For those who wish to contact congress on the clunker bill..


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Posted by Doc Dave on Friday, January 02, 2009 at 09:54:39 :

There has been some talk about e-mailing Nancy Pelosi as well as each person's congressmen/women for their specific district.
One thing for everyone to be aware of concerns the most effective communication method they should use.
In my district here, our current congressman Steny Hoyer is the #2 person in the U.S. House. Only Pelosi is above him. The fact that I do not agree with most of his views is not important. What I feel has importantance is his powerful position and therefore the weight of the advice he and his people give for us the citizens to make an impact when we contact our congresspeople.
One of his aids told a group of us once that congressmen and women rank the importance of feedback they get from constituents in the following order:
1. letters
2. phone calls
3. email
I am not certain for the reason why email is thought of last by them, but I believe it is due to all the junk they get by email, and the fact that it is so "easy" to send. The implication I got was that they question the strength of commitment to those who send email vs. writing a letter or calling their office.
So, for people to have the MOST impact, try and write a letter and mail it, or second best call their number in Washington (addresses and phone numbers are available by searching Google, etc) and talk to the aids of the congressperson. These aids keep track of trends on the letters and calls they get.
If you cannot do either of these, then email is better than nothing.



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