Stay Informed!

Capitol Hill Visits

September 23 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Capitol Hill Visits are your opportunity to educate Members of Congress and their staffs about the importance of asset-building policies and how asset-building programs in their home states and communities are transforming people’s lives. Legislators are more effective at drafting, promoting and supporting legislation after hearing from their constituents about local asset-building efforts.

Assets Advocates ascended on Capitol Hill during the 2010 Assets Learning Conference on September 23, 2010. In total there were meetings scheduled for 300 attendees at 225 offices.

Hill Visit Materials
CFED has created a list of Advocacy Dos and Don'ts and a Policy Agenda to Promote Asset Building for Advocates when meeting with legislators and their staff.

Legislative Priorities:

• The Automatic IRA Act of 2010 (S. 3760/H.R. 6099)
• The Savings for Working Families Act (H.R. 2277/S. 985) and its cosponsors
• The ASPIRE Act of 2010 (S. 3577/H.R. 4682)
• The Savings for American Families' Futures Act of 2009 (H.R. 1961/S. 3090) and and H.R. 1961 cosponsors
• The Savings Enhancement for Education in College Act (H.R. 1351) and its cosponsors
• The SSI Savers Act of 2010 (H.R. 4937)
• The IDA Protection Act (H.R. 6067)

If you have questions, please contact:

Carol Wayman, Federal Policy Director
Ph: 202.207.0125
cwayman@cfed.org

Inemesit Imoh, Policy Associate
Ph: 202.207.0135
iimoh@cfed.org

Katherine Lucas-Smith, Policy Analyst
Ph. 202.595.2629
klucas-smith@cfed.org