As Glenn Reynolds indirectly notes, our elected officials like to know when they’ve done something properly. Without question, making Harry Reid back down on that appalling omnibus bill was a righteous act; so give your Senator a call and say thanks. If both of them are Democrats, then give Senator McConnell a call and say thanks.
Note: “give a call and say thanks.” Not “send them money,” “offer an oath of fealty,” “tattoo their names on your arm,” “pledge unto them your firstborn,” or even “promise never to say bad things about them ever again.” Especially don’t do that last one; you never know when somebody’s going to backslide. But the other half of behavior modification is rewarding desired behaviors; and an attaboy costs you nothing.
Moe Lane (crosspost)
PS: Let me be preemptive: whatever. Do it anyway.
Thank you for the idea, Moe! I called both of mine after reading this. Cornyn’s office happy to hear from me, passing on my message to the Senator. Hutchison’s office, not so much for some reason.
Yeah… I don’t think either Voinovich or Brown would care to hear from me on this…
Umm…last I heard the resolution that passed only extends the budget until 12/21/10. Please keep your eyes open, they are going to try to pass another version next week. It may be smaller, but it still needs to be defeated, especially as it will most likely contain the Obamacare funding. Please, please, please stay alert.