Comment preview: As a former Senate staffer and redditor, I will tell you that the most effective course of action in this situation is to call the DC offices of only your own Senators directly. Speak to the staff assistant, who will take down your comments and log them i ....

Comment preview: As a former Senate staffer myself who was a Staff Assistant then worked my way up to Legislative Assistant, I can confirm this is pretty accurate. Unfortunately, it is not a 100% given fact (at least it was in my office, and my boss was VERY concerned with ....

Comment preview: I am a very moderate guy, so I really hope that's the case. We have been more divided than we are now. Civil War, anyone? But a couple of things worry me. The biggest one is that people can now shop for the news they want to hear, rather than the actually ....

Comment preview: > Asking Ted Cruz to help him with his housing issues, really? Nope. This is legit. I'm a lawyer and was chief of staff to a state senator. If the government fucks up, contact one of your elected representatives. All of them have constituent affairs. ....

Comment preview: Throw away account... I'm a Senate staffer. Even though my boss isn't on Finance, I'm sitting here in our Dirksen office listening to our poor interns answer a deluge of calls about the public option. Like most offices (including those listed above) we're ....

Comment preview: >While the creation of child porn - and the act itself - is one of the most fucked up things a human being can do, stories like these make me feel that we're approaching this the wrong way as a society. It's a little more than fucked up. Getting really ....

Comment preview: Source for the following: I used to be a Senate staffer. The United States government budgets money on an annual basis for a period of time called the "fiscal year." The government's fiscal year runs from October 1 - September 30. Every year before the fis ....