"Contact your Congressional Representative"...

[regnaD kciN]

I just tried. (In this case, Republican Dave Reichart of WA-8.)

Phone line busy - not even to voice mail, just a busy signal.

Contact via web form - "Server is too busy."

Think someone's giving him an earful? Or have the G.O.P. congresscritters just taken their phones off the hook and turned off their e-comment facility so they can claim "we didn't get much response to Obama's call"...?

Anyone else experiencing the same phenomenon?

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. The pigs have taken the phones off the hook. nt

[Raven]

2. Yes. I tried to get into Charlie Bass' (R-NH) website and kept

getting a message that I was forbidden entry. I finally got to him through the Congressional website. These thugs know what the American people want...they don't think they need to hear from us. :-)

[HopeHoops]

3. Hell, Bass wasn't accessible when he took over from Dick Swett.

His line was ALWAYS busy - or you got a voice mailbox and never got a reply. Writing was just as worthless. It didn't matter what subject you wrote about, you'd just get his current propaganda statement (form letter) about two months after writing. Dick Swett's office ALWAYS got back to me within two weeks and with a response that not only addressed the subject I had written about but also tied in any relevant matters from previous letters I had sent. Dick was right when he called Bass a "slippery fish", even though it cost him the election.

[Liberalynn]

15. Chuck Schumer's office always responds with a relevant e-mail

actually addressing the issues of my emails to him.

A few years ago I called Randy Kuhl's office on an enviromental issue and got hung up on a miunte into the conversation even though I was being polite and deferrential. PUKES don't care about what citizens think.

[Bluerthanblue]

10. I called Bass' Concord office this am and

got the machine, just as I was about to leave a message the call was picked up by his federal office. I spoke with them for about 5mins.

Concord office # 226-0064
Littleton office #444-5505 (only monday and friday)
Washington office #202 225-5206
Don't give up. They DO need to hear from us. Especially those of us who vote-

Ann Mclain Kuster WILL defeat charlie Bass in 2012. We have to keep fighting.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Called the local office of my Tea Party Rep. and told them to wake up and grow up.

[Cleita]

5. There still is fax. I faxed mine yesterday. n/t

[Mz Pip]

6. Got through to Reid

Tried to contact Boner. He's not my congresscritter but he seems to believe he can speak for everyone.

Website was unavailable. Will try again this morning.

[Mz Pip]

7. Just got through to Boehner's office!

Left a message on the voice mail.

Here's the number I called - 202 225-0600

[tammywammy]

8. I've contacted my rep and both senators. n/t

[csziggy]

9. Try his regional or local office rather than the DC one

I got through to my Rep. (FL-Tea Party) that way.

For your guy:
Mercer Island District Office
2737 78th Avenue, S.E.
Suite 202
Mercer Island, WA 98040
[phone]
[phone] Fax
[phone] Toll free
Hours: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm PT, Monday – Friday


Buckley District Office
Multi-Purpose Center
811 Main Street
Buckley, WA 98321
[phone]
Hours: Wednesdays, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

[riderinthestorm]

14. That's what I did. Their DC websites wouldn't load, too busy, or their DC phone lines

were too busy or took my call and then promptly disconnected.

I got through by calling their local offices for all three of mine, the rep and the two Senators.

Good luck and don't stop trying!

[MilesColtrane]

11. "Your Wallet Must Be This Fat To Speak To Your Representative"

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QJ0JBBO5-08/TU1gTQWX1BI/AAAAAAAABkU/TxxaIKFR3yA/s1600/must+be+this+talll+to+ride+this+ride.jpg

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. Try a fax

http://faxzero.com/

[Liberalynn]

13. Just emailed the Puke that is in the house in my district.

with objections to default and cuts to SS and Medicare. Not that the TB Nut will listen but I tried.

Gillibrand already signed onto a proposed Senate bill that says there should be no cuts to SS or Medicare. So far as I understood it, She is only one of 7 senators who have signed it though. Wish the rest of the Dems would.

Schumer has said Boneheads bill was irresponsible and was not long enough to stop the downgrading of

our credit rating. Couldn't get to his website, to tell him to hold firm, I got Internal Server Error messages will try again.

I have to say I love Gillibrand. Called her office just a few minutes ago and thanked her for standing up for SS. and Medicare.

SHE ROCKS!

[regnaD kciN]

16. UPDATE: I finally got through after a number of attempts...

...and told Reichart's message-taker that "enough is enough," we need a balanced solution right now, and that I would "not easily forgive" my representative if I sustained financial harm due to a default.