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hermetic

(8,310 posts)
Sun Nov 26, 2017, 03:35 PM Nov 2017

Do you REALLY know your reps?

Who is really representing you?

Find out your congressmen and senators' priorities. Using just your zip code, ProPublica will find out where your members of congress stand and what’s important to them, not just with voting, but also their newsletters, emails, and relationships with other members of congress.
https://projects.propublica.org/represent/

How it works: https://www.propublica.org/nerds/more-machine-learning-about-congresss-priorities?utm_campaign=sprout&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_content=1511205576

As they say, the more you know.

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Do you REALLY know your reps? (Original Post) hermetic Nov 2017 OP
Bill Pascrell, D-NJ (Paterson, Passaic and Bergen Counties) no_hypocrisy Nov 2017 #1
You are fortunate hermetic Nov 2017 #3
yup jodymarie aimee Nov 2017 #2
Good for you. hermetic Nov 2017 #4
You lie! SCantiGOP Nov 2017 #5
Mine is John Sarbanes, who is in the family business. alarimer Nov 2017 #6
Peter Welch and yes, I have met him and also heard him speak karynnj Nov 2017 #7
I am stuck with a Blue Dog Democrat, Kurt Schrader OR. Sneederbunk Nov 2017 #8
I'm Stuck With A Guy Who Hasn't Told The Truth Since 2nd Grade ProfessorGAC Nov 2017 #9

no_hypocrisy

(46,119 posts)
1. Bill Pascrell, D-NJ (Paterson, Passaic and Bergen Counties)
Sun Nov 26, 2017, 03:39 PM
Nov 2017

Hell yeah, I know him well. First name basis. We bump into each other at various events during the year. I last saw him at the Memorial Service for Fr. Mychal Judge (the Saint of 9/11) a couple of months ago.

I know his positions, and he knows mine. He works very hard for our district and is not a dogmatic Democrat. He *shapes* the policies, not just follows them.

hermetic

(8,310 posts)
3. You are fortunate
Sun Nov 26, 2017, 03:50 PM
Nov 2017

I live in a red hell area. I constantly write to mine and they usually reply and tell me how much my opinion matters but then they go ahead and vote against what I asked. Their time is coming soon, though (I hope). One senator and rep up for re-election next year and I plan to fight tooth and nail to see that doesn't happen.

 

jodymarie aimee

(3,975 posts)
2. yup
Sun Nov 26, 2017, 03:40 PM
Nov 2017

personal friends.....Katrina Shankland is one of my best friends..and a younger Eliz Warren..Ron Kind is a DINO however....I call him out all the time.

hermetic

(8,310 posts)
4. Good for you.
Sun Nov 26, 2017, 03:52 PM
Nov 2017

I was hoping some people here would take advantage of that link to learn more. It's nice to be able to find all that info in one spot.

SCantiGOP

(13,871 posts)
5. You lie!
Sun Nov 26, 2017, 04:27 PM
Nov 2017

Unfortunately that is my my Representative: Joe Wilson, who famously yelled “you lie” during Obama’s State of Union speech.
He is so gerrymandered (district goes from the suburbs of Columbia to Hilton Head Island) thatbhe probably can’t be beaten.

alarimer

(16,245 posts)
6. Mine is John Sarbanes, who is in the family business.
Sun Nov 26, 2017, 04:29 PM
Nov 2017

Safe seat, very gerrymandered. Van Hollen and Cardin seem pretty decent. We just elected an Aussie as mayor, after a surprisingly ugly campaign (on the part of the Right wing PACs) and we have decent Democrats on the city council and in the state house. Now to get rid of Steve Shuh and Larry Hogan.

karynnj

(59,504 posts)
7. Peter Welch and yes, I have met him and also heard him speak
Sun Nov 26, 2017, 04:57 PM
Nov 2017

In little Vermont, without trying I have seen the entire delegation.

ProfessorGAC

(65,061 posts)
9. I'm Stuck With A Guy Who Hasn't Told The Truth Since 2nd Grade
Sun Nov 26, 2017, 05:45 PM
Nov 2017

Kinsinger. He even lied about his own middle east war record. On video.

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