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Nancy Pelosi dismissed the House of Representatives yesterday and the Democrats went home, but the Republicans stayed around today to protest that they weren’t given a vote on domestic offshore drilling.  Now, I’m not sure the details, but Republican Texan Congressman John Culberson began using Twitter to update people on the goings on.  Follow @JohnCulberson if you’re into that sort of thing.  I believe @PeteHoekstra is a Representative as well.

A couple things -

• I don’t follow politics nearly as actively as I used to, but what good did this do besides be symbolic?
• Filibusters don’t end at 5 PM with a press conference.
• Awesome to see Twitter used as a communication tool directly between Representatives and their constituents.
• I’d LOVE to be able to hear directly from my Representatives and Senators like this.  I wonder if I can write my reps and encourage them to get on Twitter?

Those are just some thoughts… Not sure what I think of the actions in D.C. on either side (I think we should have had a vote, but I don’t see the point of a publicity show like the GOP tried to pull off) - but I LOVE seeing Twitter used as a method of direct communication at least so we can know what people are working on.

We elect them - shouldn’t we have the option to easily find out about their day just like we find out about our friends’ days?

Colin