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Nothing to watch on TV? How about your local member of Congress?
8/11/10
To the past episodes of Mad Men and Jersey Shore available via cable on-demand, now add the Capitol Hill and South Florida adventures of Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
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Advance sign-up needed for U.S. Rep. Baron Hill town hall meeting
7/21/10
U.S. Rep. Baron Hill will try to talk with thousands of his 9th District constituents on Monday in a town hall meeting.
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MiCongress: On-demand cable for lawmakers, constituents
6/22/10
Entrepreneur Stuart Shapiro thinks incumbents have an image problem. And it's no wonder, he says, considering the great lengths...
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Congress Members Added To Cable's On-Demand Menus
6/18/10
Can't get enough of your local congressman on C-SPAN, C-SPAN2 or C-SPAN3? Now you can get 24/7 access to your representative through most cable providers.
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Ortiz Launches On-Demand Channel Across South Texas
6/18/10
Constituents can access channel to learn about issues of importance to them
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Look Out, C-SPAN - Here Comes MiCongress
6/17/10
Service Gives Members Unfiltered Time on TV
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Now playing in your living room: Jim Moran and Donna Edwards
6/17/10
Tired of clicking your remote and finding nothing you want to watch? Cable subscribers in the D.C. area now have a new viewing option -- the Jim Moran and Donna Edwards channels.
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Members of House Spent $45M on Outreach
5/5/10
House members collectively spent more than $45 million in 2009 on taxpayer-funded mass mailings, phone calls and electronic messaging to trumpet their records to constituents, alert them to town hall meetings and seek feedback, a review of House documents shows.
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Ross Web Site Wins Coveted Gold Mouse Award
4/22/10
Site Recognized as Among "Best-of-the-Best" in Congress
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Foxx Wins Award for Online Constituent Service, Communication
4/22/10
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Rep. Israel Awarded Best Web Site in the House of Representatives by the Congressional Management Foundation
4/22/10
Congressional Management Foundation evaluated 620 Congressional sites; Rep. Israel is one of four recognized with a Platinum Mouse Award
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Paulsen Website Wins Gold Mouse Award
4/22/10
3rd District Congressman awarded for quality of his website, one of just 38 in Congress to capture the honor out of 620 evaluated websites
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Congress' Web Sites Garner Praise, Pans (Roll Call)
4/22/10
The CMF Gold Mouse Awards for the 111th Congress were held on Wednesday, April 21st. The CMF has also released their findings after reviewing every Congressional website.
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Matheson Telephone Town Halls Reach More than 100,000 Constituents
11/23/09
Congressman Jim Matheson has used iConstituent's Telephone Town Hall product to make 21 calls this year. In total, he has reached over 100,000...
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Rep. Dan Boren's Town Hall Calls Reach Many
11/2/09
By the time Rep. Dan Boren hung up the phone in his Capitol Hill office last Monday night, nearly 9,000 people had listened to him...
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Politicians' Web Town Halls Boost Ratings (National Journal)
10/26/09
A recent CMF study looked at online town halls and their effect on ratings. They found that members who engaged in online town halls experienced an average net approval rating of 18 points.
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House Republicans Hope to Catch Up to Obama on Use of New-Media Tools (The Hill)
10/21/09
The House GOP Conference has signed a contract with a text-messaging company as Republicans race to get up to speed on new-media tools that helped President Barack Obama win the White House.
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Do Tele-Town Halls Shield Lawmakers from Rowdy Crowds? (Politico)
9/21/09
An honest look at the Telephone Town Hall system that is gaining popularity on the Hill.
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9,000 Tune in to Murtha Teleconference (Our Town)
9/3/09
The Constituent Gateway Telephone Townhall hosts a successful, 9,000 person meeting for Congressman Murtha. More than 150 constituents leave messages using the iConstituent system.
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Engel Dials Up a Town Meeting on Health Reform (The Riverdale Press)
8/27/09
iConstituent client Eliot Engel hosts a successful Telephone Townhall using iConstituent's product. Zain Khan, iConstituent CEO, speaks to the popularity of these town halls during the August recess.
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Lawmakers Strive To Avoid Heated Town Halls (NPR)
8/19/09
Zain Khan, iConstituent CEO, was interviewed for NPR's "All Things Considered" on the spike in telephone town halls in light of the recent health care debate.
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Virtual Town Halls Gaining Popularity (Politico)
8/6/09
With the summer recess turning into a cross between election-year frenzy and an Ultimate Fighting Championship, the traditional town hall is looking less desirable by the day. The recent antics of "tea party" activists and "birthers" have provided incentives for members of Congress on both sides to seek a less vulnerable alternative to face-to-face communication. And there's a good one: technology.
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Electronic Outreach Tests House Rules (WSJ)
7/6/09
A Wall Street Journal investigation looks into congressional e-newsletter communications and the impact they are having on House franking rules. Zain Khan, iConstituent CEO, discusses the value of these outreach programs.
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