I say your listing of elected officials to contact - I know that I have contacted my senators and the White House without luck on this issue repeatedly in the past. Should be try contacting our local republican office instead - or come up with our own coalition to address this??
In many cases, contacting your local officials does very little. When contacting leaders from states in which you do not live in, either don't say what state you live in, or just say that you wanted to conatct such and such because it is a very important issue. For example, when contacting DeLay, just say that you wanted to let him know that the issue is very important to the American people, and he has the power to influence good reform.
Never e-mail, always phone or fax. I like to call occasionally, but I like to flood their offices with faxes. You can usually be pretty sure that the faxes will end up on their desks. You can fax for free at www.fairus.org. Usually it is better to compose your own message because you can say exactly what it is you believe.