SAR01
Social ButterFly
got this in an email, how to make your voice heard when calling senators.
USEFUL ADVICE FOR ANYONE MAKING CALLS TO SENATORS. As some of you may not know, I have a small number of friends who work on Capitol Hill and know personally a friend who was subject to many of the incoming phone calls to my Senator's office. I have some insider tips to make calling your reps easier and quicker.
1. Give your name, city, and zip code, and say "I don't need a response." That way, they can quickly confirm you are a constituent, and that they can tally you down without taking the time to input you into a response database.
2. PLEASE ONLY CALL YOUR OWN REPRESENTATIVES! Your tally will not be marked down unless you can rattle off a city and zip from the state, or are calling from an in-state area code. I know you really want to give Chuck Schumer a piece of your mind, but your call will be ignored unless you can provide a zip from New York. And don't try to make this up; they can often tell who was lying before they even picked up the phone from the caller ID. Exceptions to this are things like Paul Ryan's ACA (Obama Care) poll.
3. State the issue, state your position. "I am support strict immigration laws on those entering the US." "I am not in favor of stricter gun control legislation but support background checks and waiting periods." "I am in favor of repealing the Affordable Care Act." That's it. That's all they write down so they can get a tally of who is in favor, who is against. It doesn't matter WHY you hold that opinion. The more people calling, the less detail they write down. Help them out by being simple and direct.
4. BE NICE!!! The people answering the phones on Capitol Hill already had the hardest job in DC and some of the lowest pay as well, and for a month now their jobs have become absolute murder, with nonstop calls for 9 hours every day. Thank them for their hard work answering the phones, because without them our Senators could not represent us.
What does this sound like?
"Hi, my name is ________________, I'm a constituent from Bear Sterns, zip code 101**, I don't need a response. I support Rep. Ryan Zinke for Secretary of the Interior and I encourage the Senator to please support Rep. Zinke. Thanks for your hard work answering the phones!"
I want to encourage EVERYONE to know your Senators and Representative and to call them on what you support or do not support.
Trust me they listen and their #1 goal is to become RE-ELECTED. Matthew 5:13 says we are the salt of the earth and we need to be engaged and be he light where there is darkness. So find their phone numbers and be engaged and call their office. It makes it easier for the people answering the phones and takes less time and emotion than a long script.
I know that you want to say why, but keeping it short and sweet helps the office answer more calls per hour, meaning more people get heard. The bigger the tally, the more powerful our voice.
Also, when you're reading off the same script as 100 other callers that day... well...they can tell.
Pick one issue each day, use this format (I am in favor of _____ or I oppose ______), and call your 2 Senators and 1 Representative on their DC and State Office lines, and you'll be on your way to being heard.
USEFUL ADVICE FOR ANYONE MAKING CALLS TO SENATORS. As some of you may not know, I have a small number of friends who work on Capitol Hill and know personally a friend who was subject to many of the incoming phone calls to my Senator's office. I have some insider tips to make calling your reps easier and quicker.
1. Give your name, city, and zip code, and say "I don't need a response." That way, they can quickly confirm you are a constituent, and that they can tally you down without taking the time to input you into a response database.
2. PLEASE ONLY CALL YOUR OWN REPRESENTATIVES! Your tally will not be marked down unless you can rattle off a city and zip from the state, or are calling from an in-state area code. I know you really want to give Chuck Schumer a piece of your mind, but your call will be ignored unless you can provide a zip from New York. And don't try to make this up; they can often tell who was lying before they even picked up the phone from the caller ID. Exceptions to this are things like Paul Ryan's ACA (Obama Care) poll.
3. State the issue, state your position. "I am support strict immigration laws on those entering the US." "I am not in favor of stricter gun control legislation but support background checks and waiting periods." "I am in favor of repealing the Affordable Care Act." That's it. That's all they write down so they can get a tally of who is in favor, who is against. It doesn't matter WHY you hold that opinion. The more people calling, the less detail they write down. Help them out by being simple and direct.
4. BE NICE!!! The people answering the phones on Capitol Hill already had the hardest job in DC and some of the lowest pay as well, and for a month now their jobs have become absolute murder, with nonstop calls for 9 hours every day. Thank them for their hard work answering the phones, because without them our Senators could not represent us.
What does this sound like?
"Hi, my name is ________________, I'm a constituent from Bear Sterns, zip code 101**, I don't need a response. I support Rep. Ryan Zinke for Secretary of the Interior and I encourage the Senator to please support Rep. Zinke. Thanks for your hard work answering the phones!"
I want to encourage EVERYONE to know your Senators and Representative and to call them on what you support or do not support.
Trust me they listen and their #1 goal is to become RE-ELECTED. Matthew 5:13 says we are the salt of the earth and we need to be engaged and be he light where there is darkness. So find their phone numbers and be engaged and call their office. It makes it easier for the people answering the phones and takes less time and emotion than a long script.
I know that you want to say why, but keeping it short and sweet helps the office answer more calls per hour, meaning more people get heard. The bigger the tally, the more powerful our voice.
Also, when you're reading off the same script as 100 other callers that day... well...they can tell.
Pick one issue each day, use this format (I am in favor of _____ or I oppose ______), and call your 2 Senators and 1 Representative on their DC and State Office lines, and you'll be on your way to being heard.
