The Democratic congressman’s home on the Web provides tons of information, including detailed census data on his Oregon district and a QuickTime movie called “DeFazio’s Thoughts on the Rose Bowl.”
70277,2502@compuserve.com
The subject of much online chatter, Limbaugh checks his e-mail on CompuServe each morning before his radio show. But he’s closed his Internet gateway lest he be deluged with fan mail.
The California senator hadn’t fully understood the power of computers until June, when she sent a health-care questionnaire to constituents through the Internet. She received 1,100 responses in 10 days.
The Massachusetts governor hasn’t quite embraced the spirit o the Net. Staffers give him paper printouts of his e-mail. Weld scribbles replies, and staffers type the messages back into the system.
The original Mr. I-Way. NEWSWEEK e-mailed three networked politicians (Gore, Ted Kennedy, Newt Gingrich) to see who (or rather, whose server) would respond first. The vice president won handily, and offered info about other places to search.
tom-daschle@daschle.senate.gov
The Senate minority leader totes his Macintosh PowerBook 1,65 whenever he travels and loves to brow-se th World Wide Web. He often reads e-mail fro constituents himself. But you won’t be able to badger him online he logs on under a private ID so he won’t be noticed.
The Christian Coalition, the political group run by Reed, invites Web-surfers to pose questions for its satellite-fed TV show. This week’s topic: the surgeon general nominee, Henry Foster.
e-mail address unlisted
Nader uses an Internet node to coordinate public-interest projects around the world. But despite his emphasis on corporate openness, the, ever-suspicious Nader refuses to divulge his e-mail address.
