We urge you to contact your senators and representatives in Congress about any federal issues you feel need addressing in 2013. Cut this list out and post it on the refrigerator.

By the way, emailing your elected officials usually is handled by going to their website and entering information into a form page.

Here is their contact information for postal mail, telephone and website:

Senior senator from Minnesota

Amy Klobuchar

302 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510

202-224-3244

klobuchar.senate.gov

Junior senator from Minnesota

Al Franken

309 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510

202-224-5641

franken.senate.gov

Senior senator from Iowa

Chuck Grassley

135 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20510

202-224-3744

grassley.senate.gov

Junior senator from Iowa

Tom Harkin

731 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510

202-224-3254

harkin.senate.gov

Representative, 1st District of Minnesota

(Most of Southern Minnesota)

Tim Walz

1034 Longworth House Office Building

Washington, DC 20515

202-225-2472

walz.house.gov

Representative, 1st District of Iowa

(Worth County, mostly northeastern Iowa)

Bruce Braley

2263 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, DC 20515

202-225-2911

braley.house.gov

Representative, 4th District of Iowa

(Winnebago County, mostly northwestern Iowa)

Steve King

2210 Rayburn Office Building

Washington, DC 20515

202-225-4426

steveking.house.gov

That list should do the job for anyone living in the Tribune coverage area.

There is, however, one other elected official in Washington for whom readers seek contact information to address matter of the nation:

President of the United States

Barack Obama

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20500

202-456-1111

whitehouse.gov
The White House suggests that when writing a letter to the president type or print on standard letter-sized paper (8 1/2 by 11 inches). If people handwrite a letter, be a legible as possible. It also asks that writers include a return address.

On Wednesday, we will print state-level elected officials for the Tribune area.