Please personalize this model letter with your own experience and observations, citing when possible, company names and industries. Just select the text and paste into your favorite wordprocessor for further editing. Be sure to incldue the list of supporting organizations. If appropriate, refer to the role played by your company/industry in the state of your Congressional representatives. If you know that your industry is particularly vital to one state or another, please get a campaign among your fellow American workers to write to all Congressional representatives in that state, even if you don’t vote there. You can find the listing of the top 25 exports by industrial category for each state under www.census.gov in the statistics. 

Dear (Congressman/Senator)

I reside outside the United States and am a registered voter in (County, State).

The "Working American Competitiveness Act" was introduced into the Senate in 
June 2006 by Senator Jim DeMint (S.3496) and into the House in July 2006 by 
Representative Chris Chocola (H.R. 5986), co-sponsored by 16 members of 
Congress.  This new tax legislation would overturn much of the current 
double taxation on Americans working abroad by eliminating the cap on the 
foreign earned income exclusion under Section 911 of the Tax Code. 

I ask that you give your full support to the passage of the "Working American 
Competitiveness Act" in the interest of the nation.  This is neither a 
partisan issue nor a special interest group issue.  This legislation would 
enable U.S. citizens to compete for international jobs as none of the major 
trading nations tax the foreign earned income of their citizens working and 
living overseas.  It would encourage American companies to put more Americans 
on their international staffs, rather than reduce their presence, as has been 
the case for the last twenty years. 

In the expanding global economy, maintaining and developing foreign markets 
for American exports requires American employees with solid international 
experience.  U.S. exports and the presence of American expertise overseas 
in service industries are driving forces for the U.S. economy, new domestic 
jobs and the reduction of the trade deficit.  Adopting the "Working American 
Competitiveness Act" would help put American companies and their overseas 
American employees on a level playing field with the rest of the world.  
Furthermore, it would be more than tax neutral.  Any "tax revenue loss" 
from Americans residing overseas (a rounding error in the U.S. government's 
annual budget) would be more than compensated by additional tax revenue 
generated through higher levels of domestic corporate activity, jobs and 
exports.

I am attaching a list of the organizations and members of Congress 
supporting the "Working American Competitiveness Act".

Thank you for giving your careful attention to this matter. 

Sincerely yours,