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Find your Senators, Member of Congress and State Officials using your address.
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To help you learn about legislative advocacy, PPAI provides this easy-to-follow, easy-to-understand video to help you become a voice for the promotional products industry and an example to industry colleagues.
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Get the story of your meeting published by PPAI!
Take this opportunity to meet with your member of Congress in their district!
Step 1: Who represents you?
Use PPAI’s advocacy tools to find your member of Congress.
Step 2: Find contact information.
Find your legislator’s district address and contact information through the link above.
Step 3: Send an email or give them a call.
Use the templates to send an email to your legislator’s scheduler or call their district office.
Step 4: Confirm your meeting a week prior with the legislator's scheduler.
Step 5: Review the Promotional Products position statement and prepare for your meeting.
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*If you are conducting a factory visit, use the guide to help with your tour: Tips For A Successful Factory Tour
Step 6: Print copies of the positional statements to leave at the meeting.
Step 7: Plan to bring a sample of promotional products with you to your meeting
*Note: to abide with federal regulations, do not exceed the $10 gift limit with your items.
Step 8: Attend your meeting.
Be early and plan to wait. Have a staff member take a photo of you with the member of Congress.
Step 9: Send a thank you note to the member of Congress, the scheduler and any other staff you met with.
FINAL STEP:
It is important that PPAI capture what you talked about during your meeting. Send an email update to Anne Stone.
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Resource for small business owners provided by the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship.
Answers to questions about sales and use tax for business.
An overview of the IRS rules regarding independent contractors.
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