Setting Priorities for the 113th Congress (2013-2014)

A unique feature of the Friends Committee on National Legislation is our practice of involving as many Quaker meetings, churches, and other groups of Friends as possible in shaping priorities for the lobbying efforts that we undertake together. The priorities process guides all of us in FCNL in focusing our legislative work for the next two-year session of Congress.

We urge you to involve your group in the process of setting priorities for FCNL’s lobbying work for the 113th Congress (2013-2014) by meeting together to discern and record the issues most important to you. Many gatherings have joyously reported on the spiritual depth and sense of engagement they have found through this process.

Please respond to FCNL by April 16, 2012. We can include your views most efficiently if you respond electronically.

You can find the online survey to record your responses here.

Here are the documents for your use as background as you prepare for taking part in helping FCNL set legislative priorities.

• Letter from FCNL's Policy Committee, including guidelines for your discernment process
• The FCNL Policy Statement
• FCNL’s Legislative Priorities for the 112th Congress
• A brochure about FCNL
• A Bible study for discussion of the spiritual grounding of Friends’ policy work,
• Instructions on how to record your responses
• Some recent legislative successes