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If you want it to pass, you need to call your Congress Critters and, more importantly, get other people to call theirs. Most people don't understand the issues

If you want it to pass, you need to call your Congress Critters and, more importantly, get other people to call theirs. Most people don't understand the issues at hand, so it is up to those of us who do understand it to educate others.

Natsu 13y ago
I might as well make it easy for people to do exactly that. Just put your zip code into this site: http://whoismyrepresentative.com/ http://whoismyrepresentative.com/ Click on the representative(s) you want to contact and you'll get all of their contact information. From everything I've heard, contacting them by phone is the single best way to get attention. The less effort you put into contacting them, the less they think you care. So show them how much you care.
- bgruber 13y ago
  that website doesn't appear to have been updated for redistricting that took affect at the beginning of this year. edit: house.gov has their own search that is just as simple and seems accurate.
  - Natsu 13y ago
    It was the first thing I found on Google that looked reasonable. Thanks for pointing out that the info is stale.
hkmurakami 13y ago
Is calling my representative and saying to the staff "I'm a constituent and would like to express my desire for Rep X to support this bill" or is there something more concrete that we should say? edit: I'm starting to think that for each of the bills we care about (whether it be in support or in defiance), having a "blueprint" of what to say during the call might help the "fringe callers" in calling their representatives (especially if it is the first time doing so)
- SoftwareMaven 13y ago
  The important things to include are: * Your name and location (so they know you are a constituent). * The name of the bill and the bill number. * Your stance and why you feel it is important. It can't hurt to ask your Congress Critter if they have a stance on the bill, then you can share that stance with others if it doesn't match yours.

Natsu 13y ago

I might as well make it easy for people to do exactly that. Just put your zip code into this site: http://whoismyrepresentative.com/ http://whoismyrepresentative.com/ Click on the representative(s) you want to contact and you'll get all of their contact information. From everything I've heard, contacting them by phone is the single best way to get attention. The less effort you put into contacting them, the less they think you care. So show them how much you care.

bgruber 13y ago
that website doesn't appear to have been updated for redistricting that took affect at the beginning of this year. edit: house.gov has their own search that is just as simple and seems accurate.
- Natsu 13y ago
  It was the first thing I found on Google that looked reasonable. Thanks for pointing out that the info is stale.

hkmurakami 13y ago

Is calling my representative and saying to the staff "I'm a constituent and would like to express my desire for Rep X to support this bill" or is there something more concrete that we should say? edit: I'm starting to think that for each of the bills we care about (whether it be in support or in defiance), having a "blueprint" of what to say during the call might help the "fringe callers" in calling their representatives (especially if it is the first time doing so)

SoftwareMaven 13y ago
The important things to include are: * Your name and location (so they know you are a constituent). * The name of the bill and the bill number. * Your stance and why you feel it is important. It can't hurt to ask your Congress Critter if they have a stance on the bill, then you can share that stance with others if it doesn't match yours.