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Beringia

(4,316 posts) Thu Feb 14, 2019, 12:15 AM Feb 2019

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Question about legislation and who you can contact

There is a bill in congress and I saw on congress.gov that it was referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture. I don't know how that works. Are only people who are in the districts of the congresspeople able to ask them to vote a certain way, or is anyone able to ask them to vote a certain way?

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Question about legislation and who you can contact (Original Post) Beringia Feb 2019 OP

You can contact anybody you'd like. Some reps will ask for a sinkingfeeling Feb 2019 #1

Thanks for your reply. So won't they just disregard anyone who is not in their zip code range? Beringia Feb 2019 #2

Yes, call their offices. Be polite. sinkingfeeling Feb 2019 #3

sinkingfeeling

(51,466 posts)

1. You can contact anybody you'd like. Some reps will ask for a

Reply to Beringia (Original post)

Thu Feb 14, 2019, 09:20 AM

Feb 2019

zip code to sort out their own constituents. Calling usually works.

Beringia

(4,316 posts)

2. Thanks for your reply. So won't they just disregard anyone who is not in their zip code range?

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 14, 2019, 02:43 PM

Feb 2019

But you think calling may have an influence on them?

sinkingfeeling

(51,466 posts)

3. Yes, call their offices. Be polite.

Reply to Beringia (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 14, 2019, 02:56 PM

Feb 2019

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