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  • Legislative Outlook May 31, 2006

    RCPL Is Now MNPL

    RCPL Is Now MNPL With TCU’s affiliation with the Machinists, our political action committee, the Responsible Citizens’ Political League, has been merged into the IAM’s Machinists Non-Partisan Political League–MNPL. The purpose of the MNPL is the same as RCPL.  Through it the voluntary contributions of our members are channeled to support political candidates who will

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  • Legislative Outlook May 25, 2006

    About the Legislative Department

                The Legislative Department As National Legislative Director, International Vice President Robert Davis oversees TCU’s legislative and political action programs. The Legislative Department’s challenge is to protect the gains our members have made over the years and to work for legislation to further improve conditions in the workplace and in

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  • Legislative Outlook May 22, 2006

    Still Fighting for Full Funding at Amtrak

    The fight to secure full funding for Amtrak and to preserve the nationwide passenger rail system continues in Congress.TCU’s Legislative Department has redoubled its efforts to assure that Amtrak survives and that members keep their jobs.   In meeting after meeting with Senators and Representatives “we have explained that America must have a nationwide rail passenger

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  • Legislative Outlook May 2, 2006

    Process In Brief

    A House member (including the resident commissioner of Puerto Rico and non-voting delegates of the District of Columbia, Guam, the Virgin Islands and American Samoa) may introduce any one of several types of bills and resolutions by handing it to the clerk of the House or placing it in a box called the hopper. A

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  • Legislative Outlook May 2, 2006

    Links to Legislators

    Contacting the Congress  (online guide to who represents you, congressional daily schedules, committee membership and more) Contactando el Congreso  (descubra quien le representa en al Congreso) U.S. Senate     Senate Committees           Appropriations   Budget        Commerce, Science and Transportation    Finance        Health, Education, Labor & Pensions           U.S. House of Representatives    House Committees           Appropriations        Budget        Education & the

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