Which mode of communication carries the most weight with Congresspersons?

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21. The mail goes to them

Every piece of it gets to them.

Most have one or more legislative correspondents whose only job is to read and respond to the mail and to communicate the information and questions to their member or senator. Different representatives deal with mail in different ways. Some never or rarely look at it personally but just get regular reports on what people are saying. Some will look at some of it as their time permits.

And I've worked with more than one Member who insisted on reading every single piece of correspondence that came to the office and read and personally signed every single response that went out. That was pretty frustrating as it really slowed down the correspondence process since there was only so much mail a congresspersons could read, review and sign in a given day.