Did anyone call their congressperson today?

[Zomby Woof]

Whether you are for or against the HCR bill, I hope you did.

I called Jane Harman's office today to touch base.

I was polite, and did not mention I am supporting Marcy Winograd against her in the primary, but I digress. ;-)

[bluestateguy]

1. No

My Congressman is a freakazoid right wing Republican and it would be a waste of time.

[Zomby Woof]

15. I understand

When I lived in WA state, Jennifer Dunn was my rep for a long time. She was a real sack of crap, and calling her was a waste of time.

I would do it anyway, if only so I could say I didn't keep my mouth shut. That's what constituents should do: speak up.

But I respect people's individual choice on that practice. I fully understand why you chose not to call. :-)

[Mike 03]

2. I definitely wrote to/attacked my congresswoman today and yesterday.

What outraged me is that she calls her #1 issue "The Second Ammendment." In fact she is having a conference call I need to get on tonight.

She is not worried about HCR (although, to her credit, she is voting for it), but she thinks we are a bunch of rednecks here who only care about our guns.

She, like Kyl, and unlike McCain, has never written back to me, whenever I write or call her office to challenge her on her ideology.

[Mike 03]

3. And Kick and Rec. NT.

[MindandSoul]

4. Yes! I did!

[gateley]

5. I tried -- twice -- busy. But I've spoken to his office (both locally and in DC)

several times already. (He's voting "yea" though, I was just going to preemptively thank him today)

I also tried to call Grayson's office yesterday and today -- busy busy busy.

[tabbycat31]

6. yes

to thank him for all his support for healthcare reform (which has been his political goal since being elected--- he's a firm yes vote). After this bill passes I'll get him to cosponsor Grayson's public option bill (will be sending a letter to his office on that one).

There's a rally outside his district office tomorrow which I am attending. He was going to speak at it but he'll be away from NJ then.

[arcadian]

7. Thank you for saying congressperson.

and not congress critter.

and k&r

[Zomby Woof]

13. I hate cutesy cliches like that

They're like a verbal form of 'Hello Kitty' or something. :-)

[Catshrink]

19. Do you have something against kittehs?

[Zomby Woof]

25. I do when they leave toxic clumps in the litter box

:hurts:

[white_wolf]

8. No.

because mine happens to be Lamar Alexander and I beleive John Duncan? I could be wrong there, I am in the second Congressional district of Tennessee if anyone else is in it and knows who I'm thinking of. All I know for sure is both are right wingers so it would do me no good.

[Riley18]

9. I emailed Susanne Kosmas after I saw the post about her changing her vote.

[DFLforever]

10. I tried all day and couldn't get through

[Zomby Woof]

16. Trying counts!

Took me 8 or 9 times.

[DFLforever]

21. She's a definite yes

but I wanted to thank her for her steady support of HCR.

[emdee]

11. I called Marsha Blackburn's office

I called the Washington number first and told them I was for health care reform. Then I called her local number and told the person answering the phone to tell her how unintelligent she sounds every time she says "Democrat Party." He wanted to know what the plural of Democrat is. ?!@?!?!

emdee

[bullwinkle428]

12. A liberal ham sandwich could win office in my Cong. district, and

unfortunately, my representative (David Loebsack) isn't that much better than said ham sandwich! I fear he may be in trouble if enough tea-baggers come out this November, but I'm still having trouble generating the necessary enthusiasm required to support his re-election effort. A sad admission of apathy, I know, but the wine brings out brutal honesty.

I know he's voting yes, as he wouldn't do a thing to rock the boat as it is.

[guitar man]

14. I tried

But he was probably at a cross burning or something like that :rofl:

[Hepburn]

17. Call her what???

:shrug:

[Sisaruus]

18. I facebooked him last night and today

Last night he (Chris Murphy, D-CT) facebooked that he was reading the bill so I posted a comment encouraging him to vote yes.
Today he facebooked that he was voting yes and I posted a comment thanking him.

I've had a couple of work-related opportunities in the past few months to have quality F2F time with him (30 to 45 minutes each time) and I always ended the conversation by inserting by personal/constituent opinion about HCR.

[Catshrink]

20. Not worth my time

He hasn't even sent a form letter in response to previous email and letters. He's typical RW-neoLibertarian.

[tnlefty]

22. Bwahahaha, Zach Wamp, not very bright, hard-right driven?

Dumb as a box of rocks, and doesn't care. I've called his office many times and one of his staffers actually asked me once if I had contributed to his campaign.

[Zomby Woof]

24. With a name like Zach Wamp

How could you go wrong? :D

[Mind_your_head]

23. nah.....I try to ignore them as much as they ignore me....which is A LOT.

I've learned to not waste my energy. eom