Target database: US House

Summary

The US Senate is one of the two chambers of Congress, responsible for making federal laws, confirming presidential appointments, and ratifying treaties. It consists of 435 representatives who serve two year terms. You can target representatives in a variety of ways using tools in Engaging Networks.

Name	USA / English : Congress - House
Major update schedule	Post election, after Congress members have taken office and then as needed
Records	435
Region	United States
Single or multi target?	Returns one target per Zip Code
Can be used for Tweet-to-Target pages?	Yes
Can be used for Click-to-Call pages?	Yes
Can be used for Political Broadcasts?	Yes
Can be used for Data Mapping?	Yes
Allows for target setting filtering?	Yes

Required fields for targeting

The tagged fields above must be used. You cannot substitute different tagged fields or untagged fields.

Tagged Field	Definition
Email address	Email address is the primary key and required on all Engaging Networks pages
Title	Supporters title. Supported values are: Mr. \| Mrs. \| Miss \| Ms. \| Dr.
First Name	Supporter’s First Name
Last Name	Supporter’s Last Name
Address 1	Valid street address
City	Supporter’s City
Region	Supporter's State
Postcode	Valid 5 digit Zip Code

Using the supporter's Address 1, City, State and 5 digit Zip Code, Engaging Networks will append +4 to the supporter’s Zip Code to make it a full 9 digit Zip Code. That 9 digit Zip Code is what is used to return the appropriate representatives.

Related databases

In addition there is an USA / English : Congress - Senate database of 100 Senators and the President can also be targeted.

Structure

Column name

What it holds

Salutation

The complete salutation of the target, e.g. “Representative Subramanyam,”

Organization

The constituency the target represents, e.g. “Virginia District 10”.

Position held

Not used

Title

The target’s title, e.g. “Rep.”

First name

The target’s first name

Last name

The target’s last name

Suffix

The target’s suffix, e.g. “Jr.”

Fax number

Fax number for representative

Various address fields

The address fields of the target if available

Party image

URL of their party’s image, used for X actions

Democrat	Republican

Biography 1

Not used

Biography 2

Not used

X Handle (Biography 3)

The X handle of the target if available, e.g. "@SuhasforVA"

Biography 4

Committee role, e.g. “Education and Workforce - Chair” (can be blank)

Biography 5

Committee/s membership, e.g. “Oversight and Government Reform”

Biography 6

Subcommittee/s, e.g. “Legislative Branch; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies”

Biography 7

The region, e.g. “Virginia”

Party (Biography 8)

As Bio5 – the target’s political party, e.g. “Democrat”

Search Id (for political database mapping)

A unique ID for the constituency, e.g. “VA01” for Virginia District 10, “TX25” for Texas District 25.