Make ten phone calls every day. Six of them go to your Federal Representatives, who are listed at the end of the article. Three of them go to your State Representatives. One goes to the Governor.
Each Federal politician has two phone numbers: the first in Washington DC and the second at his or her local office. The Governor has one. Your state legislators may have one or two.
It is helpful to have a script for your phone calls. Here is a pattern:
Good morning! My name is (First Name) (Last Name) and I live in your district in (city, town). Please, (representative’s name and title) to (twenty or thirty polite words maximum). Thank you for your time.
If you get a live operator, they may ask for your address (which they can easily get anyway) or to clarify your answer.
Many of us do not have twenty minutes per day. Any call you make to stop the Musk and Trump train from rolling over our rights as Americans is positive.
Senators and Representative for Congressional District 3 in Indiana
Sen. Todd Young
Indianapolis: 317-226-6700
Washington DC: 202-224-5623
Sen. Jim Banks
Fort Wayne: 260-321-7130
Washington DC: 202-224-4814
Rep. Jim Baird
Washington DC: 202-225-5037
Danville, IN: 317-563-5567
Governor Mike Braun: 317-232-4567
Indianapolis: 317-232-4567
State officials
As you may know, Indiana is a severely gerrymandered state. The gerrymander dismembers Greater Lafayette, so that both of our Senate districts extend tens of miles into deeply rural territory.
Even if it seems there is no chance your call will affect the vote, call. It is true that your legislators’ votes on many issues may be predetermined by their donors, their loyalty to MAGA or their opposition to MAGA, but not all of them. It is also true that they can gauge the strength of public sentiment based on these calls, which may dissuade them from voting for the worst of the bills.
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