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Rep.
Earl Blumenauer write.earl@mail.h ouse.gov |
Sen.
Ron Wyden senator@wyden.
senate.gov |
Rep. Elizabeth Furse rep.elizabeth.furs e@mail.house.go v |
Sen. Gordon Smith oregon@gsmith. senate.gov |
E-MAILS RECEIVED WEEKLY |
200 |
70-175 |
300 |
30-100 |
RESPONSE TIME TO WW QUERY |
13 hours |
9 hours |
12 hours |
2 hours, 45 minutes |
CANNED REPLY |
"Your comments
are valued." |
"I would like to invite everyone online to surf my Web page." |
"I appreciated
hearing from you." |
"I appreciate you sharing your thoughts." |
PET E-MAIL ISSUES |
Budget, China's most favored nation status, campaign finance |
Natural-resource issues, health care, education |
Credit union
legislation |
Logging, water-related, health care, budget |
HOW MANY E-MAILS DOES HE/SHE READ? |
"a sampling" |
"He sees the mail that comes in. He's very diligent." |
"Most" of them |
Sees a "summary" of requests" |
DOES HE/SHE HAVE A PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS? |
No, the address that he publicizes is the one address he has." |
"He has a personal account he shares with his family." |
"She does have a personal e-mail account." |
"Yes, he has a
computer at home. |
WHAT'S THE ADDRESS? |
N/A |
"I decline to give it to you." |
"It's a personal
e-mail account." |
"It is unofficial." |
WEB SITE |
www.senate.gov/ ~smith |
www.senate.gov/ ~wyden |
www.house.gov/ furse/ |
www.house.gov /blumenauer/ |
SITE'S BEST FEATURES |
Photos of Smith grooming a horse; access to
newsletters since April 1997; audio of Smith welcoming you to his Web site. |
Virtual tour of the U.S. Capitol, access to daily schedule of Congress, list of his current legislative initiatives sorted by subject. |
Thorough biographical information (she was born in Nairobi and marched against apartheid in South Africa at age 15), easy access to her stand on top issues. |
Full texts of speeches made on the House floor (he's praised the Green Bay Packers and criticized senseless killing). |
SITE'S WORST FEATURES |
Map of district offices loads very slowly, and some sites, including
voting record, are under construction. |
If anything, there's too much here. |
Graphs are hopelessly illegible, much of the site looks neglected (her last posted press release is more than a year old). |
The quote from Isaiah (on his "livable communities" page) is a bit much. There are also pictures of Blumenauer cycling in khakis and a bow tie, a fashion no-no. |
