A Sample Script for Calls to your Congressperson

Hello. My name is ______.I am a constituent of Congressman/Congresswoman______and I am a (faculty/staff) member of the City University of .

During the current lame-duck session of Congress major cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are on the table. I ask you as my Representative to protect these vital safety-net programs and if necessary to reject any “Grand Bargain” which threatens their integrity. No deal now is better than a bad deal.

I also ask you to end the Bush tax cuts and increase taxes for the wealthy, as President Obama has advocated. We can do this by letting the Bush tax cuts expire on December 31, and then during the next session of Congress extending the middle-class tax cuts. With the resulting increased tax revenues, we can turn our attention to our most pressing issue, the creation of jobs for the millions of unemployed and underemployed Americans.

Thank you.

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A Sample Script for Calls to your Senator

Hello. My name is ______and I am a (faculty/staff) member of the City University of New York.

During the current lame-duck session of Congress major cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are on the table. I ask you as my Senator to protect these vital safety-net programs and if necessary to reject any “Grand Bargain” which threatens their integrity. No deal now is better than a bad deal.

I also ask you to end the Bush tax cuts and increase taxes for the wealthy, as President Obama has advocated. We can do this by letting the Bush tax cuts expire on December 31, and then during the next session of Congress extending the middle-class tax cuts. With the resulting increased tax revenues, we can turn our attention to our most pressing issue, the creation of jobs for the millions of unemployed and underemployed Americans.

Thank you.

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NYS District Office Telephone Numbers (below)

Currently Serving Nov./Dec. 2012

Telephone List for Downstate NY Congresspersons

Name District & Office Location Telephone Number (D-01) Patchogue 631-289-6500 (D-02) Hauppauge 631-951-2210 Pete King (R-03) Massapequa Park 516-541-4225 Carolyn McCarthy (D-04) Garden City 516-739-3008 (D-05) Bayside 718-423-2154 Gregory W. Meeks (D-06) Far Rockaway 718-327-9791 Joseph Crowley (D-07) Jackson Heights 718-779-1400 Jerrold Nadler (D-08) 718-373-3198 Bob Turner (R-09) Middle Village 718-426-5000 Edolphus (Ed) Towns (D-10) Brooklyn 718-855-8018 Yvette D. Clarke (D-11) Brooklyn 718-287-1142 Nydia M. Velasquez (D-12) Brooklyn 718-599-3658 Michael Grimm (R-13) Staten Island 718-351-1062 Carolyn B. Maloney (D-14) 212-860-0606 Charles B. Rangel (D-15) Manhattan 212-663-3900 Jose E. Serrano (D-16) Bronx 718-620-0084 Eliot E. Engel (D-17) Bronx 718-796-9700 Nita M. Lowey (D-18) White Plains 914-428-1707

Telephone List for NYS Senators

Name Party & NYC Office Telephone Number Location (D-NY) Manhattan 212-688-6262 Charles E. (Chuck) Schumer (D-NY) Manhattan 212-486-4430