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I've phoned, e-mailed, snail mailed my government reps from city council on up to the Senate in D.C. (can't recall ever having written the president, although I may have at some point in a fit of pique). I've gone down and talked in person with the local mayor and city council. Local government is definately the most responsive. I once e-mailed the entire Colorado State Legislature. Several of them even replied back in a manner showing that they had read my e-mail and considered the issues I raised. I developed a long-running correspondence with one of them - a REPUBLICAN - who would have my vote for governer or Colorado Senator any time he might decide to run. The local city council actually contacted local Housing and Urban Development (HUD) officials and had them come to a council meeting to be raked over the coals at my behest.
On the national level, all I have ever gotten back is form letters. Wait, I take that back. I did get an actual for reals reply from a Colorado Senator who has since been forced to step down from office due to illness. Figures. The robots in DC probably realized an actual human being had snuck into the Senate and poisoned him.
My advice: Act locally and be stubborn as a mule and you'll be heard.
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