E-mails From Public Overload House Web Site

By: Associated Press | News Channel 7
Published: August 13, 2009

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Amid a boisterous debate on health care
reform, people have flooded members of Congress with so many
e-mails that they overloaded the House's primary Web site.
Technical support has issued a warning to congressional staff
that the site - www.house.gov - may be slow or unresponsive because
of the large volume of e-mail being sent to members.
A spokesman for the House's chief administrative officer says
the spike in e-mail volume is widely believed to be a result of the
health care debate. Jeff Ventura says he has "no doubt" that's
the case, even though traffic data isn't available and cannot be
released without the lawmakers' consent.
Ventura says the last time he saw such a significant slow-down
in the system was in January, shortly before the House passed an
$819 billion bill to stimulate the economy.
He says new technology called "load balancing" is in place to
try to handle spikes in volume. So far, the House Web site remains
available to the public.

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