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IMPORTANT- Update On Toll Free # to Congress

Research Editor, Kip Murphy has been following up my post about the commandeering of the toll free number for the Capital Switchboard. He has found that there is no such animal. Apparently our government does not feel that we should be able to reach them without incurring expense. It appears that lobbyists get toll free numbers and then publicize them making them appear to be legitimate direct numbers. When people dial them, thinking they are calling a Senator or Representative, they actually get propaganda of some kind- as in this case but then are forwarded to the real switchboard. This completes the illusion that the number was legitimate. When we were contacted by people who had called this number and were quite upset at what they heard, we called. When an operator said “they got hold of our number”, I did not realize that she meant that lobbyists were forwarding into their number. It is a very deceptive practice, and I’ll admit I was fooled.

This deplorable practice may be within the law but it is far from ethical. Let’s spread the word that toll free numbers should not be used to reach Congress, unless we can find one from a provider who is honest and verifiable.- The Editor