Primary Ask (Leave Behind)

When you hold a lobby meeting, whether with an aide or with a member of Congress, they want to know what actions we want them to take. Our Primary Ask (Leave Behind) sheet lets them know.

A primary ask should be made in every meeting. For full instructions for how to use these documents, see the Reviewing Primary & Secondary Asks training.

We recommend using these primary ask resources to help frame the conversation in your lobby meetings. We also recommend emailing the resource to your member of Congress or staffer ahead of your lobby meeting to help them prepare. 

For Republican Offices

Please note this leave behind has 2 pages

For Democrat Offices

Additional Support Information

• CCL's Research team chart for the projected emissions reductions from each of CCL's policy agenda areas (additional details and sources here)

Summer 2025 Lobby Trainings:

• Summer 2025 Lobby Training #2: Primary and Secondary Asks
• Summer 2025 Lobby Training #3: Lobby Plan Q&A

• Summer Conference Lobby Days Q&A 

Previous Asks

• Fall 2024 - Democrats Energy Permitting Reform, Republican Energy Permitting Reform, Republican IRA
  • For More Information About IRA Benefits For States see Dana Nuccitelli's Nerd Corner post here
  • For the Fall 2024 Lobby meetings, our ongoing focus was permitting reform for our primary ask. For more information see The Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions).
• Summer 2024- PROVE IT Act One Pager (S.1863 / H.R.8957) and Permitting Reform One Pager
• Fall 2023 - BIG WIRES Act
• June 2023 - PROVE IT Act