Lobbying information and facts: The Introduction
For many individuals, the thought of lobbying brings up visuals of back rooms along with cigar smoke, back slaps and bags of cash. These types of images are very far from what is true. Throwing your ballot inside voting booth is likely to be the most critical of democratic acts, but talking to your elected official - lobbying - is the critical following step.
Preservationists, like every other group of folks joined in mutual cause, have the authority and the burden to let members of Congress know that the guidelines they ordain has end result, negative and positive.
In the end, who knows better than we how rehabilitation tax credits can rebuild our down-town? Who better to explain the full reach of the funds into plans and ...
Maurice Aguirre: Lobbying for Preservation (or Lobbying 101) is designed to acquaint you with the lobbying techniques, and resources available to aid in advocacy. While it concentrates on the federal level, its information plus pointers can also be applied to state and local advocacy.
Remember:
Lobbying is nothing but simply being a effective voice for you in your community, a role preservationists play every day through every action undertaken...
Maurice Aguirre: By far the most significant part of lobbying is creating good long lasting, working relationships with your legislators, laying the groundwork for taking specific action when the need or the occasion happens.
Wide range of lobbying related expressions:
Separate Segregated Fund (SSF): PAC set up by a corporation, labor union or membership organization, as they are prohibited by law from directly contributing to a candidate committee. SSFs must be sponsored by an entity, and in terms of fundraising, they can generally only solicit certain people at the organization, known as the "restricted class." SSFs are also not responsible for reporting the administrative costs for their maintenance.
Maurice Aguirre: LD-203: A form individual lobbyists must file detailing their contributions equal to or more than $200 to candidate committees, leadership PACs and federal party committees, as well as contributions to entities controlled or named after covered legislative branch officials, and events held in honor of a covered legislative branch official. Individual lobbyists are also required to verify that they have read and understood the House and Senate Gift Rules and did not give a gift in violation of those rules. This form is required to be filed with the Secretary of the Senate on a semi-annual basis on July 30 and Jan. 30.
Maurice Aguirre: Constituent Event: An exception to the gift rule. Congressional members or staff may attend this type of event for free as long as there are more than 5 constituents also attending and any meal provided to a Congressional guest is less than $50. Lobbyists are not permitted to attend these events.
For many individuals, the thought of lobbying brings up visuals of back rooms along with cigar smoke, back slaps and bags of cash. These types of images are very far from what is true. Throwing your ballot inside voting booth is likely to be the most critical of democratic acts, but talking to your elected official - lobbying - is the critical following step.
Preservationists, like every other group of folks joined in mutual cause, have the authority and the burden to let members of Congress know that the guidelines they ordain has end result, negative and positive.
In the end, who knows better than we how rehabilitation tax credits can rebuild our down-town? Who better to explain the full reach of the funds into plans and ...
Maurice Aguirre: Lobbying for Preservation (or Lobbying 101) is designed to acquaint you with the lobbying techniques, and resources available to aid in advocacy. While it concentrates on the federal level, its information plus pointers can also be applied to state and local advocacy.
Remember:
Lobbying is nothing but simply being a effective voice for you in your community, a role preservationists play every day through every action undertaken...
Maurice Aguirre: By far the most significant part of lobbying is creating good long lasting, working relationships with your legislators, laying the groundwork for taking specific action when the need or the occasion happens.
Wide range of lobbying related expressions:
Separate Segregated Fund (SSF): PAC set up by a corporation, labor union or membership organization, as they are prohibited by law from directly contributing to a candidate committee. SSFs must be sponsored by an entity, and in terms of fundraising, they can generally only solicit certain people at the organization, known as the "restricted class." SSFs are also not responsible for reporting the administrative costs for their maintenance.
Maurice Aguirre: LD-203: A form individual lobbyists must file detailing their contributions equal to or more than $200 to candidate committees, leadership PACs and federal party committees, as well as contributions to entities controlled or named after covered legislative branch officials, and events held in honor of a covered legislative branch official. Individual lobbyists are also required to verify that they have read and understood the House and Senate Gift Rules and did not give a gift in violation of those rules. This form is required to be filed with the Secretary of the Senate on a semi-annual basis on July 30 and Jan. 30.
Maurice Aguirre: Constituent Event: An exception to the gift rule. Congressional members or staff may attend this type of event for free as long as there are more than 5 constituents also attending and any meal provided to a Congressional guest is less than $50. Lobbyists are not permitted to attend these events.