If we all spent as much time writing our Representatives as we did talking about them on here wouldn't we be..

Senator Carl Levin (Michigan). Forgiveness of youthful indescretions (i.e. non-felonious crimes) 7 years after the debt to society has been "paid". Much like credit (or bad credit) is wiped from your record after 7 years.

I write to my Congressman (John McHugh) frequently. I don't know how amny he actually reads. There is often a letter sent back to me, but these letters are pretty general and may not have got past a lowly intern or staffer. I've also written to our Senators, includin Patrick Moynihan, Alfonse D'Amato, Charles Schumer and Hillary Clinton. Again, I don't know how far these letters went. I've been told that some Congressional offices give "points" for different message formats. Emails and mass amilings get low credit, handwritten messages score higher. The representative may not read them, but the staff can give him/her a feel for where the constituents stand. Sometimes, representatives will practice "push polling". They ask for an opinion on an issue, but the wording is designed to produce a desired result. Our representatives have not done that, but some state level politicians have.

I have told my that stop taking money from lobbies that as far as i'm concerned this corruption.

There were elected to represent the people not special interest, big business, and lobbies

yours is one of the better questions. i did write senator david pryor of arkansas about the change over to hdtv and within a couple of days one of his aids called me

i've only written my senators--and it was about the recent amnesty bill.

and i don't believe either of them took my opinion for spit.

the wonderful dick durbin and that's right, Mr. Obama.

u r right,but i be live most of our Representatives are un educateds or they are that much aged that they cannot read.