Congress
Merge
offers
a
variety
of
data
products
to
help
you
and
your
organization lobby and
stay in
touch with members of Congress. We sell to entities, not to work
stations, so
when you use Congress Merge data you can use it on as many work
stations within
your organization as you need at no extra charge.Plus,
once
you
become
a
Congress
Merge
client
you
lock
your
price
in…your
data cost will never go up as long as you remain a client!
Products
purchased
may
be downloaded or will be delivered via email upon
completion of the credit card sale and alicense
agreement.
Postal
Service-based Congressional Zip-to-District Table
All
zip
to
district
tables
are
range
files
Our most
popular
product
(and one of the best deals
in Washington), the Postal Service-based Congressional Zip-to-District
Table is
used by a spectrum of interests from government agencies preparing
reports for
Congress, to advocacy groups, and businesses.
This
table is assembled using information from the U.S. Postal Service
with a margin of error of three to five percent. Available in text
(flat file),
Access 2000, and dBase IV formats. The fields are straightforward, with
the plus4s set up in a range file, such as 0001-5598. The table
is updated quarterly.
In addition, the Postal
Service-based
Zip-to-District Table comes with tables of all House and Senate
members, their
party affiliation, Capitol Hill suite, email* address, telephone and
fax
numbers**all in text format.These
tables of the data set are updated weekly when Congress is in session.
Price:$475.00 annually. No
one-time purchases. All orders must be paid at time of purchase by
credit
card:American Express, Discover,
MasterCard, or Visa.
Capitol
Version of the Congressional Zip-to-District Table
The Capitol
Congressional Zip-to-District Table is essential for organizations that
must
have pinpoint accuracy for matching zip codes to Congressional
Districts. Based
on zip codes to which either longitudes and latitudes or Census Block
numbers
have been assigned, the Capitol Congressional Zip-to-District Table is
99+%
accurate. The table is available in text (flat file), Access 2000, and
dBase IV
formats and can be purchased for all 50 states or by individual states.The fields are
straightforward, with the plus4s set up in a range file, such as
0001-5598. The database is updated
quarterly.
In addition, the
Capitol Congressional Zip-to-District Table comes with tables of all
House and
Senate members, their party affiliation, district offices, Capitol Hill
suite,
email* address, telephone, fax
numbers** all in text format.This portion of the table is updated weekly
when Congress is in session.
(Combine
the
Congressional
Information
Database
with
either
the
Postal
Service-based
or
Capitol
Version
Zip-to-District tables and
save
$100.00 on the total price)
For the government
affairs professional or organization that needs to monitor and
communicate with
members Congress on a timely basis, the Congressional Information
Database
allows you to keep up with Committee and Subcommittee assignments,
district
office information, and key staff. Updates are posted by 10 a.m.
weekdays when
Congress is in session.
For each senator and
representative Congress Merge has:
Capitol suite, phone, fax**, e-contact (email or
web form*), and web site
Four top staffers (chief
of staff, scheduler, legislative director, and communications person)
Committee and
subcommittee assignments
District office
information (we list all full-time district offices)
Biographical data
Twitter URL
Formal name field for
composing letters to Congress
While Congress is in
session all Congressional Information Database clients have the option
of
receiving a daily or weekly update when the following changes occur in:
Committee or subcommittee
assignments
Office suites
Member status, i.e., a
member of Congress leaves office before the expiration of their elected
term
Special elections to fill
vacant seats
E-mail addresses
Fax numbers
District office
information
In addition, a numerical
unique ID is assigned
to each member of Congress and is used throughout the database which
facilitates its use in SQL databases.
File Formats and
Sizes:
Access 2000:1.9
megs
Text:692
kb (flat
file – field names in the first row, tab
delimited, no text qualifier)
The state legislative
zip-to-district tables are put together using the same data as our
pinpoint-accurate Congressional Zip-to-District Table.Based on zip codes to which either
longitudes and latitudes or Census Block numbers have been assigned,
the State
Legislative Zip-to-District Tables are 99+% accurate. The tables are
available
in text (flat file), and dBase IV formats and can be purchased for all
50
states or by individual states.The
database is updated quarterly.
Advantages:
99+% accurate
Data available in two
formats
Available for use on
multiple work stations
File
formats and sizes:
Text (flat file): House
table is 30+ megs, Senate table is
17+ megs
dBase IV:House
table is 26+ megs, Senate table is 15+ megs
If you want to send a
mailing to House and Senate members in either their Congressional
office in
Washington or to their district offices Congress Merge can provide you
with
mailing addresses in a format that is easily transformed into mailing
labels –
Access, text (flat file), or Excel.The
records include the names of the representative and/or senator and
their
Capitol suite number for mailings going to their Washington, DC, office
or the
names of the representative and/or senator and their district office
mailing
address. The tables are available for the entire Congress or just the
House of
Representatives or just the Senate.Congress
Merge
can
also
break
down
the
mailing
lists
by
committee,
subcommittee
memberships,
or
individual states.
$35.00 for the
Washington, DC, addresses of all 541 members of the
House and
Senate. $170.00 for Congressional
district office addresses (House and Senate
members,
some 1,300+ records) Mailing ldata by
committee, subcommittee memberships, or state cost $.20 per
label with
a minimum price of $50.00 (call to order: 703-799-1189).
Order Online:
Congressional Mailing Lists:
All orders must be
paid at time of purchase by credit card:American
Express,
Discover,
MasterCard,
or
Visa.
To purchase or to
receive a price quote for individual states, please send an email to Mike
Waters or
call him at 703-799-1189.
This is an
abbreviated version of the Congressional Information Database and
contains just
the Capitol contact information for each member of Congress:
Formal name field for
composing letters to Congress
In addition, a numerical
unique ID is assigned
to each member of Congress and is used throughout the database which
facilitates its use in SQL databases.
The data is updated
weekly when Congress is in session.
File formats:
Text (flat file – field names
in the first row, tab
delimited, no text qualifier)
*The
vast majority
of congressional offices do not use
regular email addresses for electronic communication.Instead they rely on web forms to
limit
electronic communications
only from their constituents.
**We have all the fax
numbers for each senator
and all members of the House except for one office which claims it has
disconnected its fax machine.
