There are roughly a million companies that do this in DC. I don't know that any of them will give you access to raw data, and it really isn't that simple. You are best off buying a package from one of these advocacy companies. Some senators and reps have online forms that constituents need to fill out, some will take e-mail. It is much less of a headache to let them worry about it. If you don't mind users leaving your site to accomplish this, you can just get a web 'sticker' from congress.org and have users enter their zip and write the letter through that site. Or you can pay some money and have the same function but customize the pages to look like your site.
Off the top of my head: http://www.capwiz.com/ http://www.vocus.com/ >>> "Louis Klepner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/23/02 09:33AM >>> Hello- I would like to automate the process of contacting Congress a visitor's congress member. I've got a database (provided by client) which has all of congress, but not all of the congress members have email addresses. I guess this is a two part question: 1. Does anyone know of a zip code -> congressional district database? 2. Has anyone automated the process of contacting congress members on a nation wide basis? With a variety of different web based contact forms, I'm wondering how to code this... I'd like to handle it on site- Instead of providing a link to whatever form the particular congress member is using. 3. Last but not least- I heard a rumor that their are databases with plain EMAIL addresses for all of congress... IF anyone knows anything about this, I'd love to know!!! It would be much easier than trying to deal with the assortment of contact forms... Thanks in advance! Louis Klepner Expressive Imaging Web Design & Development 845-440-0086 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.expressiveimaging.com ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
