Sunday, September 20, 2015

Do You Believe Corporations That Move Their Headquarters Overseas to Avoid Paying U.S. Taxes Should Get Gov't Contracts?

Bills in House and Senate to Stop Corporations That Have Moved Headquarters Overseas to Avoid Paying U.S. Taxes From Getting Government Contracts;

NOW is the Time To Act!

Bills in the House and Senate

H.R. 1809 "No Contracts For Corporate Deserters Act of 2015 was introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives (Congress) by Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro on 4/15/2015. It is currently in the Armed Services Committee. That is why it is NOW that you should contact YOUR Congressman or Congresswoman and call or e-mail them and tell them you support H.R. 1809 and want their support. In your call or e-mail ask them directly "will you support this bill" after you tell them you want it passed. To FIND and/or CONTACT YOUR Congressman or Congresswoman simply go to : https://www.congress.gov/ and enter your zip code. You will be given YOUR Congress Representatives name and contact information. If you send an e-mail you will receive a letter (albeit a form letter) stating your Representatives position, of which you can respond to. You will know if your Representatives supports the bill or not. But more importantly your Representative will know that their constituents are tracking this legislation and that it matters in the next election. Please do this now and contact your friends and share this information. The more calls and e-mails, the better to let our Congressman and Congresswoman that we don't want corporations that move their headquarters overseas to avoid paying taxes get government contracts.

S.169 "No Tax Write-Offs For Corporate Wrongdoers Act was introduced on 1/13/2015 by Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT) and is the equivalent of H.R.1809 in the House of Representatives. Please FIND/CONTACT YOUR U.S. Senators by going to http://senate.gov/. It is not write that corporations put a building in another country and call it their "World Headquarters" and therefore are able to not pay taxes on billions of dollars in profits by doing business in America. 

Track These Bills, Track YOUR Representatives

One very easy way to find and let your Representatives know how you feel about a bill is POPVOX located at: https://popvox.com/   Register at this site and it will give you who YOUR Congressman or Congresswoman is and who YOUR 2 U.S. Senators are. Once registered you can search for legislative bills or simply type the number of the bill in. Below I show screenshots of what you can expect once you register. Please click on the link above, register, and put in your information so that POPVOX will show you your Representatives, then one at a time type in H.R. 1809 and follow through the prompts for "I Support This Bill" and it will register your support in the poll and automatically send YOUR Representatives both in Congress and the Senate a message showing you support the bill, and even let you add your personal comments. Take a look at this easy process that I just completed to let MY Congressman and U.S. Senators know how I feel:

STEP ONE: Click on this link, POPVOX then under "It's Your Voice" enter your information to register:

Click on https://popvox.com/ and register under "It's Your Voice


STEP TWO: Type in H.R. 1809 (you'll do this once for the House bill and again for the Senate bill S.169.)
Type H.R. 1809 for the House bill, when finished go back to your Dashboard and type in S.169 to send your message to your U.S. Senators


STEP THREE: Click on the bill you want to respond to:

Just Click on the bill you wish to vote on/Support


STEP FOUR: Click on "I Support This Bill" you will then be given a chance to add your personal information so that POPVOX will figure out who your Congress is and send them your message. The message that will automatically be sent to YOUR Congressman or Congresswoman when you are done:



 STEP FIVE: You will be given an opportunity to add to a message supplied:

If you wish, add your comments to the message already supplied by POPVOX





STEP SIX: Go back to your Dashboard and type in the "Search Bill by Number or Keyword and type in S.169 and repeat above steps to have your message automatically sent to YOUR 2 U.S. Senators. When your done go to your "Profile" and you will see YOUR Congressperson and YOUR two U.S. Senators. You can now "Track" your Representatives and receive information whenever they Sponsor or Co-Sponsor a bill or vote on a bill.
 
Your Profile showing YOUR Representatives


That's it! You have now acted on your position. Thank you for being active in telling our Politicians that we are tired of them acting in the best interests of corporations and the richest of the rich. You should feel that you've accomplished something, because you have!

Another great website to FIND/TRACK YOUR REPRESENTATIVES IS GovTrack. It's another very easy to use site that will help you find, and contact, YOUR Representatives, track voting records and bills, and let your Representatives know that you are paying attention of what they are doing.

GovTrack is another great site to FIND/CONTACT and TRACK YOUR REPRESENTATIVES

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How to Find and Contact your Representatives

To FIND, and CONTACT, YOUR State
​ and Local Legislators enter your
​Address and ​
Zip Code at:

Open States: http://openstates.org/find_your_legislator/


To FIND, and CONTACT, YOUR U.S. Congressmen/women enter your Zip Code at:

​Congress.gov: https://www.congress.gov/


To FIND, and CONTACT, YOUR U.S. Senators enter your Zip Code at:

​Senate.gov:  http://senate.gov/

     I have provided the links above to assist you in finding and contacting YOUR Representatives simply by typing in your zip code
​ (or address and Zip Code for your local and State politicians)​
at those sites. By contacting them by phone or e-mail you will let them know that you ARE paying attention to what they are doing, and what YOU want them to do.