Calling Congress - Is Anyone Listening?

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CALLING CONGRESS (and President Bush)

Tonight, I will be sending out the largest group e-mail I have ever attempted, and one which may well be ignored by most of the recipients. For all that, I am hopeful and believe that the letter may provide a good look into the opinions of Americans held by the people elected to represent them, and at least in theory, who answer to the people.

The letter reads as follows:

"Hello;

My name is DJ Drummond, and I write for the political blog Polipundit.com, which collected more than four million visits during 2004. Our nationwide readers have expressed an interest in the opinions and ideals of the 109th Congress, and we accordingly forward this twenty-item questionnaire to your office for your attention.

We realize that elected officials feel their strongest loyalty to their constituents, but our national audience wants to read the perspectives from all of Congress, and we will also note the level of response received from the Representatives’ and Senator’s offices. as well as which party responded in greater portion, and which Representatives and Senators responded first and in greatest detail . The 20-question format was selected to provide ease of response, and the questions were suggested by our readers, then voted on to select the favorites. Your answers will not only provide an overview of Congressional opinion, but will also address the most pressing questions of politically curious voters.

Thank you in advance for your attention to this poll. The responses will be collected and organized as they come in, and the results will be published on Polipundit.com on Monday, February 7.

The questions are as follows:


1. Should photo ID cards be required in order to vote?

2. What will you do to secure our borders from illegal immigrants and/or terrorists?

3. Is there a better solution to Middle East turmoil, than the establishment or promotion of freely elected democratic republics? Why or why not?

4. What are your intentions regarding Tort Reform?

5. If you could write an Amendment to the Constitution and know it would pass and be ratified, what would that Amendment be?

6. What specific measures would you recommend to protect Social Security for coming generations?

7. Where do you stand on eliminating the income tax and SSI tax and replacing them with a national consumption tax?

8. What will you do to ensure the integrity of the voting system?

9. What are the limits to judicial authority?

10. Given that many states give equal treatment U.S. citizens, legal aliens and illegal aliens, just what does it mean to be a U.S. citizen (besides not being hassled by INS) ?

11. Should undocumented aliens have the ability to get legal drivers licenses?

12. What is your first proposal to balance the Federal Budget?

13. What is your proposal for lowering the National Debt?

14. Confidence in the validity of elections has fallen sharply in some places. What would you recommend to repair and rebuild that confidence?

15. What are the limits to the authority of the Federal Government?

16. Do you believe the continued existence of a central bank (the Federal Reserve) that issues fiat money is in the best interests of the U.S.?

17. What actions do you support for education reform?

18. Should judicial nominees be guaranteed a “yes or no” vote in Committee? Why or why not?

19. What should our short and long term strategies be in Iraq?

20. What should the United States’ relationship be with the United Nations?

The writers at Polipundit, and all our readers, look forward to your responses.
Cordially yours,


DJ Drummond, Staff Writer
http://www.polipundit.com"

Well, in a couple weeks we’ll know a bit more about the American Democratic Republic, and the Jesters’ Court we call Congress. I rather suspect the White House will win this race, too.