A puzzle I can't seem to solve

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I haven't really seen this topic discussed, but it might have been. Sorry if I missed it.

The "write a letter to YOUR congressman" thing.

Being a "going to vote for a democrat" person, very few of my party's congressmen or senators are in charge of various committees. Like none! When I try to write to those legislators who are in charge of committees, I am always asked if I am a constituent or not. As yet, I have never received a reply from those legislators of whom I am not a constituent.

Legislators who are in control of various committees are responding not only to their constituents, and not acting only on behalf of their constituents, but are the controlling entities of legislature which affects the entire nation.

Such legislators are obviously capable of being influenced, bought, coerced, or led blindly by the guys and gals with money or other charms, by wealthy contributors and/or corporations. Yes, Virginia, there actually is a K Street.

Those of us who are not their constituents are ignored, and there isn't anything we can do about it. IMHO, this is why we have arrived at this rather disgusting distortion of American values.

During the years when the legislation was controlled by the democrats, I didn't have a computer. And, hell, I was doing okay.

The puzzle is, how do we address those holding Chairmanships of Committees whom we did not personally elect, but whose decisions and control we find offensive to us?

If you're not a constituent, they ignore you. They were obviously elected by their constituencies, but they are producing legislation that affects the entire nation.

Anybody got any ideas how to solve this puzzle. Write letters to the Washington Post? Try to find a democratic talk show (ha ha)? Write to a non-right wing magazine and hope it gets published (also ha ha)?

How do we, as a nation, get our viewpoints, our needs, our dissent, our discontent expressed to these Chairpersons?

I really don't know how to solve this puzzle. I hope some of you do.

Thanks.