Preparing for the Visit
In advance of our Advocacy Days, find out as much as you can about your Member's voting record on issues related to your track. You can find this information at the website: http://thomas.loc.gov
When you arrive at the conference check-in table we will note the schedules you have set, and we will seek to coordinate meetings for all at the Advocacy Days who are with us from the same district and state. Plan to find time during our meetings to have a strategy session. Together plan the points you will stress and who will take the lead; agree on questions you will ask and materials you will bring.
Assume you will have only 10 minutes to make your case, so limit yourselves to 2–3 key points. If you are given more time, you can expand on the topic. We will help you do this.
There will be materials available at the Lobby Day plenary sessions (Sunday, March 9th) about the latest policy developments. There will also be materials that you can leave with Congressional offices when you visit.