I looked at the resistbot website recently, and they're no longer faxing, but connecting to the House and Senate electronic messaging system. The reasons make sense: the message volume was overwhelming the fax system, so some offices were taking faxes offline, and constituents faxing to ask for help with problems couldn't get through.
So, this is now basically a way to email both my senators (or them and my congressmember) at once, from my cell phone. Useful, but it doesn't feel like a substitute for actually calling. Also, if I'm home rather than waiting for a bus, I can send emails more smoothly from my actual computer, with a real keyboard.
Side note: when I sent electronic messages to both my senators via resistbot, I got an autoreply from Ed Markey almost immediately (thanking me for writing about my concerns) but nothing from Elizabeth Warren. (When I lived in Katherine Clark's district, some of my phone calls got actual paper letters back; that hasn't happened yet with Mike Capuano, but I've only lived here two months and called him two or three times.)
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timeasmymeasure
FYI on resistbot
Date: 2017-10-22 01:26 pm (UTC)So, this is now basically a way to email both my senators (or them and my congressmember) at once, from my cell phone. Useful, but it doesn't feel like a substitute for actually calling. Also, if I'm home rather than waiting for a bus, I can send emails more smoothly from my actual computer, with a real keyboard.
Side note: when I sent electronic messages to both my senators via resistbot, I got an autoreply from Ed Markey almost immediately (thanking me for writing about my concerns) but nothing from Elizabeth Warren. (When I lived in Katherine Clark's district, some of my phone calls got actual paper letters back; that hasn't happened yet with Mike Capuano, but I've only lived here two months and called him two or three times.)