Maine Politics

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Monday, April 25, 2005

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I called her office in DC. I'm a novice at calling senators, does it make any difference if you call locally vs.DC? Dos a local call carry more weight?

Posted by David
4/26/2005 03:37:00 PM: I've heard that calling the local office may make more of a difference but I haven't heard why that might be. The important thing when calling the D.C. office is to make sure they know you're a constituent.

Thanks for getting involved with this.

Posted by Al
4/27/2005 05:34:00 PM: It's usually best, on national topics such as this, to call the DC office and to let them know that you're a constituent. Local offices can handle this, but they will most likely end up forwarding it to the DC office simply because the local offices are usually for casework.

Posted by Nicole
4/30/2005 11:21:00 AM