Citizens Trade Campaign

Contact Congress on the 2009 TRADE Act

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Ask Your Representative to Cosponsor the Trade Act

We need your help to change the future of trade policy.

This year, with your support, over 140 members of the House are cosponsoring landmark legislation setting forth a progressive vision for future trade agreements. The Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment (TRADE) Act frames a bold new debate, marking out policy space for a more balanced way to expand trade.

A majority of the majority party supports the TRADE Act, and we need your help to urge remaining congressional members to get on the bandwagon. Will you please email, call or fax your members of congress today, and ask them to sign on as cosponsors? (A sample message is located below.)

First introduced by Rep. Mike Michaud, “The TRADE Act” enjoys support from hundreds of faith, farm, labor and environmental groups. In 2009, over 350 organizations sent a joint letter to congress backing the TRADE Act, saying it "offers a helpful roadmap for new policies that could rebuild a consensus in favor of expanded trade.”

But to bring about this real change, we need you to contact your elected officials, and ask them to support trade reform we can all believe in. Be sure to leave your home address and to ask for a written response.

Here are three ways to contact your Congressional member:

1) Contact congress using our form below. Personalize a message to your member in the House.
2) Contact congress by phone. Call 202-224-3121, give your zip code, and request the capitol switchboard operator connect you to your member's office. Ask confidently to speak to the "Trade L.A.", and request the member cosponsor the TRADE Act. Be sure to leave your address.
3) Contact your member by mail. If you want to go old school, visit www.congress.org to send paper snail mail. Type in your zip code, click on representative, and go to the "contact" tab. Send a postcard or letter to the Washington D.C. postal address.

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September 08, 2010

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Dear Representative

Ben Franklin said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result.

It is time to stop the insanity, and reform our failed trade model.

As a constituent, I ask you to please join over 140 members of the House, from both parties, and cosponsor the Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment (TRADE) Act.

Past pacts such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) are not free, and have come at great costs.  The price we’ve paid in offshoring of jobs, downward pressure on wages, loss of farms and damage to our environment is far too great.

The TRADE Act (HR 3012) marks out a more balanced way to expand trade.  It maps a fair path forward, listing what we can all support in a good agreement.  First put forward in the 110th session by Rep. Mike Michaud, this bill had the institutional backing of over 350 diverse faith, farm, labor and environmental organizations from across the country.

Like you, I support responsible trade between the United States and other countries, but our current system has not worked, has not met past promises, and has not served the interests of a majority of people in our country, or the world.

As a constituent, I strongly urge you to cosponsor the TRADE Act, and send me a letter confirming that you have done so.  I’m hoping you will join over 140 of your colleagues who are cosponsoring the bill this year, and sign on today.

To join as a cosponsor, please email nora.todd@mail.house.gov in Rep. Michaud’s office today.

Sincerely,

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