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Use this Sunlight Foundation app to contact MD members of Congress [VIDEO]

You know what’s back in session this month? You’re damn right it’s the United States Congress. Are you ready for some gridlock? And if you’d like to GET IN TOUCH with Maryland’s U.S. Senators or its eight U.S. Representatives, including Dutch Ruppersberger, who co-sponsored the reintroduced CISPA cybersecurity bill this year, well, you can. Just […]

The U.S. Capitol. (Public domain photo)

You know what’s back in session this month? You’re damn right it’s the United States Congress. Are you ready for some gridlock?
And if you’d like to GET IN TOUCH with Maryland’s U.S. Senators or its eight U.S. Representatives, including Dutch Ruppersberger, who co-sponsored the reintroduced CISPA cybersecurity bill this year, well, you can.
Just use this app from the Sunlight Foundation, appropriately called Congress.
The free app has been available for Android devices, but just became available for iOS devices Tuesday.
Download Congress for Android or iOS.
Watch a video on how it works:

Companies: Congress / U.S. Government / Sunlight Foundation

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