Does Lautenberk know about Talon and yellowcake?

[paineinthearse]

I sent his office an email and got this canned reply:

From: [email protected]
To: <me>
Subject: Thanks for contacting me.
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 02:04:59 +0000

Thank you for contacting me. Due to the volume of e-mails, I can only
respond to constituents with New Jersey mailing addresses. If you need further assistance, please contact the Senator from your home state.

Thank you


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And I thought Sentors were open to receiving national correspondence.

[mcscajun]

1. I think they are open to receiving it...

...and I know when they speak on the floor of the Senate, they've been known to quote letters from around the country. As the response indicates, they get a lot of mail so they limit how much time and energy they expend replying to folks who can't vote for them.

[Kire]

2. it didn't say he can only receive email from out of state

only that he's not going to respond to it

[RedSpartan]

3. Don't make too big a deal out of it.

Senators obviously get a lot of mail. I have a NJ address, and it took more than three months before I got a response to a letter I wrote praising his "Chickenhawk" speech.

[LynneSin]

4. See if you can get someone from New Jersey who can address the issue

I get the same kind of response when I write/email senators who are not from my state. They really make an effort to put their own people first and not those outside the state. It won't stop me from writing about big issues like Judges, War and Bush's out of control spending; however, smaller issues you'd have better sucess either with your own senators or having someone from NJ write it for you.

The only time I ever get responses is from my own senators in DE - Biden & Carper

[dalloway]

5. lautenberg was the first one, when Gannon story broke to write WH

and demand an investigation. He's also the first one in line to sign the Durbin/Reid letter that is going to released to the media, evidently, tomorrow.

He may not be returning every email, but he's working for us pretty hard!!!!

BTW, you may want to call when you have an issue you care a lot about. I do, and find the staffers very helpful. I've called when he voted no on Rice, no on Gonzalez, introduced election reform legislation, and when he was first senator to call attention to the Gannon scandal. I called to thank him--a little positive reinforcement can't every hurt...

[Kire]

6. I am hiding this thread.

I can't stand looking at the word "Lautenberk" in my precious New Jersey forum.