# How doe politicians send a letter to the President?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-doe-politicians-send-a-letter-to-the-president/654634
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [April 2, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-doe-politicians-send-a-letter-to-the-president/654634 "2013-04-02T16:23:23Z")
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### Author: ![Karen\_X2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90db22/32.png) [@Karen\_X2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_X2)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-doe-politicians-send-a-letter-to-the-president/654634/1 "2013-04-02T16:23:23Z")

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I see this in the newspaper and on the news. Congressman Blowhard sent a letter to the President regarding financial aid for his State…Or some nonsense like that. The question is - How in the heck do they send a letter to him? USPS? Noooo. I’m sure that he receives thousands every day. Courier? I believe that couriers would be lined up at the White House all day long. Email? Does he really have time to sit and read every email received? So when I hear of a politician writing a letter, what method is used? Please educate me.

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### Author: ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-doe-politicians-send-a-letter-to-the-president/654634/2 "2013-04-02T16:27:11Z")

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You asked the [same question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=686430) a week ago.

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### Author: ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-doe-politicians-send-a-letter-to-the-president/654634/3 "2013-04-02T19:21:02Z")

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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> You asked the [same question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=686430) a week ago.

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Indeed, so let’s close this one down.  
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