You probably saw my blast email earlier today about the challenges we're
facing in the Senate over S.61. I think everyone is fatigued by the fight
we had in the House, but this fight is going to be much tougher. The battle
is ours to win or lose, and we absolutely cannot win without the involvement
of our membership. We are hearing from Senators that they're not getting
any push from constituents to move on S.61, so they have no incentive to
move the bill. As you can imagine, they are getting deluged by the
opposition. Banks, credit unions, community banks - they are very organized
and very much a presence on the Hill. We need to create our own tsunami of
calls and emails.
We need our State Chairs to organize the activity in their state - or to
enlist helpers to do this. (We know it's an awful lot of work - delegate!)
It may be helpful to have someone coordinate these efforts:
* Members getting letters to the editor in their local papers or get
local TV coverage of the story;
* Organizing email campaigns to friends, family, clients, and
colleagues;
* Organizing to assess whether there's a strategy that works in your
state; i.e., if there's a University, can you get the college kids to write
and email through a student organization? Can members band together and put
an ad in the local paper?
Can you get a few NACBA members to divide up the work and call every other
member in the state? Some people like being asked personally to do
something - so they may respond if they get a call.
At the very least, make the phone calls and send the emails to your
Senators, and have your staff and significant others do as well. Here again
is the info:
Call toll free: 877.354.4958
Or email at:
www.nacba.org/TellCongress
Thanks, everyone!! And a special thanks to those who've done so much
already!
Barbara
Barbara Andelman, Esq., Executive Director, National Association of Consumer
Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA)
Phone: 216.491.6770 (eastern time zone) Fax: 866.571.3560 Email:
barbara.andelman@nacba.org
David A. Tilem
Certified Bankruptcy Specialist*
Law Offices of David A. Tilem (a debt relief agency)
206 N. Jackson Street, #201, Glendale, CA 91206
Tel: 818-507-6000 Fax: 818-507-6800
* Bankruptcy specialist cert. by State Bar of CA Bd of Legal
Specialization.
Message
You probably saw my blast email earlier today about the challenges we're
facing in the Senate over S.61. I think everyone is fatigued by the fight
we had in the House, but this fight is going to be much tougher. Thebattle is ours to win or lose, and we absolutely cannot win without the
involvement of our membership. We are hearing from Senators that they're
not getting any push from constituents to move on S.61, so they have no
incentive to move the bill. As you can imagine, they are getting deluged
by the opposition. Banks, credit unions, community banks - they are very
organized and very much a presence on the Hill. We need to create our own
tsunami of calls and emails.
We need our State Chairs to organize the activity in their state - or to
enlist helpers to do this. (We know it's an awful lot of work
- delegate!) It may be helpful to have someone coordinate these
efforts:
Members getting letters to the editor in their local papers or get local
TV coverage of the story;
Organizing email campaigns to friends, family, clients, and colleagues;
Organizing to assess whether there's a strategy that works in your state;
i.e., if there's a University, can you get the college kids to write and email
through a student organization? Can members band together and put an ad in the
local paper?
Can you get a few NACBA members to divide up the work and
call every other member in the state? Some people like being asked
personally to do something - so they may respond if they get a call.
At the very least, make the phone calls and send the emails to your
Senators, and have your staff and significant others do as well. Here
again is the info:
Call toll
free: 877.354.4958
Or
email at:
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