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Originally Posted by Locobot
Okay you mentioned that senate staff checks the mail and compiles stats based on what they read. Does the senator ever recieve the actual letter itself or even a post-anthrax facsimile thereof? Are there ever letters important enough that the senator is given the verbatim text? Excluding personal/private mail of course.
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It varies by the member. Some Senators rarely see any constituent letters. Some ask to see a certain number per week to personally respond to. Usually the only letters that make it to the Senators themselves are from other dignitaries or business/industry leaders. It's not that they don't want to read the actual words of their constituents, it's just a matter of time management. Most Senators talk to constituents at personal appearances in their home states, so they stay connected and in touch. They just don't have time to read the mail.