For those who do not wish to write a tome regarding the Patent Reform Bill, you can help by simply writing: Please vote NO on s.1145!
Often (usually) the aides read the mail in regard to certain bills and take a count of the "for" and "against" communications and they are then passed on to the bigwig. This is why large numbers of letters, e-mail, etc. are SO important.
Remember also that you are NOT prohibited from making more than one contact.