Good evening folks, I am the one that posted the vote results on the Health Care Act 3962. I was in a hurry last night and really don't have to post this but I'm going to make the time anyway.
My screen name is ElCondor1776, a middle aged man, and I have been involved in the political process as a citizen for over 30 years. I can vote straight on a party line but every now and then I will break the rules and cross over if a candidate seems to be of good character and the other fellow seems shady.
I wanted to take a moment of your time and let you know that even though you may be in your Golden Years, each and everyone of you is still important to the political process. Whether you supported the health care bill or not is not of my concern, what is my concern is that you realize that you still count, have a strong voice, and despite what anyone may say your vote is stronger and more precious now then ever before.
Back in January I had some strong concerns about the Recovery Act and had some stats and numbers to back up my concerns. As you know, the act did pass both houses and President Barrack Obama signed the bill into law. Now again, I reiterate, whether I supported the measure or not should not be of any consequence to you, what you should know is what a friend of mine told me later.
A couple of months ago, a friend of mine surprised me with a call during a drive through the country. Her words caused me to pull over. You see, I had emailed her a copy of the report, statistics, and my letter only to have her to tell me some very shocking news, it had probably been thrown away. As you can imagine, I was a little hurt and on the inside felt a little insulted that she would be so blunt. She then continued and told me about someone had told her that they new an intern who worked in a representitives office. Typed letters it seems, go into one pile and if your lucky, you may get a blanket form letter.
So what can you do? Well my friend was also kind enough to tell me that I should hand write my letters in the future and if I add a report then it should be attached to a hand written letter. In addition she gave me a website to give some pointers on how to write your letter and some key elements. It turns out that when your letter is handwritten and you know the name and number of the law, you will then get their attention! So here is a little help for you folks, below you will find two links to click on. One will lead you to the website I just told you about and the other will get you to the website with information on the bills name and number. Remember, a bill that starts with HR means that it was started in the House of Representatives. A bill that starts with S means that it was started in the US Senate.
Now go ahead and exercise voice and remember a vote knows no age, race, color, nationality or creed. You are still the backbone of our nation who has made many sacrifices and built this nation into what it is today.
My best wishes to all of you and thank you for all that you have done.
ElCondor1776
How To Write a Letter to My Congressman: http://www.ehow.com/how_5137002_write-letter-congressman.html
congress.org: http://www.congress.org/ | 
