The Letter should include the following:
Correct Salutation: You are expected to identify a correct salutation to the member of Congress including the date, correct salutation to the member of Congress, their name, and address. Samples posted on the course are intentionally missing it. Therefore, please include the correct salutation.
Brief introduction: Describe who you are and the purpose of the letter.
Clear actions: Ask your legislator for clear actions regarding a specific bill currently in Congress. Phrase: âto support the billâ is not a clear action. You may ask something like âto cosponsorâ your bill if they are not listed as sponsors/cosponsors yet. If they are listed as sponsors/co-sponsors, you may thank them for that and ask them to move your bill to the committee or move it up to a vote in Senate/House floor.
Background: Give a valid argument/background on the healthcare issue/bill to show the importance for a legislator to take an immediate action on a bill. Students may not restate a bill description from the Govtrack/Congress.gov websites, but rather go in depth of the specific healthcare issue and show the significance of the problem they write about.
Legislative Recommendations and Rationales: Provide concise recommendations for action and state why it might be important to the Legislator. A minimum of 2 rationales that directly support the requested action are clear and concise in the body of the letter.
Conclusion: The last paragraph is a very brief summary of your letter.
The letter should be:
Be very convincing and concise in your letter.
One page/single space using a standard letter format and addressed properly to the studentâs member of Congress or State Legislator.
The Letter to the Legislator itself does not require any APA format or in-text citations.
The second page is not part of your letter, it is a Reference page where you should list all your sources in APA format. Minimum of 2 references required.
The letter may be in support or in opposition to a current piece of legislation.
The minimum acceptable font for the letter is 11. Do not use any smaller font. Make sure that your letter is readable.
Please, use the bill Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act, H.R. 3110
Please, write the letter to Bob Casey (Senator) because the bill already passed the house and need to pass senate.
About me: I live in Warrington, PA. I am RN and work on medical-surgical floor and I am interested in this bill because I am planning to have a baby soon and will be expressing breast milk at work.
Please, send me any questions if you have. If possible, send paper earlier than the deadline in case of revisipon (if you follow strictly the instructions, revision will not be neseccary). Also, I will attach the sample of the letter that my instructor gave us.