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OverviewThe Congress Explorer is an open-source platform aimed at searching and exporting data about the Congress members.

The Congress Explorer leverages the Sunlight Labs API. It provides a rich user-interface to perform complex searches on legislators:

by name by title (Senator, Representative,...) by political party by gender by location (state, district) by contacts (Twitter, Bioguide, ...)

ExportSearch results can be exported in different formats:

PDF documents Excel worksheets

DemoA Flash Demo demonstrates most of the features of the Congress Explorer.

Technical DetailsThe Congress Explorer open-source platform is written in Java and built on-top of the Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP).

Part of the project consists of a Java Porting of the Sunlight Labs API.

RequirementsJava 1.5 or higher Platforms: Windows Linux x86/GTK 2 Any platform supported by Eclipse InstallationFor Windows:

either download and execute the Setup EXE or download and extract the Installer ZIP

For Linux (x86/GTK 2):

download and extract the Installer ZIP

Other Platforms:

Import the Source Code into Eclipse 3.4.x or higher Open the file 'com.abso.sunlight.explorer.product' in the plug-in project 'com.abso.sunlight.explorer' Follow the 'Eclipse Export product wizard' instructions

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