Posted by mjcholko on 11/06/09 6:08 PM [Newer: Federal Regulation of Subway Systems - That'll Fix 'em] [Older: VA Republican leader struggles - Is he worth your help?]

I have been calling Congressmen and Congresswomen for an hour now, and have reached all but one of the Blue Dogs, and my representative, Gerry Connolly.  I asked them all to vote no on HR-3962.  I suggest that you do the same.  Here is what I learned:

Kosmas will vote no.

Langevin will vote yes.

Halvorson will vote yes.

Mollohan likely to vote yes if language is included that bans federal funding of abortion.

I was unable to reach Nye's office.

All others are undecided.

Further, for those of you who don't know, I just finished a campaign for the VA House of Delegates in the 39th District.  I didn't win, but I just now found a new benefit to running for office - the staffer at Congressman Connolly's office recognized my name and said that he would "let the Congressman know that I called."  Now, that doesn't necessarily mean much of anything, but it is a reasonable assumption that my comments are likely to be remembered by that staffer, and maybe they will really be passed along to the Congressman.  It's a better response than the usual "I'll pass your comments along.."  So, its no big deal, but it certainly can't hurt to have my representatives and their staff members aware of who I am.  After all, the Congressman may want to stop me from running against him in the future.