There isn't much time to act. To get this bill signed into law, the House needs to pass H.R. 668 so that the Senate can take it from there. Act now. You really can make a difference. We've been told by several Representatives that a couple dozen messages on an issue lets them know how important it is.
Help spread awareness of the need to support this bill.
Here are three simple ways you can help:
1. Email your contacts the link to this page on EMPact America’s web site:
http://www.empactamerica.org/popvox.php
2. Email your contacts this link, which sends them directly to the page for H.R. 668 on the Pop Vox web site:
http://pvox.co/eRaUfu
3. Add a small button / badge to your web site, using this code:
<script src=”https://www.popvox.com/widgets/js/bill.js?bill=112/hr668&title=1″>
It is important to send messages to Congress using every tool we have.
While phone calls, letters and emails are still important, Congressional staffers are often too busy to tally the number of electronic correspondence they receive from citizens concerned about certain legislation. Many members of Congress use sources like govtrack.us to track the trending of constituent opinion on legislation, so online opinions on such sites can make a difference. Use this messaging tool to join other constituents in their support of the SHIELD Act (H.R. 668).
The “widget” on the left side of this page above (titled “Comments Sent to Congress”) is a live-updated stream of comments posted by people who support H.R. 668 (the SHIELD Act) and have written to their Representatives to ask for support of this important bill.
To add your own comment to the stream and ask for your Representatives to support H.R. 668, click here to go to the PopVox.com web site. When sending a message to members of Congress, PopVox.com allows you to choose whether or not your comment will be posted online with your name or anonymously–the message to your Representative will have your name on it, but the comment on the web site would be anonymous. It’s your choice, and your voice.
The SHIELD Act (H.R. 668) is an important bill, and once it is signed into law, it will put into place important safeguards and protection systems to help prevent what the experts say is a potential continent-wide catastrophe. We hand-delivered printed copies of the bill to the offices of every Member of Congress, even Senators, to make sure they all have ample time to review the bill before a vote is held. You can read the SHIELD Act for yourself by clicking here.
In addition to using our online message tool at www.GuardTheGrid.com to send messages to your own representatives in Congress, we encourage you to contact any and every member of Congress to let them know that this issue is important to you. ACTION ITEM: Please call or write other Members of Congress after you have used the online message tool to send important messages about the SHIELD Act to your own representatives.
The following links provide current official contact info for the Senate and the House of Representatives:
Contact info for more elected officials is also available through a government website, so that you may contact other elected officials other than Members of Congress. To look up elected officials at the state and federal levels, visit www.USA.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml.
We created a paper form that you can print and give to people instead of sending them to our web site, and once they return the form to us (by mail or fax), we’ll use our online system to send their messages for them.
ACTION ITEM #1: Download this PDF file, print it out, and ask your friends, family, and neighbors who don’t have access to computers or don’t have the time to log in, to fill in their own information and return it to us.
In addition to the messages our online tool sends to your specific representatives in Congress, you can also use the text of that message (which you can download here in plain text or download this Word file) to write your own letter to send to other Members of Congress. It doesn’t matter whether or not you live in their state or in their Congressional district, especially now, while the bill is still in committee.
ACTION ITEM #2: Write letters to members of the relevant committees (listed on this page) to ask them to support H.R. 668 – the SHIELD Act. Use the addresses listed below for any Member of Congress, add your own name and address to the letter, and mail it directly to their office in D.C.
