The great thing about contacting a member of Congress on Twitter--in the fashion of an "@member" tweet--is that everyone else sees it too.
Roll Call explains the effectiveness of Twitter.
High-priced lobbyists might have a direct line to members of the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction, but new media strategist Patrick Hynes is trying to make it easier for the super committee to listen to everyone else as well.
Hynes, president of new media and online communications agency Hynes Communications, has gathered the Twitter handles and Facebook pages for the members of the committee and is encouraging people to voice their opinions through various social media platforms.
"My goal is to try to find a way around it and make sure that the people still have a way to petition their Congress during super committee procedures," he said.
Hynes, who has worked as a new media and communications consultant for former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's (R) Freedom First political action committee, the National Republican Senatorial Committee and Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) 2008 presidential campaign, is optimistic that committee members will listen to messages delivered through new media.
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