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Politico.com said that regular folks are calling up their legislators on the $700 billion bailout plan for the tanked investment banks.

Whoa. Getting local involvement in things usually happens on super controversial issues (abortion, guns control, etc.) and campaigns for one piece of legislation, which leads to a flood of calls. This is a "dull roar," politico said:

Main Street’s reaction is strikingly similar to that on the addled Hill, as members weigh the threat of financial collapse against what many believe to be the most fiscally irresponsible legislation they have ever seen. “Where’s the backlash?” asked a leadership aide yesterday. “We’re kind of expecting it. But so far the calls we’ve been getting are very organic, not like the wave of calls we get when someone’s organizing a campaign.”

Most senators say they have seen a moderate rise in the number of calls and e-mails from people questioning or commenting on the plan. Senate Finance and Banking Committee member Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), for one, hasn’t seen any uptick in overall contact back home — but almost all of the calls and e-mails he has been getting lately are about the crisis, his staff says.

Here's the question, though. Are you contacting your legislator over this? Are you looking for a way to get up with your elected official?

Here's how:

Senators-
Richard Burr

Elizabeth Dole

Representatives-
Howard Coble
Virginia Foxx
Brad Miller
Mel Watt

Other Congress members in NC.