Congress

Congress

By Cohen Research Group

  • Category: Reference
  • Release Date: 2019-02-02
  • Current Version: 18.0.0
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 31.82 MB
  • Developer: Cohen Research Group
  • Compatibility: Android, iOS 15.0
Score: 3.4
3.4
From 5 Ratings

Description

Introducing Congress in Your Pocket, Basic Edition, for the 118th Congress, First Session (2023). This app ships with preloaded data for the 118th Congress, First Session (updated early-January, 2023). If you'd like additional updates throughout the year, you can get them through an in-app purchase. OVERVIEW This application offers all of the vital information you need to be an active and informed citizen between elections. Learn all about who represents you in Congress, contact them in Washington, follow their campaigns and challengers, read their social networking pages, and see their YouTube videos. Share any link in the application via email, Facebook, or Twitter. Remember, they work on Capitol Hill but they represent you. REVIEWS • Macworld, "Indispensable" • Washingtonian, "Top iPhone Apps for Washington" • What’sOnIPhone, “Something every citizen should have” • Oh, My, Gov! "#1 iPhone App for Government" • Mashable, "Top 5 Best Apps for Political Junkies" • BlogCritics, "Top 10 iPhone Application" • AppCraver.com, “Editor’s Pick" WHAT'S INCLUDED Basic information Member of Congress's first and last name; title or leadership position, state, senior/junior designation in the Senate and District number in the house, political party affiliation, district map, and biographical information. Contact information Washington, DC office address, office map, official website link, member contact form, and telephone number. We also include the member's Facebook, Twitter and YouTube links where available. Campaign information Incumbent campaign website and percent of the vote won in the most recent election, name of the top opponent and website, campaign news, tracking polls where available, and donor information. Bonus features Who to contact to register to vote in your state, News, link to the White House website, Campaign Finance, Legislation, Transparency, Ad Watch, and our Twitter page, and answers to frequently-asked questions. How often is the information updated? The data in this application is current to mid-January 2022, the first session of 118th Congress (2020). Data may be updated by an in-app purchase. NEED MORE INFORMATION? Now on the App Store are Congress+ and CongressPro. Both add capitol staff names and contact information as well as a section for legislative activity and additional functionality. Capitol staff information Congress+ and CongressPro include names and email address links to top staff including: Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Press Secretary or Communications Director, and the Scheduler. Legislative activity Congress+ and CongressPro include full committee and subcommittee assignments with applicable chair and ranking member designations, sponsored and cosponsored legislation. CongressPro also offers separate pages just for committees and subcommittees and the ability to take notes on your meetings and communications with each member or their staff. Problems with this update? If you have a problem with the update, please delete the app and reinstall it. You can also email us directly at [email protected]. We respond to every single one. Bad reviews don't help you get your app working. We will.

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Reviews

  • Switch and bait

    1
    By Gato?
    Thieves. This is how they do it: you pay for the app, open it for the first time and find out you have to pay more to update information to the current congress.
  • Rip off

    1
    By Eddie H 2222
    Charged me 1.99 for an old version (114th congress)then you have to pay again for the current congress. How do they get away with this?
  • I can't believe they charge for this

    1
    By A Disappointed User 3$#
    This app creates nearly zero value. Most sections of the app simply load external websites that are freely available. The only native element appears to be the list of legislators (+$1), which is actually less elegant than the list on congress.gov. What a wasted opportunity, and a waste of $3.
  • Outdated

    1
    By Barb47
    Why would they sell you an outdated app? It is May 2015. Wouldn’t ya think you would get the 2015 congress and not 2014=scam
  • Outdated

    1
    By Soundco
    I paid $.99 for an app that was outdated and immediately wanted another buck to update.
  • Senate links point to House websites

    4
    By Laelius
    I've noticed several committee links (especially Senate Committees) direct you to House Committee websites.
  • Ridiculous

    1
    By Patrickfb123
    It's really a terrible app. Not user friendly, no sponsored bills and worst of all they keep asking for money for the update.
  • Asking for update

    3
    By Vaughncj
    Just purchased it and it is already asking me to purchase the "new" congress. Hmm
  • Great App & Honest People

    5
    By @RailroadMatt
    This is a very good app. Extremely useful for discovering congressman both by state or by last name. The mapping that shows districts is awesome. All you could want to know in one place. The people that have put this app together are also very good to work with if you encounter issues. They worked through my issues with great responsiveness.
  • Staff

    3
    By I work on the Hill
    Cohen group takes way too long to update frequent changes in Congressmen and Senators roster -- months. Updating process is tedious and i have been charged twice for the same version. Photos should be bigger also. It has potential to be a really useful app with needed refinements.

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