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re: Does calling your representatives or senators really do anything?

Posted on 6/22/22 at 3:53 pm to
Posted by lsusteve1
Member since Dec 2004
41896 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 3:53 pm to
No
Posted by DiamondDog
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2019
10563 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 3:53 pm to
From having known people politically connected, people employed by these politicians and also those who like to sky scream about certain issues (contact your reps, senators, etc).

The only people they listen to are donors with money. Its the sad fact and its been admitted to by everyone I've known in LA politics.

Local DiamondDog couldn't even get his voice heard outside a college student working constituent services if I wanted to.
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Posted by LRB1967
Tennessee
Member since Dec 2020
15561 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 4:01 pm to
Marsha Blackburn has always been responsive to my concerns. Same with Bill Hagerty.
Posted by SlickRickerz
Member since Oct 2018
2290 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 4:09 pm to
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A few thousand people outside their office will get their attention.

The only flaw is that most conservatives 8 hour or more shifts fall between 6am and 6pm. I guess we can begin picketing at 9pm, after our family dinners.
Posted by LieutenantBookman
Member since Jun 2022
37 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 4:11 pm to
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Does calling your representatives or senators really do anything?


Not one damn thing.

They don't betray the voters out of ignorance, they do it willfully.

It's exceptionally hard to primary out an incumbent and they know this. The vast majority of politicians who betray their constitutions still get reelected.
Posted by 197603apf
Member since Sep 2021
119 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 4:19 pm to
Went see my state rep Dustin Miller on an issue not long ago. Said it’s a great idea but he can’t do anything on it until next year bc they just finished their week in BR. I think they should be required to go once a quarter versus once a year for legislation.
Posted by oldskule
Down South
Member since Mar 2016
15476 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 4:22 pm to
NO.

Once they are in office, they don't care what you think any longer.
Posted by dakarx
Member since Sep 2018
6833 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 5:18 pm to
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A few thousand people outside their office will get their attention


Sounds like a good way to meet a bunch of feds.
Posted by Taxing Authority
Houston
Member since Feb 2010
57208 posts
Posted on 6/22/22 at 5:27 pm to
With a 95+% re-election rate…. nah.
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