1. Reach Out and Touch Your Congressmembers and Senators

2. Meet Your Candidates

3. Checklist – Chapter Emphasis on Representatives

4. Chapter Checklist: U. S. House Candidates Chapter Checklist: U. S. House Candidates Pre-Meeting Coordinate with Federation legislative officer and with other chapters in House District Tentatively plan meeting around recess schedule For Incumbents: contact District Office Scheduler For non-Incumbents: contact Candidate scheduler Confirm appointment before meeting date

5. Chapter Checklist: U. S. House Candidates Chapter Checklist: U. S. House Candidates Meeting Planning Assemble the group of officers & activists who will meet with Candidate Have group meet in advance of appointment Provide candidate questionnaire to group Review questionnaire Pick spokesperson & assign other speaking roles Bring extra questionnaires for the Candidate

6. Chapter Checklist: U. S. House Candidates Chapter Checklist: U. S. House Candidates At Meeting Introduce yourselves – name, chapter, title When explaining, assume Candidate knows nothing Discuss fundamentals of candidate questionnaire issues Avoid abbreviations (GPO/WEP, CSRS, FERS) or jargon Relate personal stories about the issues Post – Meeting Thank you note Provide Candidate follow-up answers Report details of meeting in next newsletter Report to State Legislative Chair

7. 3 Key Talking Points 3 Key Talking Points Health Care Entitlements Commission ?

9. District 1: Jay Inslee (18,761) Committee: Energy and Commerce Sub-Committee: Communications Technology & the Internet Committee: Natural Resources Sub-Committees: National Parks, Forests & Public Land Water and Power Select Committee: Energy Independence and Global Warming

10. District 2: Rick Larsen (10,718) Committee: Armed Services Sub-Committees: Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Strategic Forces Committee: Budget Committee: Transportation & Infrastructure Sub-Committees: Coast Guard & Maritime Transportation Highways & Transit Railroads, Pipelines & Hazardous Materials

11. District 3: Brian Baird/Open (13,001) Committee: Science & Technology Sub-Committees: Energy & Environment (Chair) Research & Science Education Committee: Transportation & Infrastructure Sub-Committees: Coast Guard & Maritime Transportation Water Resources & Environment

12. District 4: Doc Hastings (14,429) Committee: Natural Resources (Ranking Member)

13. District 5: Cathy McMorris-Rogers (17,114) Committee: Armed Services Sub-Committees: Air & Land Forces Oversight & Investigations Readiness Committee: Education & Labor Sub-Committees: Early Child, Elementary & Secondary Education Health, Employment, Labor & Pensions Committee: Natural Resources Sub-Committee: Water & Power

14. District 6: Norm Dicks Committee: Appropriations (2 nd Ranking) Sub-Committees: Defense (Chair) Interior, Environment & Related Agencies (Chair) Military Construction, Veterans Affairs & Related Agencies

15. District 7: Jim McDermott (11,737) Committee: Ways & Means Sub-Committees: Income Security & Family Support (Chair) Trade

16. District 8: Dave Reichert (10,148) Committee: Ways & Means Sub-Committees: Oversight Trade

17. District 9: Adam Smith (17,679) Committee: Armed Services Sub-Committees: Air & Land Forces Terrorism & Unconventional Threats & Capabilities (Chair) Committee: Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Sub-Committee: Technical & Tactical Intelligence

18. Senator Patty Murray (147,414) Committee: Appropriations Sub-Committees: Energy & Water Development Labor, Health & Human Services Education Related Agencies Military Construction, Veterans Affairs & Related Agencies Transportation, Housing & Urban Development & Related Agencies (Chair) Committee: Budget (#2) Committee: Health, Education, Labor & Pensions. Committee: Rules & Administration Committee: Veterans Affairs

19. Senator Maria Cantwell (147,414) Committee: Commerce, Science & Transportation Sub-Committee: Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries & Coast Guard (Chair) Committee: Energy & Natural Resources Sub-Committees: Energy (Chair) Public Lands and Forests Water & Power Committee: Finance Sub-Committees: Energy, Natural Resources & Infrastructure Health Care International Trade, Customs & Global Competiveness Taxation, IRS Oversight & Long-Term Growth Committee: Small Business & Entrepreneurship Committee: Indian Affairs

20. Recess Periods Memorial Day Recess: 29 May – 7 June Independence Day Recess: 3-12 July Summer Recess: 9 Aug – 10 September (August 17 – State Primary) (November 3 – General Election)

21. CBO Summary: The Impact of Trust Fund Programs on Federal Budget Surpluses and Deficits

22. CBO Summary “While currently federal budget is in deficit, federal trust fund programs (Including CSRS Trust Fund) as a group appear to be running a surplus.” “Combined income of the trust funds is estimated to exeed cumulative expenditures by $3.4 trillion over next 10 years.” “However, much of trust funds income comes not from sources outside the government, but from credits from one governmental account to another, or intragovernmental transfers.” “If one considers only the portion of their income that represents receipts to the government, the projected deficit is 1.2 trillion over next 10 years.”

23. CBO Summary (2) “Trust fund accounting is designed to show legal measures of spending authority and outlays, not the government’s receipts and expenditures for such program. ” “Currently, trust fund measures of income and expenditures are distorting the effects that the programs have on the federal budget. “ “Their apparent surplus relies on both actual receipts and the government’s promise to pay money to itself.”

24. The Significance of Intragovernmental Transfers for the Social Security, Medicare, and Civil Service Retirement Trust Funds in Fiscal Year 2003 (In billions of dollars) Trust Fund Intragovernmental Surplus or Surplus Transfers from Deficit (-) or Deficit General Fund to Excluding Trust Fund Intragovernmental Transfers Social Security 171 95 76 Medicare 27 105 -78 Civil Service Retirement 35 81 -46 Total 233 281 -47 Source: Congressional Budget Office. Note: Numbers do not always sum to totals because of rounding.

25. Portrayal of Trust Fund Programs' Surpluses or Deficits, 2002 to 2012 (In billions of dollars) Source: Congressional Budget Office.

26. The Bi-Partisan Bills: - Invest Money from Unused Annual Leave into One’s TSP - The Telework Act

27. “Bi-Partisan Budget Commission”

28. National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform First meeting: April 27 Voting Deadline: Dec 1 18 Members: Bruce Reed, Erskine Boles, Alan Simpson Open to Public and on C-Span