If you dislike the National Security Agency's meta-surveillance of/spying on your every phone call and internet communication, call your U.S. Congressional representative today to ask him/her to support the U.S.A. Freedom Act (House of Representatives bill 3361). Call both of your U.S. senators to ask them to support the U.S.A. Freedom Act (Senate bill 1599).
If you live in Iowa City, your Congressional representative is Dave Loebsack at 202-225-6576 in Washington, D.C.
If you live in Iowa City or anywhere in Iowa, your senators are Senator Tom Harkin at 202-224-3254 and Senator Chuck Grassley at 202-224-3744.
Don't expect a straight answer from the aide who answers the phone as to how your representative or senator will vote. They rarely if ever volunteer such information. Do we have a great country, or what?
What's important is for so many people to call that we shut down the Congressional and Senate switchboards. That's a crowd phenomenon Congress listens to even when no money is changing hands.
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