IAWP Legislative Information and Links
The International Executive Board voted last year to change the focus of the International Legislative Steering Committee to “a legislative, educational program”. As a result, the practice of issuing “Action Memos” has been discontinued.
This decision by the Executive Board does not preclude chapters from doing advocacy. Rather it puts the responsibility on each chapter to determine the process for identifying and tracking legislative issues that may be important to members specific to their state or region, to select those issues the chapter or member may wish to advocate, and to recommend the procedure used to connect with legislators and other elected officials.
The International Executive Board voted last year to change the focus of the International Legislative Steering Committee to “a legislative, educational program”. As a result, the practice of issuing “Action Memos” has been discontinued.
This decision by the Executive Board does not preclude chapters from doing advocacy. Rather it puts the responsibility on each chapter to determine the process for identifying and tracking legislative issues that may be important to members specific to their state or region, to select those issues the chapter or member may wish to advocate, and to recommend the procedure used to connect with legislators and other elected officials.
Oregon State Legislature http://www.leg.state.or.us/index.html
Oregon State Senate http://www.leg.state.or.us/senate/ Oregon State House http://www.leg.state.or.us/house/ United States Senate http://www.senate.gov/index.htm Directory of Oregon Senators Article I, section 3 of the Constitution requires the Senate to be divided into three classes for purposes of elections. Senators are elected to six-year terms, and every two years the members of one class—approximately one-third of the Senators—face election or reelection. Terms for Senators in Class I expire in 2013, Class II in 2015, and Class III in 2017. 1. Jeff Merkley (class II) http://www.merkley.senate.gov/ 2. Ron Wyden (class III) http://www.wyden.senate.gov/ |
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ United States Department of Labor http://www.dol.gov/ United States House of Representatives http://www.house.gov/ Directory of Oregon Representatives Also referred to as a congressman or congresswoman, each representative is elected to a two-year term serving the people of a specific congressional district. The number of voting representatives in the House is fixed by law at no more than 435, proportionally representing the population of the 50 states. 1. Suzanne Bonamici http://bonamici.house.gov/ 2. Greg Walden http://walden.house.gov/ 3. Earl Blumenauer http://blumenauer.house.gov/ 4. Peter DeFazio http://www.defazio.house.gov/ 5. Kurt Schrader http://schrader.house.gov/ |