We encourage all citizens to take action now by expressing your views directly to your elected leaders, policymakers and appointed officials:

President George W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Web Site: http://www.whitehouse.gov/
Email: president@whitehouse.gov
Phone: (202) 456-1414
Fax: (202) 456-2461

Vice President Richard B. Cheney
Eisenhower Executive Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20501
Web Site: www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident
Email: vice.president@whitehouse.gov
Phone: (202) 456-7549
Fax: (202) 456-2461

First Lady Laura Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20501
Web Site: www.whitehouse.gov/firstlady
Email: first.lady@whitehouse.gov
Phone: (202) 456-7549
Fax: (202) 456-2461

Congress
You can find your senator’s or congressman’s names and Capitol Hill office address by going to the official congressional web sites, www.senate.gov and www.house.gov. You can also use these web sites to learn more about them and where they stand on the issues.

To call your member of Congress just phone the Capitol Hill switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask for your congressman or senators and you will be connected.

Social Security Administration
Commissioner Jo Anne B. Barnhart
Office of the Commissioner
Social Security Administration
850 International Trade Commission Bldg.
500 E. St., S.W.
Washington, DC 20254
Phone: 1-800-772-1213
Web site at http://www.ssa.gov/

Other helpful links:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20201
Phone: 202-619-0257
Toll Free: 1-877-696-6775
Web site: http://www.hhs.gov/

The HHS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/. This federal agency administers Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

U.S. Administration on Aging
Web site: http://www.aoa.gov/
E-mail: ino@aoa.gov

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
1-800-827-1000
Web site: http://www.va.gov/

This link is to the Social Security Administration's web page that explains how the COLA is calculated: http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/latestCOLA.html.

This link is to the Internal Revenue Service's web page on COLAs for retirement plans: http://www.irs.gov/retirement/article/0,,id=96461,00.html.

http://www.govbenefits.gov/ - the federal government's site about all benefits and eligibility.

http://www.c-span.org/ - bipartisan coverage of public affairs.

http://www.firstgov.gov/ - the U.S. government's official information site.

Thomas.loc.gov - the Library of Congress web site with archives on federal legislation.

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