From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: FCNL Legislative Update 11/6/92
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Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 01:05:07 GMT

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          FCNL LEGISLATIVE UPDATE -- [11/06/92]

This is the Friends Committee on National Legislation,
with updated legislative information.  To speak with a
staff member, call (202) 547-6000.

This message was prepared at 4:00 p.m on Friday,
November 6.  As FCNL staff and general committee will
be gathering for our annual meeting next week, there
will not be a new update prepared until Friday,
Novermber 20. This message contains action suggestions
for the post-election period:

GREETINGS TO YOUR NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS OF CONGRESS:
Through redistricting or electoral reshuffling, many
Friends find themselves with new representatives
and/or senators in Congress.  Now is the time to get
acquainted.  Now is the key time to help shape the
perceptions of your congressional delegation about
what the people back home want and expect.

Two action suggestions:
(1)  Between now and December, set up a meeting in
your local area with at least one Senator or your
Representative.  Prepare with a small group to present
a few top priority concerns in a clear and concise
manner.  Leave some written information with your new
representative -- an FCNL newsletter or background
document, something you have written, or a clipping
from a local paper that relates to your concern.  Make
this the first of several periodic meetings with the
same legislator.  Begin to build a long-term
consultative relationship. 

(2)  Submit a letter to the editor or an op-ed piece
to your local paper, expressing hopes or concerns for
the coming Congressional session.  When the item
appears, send it with a cover letter to your new
representative and senators.

GREETINGS TO THE NEW PRESIDENT: Planning for the early
days of the Clinton administration will take place
during the next several weeks. By January, Clinton's
transition team will have shaped many of his policy
priorities and legislative initiatives. One of FCNL's
primary concerns is shifting the federal budget
towards human needs and reinvestment in our
communities. The new administration will not be able
to respond to these needs, or to give the critical
attention to the looming federal debt, unless Clinton
submits a budget that makes major cuts in military
spending. 


ACTION: Write President-elect Clinton now, while he is
formulating his presidential agenda, and urge him to
submit a budget that reflects the real needs of
American citizens.  Only by drastically reducing the
military budget will the Clinton administration have
an opportunity to make the changes this country needs
to see. Send a copy of your letter to your
congressional representatives.
Clinton/Gore Headquarters, P.O. Box 615, Little Rock,
Arkansas, 72203. Phone #: 501-372-2292. 


This concludes our message.  For more information,
please write to the Friends Committee on National
Legislation, 245 Second St., NE, Washington, DC 20002.
To follow these and related issues on a regular basis,
subscribe to the FCNL WASHINGTON NEWSLETTER.  Send $25
to the above address and receive 11 issues per year.   
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