar of the page
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Links to the committee websites are available.
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Near the bottom of the page committees can be searched for
membership, schedules, hearings, and hot topics.
How to
Track Legislation
- Thomas
Home
Page
- Thomas is part of the Library of Congress’ Website and
is named for Thomas Jefferson. It is specific for legislative information.
- Within the Thomas site bills can be search for by
number or by word/phrase.
- Both the Senate and the House of Representatives sites
have links to Thomas.
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Senate Home Page
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Active Legislation – link available on the right side bar
- Current bills that are active in the Senate are
listed alphabetically by subject and popular name.
- The Thomas link is available at the top of
this page also.
- House of
Representatives Home Page
- Find a Bill
– link on right side of page links directly to Thomas
How to
Learn About the
Process
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Thomas
Home
Page
- Under the Learn box on the right side bar a link
entitled from a Bill to a Law
- PDF documents are available for: How are Laws are
Made and Enactment of a Law
How to Stay Up to Date
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This Week on the House Floor - link on the home page under the Schedule heading
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Weekly schedule of legislation intended for consideration.
- Thomas
Home
Page
- Current Activity – heading on right side of page
- Yesterday in Congress
- Congressional Record Latest Daily Digest
- On the House Floor Now
- Schedule & Calendars
How to Get Involved
- Sign up for the IPA Legislative Alert System
- Vote and encourage others to signup and vote.
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Link for
voter
registration
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Link for
Iowa Absentee Voting
- Contact your legislators when key issues impacting
pharmacy arise. You can contact them via email, written letter, or by phone.
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Lobbying 101
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Face-to-Face meeting tips
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Phone Call tips
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Letter
Writing Tipss
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Volunteer for a campaign or with a committee.
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Democratic Party
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Volunteer information located under the Action tab in the
middle at the top of the page.
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Republican Party
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Volunteer tab located at the top of the page in the middle.
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