{"id":13043,"date":"2017-02-17T20:25:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T20:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/presidents-day-means-its-town-hall-time-for-lawmakers\/"},"modified":"2017-02-17T20:25:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T20:25:00","slug":"presidents-day-means-its-town-hall-time-for-lawmakers","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/fr\/articles\/presidents-day-means-its-town-hall-time-for-lawmakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Le jour du Pr\u00e9sident signifie que les l\u00e9gislateurs doivent se r\u00e9unir en mairie"},"template":"","class_list":["post-13043","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Representatives and Senators will be back in their districts and states next week as Congress recesses for President&rsquo;s Day; their break is your opportunity to speak directly to them about the important issues facing our democracy.","featured_image":null,"article_type":1103,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":8577}"],"related_issues":[134,136,137,149,169,2065,2066,2082],"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<p>Les repr\u00e9sentants et les s\u00e9nateurs seront de retour dans leurs districts et leurs \u00c9tats la semaine prochaine, alors que le Congr\u00e8s sera en vacances pour le President&#039;s Day ; leur pause est votre opportunit\u00e9 de leur parler directement des questions importantes auxquelles notre d\u00e9mocratie est confront\u00e9e.<\/p><p>Lors de leurs d\u00e9placements dans leurs circonscriptions, de nombreux l\u00e9gislateurs organisent des r\u00e9unions publiques, s&#039;adressant directement \u00e0 leurs \u00e9lecteurs et les \u00e9coutant. Les membres de la Chambre des repr\u00e9sentants, en particulier, sont constamment candidats \u00e0 la r\u00e9\u00e9lection ; ils ont donc tout int\u00e9r\u00eat \u00e0 commencer \u00e0 \u00e9couter. Ces r\u00e9unions en face \u00e0 face sont un moyen efficace de leur rappeler qu&#039;ils travaillent pour VOUS.<\/p><p>Vous pouvez savoir si, quand et o\u00f9 vos repr\u00e9sentants organisent des r\u00e9unions publiques <strong><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/townhallproject.com\/\"><strong>ici.<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p>Le lien m\u00e8ne \u00e0 une base de donn\u00e9es g\u00e9r\u00e9e par nos amis de Townhallproject.com et comprend les heures de bureau pr\u00e9vues pour les l\u00e9gislateurs ou les membres ou leur personnel ainsi que les horaires des r\u00e9unions de l&#039;h\u00f4tel de ville.<\/p><p>Pour vous aider \u00e0 tirer le meilleur parti de votre r\u00e9union, que ce soit dans une assembl\u00e9e publique ou pendant les heures de bureau, voici quelques conseils. &nbsp;<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>Devant la Mairie :<\/strong><\/p><p>Recrutez plusieurs amis, membres de votre famille ou voisins pour vous accompagner. Un nombre important de personnes montre que vous partagez le m\u00eame sentiment sur votre sujet.<\/p><p>Faites vos devoirs. En particulier lors de r\u00e9unions individuelles ou en petits groupes pendant les heures de bureau, les membres du Congr\u00e8s ou leurs collaborateurs peuvent r\u00e9agir lorsque vous avancez des arguments qui vont \u00e0 l&#039;encontre de la position du membre. La meilleure fa\u00e7on de g\u00e9rer cette situation est de conna\u00eetre le probl\u00e8me, d&#039;anticiper leurs arguments contre vous et d&#039;avoir des r\u00e9ponses pr\u00eates. Soyez respectueux, mais tenez bon.<\/p><p>Pr\u00e9parez plusieurs questions pr\u00e9cises et factuelles que les membres de votre groupe pourront poser. Toutefois, limitez vos points \u00e0 un ou deux sujets seulement afin de maximiser l&#039;impact qu&#039;ils auront sur votre repr\u00e9sentant. Il est \u00e9galement utile d&#039;avoir des informations sur les d\u00e9clarations de votre repr\u00e9sentant ou sur son historique de vote sur le sujet. Consultez le site Web du membre et essayez d&#039;effectuer une recherche sur Google Actualit\u00e9s pour vous aider \u00e0 rassembler ces informations.<\/p><p>Les pancartes et les affiches peuvent \u00eatre une d\u00e9monstration puissante de l&#039;importance de votre probl\u00e8me ; elles v\u00e9hiculeront \u00e9galement votre message au cas o\u00f9 vous n&#039;auriez pas l&#039;occasion de poser votre question. Mais n&#039;apportez pas de pancartes \u00e0 moins que votre groupe ne soit suffisamment nombreux pour tenir les pancartes et poser des questions. Les membres du personnel du Congr\u00e8s qui contr\u00f4lent les micros lors de ces r\u00e9unions ne vous donneront probablement pas de micro si vous tenez une pancarte sugg\u00e9rant que vous vous opposez \u00e0 la position du d\u00e9put\u00e9 ou de la d\u00e9put\u00e9e.<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>A la Mairie :<\/strong><\/p><p>Arrivez t\u00f4t pour organiser et r\u00e9partir les questions entre les membres de votre groupe. R\u00e9partissez-vous ensuite dans la salle de r\u00e9union ; cela renforcera l&#039;id\u00e9e d&#039;un large consensus.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Lorsque vous posez vos questions, soyez poli mais persistant. Ne l\u00e2chez pas le micro avant d&#039;avoir re\u00e7u les vraies r\u00e9ponses. Lorsque d&#039;autres personnes de votre groupe posent des questions, applaudissez pour montrer que vous partagez leurs sentiments.<\/p><p>Enregistrez tout ! Des extraits audio ou vid\u00e9o peuvent \u00eatre partag\u00e9s sur les r\u00e9seaux sociaux ou transmis \u00e0 la presse locale pour demander des comptes aux repr\u00e9sentants<\/p><p>&nbsp;<strong><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Apr\u00e8s la mairie<\/strong><\/p><p>Follow up the meeting with a letter to the member or staff, thanking him\/her for the meeting and urging them to hold regular Town Halls -- if they don't already.<\/p><p>Reach out to the media. They can be very influential, so reach out to reporters at the meeting to underscore your points and contact journalists who weren't present but cover your issues to give them a first-hand account of the event. Offer to share everything you recorded from the event with them, as well as posting pictures and videos to social media and tagging the Member of Congress&rsquo;s office.<\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"margin-left: 1in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>President&#8217;s Day Means It&#8217;s Town Hall Time for Lawmakers - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/fr\/articles\/presidents-day-means-its-town-hall-time-for-lawmakers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President&#8217;s Day Means It&#8217;s Town Hall Time for Lawmakers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/fr\/articles\/presidents-day-means-its-town-hall-time-for-lawmakers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CC-Share-Graphic-Main9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CommonCause\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/presidents-day-means-its-town-hall-time-for-lawmakers\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/presidents-day-means-its-town-hall-time-for-lawmakers\/\",\"name\":\"President&#8217;s Day Means It&#8217;s Town Hall Time for Lawmakers - 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