Government Affairs and Advocacy
City of Fort Madison
Agendas and Minutes for City Council and commissions can be found at http://www.fortmadison-ia.com/archive.aspx
Lee County
Learn about our County Board of Supervisors by visiting http://www.leecounty.org/offices/bos/index.htm
State of Iowa
Legislator Look-Up: All you have to do is type in your address to find out who is representing you at https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/find
Need to take that a step further? Contact the Legislator representing the Fort Madison Area:
State Senator(s)
State Representative(s)
Want to research who is serving on a specific committee?
Legislative Committee Members listed at http://www.legis.state.ia.us/aspx/Committees/CommitteeInfo.aspx
Legislative Committee Members listed at http://www.legis.state.ia.us/aspx/Committees/CommitteeInfo.aspx
Bill Check- Up: Need to keep an eye on a specific bill?
Visit http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Legislation.html
Visit http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Legislation.html
Need a refresher on all of this legislative lingo and other intricacies?
How a bill becomes a law: http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Pubinfo/bill2law.htm
Guide to the Iowa General Assembly: http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Central/LSB/Guides/gaguide.pdf
How a bill becomes a law: http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Pubinfo/bill2law.htm
Guide to the Iowa General Assembly: http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Central/LSB/Guides/gaguide.pdf
United States
http://www.usa.gov/ is the United States Government's official website featuring easy search functions, opportunities to sign up for e-updates and much more.
http://www.usa.gov/ is the United States Government's official website featuring easy search functions, opportunities to sign up for e-updates and much more.
Iowa US Representatives:
Iowa US Senators:
Detailed legislative information is available thanks to the Library of Congress at http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php