Have you contacted your House member's office regarding the shutdown?

[LonePirate]

I contacted my Teabagger rep's office today to complain about the shutdown. Have you contacted your representative?

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[DireStrike]

1. My rep is a decades-long R office holder who won his last election by nearly 30 points

I'm sure he is simply a party hack, and not a teabagger. Regardless, he can do whatever he wants and there is no leverage to force anything else.

The only way he loses his seat is if a teabagger challenges him, steals his votes, and a D takes it over. He's not gonna piss them off.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

6. you should still call

[Trekologer]

9. Your situation is where a little acting can help

Call the office and tell them in no uncertain terms that as a Republican you are sick of him following the crazy and that the Tea Party is hurting the GOP. Butter them up with things like the GOP used to stand for limited government, growing the economy, and for America to be a leader on the world stage but today it just stands for crazy.

Try not to vomit while saying that.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. He's a Democrat and is outraged as I am.

So I don't know what I could say to him that wouldn't be redundant.

[sharp_stick]

3. I did just to let them

know that I'm 100% behind her on this.

[pinboy3niner]

4. Yesterday I saw a staffer for my Rep--the House Majority Whip

And a staffer for my former Rep, House Veterans Affairs Chair Buck McKeon.

McKeon's staffer and I had a brief chat about the shutdown with my Rep's staffer present. We disagreed, of course, but we've been acquainted for a couple of years and it was a pleasant exchange. He's a good guy, but I certainly was not going to change any minds here or influence them or their bosses one iota. My Rep has been whipping his caucus members on all of the CR votes.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

5. twice. and I'll be calling her next week if it's still not resolved.

[HockeyMom]

7. While he is a Repuke, he voted against the shutdown

"If something isn't working (repealing/defunding ACA), you don't keep beating a dead horse". "Find another way." I guess he isn't totally brain dead.

[Starry Messenger]

8. Jackie Speier called these sociopaths "sick" on her social media.

I should probably contact her and thank her though.