One Hour a Week to Save America!

OK, so we’ve had the Tea Parties, we’ve attended the Town Hall meetings; now what?

Funny you should ask because I have an answer for you. Have you ever heard of www.congress.org? No? Well, Congress.org is a service of Capitol Advantage and Knowlegis, LLC; private, non-partisan companies that specialize in facilitating civic participation. Congress.org allows users to identify and contact elected leaders in Congress, the White House, and state legislatures. You can also have your representative’s votes sent to you weekly via e-mail. Best of all registration is free!

If you spend one hour a week reviewing upcoming legislation and contact your Congressman/woman and Senators with your personal thoughts; then you can see the impact you, as an individual, can have. Congress.org will identify your elected leaders from the zip code you enter and will pre-prepare sections of you emails for you. For a small fee, they will even have your message “hand delivered” for you.

All of this takes about one hour each week. (1) Check pending legislation; (2) Tell your elected officials what you think; and (3) get an email back telling you how they voted. There are other options available on Congress.org that will let you publish a “soapbox” issue where you can ask others to help support you.

By now you must be thinking either (1) “Does he own this site – what’s the catch?” or (2) “How much is he making by referring us to this site?” Well, the answer is that I found out about Congress.org by accident (so I don’t own it) and I get nothing for telling you about it – except knowing that more people will be able to keep track of what our elected officials are up to and be held accountable.

So, get off your duff for one hour per week and don’t let your elected officials get away with not representing you! Tell your relatives and friends to check up on their elected officials too. If we all keep track of them, then we know what they are up to. If they don’t do what we want, find someone else to run against them that will! Just over one year to the 2010 elections!