Comments on: Contact Your Congressman & (Their Staff) Contacts You! http://hellscoldday.com/2009/contact-your-congressman-their-staff-contacts-you/ The Unlikely Guide to Poker Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:42:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Grundy http://hellscoldday.com/2009/contact-your-congressman-their-staff-contacts-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2376 Grundy Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:37:18 +0000 http://hellscoldday.com/?p=410#comment-2376 Strength in numbers, is all I can say. Strength in numbers, is all I can say.

]]> By: Grundy http://hellscoldday.com/2009/contact-your-congressman-their-staff-contacts-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2083 Grundy Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:37:18 +0000 http://hellscoldday.com/?p=410#comment-2083 Strength in numbers, is all I can say. Strength in numbers, is all I can say.

]]> By: Art Stanton http://hellscoldday.com/2009/contact-your-congressman-their-staff-contacts-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2082 Art Stanton Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:22:27 +0000 http://hellscoldday.com/?p=410#comment-2082 I've tried many times to write my congressman, too. Same type of response. I try rebuttals, but those are ignored, or I got the same basic form letter back.<br><br>I doubt they ever make it to the congressman's eyes. That's what staff are for. Sure, they may help compose the responses based upon the topics... and hopefully some aggregate numbers like "We rec'd 140 letters pro-online poker this week, Senator" actually reach his ears, but 'writing your congressman' is never a 2-way conversation. It's basically reverse polling.<br><br>I consider to send my PPA form letter in periodically, though. I've tried many times to write my congressman, too. Same type of response. I try rebuttals, but those are ignored, or I got the same basic form letter back.

I doubt they ever make it to the congressman's eyes. That's what staff are for. Sure, they may help compose the responses based upon the topics… and hopefully some aggregate numbers like “We rec'd 140 letters pro-online poker this week, Senator” actually reach his ears, but 'writing your congressman' is never a 2-way conversation. It's basically reverse polling.

I consider to send my PPA form letter in periodically, though.

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