‘Local legislators will be contacted. I think they should contact their colleagues on the federal level, too.’
Actually, the spending bill could be voted on any day now. An indirect path might not be ideal at this point.
And even a government shutdown will not cause the contract to expire.
Me, myself and I have contacted the US Congress. I wish to engage my state representatives in keeping ICANN in the USofA. They are represented by the same clowns in Washington, DC as I am. ;)