Congress Watch is a gateway to detailed information about your elected U.S. Congressional officials. A great way to learn about those who represent you in Congress.
With profile details, news feeds, and videos, become an informed and active citizen between elections and different sessions of Congress.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Basic Information
List of all legislators, including member first and last name, title, and political party affiliation.
Contact Information
Official website link, member contact form, Washington, DC office address, telephone, and fax numbers.
Legislative activity
Included are up-to-date news, and YouTube videos for Congress members.
Bonus Features
Live tiles for congress members which display current news and allow users to launch directly to the legislator profile page within the app. Search for legislators, and Share with your family and friends.
This app was built using the Open Congress and Sunlight Labs API's, but is currently not endorsed by either party.
Features:
- View basic & detailed information on Legislators, Committees, and Bills in Congress.
- Search for legislators & committees.
- Filter based on the sections of Congress (House, Senate, Joint, etc.).
- Contact legislators via their website, contact form, phone or fax numbers.
- Share Legislator and Bill details via email and any other sharing apps.
- Watch legislator YouTube videos and keep track with up-to-date news headlines.
- Visually track the progress of Bills in Congress, and read related comments from Open Congress website users.
- View legislator comments posted by Open Congress website users.
- Support for snap view, searching, and sharing from Windows charm bar.
- Pin live tiles to start screen for legislators. Live tiles provide recent news headlines as well as direct legislator page access back into the app.
- Supports semantic zoom on main hub.
- Easily navigate the main sections of the app.
- Send error reports via the About page.