Does anyone know how to get an EMERGENCY appointment to renew a passport?

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6. Great story about getting help from a Senator with a passport.

This happened 50+ years ago. My friend's mom was a naturalized citizen and she got a call from her sister that their dad was going down hill fast & she needed to get back to the U.K. as soon as possible if she wanted to see him.

Her U.S. passport had expired and she was told at least 6 weeks for a new one. She was telling a neighbor her problems and the neighbor said "Call (Hubert) Humphrey's office." Friend's mom didn't think she could call a U.S. senator about something like this, so the neighbor called. (I can't remember for sure, but the neighbor may have been quite active in the DFL - but not that big of a wheel.)

That afternoon someone from Humphrey's Minneapolis office drove out to the house to get the expired passport. He was back the next day with the new one.