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If you want your congresscritter's attention, don't write, don't email, call. Get one of their staffers on the phone, and occupy that person's time until they s
by rosser 10y ago
If you want your congresscritter's attention, don't write, don't email, call. Get one of their staffers on the phone, and occupy that person's time until they squirm their way off the call, or understand your position.
Source: my cousin and his wife were US Senate staffers (and now lobbyists, go figure) for many, many years.
- huxley 10y agoI totally agree that phoning is the optimal choice, but it does not have to be either/or, if it bothers someone enough, do it all. Phoning and letter mail are definitely way higher in the attention scale than email (or worse yet an online petition).