GIfC LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY SURVEY   Use the following ranking system to rank the issue areas you feel are the most important legislative advocacy issue areas for GIfC. Select the appropriate checkbox to rank your opinions about each Issue Area. Please remember every volunteer organization has only limited resources (human, time, energy, etc.) to do legislative advocacy on any issue, so we must prioritize our legislative advocacy efforts. Please rank the issues area according to where GIfC may have its greatest impact regarding legislative advocacy efforts. Please feel free to comment in any issue area regarding specific issues or legislative initiatives which you believe GIfC should focus. The Comment text boxes are limited to responses of 200 characters.  PLEASE ALSO NOTE THE SECTION AT THE END OF THIS FORM TO ADD ANY ISSUE AREA FOR WHICH YOU BELIEVE GIfC SHOULD FOCUS BUT IS NOT LISTED. THANK YOU!  RANKINGS Very important. GIfC should focus substantial resources in advocacy in this issue area. Important. GIfC should focus some resources in advocacy in this issue area. Concerned. GIfC should only focus limited resources in advocacy in this issue area. GIfC cannot impact this issue area. GIfC should focus advocacy resources on other issue areas.

ISSUE AREAS ECONOMY/JOBS (economic recovery, job creation, federal budget, appropriations, trade, fiscal policy and taxes, etc.) Very important Important Concerned GIfC cannot impact this issue area Comments: EDUCATION (K-12, college, adult, etc.) Very Important Important Concerned GIfc cannot impact this issue area Comments: ENVIRONMENT (environmental protection, climate change, green jobs, etc.) Very Important Important Concerned GIfC cannot impact this issue area Comments: ENERGY (Renewable energy, conservation, etc.) Very important Important Concerned GIfC cannot impact this issue area Comments: HEALTHCARE (universal health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, nursing home, etc.) Very important Important Concerned GIfC cannot impact this issue area Comments: MILITARY/FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY (War in Iraq, War in Afghanistan, veterans, etc.) Very important Important Concerned GIfC cannot impact this issue area Comments: GENDER (pay equity, job discrimination, abortion rights, etc.) Very Important Important Concerned GIfC cannot impact this issue area Comments: CIVIL RIGHTS/CIVIL LIBERTIES/PRIVACY (enforcement, job discrimination, housing discrimination, civil liberty protection, gay rights, etc.) Very important Important Concerned GIfC cannot impact this issue area Comments: PUBLIC SAFETY/CRIMINAL JUSTICE (police, crime prevention, racial profiling, prison reform, access to courts, drug law reform, etc.) Very important Important Concerned GIfC cannot impact this issue area Comments: HOUSING/POVERTY/WELFARE REFORM (increasing homeownership opportunities, foreclosure relief, anti-poverty programs, nutrition programs, homelessness, etc.) Very Important Important Concerned GIfC cannot impact this issue area Comments: SENIOR CITIZEN/SOCIAL SECURITY (protecting Social Security, pension reform, etc.) Very important Important Concerned GIfC cannot impact this issue area Comments: LABOR (Employee Free Choice Act, union rights, unemployment assistance, etc.) Very important Important Concerned GIfC cannot impact this issue area Comments: SMALL BUSINESS (small business assistance and creation, job creation, etc.) Very important Important Concerned GIfC cannot impact this issue area Comments: STATE AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (federal assistance to states and municipalities, etc.) Very Important Important Concerned GIfC cannot impact this issue area Comments: COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT (federal assistance to local communities and neighborhoods, etc. Very important Important Concerned GIfC cannot impact this issue area Comments: TRANSPORTATION (mass transit, highways, etc.) Very Important Importan Concern GIfC cannot impact this issue area Comments: IMMIGRATION REFORM Very Important Important Concerned GIfC cannot impact this issue area Comments: BANKING AND CREDIT REFORM (financial service industry regulatory reform, credit card interest rate reform, bankruptcy reform, etc.) Very Important Important Concerned GIfC cannot impact this issue area Comments: JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS (U. S. Supreme Court and other judicial appointments, etc.) Very Important Important Concerned GIfC cannot impact this issue area Comments: CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM Very important Important Concer GIfC cannot impact this issue area Comments: GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY (responsive government, holding Bush administration officials accountable, etc.) Very importan Important Concerned GIfC cannot impact this issue area Comments: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Very important Important Concerned GIfC cannot impact this issue area Comments: ADDITIONAL ISSUE AREA(S) AND COMMENTS: