For those who are trying to call senators & getting busy signals, just keep hitting redial - you’ll eventually get through. It’s kind of like a radio contest but without the pressure of having to be the nth caller (but with a lot more at stake).
Since my NY senators are pretty much worthless, I called Collins & Specter so I’d have a shot at making a difference. It took about 10 minutes to get through to Specter’s office. I called Collins at around 9:30 AM, and got right through. (I gave Gillibrand a call too, on the off chance she still has a small portion of upstate common sense left in her - took less than 5 minutes to get through.)
I sent Collins staffer an email.
Also Mitch McConnell
I also emailed my hopelessly liberal Senator Ben Cardin who will vote for anything put under his nose by Harry Reid.
He might as well know some of his “constituents” are watching him and will be counting the jobs his spending vote produces.
I'm going to bed now (very late here) but will hit Snowe's and Specter's numbers in the morning which will be late night/wee hours of the morning there.
I've already contaced my two senators for what it was worth, but they were never going to go along with it anyway. (I kind of wondered about Hutchison at first, but I was assured by her office that she is against it.)
Did you talk to someone in Collin’s office or did you leave a message? I can’t even get through to the message machine and my emails to her are bounced back.