May 17
Not your typical letter to a consituent

From an e-mail response sent by Lloyd Doggett to me (his constituent) - with my emphasis:

Thank you for your communication regarding network neutrality
and the "Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and
Enhancement" or "COPE" Act. As a supporter of a free and open
Internet, I will remain mindful of your concerns.

For the last several weeks, the Republican leadership has suggested
that it might bring this bill to the House floor "in a few days," but
they have yet to do so. I doubt anything good can come out of this
sorry Congress on this issue, or most others, but I will remain
watchful of preserving unfettered Internet access.

Please keep me advised of federal matters with which I may be of
assistance.

Sincerely,
Lloyd

Oh, Lloyd, thanks for that.

I'd also like to note that it takes two to three months for a certain female Senator to reply to my letters (and yes, I do send letters to my Senators). By the time I get her response, I've totally forgotten what I emailed her about.

But that's a sight better than Cornyn, who has never written me once, and who I'm sure has all his consituent email go directly to his junk mail folder.

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Cornyn responded to an e-mail I sent with my resume.

6 Months later.

Saying they were not hiring at the time.

Bill Ding at May 17, 2006 4:43 PM

KBH has written me back....it took a while.

3 months

Wonk [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 17, 2006 4:48 PM

I wrote to Lloyd about student loan forgiveness for teachers......he eventually responded with a letter thanking me for my interest in juvenile delinquency. I haven't voted for him since.

trix at May 17, 2006 4:49 PM

Wonkette has a copy of a great constituent response letter. Click my name.

SuperWow! at May 17, 2006 5:37 PM

I made letters from state, and federal legislators.

You should never say ANYTHING negatively.

Right of Texas at May 17, 2006 7:54 PM

I get constituent cases from both Senator's offices - anywhere from 6 weeks to 6 months after they have received them. Most people solve their own problems long before anyone in Congress recognizes they ever had one.
In their defense, if you've ever worked in a state legislative office and dealt with the stacks of mail - quadruple it for Congress. Yikes.

hyped on coffee at May 18, 2006 10:49 AM

Lloyd's constituents have a choice this year.

A libertarian is running. We will even answer questions by email!

Grant4Congress.com at May 18, 2006 4:11 PM

Doggett *always* answered my e-mails. And they were *always* on topic. KayBee and Cornholio answer, eventually.

But Mike "I can't be bothered with my 'constituents'" McCaul doesn't answer e-mails.

Anyone know if he's going to campaign this cycle?

j at May 18, 2006 5:36 PM

I'm not saying that it is acceptable for it to take six months to reply, but you should see the amount of mail (and email) they get on a daily basis. Over half of it is from non-constituents so they have to sift through it all to find their constituents' mail.

Former Staffer at May 18, 2006 10:34 PM

I concur on your experience with John Cornyn. He never responds to my emails, neither in the regular mail or email.
I think voters in Texas should vote him out just for being nonresponsive. Whether or not our viewpoints might agree, he is a Texas senator and should respond to his constituents in some way.

KB does, usually by snail mail, but it takes a few months. And then usually it is some vacuous letter totally ignoring what I actually said on an issue, but at least it's on the issue.

Doggett seems the fastest responder, and he's not even my representative.
But I actually know he/his staff might listen to my viewpoints so I write him anyway.

C at May 19, 2006 6:51 AM

Yeah, when McCaul was my rep, I pretty much gave up on writing him. If I got one letter from him, I don't remember it.

bluebonnet at May 19, 2006 5:12 PM
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