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pat_k

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13. Biggest one absent: Face-to-face lobbying.

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Thu Feb 2, 2017, 04:28 PM

Feb 2017

Can't answer because the biggest one is absent.

Find out who the scheduler is. Request a meeting. Tell them what it's about. Bring in people from organization you belong to, like PDA. If they try to fob you off on intern or something, get the names of senior staffers and only settle for one of them.

Get in their faces, even the "hopeless ones." (I'm sick of Republicans being able to say "None of my constituents are for +insert sane legislation+.]

In short, Become a Citizen Lobbyst.

Hold feet to fire BETWEEN elections.

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