Legislative Action Center

Become an Activist

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."   Edmund Burke

CLICK HERE TO SKIP TO REPRESENTATIVE CONTACT INFORMATION

The following is a list of activists resources from 'Act for America', that will help you stay abreast of current issues, pending legislation, your representatives, and even candidates running for office in your district.  Start by reading the list, 'Legislative Alerts and Current Issues'.  Then select those issues of interest to you.  Click on any one for a more detailed explanation of the issue.  If you want more information click on, 'CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND TAKE ACTION ON THIS BILL'.   If you want to take contact your Representative on this issue, just enter your ZIP code and click  GO.  You will be presented with a pre-written letter already addressed to your Representative(s).  It's already written for you!  All you have to do is fill in the sender information (you) and click 'SEND MESSAGE'.

This is an amazing resource.  It could not be easier.  With just a few minutes of your time per day, you can let your representatives know your feelings on a host of important current issues.

 
Now you have all the tools you need to be fully engaged in the political process with only a minimal effort an amount of your time.  Act for America has put a huge amount of effort in this to make it easy, easy, easy for you.  Put this on your list of regular things to do to defend your Constitution and help take America back!

Another Great Resource from "VoteSmart", Making It Easier for You to Vote Smart

The key to electing good representatives is for voters to vote smart. For incumbents you can look at their record to see how they have represented your view. But how do you do that?  Fortunately we have an incredible non-partisan free web site called Project Vote Smart, that collects all kinds of factual statistical data on every representative and makes it available to you the voter. The amount of effort that must go into this is amazing and it’s all free. With this information you can find out exactly where your representatives stand on every issue.

 Here is how it works: Go to Project Vote Smart Here http://votesmart.org/index.htm 

• The top menu bar lets you find current elected Officials, and all Candidates (candidates will appear after filing deadlines)
• Down the left column you will find a list of Categories
• To see your Representatives voting record, select item two, Voting Records
• Select your state and click the GO button
• Choose President, Congress, Governor, or State offices. For this example choose Congress
• Choose District 13, Vern Buchanan
• You will find a list of all major Bills, how he voted and the outcome of the vote. You can use the "Pull Down" selector filter by issue.
• In the upper right you can also get Biographical information, Issue Positions, Interest Group Ratings, Position Papers, Speeches and Public Statements and Campaigns 

This is just a brief summary of how to access voting records but there is much more on this site. You can even get hard to find information on Judges at three levels, Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals and District Courts, using this link.  Please take some time to explore all the capability of this site, and share the information with your family, friends and neighbors. Based on a low 13% approval level for Congress, it is apparent that we the voters are not doing our homework well. Let's put out more effort in 2012 and Vote Smart. And don't forget to save this page as a favorite so you can return from time to time. 

VOTING SCORECARD - Find Your Representative

Email Gov. Rick Scott here:
http://www.flgov.com/contact-gov-scott/email-the-governor/

Contact Congress

Contact Senator Rubio here:
Contact Senator Nelson here:
Contact Rep. Buchanan here:
Contact Speaker Boehner here:
Contact Senator Mitch McConel:

CLICK HERE TO SEE CONGRESSIONAL VOTING RECORD SUMMARY

CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE VOTING RECORD

Contact Your State Representatives

 Contact Rep. Jim Boyd
Contact Rep. Greg Steube
Contact Rep. Ray Pilon
Contact Sen. Mike Bennett: bennett.mike.web@flsenate.gov
 
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CLICK HERE TO FIND YOUR US REPRESENTATIVE
CLICK HERE TO FIND YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES

Direct email addresses for most Florida State Representatives

US Senators up for Reelection in 2012

Senator         Party      State            Contact
Dianne Feinstein - Democrat - California - (202) 224-3841
Tom Carper - Democrat - Delaware - (202) 224-2441
Bill Nelson - Democrat - Florida - (202) 224-5274
Daniel Akaka - Democrat - Hawaii - (202) 224-6361
Ben Cardin - Democrat - Maryland - (202) 224-4524
Debbie Stabenow - Democrat - Michigan - (202) 224-4822
Claire McCaskil -l Democrat - Missouri - (202) 224-6154
Jon Tester - Democrat - Montana - (202) 224-2644
Ben Nelson - Democrat - Nebraska - (202) 224-6551
Bob Menendez - Democrat - New Jersey - (202) 224-4744
Jeff Bingaman - Democrat - New Mexico - (202) 224-5521
Kirsten Gillibrand - Democrat - New York - (202) 224-4451
Sherrod Brown - Democrat - Ohio - (202) 224-2315
Bob Casey, Jr. - Democrat - Pennsylvania - (202) 224-6324
Sheldon Whitehouse - Democrat - Rhode Island - (202) 224-2921
Jim Webb - Democrat - Virginia - (202) 224-4024
Maria Cantwell - Democrat - Washington - (202) 224-3441
Joe Manchin - Democrat - West Virginia - (202) 224-3954
Herb Kohl - Democrat - Wisconsin - (202) 224-5653
Bernie Sanders - Independent - Vermont - (202) 224-5141

Manatee County School Board

Superintendent
Tim McGonegal

Board Members
Karen Carpenter, District 5
Harry Kinnan, District 2
Robert Gause, District 4
Barbara Harvey, District 1
Julie Aranibar, District 3