[eschaider]

The advocacy and thoughts need to be taken into consideration before the bill has been written for final language. Once written for final language it is not likely to get modified based on your advocacy.

If it is modified at all, it will be modified in some sort of unholy horse trading in a smoke filled back room deal that has nothing to do with your advocacy and everything to do with what the Senator is trying to get done somewhere else. The changes will also not be in your best interests — guaranteed!

The time for advocacy and dialog is prior to the bill having been written for final language. Your representative's response is just another example of the let them eat cake mentality of our elected representatives.

BTW did you ever think about who influences and writes the "final language". I think you would be chagrinned ...


Ed