Contacting the Congress By Juan Cabanela http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/ This file is a listing of DC and District phone numbers and electronic mail addresses from the Contacting the Congress database. I hope you can use this information to counter-act some of the idiocy going on in Washington, whatever you consider "idiocy" to be. Keep in mind that every fax or voice call is interpreted by your congressperson as equal to the opinion of many more constituents who don't call. You can make a difference! When e-mailing members of Congress, keep in mind to be formal and to the point or your letter may be ignored. Also, keep in mind this advice from Lawrence Rudner, Director of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation: "Your letter should go to your Senator or Representative and should be no longer than one page, two brief paragraphs are best. Identify yourself, your affiliation, and your major concern in the first paragraph. You should describe why the concern is important and worthwhile in the second paragraph. End with your postal address. Keep it concise!" This information about the 108th Congress was compiled from sites across the Internet. Updated information will be added as my work allows. Any updates will include corrections for any errors found as well as new phone, FAX, e-mail, and Internet homepage information as it becomes available. If you know of any information which may be missing, send it to me and it will be included in the next version. If you find any errors, please contact me, Juan Cabanela, at This document is freeware, but if you wish to write me a postcard, you are more than welcome to. Anyone placing this document on purchasable media (including , but not limited to: CD-ROMS, Diskettes, Books, software, etc) must agree to send me a free copy of said media (including shipping). Send all snail mail to: Juan Cabanela 24 South Wyoming Avenue #1A Ardmore, PA 19003-1229 _______________________________________________________________________________ The format of the ContactingCongress.db file is as follows: It consists of 8 columns, delimited by TABs, the columns are: Column 1: District Code (The first two letters are the postal code of the state/territory represented, the next two characters are one of the following: SR: Designates that this is the Senior Senator (the one who has served the longest in the Senate) JR: Designates that this is the Junior Senator 00: Designates that this Representative/Delegate served the entire state/territory, known as an 'at large' district. ##: A number, indicating the congressional district this Represenative serves. Column 2: Name of the Congressmember Column 3: Political Affiliation (D=Democrat, I=Independent, R=Republican) Column 4: DC Office (HOB = House Office Building, SOB = Senate Office Building) This can be turned into a full DC mailing address by using the following template for the address For Senators: For Representatives: The Honorable [Name of Senator] The Honorable [Name of Representative] United States Senate United States House of Representatives [DC Office from Column 4] [DC Office from column 4] Washington, DC 20510 Washington, DC 20515 Column 5: DC Phone Number Column 6: District Office Phone Number (when not available, listed as "N/A")) Column 7: Email Address (when not available, listed as "N/A") Column 8: WWW Address (when not available, listed as "N/A") _______________________________________________________________________________ This compilation Copyright(c) 1995-2003 Juan Cabanela. All Rights Reserved. This database file can only be used for non-profit work. Republication of this database, or derivatives of it, in any format, electronic or otherwise, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Juan Cabanela. Any political lobbying groups must contact me before using this database file.