How many have you WRITTEN, not emailed or called but written letters? You need to contact all Republicans on the Intelligence Committees and Judiciary Committees. I just mailed off two dozen last week and will send more this week.
I am tired of people doing nothing but bitch.
Letters to your Congressman mean absolutely nothing at all.
At best an intern may read your letter and choose one of six form letter responses to send back to you.
(I have sat in my Congressman's office and watched this process.)
As for written letters - a special post office handles Congressional mail. Written materials sent to Congressman are scanned to an electronic format and the original material is discarded for security reasons. (Remember the Anthrax and Parathion letters?)
Your heartfelt and brilliantly reasoned letter will get the same treatment whether send by post or e-mail or website page.
They basically do not care.
I have spoken with my Congressman several times in one-on-one conversations. He is actually quite charming and appears to be greatly interested in what I have to say. It is a well-honed talent. But nothing ever comes of those conversations.
I am sure that if I were a professional lobbyist and came to his office with a 6-figure or 7-figure bundled campaign contribution, I would get more serious consideration.
But I am not, and I don't.
How about you?