- Meet your representative and senators or their staffs.
- Meet with the federal agency that works on your issue (your representative's office can help with this).
- Meet with a senior member of the appropriate Senate or House committee or their staff members.
- Meet with the lobbyists or executive director of a trade or business association you belong to.
- Meet with an author of the bill, if you're following specific legislation.
- Meet with the media (trade newsletters, specialty publications and the Washington, DC, bureau of your hometown newspaper) if the issue lends itself to press coverage.
This article was originally published in the February 2000 print edition of Entrepreneur with the headline: Loud And Clear.
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