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Get the latest correspondence from the AFL-CIO to congressional leaders on the hottest issues on Capitol Hill.

May 7, 2008: Letter to Congress expressing support for an amendment to the FY 2008 war supplemental appropriations bill (H.R. 2642).
May 7, 2008: Letter to Congress urging support of the Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008 (H.R. 5818) and the American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 (H.R. 3221).
May 5, 2008: Letter to Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) expressing support for efforts to examine existing statuatory requirements placed on employers to recruit U.S. workers before hiring guest workers from abroad.
May 4, 2008: Letter to Congress urging support of the "PRO-IP Act of 2008" (H.R. 4279).
April 30, 2008: Letter to Congress urging opposition to the proposed U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA).
April 30, 2008: Letter to senators urging opposition to the proposed U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA).
April 29, 2008: Letter to Congress urging support of the 21st Century High-Performing Public School Facilities Act (H.R. 3021).
April 28, 2008: Letter to Congress urging support of the Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act (H.R. 5522).
April 21, 2008: Letter to senators urging support of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (H.R. 2831).
April 15, 2008: Letter to Congress expressing support of the 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Act of 2008 (H.R. 3185).
April 8, 2008: Letter to Congress urging support for the Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act (H.R. 5522).
April 8, 2008: Letter to Rep. John D. Dingell (D-Mich.) expressing support for the Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 (H.R. 5613).
March 13, 2008: Letter to Congress urging a vote for the Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Resolution.
March 13, 2008: Letter to senators urging a vote against the Ensign amendment to the budget.
March 11, 2008: Letter to senators urging a vote for the Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Resolution (S. Con. Res. 70).
Feb. 25, 2008: Letter to senators urging a vote for cloture on the Foreclosure Prevention Act (S. 2636).
Feb. 13, 2008: Letter to Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) expressing support for the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) (H.R. 5264).
Feb. 12, 2008: Letter to senators urging co-sponsorship of the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act (S. 2123).
Feb. 7, 2008: Letter to Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) expressing the AFL-CIO's support of the Private Sector Whistleblower Streamlining Act (H.R. 4047).
Feb. 7, 2008: Letter to Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), urging him to pass legislation to address the industrial bank loophole in the Bank Holding Company Act.
Jan. 31, 2008: Letter to senators urging them to vote for the inclusion of extended unemployment benefits (H.R. 5140)
Jan. 30, 2008: Letter to senators commending the Finance Committee for working in bipartisan fashion to make important improvements to the House stimulus bill.
Jan. 23, 2008: Letter to senators urging them to co-sponsor and support the Fair Pay Restoration Act (S. 1843) that would restore longstanding protections against employment discrimination.
Jan. 18, 2008: Letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) urging them to include measures in a short-term stimulus package that will have the most impact on the economy and to address the underlying causes of current economic weakness.
Jan. 15, 2008: Letter to representatives urging them to support the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act, the "S-MINER Act" (H.R. 2768).
Nov. 15, 2007: Letter to representatives urging them to vote for the Kanjorski and Watt amendments that would strengthen the remedies included in H.R. 3915.
Nov. 8, 2007: Letter to representatives expressing the AFL-CIO's concerns regarding abuses of labor rights and human rights in Colombia.
Nov. 8, 2007: Letter to senators expressing the AFL-CIO's concerns regarding abuses of labor rights and human rights in Colombia.
Nov. 8, 2007: Letter to representatives urging them to vote for the Tax Reduction and Reform Act of 2007 (H.R. 3996).
Oct. 31, 2007: Letter to representatives urging them to vote for the Trade and Globalization Assistance Act of 2007 (H.R. 3920).
Oct. 29, 2007: Letter to senators urging them to support and co-sponsor the Saffron Revolution Support Act of 2007 (S. 2172).
Oct. 25, 2007: Letter to senators urging them to co-sponsor the Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2007 (S. 2092).
Oct. 25, 2007: Letter to representatives urging them to vote for the bipartisan Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act of 2007 (H.R. 976).
Oct. 23, 2007: Letter to senators to oppose the confirmation of Mississippi Judge Leslie Southwick to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
Oct. 23, 2007: Letter to representatives urging them to support the Trade and Globalization Assistance Act of 2007 (H.R. 3920) and to oppose any weakening amendments.
Oct. 23, 2007: Letter to representatives urging them to vote for the Employment Non-Descrimination Act (H.R. 3685).
Oct. 22, 2007: Letter to senators urging them to vote against the Allard amendment (No. 3369), which would slash funding for important education, health and labor programs.
Oct. 22, 2007: Letter to senators on the report from American Rights at Work, Broken Promises: Verizon Neglects its Commitment to Provide Good Jobs and Quality Service.
Oct. 20, 2007: Letter to Senate Agricultural Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) to include legislation that would require country of origin labeling for processed foods.
Oct. 19, 2007: New report, Broken Promises, that documents the ways in which Verizon suppresses workers' freedom to form unions.
Oct. 18, 2007: Talking points sent to Senate—Vote NO on the Sessions Amendment to Restore $5 Million to the OLMS Budget.
Oct. 18, 2007: Letter to representatives urging them to vote to override President Bush's veto of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 (H.R. 976).
Oct. 16, 2007: Letter to senators urging them to support the FY 2008 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations bill (S. 1710) and reject any amendments designed to weaken or destroy key programs funded by the bill.
Oct. 11, 2007: Letter urging six provisions to be included in the FY 2008 defense authorization conference report.
Oct. 3, 2007: Letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on opposing the nomination of Mississippi Judge Leslie Southwick to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
Oct. 2, 2007: Letter to senators on the progress made by House and Senate Democratic leadership in negotiating improvements to key sections of the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement.
Oct. 1, 2007: Letter to representatives on the progress made by House and Senate Democratic leadership in negotiating improvements to key sections of the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement.
Sept. 24, 2007: Letter to representatives expressing support for the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 (HR 976).
Sept. 24, 2007: Letter to the House expressing support for the Popcorn Lung Disease Prevention Act (H.R. 2693).
Sept. 19, 2007: Letter urging representatives to support the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2007 (H.R. 3543).
Sept. 19, 2007: Letter urging representatives to support the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2007 (H.R. 2881) and the Poe Amendment.
Sept. 19, 2007: Letter to Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.) expressing support for the "Increasing American Wages and Benefits Act of 2007."
Sept. 17, 2007: Letter urging senators to support cloture on the District of Columbia Voting Rights Act of 2007 (S. 1257).
Sept. 6, 2007: Letter expressing concern about the Patent Reform Act (H.R. 1908).
Sept. 6, 2007: Letter in support of Sen. Brown's amendment to the FY2008 Veterans Affairs and Military Construction Appropriations bill.
Aug. 2, 2007: Letter urging representatives to support the "New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act" (H.R. 3220).
Aug. 1, 2007: Letter urging representatives to support an amendment to the FY2008 defense appropriations bill.
July 31, 2007: Letter to senators expressing support for the Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007.
July 31, 2007: Letter to representatives expressing support of the Children's Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act of2007 (H.R. 3162).
July 31, 2007: Letter urging representatives to reject the Conaway, Kingston, and Sessions amendments to the FY2008 agriculture appropriations bill (H.R. 3161).
July 27, 2007: Letter to Representatives expressing support for the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007.
July 26, 2007: Letter to Rep. John D. Dingell Jr. (D-Mich.) expressing support for the Children's Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act of 2007 (H.R. 3162).
July 26, 2007: Letter to Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) expressing support for the Children's Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act of 2007 (H.R. 3162).
July 25, 2007: Letter urging representatives to support H.R. 2419, the Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007.
July 25, 2007: Letter urging representatives to support full funding of the U.S. Census Bureau FY2008 budget.
July 23, 2007: Letter urging representatives to cosponsor H.R. 2927, which would increase the corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for automobiles and promote the development and production of advanced technology vehicles.
July 18, 2007: Letter to Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) in support of the Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007.
July 18, 2007: Letter urging representatives to reject amendments to the Labor, Health and Human Services appropriations bill (H.R. 3043).
July 17, 2007: Letter urging representatives to support the Labor, Health and Human Services appropriations bill (H.R. 3043).
July 12, 2007: Letter urging representatives to support and co-sponsor the Re-Empowerment of Skilled and Professional Employees and Construction Tradesworkers (RESPECT) Act (H.R. 1644).
July 10, 2007: Letter to representatives urging support of the College Cost Reduction Act of 2007 (H.R. 2669), which would make college more affordable for aspiring students and their families.
July 9, 2007: Letter to senators expressing support for the Low Carbon Economy Act of 2007.
June 29, 2007: Letter to Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) in support of the Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act (H.R. 380), which would allow for the safe importation of prescription drugs from Canada and other countries.
June 27, 2007: Letter to representatives opposing an amendment to H.R. 2829, the FY 2008 Financial Services Appropriations Act, to delay implementation of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for small public companies.
June 26, 2007: Letter to Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) on the House Energy and Commerce Committee markup of energy legislation.
June 20, 2007: Letter to Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Robert Bennett (R-Utah) in support of the Fair Elections Now Act (S. 1285), a bill to establish a public financing system for congressional campaigns.
June 18, 2007: Letter to senators expressing strong opposition to the Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (S. 1348).
June 18, 2007: Letter urging senators to vote yes on cloture and final passage of the Employee Free Choice Act (S. 1041).
June 18, 2007: Letter expressing support for an amendment on Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards to the Creating Long-Term Energy Alternatives for the Nation (CLEAN Energy) Act of 2007 (H.R. 6).
June 12, 2007: Letter to the Senate on the Employee Free Choice Act (S. 1041).
June 7, 2007: Letter urging senators to oppose cloture on the Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (S. 1348).
June 6, 2007: Letter to Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) opposing the nomination of Leslie Southwick for a lifetime appointment to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
June 5, 2007: Letter to senators requesting support for an amendment to be offered by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to S. 1419, the "Energy Savings Act of 2007."
May 22, 2007: Letter to senators on amendments to the pending immigration bill.
May 21, 2007: Letter to representatives opposing the proposed U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA).
May 21, 2007: Letter to senators opposing the proposed U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA).
May 17, 2007: Letter to representatives in support of the FY 2008 budget resolution conference report, S. Con. Res. 21.
May 17, 2007: Letter to senators in support of the FY 2008 budget resolution conference report, S. Con. Res. 21.
May 17, 2007: Letter to Reps. Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.) and Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) expressing concerns about liability reform legislation.
May 7, 2007: Letter to Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) on legislation addressing Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards.
May 3, 2007: Letter to Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) expressing concern about proposed legislation to establish a large-scale permanent wage insurance program.
April 25, 2007: Letter to representatives urging them to support the conference agreement on H.R. 1591, the emergency supplemental spending bill.
April 24, 2007: Letter to Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) on the Medicare for All Act.
April 24, 2007: Letter to Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) on the Medicare for All Act.
April 24, 2007: Letter urging senators to co-sponsor the Protecting America's Workers Act of 2007.
April 24, 2007: Letter to Sens. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) on DeMint's amendment to the America COMPETES Act (S. 761).
April 23, 2007: Letter to senators on "majority sign-up" provision of the Employee Free Choice Act (S. 1041).
April 17, 2007: Letter to senators in support of the Medicare Fair Prescription Drug Price Act of 2007 (S. 3).
April 17, 2007: Letter to Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) on funding for the Department of Energy's Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program.
April 17, 2007: Letter to Rep. Peter Visclosky (D-Ind.) on funding for the Department of Energy's Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program.
April 12, 2007: Letter to the Senate in support of S. 796, the Fair Currency Act of 2007.
March 29, 2007: Letter to Rep. Fortney Stark (D-Calif.) in support of the AmeriCare Health Care Act of 2007.
March 28, 2007: Letter to the House in support of the FY 2008 Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 99).
March 23, 2007: Letter to the House in support of the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007 (H.R. 1433).
March 22, 2007: Letter to the Senate in favor of the Senate FY 2008 Budget Resolution, S. Con. Res. 21.
March 21, 2007: Letter to representatives in support of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health and Iraq Accountability Act of 2007.
March 20, 2007: Letter to the Senate on free trade agreements and working conditions in Guatamala.
March 20, 2007: Letter to the House on free trade agreements and working conditions in Guatamala.
March 15, 2007: Letter to the Senate regarding the AFL-CIO's opposition to a bilateral free trade agreement with Colombia.
March 15, 2007: Letter regarding the AFL-CIO's opposition to a bilateral free trade agreement with Colombia.
March 4, 2007: Letter urging senators to support the McCaskill amendment to the Sept. 11 commission's recommendations bill (S. 4).
March 1, 2007: Letter to representatives urging them to vote against amendments to the Employee Free Choice Act (H.R. 800).
Feb. 28, 2007: Letter to representatives on the Employee Free Choice Act (H.R. 800).
Feb. 26, 2007: Letter to representatives urging that they vote 'Yes' on H.R. 800, the Employee Free Choice Act.
Feb. 22, 2007: Letter to Reps. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) and Lamar S. Smith (R-Texas) opposing efforts to weaken U.S. patent law.
Feb. 21, 2007: Letter to Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) opposing efforts to weaken U.S. patent law.
Jan. 22, 2007: Letter to senators urging they vote for cloture on H.R. 2 for a clean minimum wage bill.
Jan. 17, 2007: Letter to Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan. 17, 2007: Letter to Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.), chairman of the Ways and Means Subcomittee on Trade.
Jan. 10, 2007: Letter to representatives urging them to vote for H.R. 4, the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007.
Jan. 9, 2007: Letter to representatives urging them to vote for H.R. 2, a bill to increase the minimum wage without any strings attached.
Dec. 21, 2006: Letter to the Senate Committee on Finance.
Dec. 21, 2006: Letter to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Dec. 7, 2006: Letter to senators opposing H.R. 6346, an omnibus trade bill.
Dec. 7, 2006: Letter to representatives opposing H.R. 6346, an omnibus trade bill.
Nov. 13, 2006: Letter urging representatives to vote against H.R. 5602, legislation to extend Permanent Normal Trade Relations to Vietnam.
Sept. 28, 2006: Letter to Rep. Henry Waxman (D) in support of the "Access to Life-Saving Drugs Act."
Sept. 21, 2006: Letter opposing H.R. 6095, the Immigration Law Enforcement Act.
Sept. 21, 2006: Letter to senators on S. 295, a bill authorizing appropriate action if negotiations with the People's Republic of China on China's undervalued currency continue to be unsuccessful.
Sept. 19, 2006: Letter opposing the "Federal Election Integrity Act of 2006" (H.R. 4844).
Sept. 14, 2006: Letter to Department of Defense conferees on the fiscal year 2007 Defense Appropriations bill.
Aug. 3, 2006: Letter urging senators to vote against H.R. 5970.
July 28, 2006: Letter to Reps. Barton and Dingell concerning H.R. 4591 and H.R. 4800, legislation to implement the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).
July 26, 2006: Letter urging representatives to vote against the Government Efficiency Act (H.R. 5766) and the Abolishment of Obsolete Agencies and Federal Sunset Act (H.R. 3282).
July 26, 2006: Letter urging the Senate Finance Committee to vote against the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement (Peru FTA).
July 24, 2006: Letter urging representatives to vote against the Business Activity Simplification Act (H.R. 1956).
July 14, 2006: Letter to representatives opposing H.R. 5684, legislation to implement the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (OFTA).
July 13, 2006: Letter urging representatives to support the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Reauthorization Act (H.R. 9).
June 28, 2006: Letter urging senators to vote against the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (S. 3569).
June 27, 2006: Letter urging representatives to oppse the rule for the FY 2007 Science-State-Justice-Commerce Appropriations bill (H.R. 5672).
June 22, 2006: Letter to senators opposing proposals to amend U.S. patent law.
June 22, 2006: Letter urging representatives to vote against the Line-Item Veto Act of 2006 (H.R. 4890).
June 22, 2006: Letter urging representatives to increase the minimum wage by $2.10.
June 22, 2006: Letter urging representatives to vote against the Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act of 2006 (H.R. 5638).
June 20, 2006: Letter urging senators to support the Kennedy amendment to the Defense Authorization bill, and to oppose the Enzi amendment.
June 19, 2006: Letter urging representatives to support the Inslee-Van Hollen amendment to the FY 2007 Defense Appropriations bill.
June 14, 2006: Letter urging representatives to support the Oberstar-LoBiondo-Poe amendment to the Transportation-Treasury-HUD Appropriations bill (H.R. 5576).
June 13, 2006: Letter to Chairman Jerry Lewis and Ranking Member David Obey opposing an amendment to the "Department of Labor, Health and HumanServices, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act" for fiscal year 2007.
June 12, 2006: Letter urging senators to oppose the nomination of Richard Stickler to be assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health.
June 6, 2006: Letter to Chairman Specter and Ranking Minority Member Leahy regarding the "Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2006" (S. 3274).
June 6, 2006: Letter strongly urging senators to vote against H.R. 8, which would permanently repeal the estate tax.
June 5, 2006: Letter urging representatives to pass the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006 (S. 2803).
May 24, 2006: Letter urging senators to support the post-cloture amendments to the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act (S. 2611).
May 23, 2006: Letter to senators to support amendments to S. 2611.
May 16, 2006: Letter to Chairman Enzi and Ranking Minority Member Kennedy expressing support for the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006 (S. 2803).
May 16, 2006: Letter urging senators to vote against the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (Oman FTA).
May 16, 2006: Letter to senators regarding amendments to the immigration reform bill.
May 15, 2006: Letter urging representatives to support Pallone-Solis Toxic Right-To-Know Amendment to the Interior Appropriations Bill.
May 11, 2006: Letter urging senators to vote against the conference report to the Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act (H.R. 4297).
May 10, 2006: Letter urging representatives to oppose the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (Oman FTA).
May 1, 2006: Letter of support to Sen. Kennedy for the amendment to the emergency supplemental appropriations bill (H.R. 4939) providing funding for a compensation program for first responders, nurses and others.
April 27, 2006: Letter from Samuel Bodman, secretary of energy.
April 27, 2006: U.S. Department of Energy Contractor Pension and Medical Benefits Policy draft notice.
April 27, 2006: U.S. Department of Energy Contractor Pension and Medical Benefits Policy.
April 27, 2006: Letter urging representatives to oppose the rule providing for consideration of the Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (H.R. 4975).
April 24, 2006: Letter urging Senate Committee on Armed Services to reject requests to privatize security as part of the FY 2007 Defense Authorization bill.
April 20, 2006: Letter urging representatives to cosponsor the Fairness and Accountability in Reorganization Act of 2006 (H.R. 5113).
April 20, 2006: Letter urging senators to cosponsor the Fairness and Accountability in Reorganization Act of 2006 (S. 2556).