How to thank Dianne Feinstein! She should know beyond all doubt that she did good!

DUer Squinch suggested in an earlier thread that I make this an OP. Well, alrighty then!

Call DiFi's office. Either via the usual Congressional (202) numbers OR the TOLL FREE Capitol Hill switchboard numbers in my sig line.

Or look her up online and call one of her regional offices.

TELL HER "THANK YOU!!!" THANK her! Thank her for her courage and willingness to GO BOLD! Tell whatever staffer picks up that this is great and how much you love it and appreciate it and how grateful you are that she showed TRUE guts.

As a parent, I learned that you don't reward or reinforce bad behavior, BUT, you ENCOURAGE more good behavior by rewarding and reinforcing that. We certainly are able to call and complain when they do things of which we don't approve, right? Therefore, when they do something right, they need to hear the "attagirls" and "attaboys" that they've earned. If they get a lot of those, it will encourage them to do more of the same.

Add calcium supplements to their backbones!!! It MATTERS. And it makes a difference, sometimes a BIG difference.

Please never forget this "Golden Rule" of representative democracy: If they think YOU don't care, they won't, EITHER!

From this earlier thread:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210078801#post68

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BTW, many of us have discovered her phone's busy. I've discovered that sometimes it's worth calling one of the Senators' regional offices. They all usually have several. And they're far more likely NOT to be busy-busy-busy because most people call Washington DC to weigh in. Go more local. You'll get through WAY easier. I tried that with Kirsten Gillibrand, to complain about her leading the railroading of Al Franken. She has several regional offices scattered around the state of New York. I called her New York City office, just for fun. I was amazed. I got right through. AND the staffer who answered gave me a fair amount of his time, as well. We had about five minutes' worth of conversation, and I gained a lot of interesting perspective and activist intel that way (like for example - how busy have you guys been? How's the volume of calls on this? Answer - remarkably heavy, considering!) But shit, I was amazed that a Senator's office in New York City was that easy to call into! New York City forcryingoutloud.

Feinstein's regional offices:

How to . . . Contact my State offices
My four state offices play a key role in gathering information about issues affecting Californians. Field representatives attend meetings and public events in the state, work with other branches of the federal government, and spend a good deal of their time in the counties they monitor.

The state offices can also help you resolve problems you may be having with a federal agency. For more information, please visit the Casework Assistance page.

Please feel free to call or write the office nearest you, or you can visit one of the offices between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. We are here to serve you.

San Francisco
One Post Street, Suite 2450
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: (415) 393-0707
Fax: (415) 393-0710

The following counties are served by the San Francisco office: Alameda, Butte, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Marin, Mendocino, Modoc, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, Yuba.


Los Angeles
11111 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 915
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Phone: (310) 914-7300
Fax: (310) 914-7318

The following counties are served by the Los Angeles office: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Ventura.


San Diego
880 Front Street, Suite 4236
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 231-9712
Fax: (619) 231-1108

The following counties are served by the San Diego office: Imperial, San Diego.


Fresno
2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4290
Fresno, CA 93721
Phone: (559) 485-7430
Fax: (559) 485-9689

The following counties are served by the Fresno office: Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Fresno, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Stanislaus, Tulare, Tuolumne.

https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/state-offices