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marybourg

(12,540 posts)
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 04:37 PM Jan 2017

*****OFFICIAL I CALLED/WROTE TO MY CONGRESSPERSON(S) FRIDAY THREAD*****

Today I e-mailed my Senators and Representative about the proposed "repeal and replacement" of the ACA, without the replacement. I used talking points from this:

https://www.savemycare.org/

putting it into my own words. Please add your activities today and yesterday here.


ON the issue of whether e-mails are ignored by congresspeople please see:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=8547343

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*****OFFICIAL I CALLED/WROTE TO MY CONGRESSPERSON(S) FRIDAY THREAD***** (Original Post) marybourg Jan 2017 OP
good point- it IS important to put things into your own words and not use copy and paste. pangaia Jan 2017 #1
Emailed both Senators, Ms. Toad Jan 2017 #2
I didn't even hit on him yet. There are so many marybourg Jan 2017 #3
I figured his vote is coming up nearly instantly, Ms. Toad Jan 2017 #18
Called Kristin to say thank you for standing with us on ALL The appointments. Can't get Squinch Jan 2017 #4
Thank you, Squinch. nt. marybourg Jan 2017 #9
Same About Schumer Me. Jan 2017 #15
Kick Squinch Jan 2017 #5
Kick Squinch Jan 2017 #6
Kick Squinch Jan 2017 #7
I've called either my Senator or a Congressional representative every day this week. hamsterjill Jan 2017 #8
I think it helps to be doing something. marybourg Jan 2017 #10
I called my GOoPer rep to let him have it on his vote for HR7 Trekologer Jan 2017 #11
Good! marybourg Jan 2017 #12
I emailed Lamar Alexander today LeftInTX Jan 2017 #13
Yes! I have done this several times also, following the name with marybourg Jan 2017 #19
Good to hear that. LeftInTX Jan 2017 #20
Kick!! LeftInTX Jan 2017 #14
emailed onethatcares Jan 2017 #16
Bill sends a personalized nice form letter. tavernier Jan 2017 #26
e mailed and bdamomma Jan 2017 #17
I've emailed every day since the election erinlough Jan 2017 #21
The important thing is to get your opinion tallied, which marybourg Jan 2017 #23
I emailed Army Corps of Engineers Generic Other Jan 2017 #22
Good idea! marybourg Jan 2017 #24
Sincere appreciation to you but I'm in a Red place where they won't piss on me if I'm on fire UTUSN Jan 2017 #25
And so am I; among the reddest. marybourg Jan 2017 #27
I want to add - It makes ME feel better to be doing something. marybourg Jan 2017 #29
Me, too. But, now now, don't make me feel like I'm doing *nothing*. UTUSN Jan 2017 #30
Well, that's great. There are a lot of us. marybourg Jan 2017 #31
called my rep, jan schakowsky tuesday mopinko Jan 2017 #28
Keep it up! nt. marybourg Jan 2017 #32

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
1. good point- it IS important to put things into your own words and not use copy and paste.
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 04:40 PM
Jan 2017


But ALSO hit on Medicare and SS.


Ms. Toad

(33,915 posts)
2. Emailed both Senators,
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 04:45 PM
Jan 2017

Asking them to vote AGAINST the confirmation of Rex Tillerson.

I included a short summary of the concerns expressed by Rachel Madow yesterday about ongoing coercive influence by Russia against Trump & interference with US diplomatic relations with Russia, citing the termination of all top state department employees who might otherwise have acted as a counterbalance to Tillerson's bias toward Russia, Trump's rumored plan to unilaterally terminate sanctions, and the arrest and treason charges against an FSB agent involved in hacking the DNC servers (suggesting that they arrested someone because part of all of the intel on Trump was true - and represents an ongoing concern about Trump's independence in this sphere).

marybourg

(12,540 posts)
3. I didn't even hit on him yet. There are so many
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 04:57 PM
Jan 2017

issues to write about, it would be hard to get to them all. It's good that people are writing about many different things.

I wonder if the Senators and Reps. have had to call in their spouses and kids to handle the volume of mail and calls they must be getting.

Ms. Toad

(33,915 posts)
18. I figured his vote is coming up nearly instantly,
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 07:29 PM
Jan 2017

so I prioritized that call over other things I might have a day or two to make my concerns known.

Squinch

(50,773 posts)
4. Called Kristin to say thank you for standing with us on ALL The appointments. Can't get
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 05:20 PM
Jan 2017

through to Chuck (again) on the phone, so I emailed him and sent out another postcard to him. Thanked him for saying no to Tillerson, but also begged him to say no to DeVos and Pruitt.

Once those appointments are resolved, the issues I'm going to talk to them about are that I want a full Democratic investigation of the Russian hack, I want not one cent of my money to go to build a wall, and I want my congress people to have nothing whatsoever to do with any aspect of dismantling Obamacare or devising its replacement.

And thank you marybourg for posting these threads, even if others aren't answering.

Me.

(35,454 posts)
15. Same About Schumer
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 07:13 PM
Jan 2017

We're busy, call back. What a disgrace. Will keep calling both NY senators.


Yes, thanks the threads.

hamsterjill

(15,214 posts)
8. I've called either my Senator or a Congressional representative every day this week.
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 05:22 PM
Jan 2017

I made one phone call per day. Took about three minutes.

It makes me feel like I'm doing SOMETHING, at least.

marybourg

(12,540 posts)
10. I think it helps to be doing something.
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 05:33 PM
Jan 2017

I am not feeling depressed and gob-smacked any more, since I started calling/emailing every day. I now think about what I'm going to write, instead of how horrible the situation is that's causing me to write.

Trekologer

(994 posts)
11. I called my GOoPer rep to let him have it on his vote for HR7
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 05:38 PM
Jan 2017

The anti abortion bill. I got my point across that he voted to have politicians like himself making medical decisions for women, something he has said he was against previously. Even if he is against abortion, his vote makes him a hypocrite.

LeftInTX

(24,547 posts)
13. I emailed Lamar Alexander today
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 05:57 PM
Jan 2017

In response to this ACA thread http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=8547454


He is not my senator, but is Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Since this is going on at the committee level and because I had a personal story to tell, I emailed him. I politely wrote that I lived out of state, but was contacting him because he was the committee chairman.

I emailed my GOP senators about this issue previously and I will do it again down the road.

marybourg

(12,540 posts)
19. Yes! I have done this several times also, following the name with
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 07:32 PM
Jan 2017

Member/Committee Chair, and the committee name, and Dear Member/Chair. When they're on a committee, they're acting for all of us, I believe, not just their in-state constituents.

LeftInTX

(24,547 posts)
20. Good to hear that.
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 07:45 PM
Jan 2017

Here's a funny story:

Many years ago, way before the internet, I applied for Soc Sec Disability. I had my hearing before the judge, and after 9 months of constantly contacting my senators and rep, I never heard from the judge. Finally, out of desperation, I called the capitol in Washington D.C. and asked, "Who is the head of the Social Security Committee"? They gave me a name. That person helped me immensely and had connections. I heard from the judge in one week.

tavernier

(12,322 posts)
26. Bill sends a personalized nice form letter.
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 08:51 PM
Jan 2017

Marco, three sentences plus a warning not to keep bugging him with duplicate emails.

erinlough

(2,176 posts)
21. I've emailed every day since the election
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 08:30 PM
Jan 2017

Fred Upton, House of Representatives Michigan. He sends form letters back which are useless. I don't care, he's bought and paid for by the Kock brothers and the Devos family.

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
22. I emailed Army Corps of Engineers
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 08:34 PM
Jan 2017

about DPL. No one answers the phones in Congress when I call, so guess I have to start writing.

on edit: Just emailed mine to ask him to oppose de Vos.

marybourg

(12,540 posts)
27. And so am I; among the reddest.
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 08:53 PM
Jan 2017

But they have bent to pressure in the past, and we certainly don't want them to think, as tRump said about his taxes: "Only the news media cares."

marybourg

(12,540 posts)
29. I want to add - It makes ME feel better to be doing something.
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 10:35 PM
Jan 2017

I'm not thinking: "is this futile?" I'm thinking "What can I do to help".

And "Resist". That word carries the implication of unreasoning stubbornness. That's what we need.

UTUSN

(70,496 posts)
30. Me, too. But, now now, don't make me feel like I'm doing *nothing*.
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 10:41 PM
Jan 2017

I write hotfire Letters to the Editor (that get published) a lot. Among other things.

marybourg

(12,540 posts)
31. Well, that's great. There are a lot of us.
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 10:46 PM
Jan 2017

Nobody has to do everything. We each need to do something that helps us to shake the stunned, disoriented feelings we all had since Nov. 8.

mopinko

(69,805 posts)
28. called my rep, jan schakowsky tuesday
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 09:32 PM
Jan 2017

asked if we could have john lewis to head the impeachment committee. the person who took the call didnt think that was funny, but i am sure jan will.
sent an email to say keep up the fight.

gave tammy duckworth some love on fb. still friends on her personal page from before she went to congress, as well as a follower as a senator.

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