These are the codes and names of the only building where member officers are. They should not need to be changed. Ins Adds, Del Deletes, Enter allows Edit. bybody _By body, Senate or House. 7Enter gives detail. In 9the released version, ;editing will be excluded. This is a scrolling list of Main Committees. (The code and period need not be visible. The number stands for committee type e.g. 1=Senate, 2=Senate select, 3=House, 4=House select and 5=Joint. The "." indicates a main committee.) This table lists members by last name. Enter the initial letters of the last name in the locator entry field to jump to names beginning with those letters. Press Enter to view member data. Press Alt-H or Alt-S to limit the table only House or Senate members. Press Alt-T to list members by state. These are main Senate committees. Enter to view members of the commttee. Then you may view subcommittees and then members of subcommittees. 1,??11 If you untag a committee, remember that you may untag members that you had tagged elswhere and want tagged. If you have a problem, go to the print menu and clear all. Then go back and tag the members you want tagged. GGENERAL UCONGM1 MCONGM3 RREGISTER LLICENSE Help Menu General Information Uses of Cong Main Menu Help Registration License Esc to Exit ECONGHM Overview "Cong" is a congressional contact and tracking system. "Cong" allows you to locate Senate and House members by name, state, district, party, body, committee, subcommittee, etc. Once located, contact and other information is avilable on the screen. Members can also be tagged to receive a letter, note or invitation. The correspondence can be created/edited with the internal "Cong" editor. The letters, notes or invitations, properly addressed, are automatically generated by "Cong" for each tagged member. (Esc exits) (Enter for Help Menu) fCONGHM Individuals who want to make their feelings known to a group of Senators and Housemembers will find "Cong" invaluable. "Cong" is also intended for use by Members of Congress, legal firms, associations and groups that interact with the Congress and by educators teaching government. Anyone involved with congressional matters will find it useful for quickly locating a member's telephone number and office room number and for maintaining notes relating to a members. Anyone who is involved with committees and subcommittees will find "Cong" quite useful in identifying and contacting members according to committee and subcommittee assignments. (Esc exits) (Enter for Help Menu) This choice shows comittees and sub-committees and their members This choice allows This choice you to tailor your shows members tag list and print alphabetically and edit letters. or: - by house - by party - by state Utilities allow you to edit semi- It also shows permanent data, the committees like your name and the member is address that on. goes on letters. This choice shows comittees and sub-committees and their members This choice allows This choice you to tailor your shows members tag list and print alphabetically and edit letters. or: - by house - by party - by state Utilities allow you to edit semi- It also shows permanent data, the committees like your name and the member is address that on. goes on letters. CONGM1 This choice shows comittees and sub-committees and their members This choice allows This choice you to tailor your shows members tag list and print alphabetically and edit letters. or: - by house - by party - by state Utilities allow you to edit semi- It also shows permanent data, the committees like your name and the member is address that on. goes on letters. cmembst EDITF2 Letter code: Enter a letter code for this letter Description: Enter a free text description of the letter Text: Then write the text of the letter in the white space, beginning on the very first avilable line. "Cong" writes the "Dear" line and a blank line automatically. It also writes the stationery header and the signature lines. You only provide the actual text of the letter. Print one on blank paper to see what it does. When in the letter text, press F1 for Help on edit keys. Enter to save. Esc to exit without saving. "Cong" doesn't do mailing labels. It is setup to use windowed envelopes that show the members name and address on the letter through the window. These envelopes are available from us or most any office supply store. 4(Enter for more) To set the letter header and other lines, go to the utility menu from the main menu. Then select user data. If you want to use your own stationery, just make the header lines blank. /(Esc exits) Notes: 1. The letter tag field is to mark a member for automatic listings or to print letters to selected members. 2. Notice that: - you can attach a free text note to each member (Alt-N) - Alt-C lists the member's committees 3. Some of the data fields, like nickname, can be changed, others cannot. 4. Member staff data is incomplete, but you can add. 5. Press ^Enter to save changes anytime. (If you have additional data that we can utilize in "Cong", call 800- -1630 to make arrangements.) Highlight an existing letter to edit and press Enter. Press Ins to start a new letter Press Del to delete an existing letter Esc exits DP notes on Cong 1. 8/17 running needs data update. 2. Three progs. cong1, conge(edit) and congl(letters). these are changed and work. 3. Main and Sub are reversed so that NOT M (e.g. <>M) gives Main committees, since Main commetties are marked "S' and subs are marked "M". NOT "B", which doesn't exist, gives all, sinve it is ture for all. 4. Decide how to present comittees grouping and order maCONGHM General Information This version (V0.9) is a Beta version. It is released for evaluation and comments by potential users. Written comments should be forwarded to: Don Richards PO Box 130 Thornburg, VA 22565 To become a registered Beta Site for "Cong" or to inquire about custom or OEM versions call 800- -1630. (Esc to Exit) (Enter for Help Menu) 1=??11 LEDIT2 Cursor Control Keys cursor up backspace cursor down go to next tab stop cursor left left to tab stop cursor right go left one word HOME go to beginning of line go right one word END go to end of line ^PGUP go to top line PGUP go to previous page ^PGDN go to last line PGDN go to next page ^HOME erase entire line INS toggle insert mode ^END erase to end of line DEL erase character Block Operations Other mark characters mark lines replace Alt M move replace with verify Alt C copy ^ENTER accept (changes saved) Alt D delete cancel(changes not saved) ^ means pressed with CTRL key means pressed with SHIFT key ENTER for more, ESC to quit *J ! ** ! ** ! ** !! * .! ** * .! ** $** !** !** *J .. Block Operations Mark a block: Press F7 (chars) or F8 (lines) to begin marking a block. Use the cursor to extend the block. Press F7 or F8 again to complete the block marking. The block will remain highlighted. Move/Copy: After marking a block, move the cursor to a new locastion. Then press Alt-M (move) or Alt-C (copy) to move or copy the marked block to the cursor position. Deleting: To delete a marked block, press Alt-D Un-marking: To unmark a block, press the Esc key or F7/F8 Finalize your member letter list This choice allows you to print to the screen befor going to your printer. License This version of "Cong" may be freely copied, duplicated and distributed without restriction. The screens, style and "look and feel" are the copyrighted property of Don Richards and may not be copied or duplicated without written permission. Use the arror keys or the first letter to Select Press "Enter" to activate your selection. "Esc" exits This shows the committees and subcomittees that a member is on. Press Enter for other members of the committee or sub- committee. mcbyname This table lists all members alphabetically. $The Alt keys give them in differennt orders. reLEDIT2 Cursor Control Keys cursor up backspace cursor down go to next tab stop cursor left left to tab stop cursor right go left one word Home go to beginning of line go right one word End go to end of line ^PgUp go to top line PgUp go to previous page ^PgDn go to last line PgDn go to next page ^Home erase entire line Ins toggle insert mode ^End erase to end of line Del erase character Block Operations Other mark characters mark lines replace Alt-M move replace with verify Alt-C copy ^Enter accept (changes saved) Alt-D delete cancel(changes not saved) ^ means pressed with Ctrl key means pressed with Shift key ENTER for more, Esc to quit 0J11? 0011? 0011? 0011? 011?? 1 0011 011?? 1 0011 Type your text in this block ^Enter to save. ??11?? 1!??1 This table shows other members of the selected subcommittee. You can toggle to the main committee members using Alt-M. coCONGHM Plans We plan to include the following data in "Cong": - Member voting records - Pac Data - Member biographies - Staff personnel data - Various member ratings, e.g. Chamber of Commerce ratings, AFL/CIO ratings, etc. - Committee staff and contact information We will also include any other data/information that users desire. These plans are just that, plans. These plans should not be intrepreted as a commitment. (Esc exits) (Enter for Help Menu) 1