At Least We Tried: Cap And Trade Phone Calls Crashed House Phone System
And yet still it passed.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – A coordinated conservative push to kill a climate change bill managed to at least take down the House of Representatives’ phone switchboard.
The volume of calls to House members Friday was so high that a spokesman for the House chief administrative officer told CNN Radio the system could not handle it.
“Phone traffic has increased to a level where some callers are receiving an ‘all circuits are busy now, please try back again later’ message,” communications director Jeff Ventura wrote in an e-mail response. ...
Busy signals blared from congressional offices beginning Friday morning. Traffic was especially jammed at key committees and in offices of potential swing voters, including Democrats from traditionally Republican states, like Texas.
There may be a heavy price to pay for ignoring the people. Especially on something that amounts to a gigantic on pretty much everything in the economy. If this becomes law, every time food prices or book prices or electricity prices go up, Americans are going to know why. And they’re going to know who was responsible for it.
And, hopefully, those people won’t win any more elections.
But remember, the fight isn’t over. Email your Senator now.
