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BBrock9404 wrote: > Wanted to add that you want to make absolutely sure that you > include YOUR RETURN ADDRESS. That way you will get a response and > your letter will be given more weight. YOU GUYS KNOW THIS! > ...Emails are NOT AS EFFECTIVE [as snail mail] but better than > nothing. They should be shorter and to the point. May I also add: mail to your own Congressperson rather than to someone else's is effective - they don't care about people who aren't their constituents. So what if you don't live in Porter's district, or in the district of anyone on the Appropriations committees? Do you have a relative or friend who does and whom you can get to send a letter? Porter represents the Illinois 10th Congressional district, which includes the eastern half of Lake County as well as other suburbs of Chicago in northern Cook County. The District covers the following Zip Codes: 60004 (part), 60005 (part), 60015, 60016 (part), 60022, 60025 (part), 60026, 60029, 60030 (part), 60035, 60037, 60040, 60043-45, 60048 (part), 60056 (part), 60060 (part), 60061-62, 60064-65, 60069-70, 60079, 60082, 60085 (part), 60087 (part), 60088-91, 60093, 60096, 60099 (part) Cities and Villages in the 10th Congressional District Arlington Heights (part), Buffalo Grove, Deerfield, Des Plaines part), Glenview (part), Gurnee (part), Highland Park, Lake Forest, Libertyville (part), Mount Prospect (part), Mundelein (part), Northbrook, North Chicago, Prospect Heights, Vernon Hills, Waukegan (part), Wheeling, Wilmette, Winnetka, Zion Phil Tompkins