How long should one respectably wait for a response from US Senator and/or his Staff to respond to a matter submitted electronically? I am growing impatient.
I find that if you write them AND send them money that they will respond almost immediatly with a thanks and endless request for more money. And they will introduce you to their friends who also need money and who will also send you endless emails.
Don’t hold your breathe. If they’re not your representative, odds are probably lower than none you’ll get a response. If they are, they’re probably 50/50. Give their office a call - they respond to volume.
It varies tremendously. As @Munch says, if you’re not their constituent then you’ll likely never get a response. If you’re expressing a position on a common topic, you’ll usually get a canned response within a few days. If you’re seeking some assistance from the office (arranging a tour, buying a flag, etc.) it may take a couple weeks.
I emailed my two senators back when Trump was impeached, urging them to vote to convict. I got replies back from both within a couple days but they were the canned, partisan replies I pretty much expected from them.
Now I’ll never hear back from George Santos! sniff…
It depends.
Was your letter strongly worded?
I wrote my Maryland State senator and got a reply the next day. If they haven’t replied by now they’re not likely to.
This has been my experience. I write my federal senators or rep about something roughly every 6 months.
I’ve never written asking for some sort of personal intercession, so I have no idea how long that might take to get a response, much less an actual result.
I’ve found that this happens pretty quickly - a week or two.
It depends on the individual officeholder. The skilled politicians, of either party, know that good constituent services bring votes, and so act quickly on those things. The ones who think public service is a comedy routine, though, tend to ignore such things.
I applied for a passport renewal in January 2021, and a got a response in July 2021 that my picture “didn’t meet standards”. I had travel plans in October 2021, so by Labor Day weekend 2021 I was starting to get worried. I emailed my Congress representative the Friday before Labor Day weekend, and by Tuesday had a response that my passport was on it’s way - I actually received it on Thursday. I think it all depends on the request and what you need - but my representative and his personalized attention made me a voter for him for life!
I think that only works with the White Star line.
Depends who you are and how much money you have given them.
If you are Jamie Dimon (CEO of JP Morgan Chase) you can expect them to respond immediately.
You or me…probably never or, at best, a form letter sent by an automated system thanking you for your interest, your opinion has been noted and then asking you for a donation.
An excellent example of what I said in the previous post: Good constituent services bring votes. Probably plural: He has your vote for life, and you’ve probably also told a bunch of your friends, family, and neighbors, and that’s probably influenced them towards voting for him, too.
In my experience, if I write to my Congresswoman about a general issue, I get a general automated response. If I write to her disagreeing with a particular stance she’s taken, I get no response.
You’re all wet!
Unless they put you on ice.
I get an automated response that thanks me and says my opinion has been noted.
Which I take to mean they tally the comments on a particular issue as one metric to gauge the public sentiment. It may not change anything but it is worth collecting that data for them.
Whether they have a computer or unpaid/cheap clerks tabulating this stuff I don’t know.
Our local US Congressperson has helped us twice, and fairly quickly. I wouldn’t expect responsiveness from any level above that.