Lobby for the Gift Ban

Lobby for the Gift Ban

All the resources you need to meet with your legislators about the Gift Ban!

RESOURCES

LEGISLATIVE HANDOUT
TALKING POINTS
GIFT BAN TRACKER

HOW

    • Find your Representative and Senator by clicking here.

    • Call their district office number, and ask to set up a meeting.

    Sample Script:

    Hello, my name is and I’m with MarchOnHarrisburg, a pro-democracy anti-corruption organization. I would love to meet with ____ to discuss The Gift Ban bill this session.

    When are some good times for the legislator to meet?

  • Study the following documents to prepare for the meeting, and please feel free to ask questions on Slack, or email us at info@mohpa.org!

    • Gift Ban Legislative Handout

    • General Counterpoints

    • Research your legislator

  • Invite your friends, family, and neighbors to come to the meeting.

    Don’t want to lobby alone? We have a legislative team who is happy to come to any meetings! Just email us at info@mohpa.org!

  • Report back! Let us know how your lobbying meeting went by filling out this form.

DURING THE MEETING

    • Do be on time or early for the meeting.

    • Do be courteous and respectful with everyone in the office.

    • Do identify clearly the reason you are sitting in front of them and the bill that you want to discuss.

    • Do get personal about why this issue is important to you and how it affects you. Facts are important, but feelings go a long way to changing people’s minds.

    • Do restrict yourself to focusing on a small number of issues.

    • Do remember to listen well, and choose your moments and words wisely.

    • Do remember to be non-partisan.

    • Do remember that your goal is to form a relationship and to convince them to support our bills, and it is ok if you do not agree on everything.

    • Do be a source of hope and courage for your legislator.

    • Do let them know that you will follow up with them.

    • Do give them the legislative handout (linked above)

    • Do record any specific questions about any bills in the reporting form so the legislative committee can follow up.

    • Do not get bogged down in negotiating specific details of the bills with the legislator.

    • Do not get personal about specific politicians or specific political parties.

    • Do not succumb to political tribalism.

    • Do not let your tone marginalize you. Hostility will be met with hostility and the meeting will end.

    • Do not use this time to blow off steam.

    REMEMBER:

    Stay focused, discuss the bill, explain why it is important, and make the following asks:

    Co-Sponsor HB 2433.

    Make a public statement and tell their voters that they support a Foreign Influence Corporate Spending Ban.

    Tell their colleagues and leadership that they support a Foreign Influence Corporate Spending Ban.