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US House Limits Constituent Emails

Posted by kdawson on from the just-the-fax-ma'am dept.

Plechazunga passes along this note from The Hill: "The House is limiting e-mails from the public to prevent its websites from crashing due to the enormous amount of mail being submitted on the financial bailout bill. As a result, some constituents may get a 'try back at a later time' response if they use the House website to e-mail their lawmakers about the bill defeated in the House on Monday in a 205-228 vote."

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  1. Congress has been Slashdotted by cashman73 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Subject says it all!

    1. Re:Congress has been Slashdotted by Gat0r30y · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ok, but will it be reddit or digg?

      ducks...
      sorry

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  2. Re:Dear Constituent (a letter from your government by snl2587 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The way my laptop is oriented, the direction is right on.

  3. Try back at a later time.... by Itninja · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ha! The US government has been slashdotted by its' own subjects. Sounds like it's time to write a script that will continuously submit an email until it's accepted (or forever, you know whatever).

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  4. Ummm yeah... by GlobalColding · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is why when the goverment asks us for 700 billion to bail them out, we must tell them to "COME BACK LATER". Like waaaaaaaaaaay later.

  5. Phone calls always worked better.. by FireStormZ · · Score: 2, Funny

    Besides do you really think they read the majority of mail they get?

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  6. Remember back when you could use email to email? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    And didn't have to rely on a separate service, web, being available?

  7. Re:Dear Constituent (a letter from your government by garett_spencley · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are you Canadian by any chance ? I am in Canada and if I follow that arrow for a really long time I'll end up right back where I am.

    How freakin' cool is that ? As you said, spot on!

  8. Re:I have never been more proud to be a republican by Enderandrew · · Score: 4, Funny

    Libertarians smoke pot.

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  9. Re:Yeah... by infonography · · Score: 2, Funny

    $SUBJECT="Vote No!!!!"
    $TO=congresscritter@house.of.ill.repute.gov
    $BODY="See you in November....."

    mailx -s "$SUBJECT" "$TO" " /dev/null

    add has cron script every 4 sec then stand back.

    This is another GWBUSH Texas Stampede, and I am while I am on the Left I don't think we need it. It's an open bar at an AA meeting. the market is way over inflated and houses need to start selling for much less.

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  10. Re:Dear Constituent (a letter from your government by QuasiEvil · · Score: 4, Funny

    F@#$, that's my problem. No wonder the Canada I found looks a lot like Mexico.

  11. Re:Dear Constituent (a letter from your government by Gat0r30y · · Score: 4, Funny

    GTFO. Canada is that way ------->

    Dude, you must be lost - that's the way to Mexico.

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  12. Financial bailout bill? by OriginalArlen · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's the first I've heard of it. Could someone explain what's this is all about, please?

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  13. Give me $700 Billion ..... by bizitch · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... and I bet I could get the government some infrastructure that can handle the load

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  14. Re:Dear Constituent (a letter from your government by Valdrax · · Score: 2, Funny

    Never should've taken that left turn at Albuquerque...

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  15. Re:Well.. by Titoxd · · Score: 3, Funny

    Republicans want into your bedroom. Democrats want into your wallet. Libertarians want neither.

    Republicans want into your bedroom? Fuck it, I'm voting for Palin!

  16. Re:Dear Constituent (a letter from your government by i_liek_turtles · · Score: 3, Funny

    Do the polar bears and moose wear sombreros?

  17. Re:Dear Constituent (a letter from your government by PotatoFarmer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yup. That's how they get people to Guantanamo now that it has a bad rap. "Get on the plane. It's going to Toronto. It'll be lots of fun."

    Close. It's actually "Get on the plane, or we'll take you to Toronto where you'll be forced to watch the Leafs."

    No wonder so many picked Guantanamo.