
Share Your Thoughts on the Government Shutdown – Find Contact Information for Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois Representatives Here
Whether you lean right and support Congress' decision to shutdown the federal government in an effort to stop the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. "Obamacare"), or you lean left and feel our representatives are wrong in their decision, or you don't lean either way and you just want them all to stop acting like children and get back to work, your opinion is all for naught if you don't let those responsible for the situation know how you feel.
You may not have noticed any difference in your own life since the Federal Government shut its doors earlier this week, and whether you will or not depends on your individual situation, but by the various reports I've read, if our elected officials don't figure out a way to pass a budget by October 17th, and the United States defaults on the debts we owe, we'll all feel the pinch in some form or another regardless of our social and financial situation.
There are various polls showing Congress' approval rating is very low (and deservedly so in my opinion), and while I have to think those results have to resonate with members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate on some level, I don't think they pack quite the punch a personalized letter does.
The time to speak up and let the representative from your area know how you feel is now. Below is a list of Representatives from the various districts in the Tri-State area as well as both Senators from Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois. Use the links below to contact them directly and tell them your thoughts on the situation.
Indiana
Senators
Dan Coats
Washington D.C. Office Phone Number: (202) 224-5623
Joe Donnelly
Washington D.C. Office Phone Number: (202) 224-4814
Representatives
Larry Bucshon - 8th District (Evansville, Princeton, Jasper, Vincenness)
Washington D.C. Office Phone Number: (202) 225-4636
Todd Young - 9th District (Bedford, New Albany, Bloomington)
Washington D.C. Office Phone Number: (202) 225-5315
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Kentucky
Senators
Mitch McConnell
Washington D.C. Office Phone Number: (202) 224-2541
Rand Paul
Washington D.C. Office Phone Number: (202) 224-4343
Representatives
Ed Whitfield - 1st District (Henderson, Madisonville, Paducah, Hopkinsville)
Washington D.C. Office Phone Number: (202) 225-3115
Brett Guthrie - 2nd District (Owensboro, Elizabethtown, Bowling Green)
Washington D.C. Office Phone Number: (202) 225-3501
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Illinois
Senators
Mark Kirk
Washington D.C. Office Phone Number: (202) 224-2854
Richard Durbin
- Website Contact Form (under construction at the time of this writing)
Washington D.C. Office Phone Number: (202) 224-2152
Representatives
John Shimkus - 15th District (Mt. Carmel, Harrisburg, Fairfield)
Washington D.C. Office Phone Number: (202) 225-5271
William Enyart - 12th District (Mt. Vernon, Marion, Carbondale)
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