The pressure on the committee to agree to the recall could be immense, even if constituents are supportive.
Passage can happen in January if constituents tell their lawmakers they want action, not just promises, next year.
Speaker Lyons said she would not be surprised if constituents still found it hard to believe the court was finally open.
It is an iron rule that if constituents like you they will put up with quite a lot, whatever the party bosses or Fleet Street think.
But politicians using personal pages for outreach — particularly those already in office — may create disappointment if constituents mistakenly believe they have direct contact with their representative, and their correspondence goes unanswered.
Asked what he would do if constituents in his Victorian regional seat of Wannon said no to same-sex marriage, Tehan told ABC TV: "I don't know what they will say".
Jack Gullahorn, a Texas ethics expert who represents the state's trade association for lobbyists, said that if constituents knew their lawmakers' professional or personal ties, they would be fine with them 9 times out of 10.
And if constituents decide to put their MP in either a luxury apartment or a poxy bedsit, it becomes their problem and no one else's.Demissie A. Demissie Addis Ababa, Ethiopia* SIR – Bill Gates once suggested in a withering putdown of his competitors that they suffered from finite greed.
Earlier this year Mr Turner supported the idea MPs should face a by-election if constituents voted to have them recalled.
For many members of Congress, a vote for strict carbon limits will be politically suicidal if constituents continue to believe correctly that the vote will propel a massive shift of jobs, wealth and emissions from Peoria to Beijing.
