Congress Plus Advocacy

What Congress Plus Advocacy is

Congress Plus Advocacy is a customizable legislative action center for organizations that want supporters to contact lawmakers. Teams can embed it in their own website, use a hosted standalone page, or launch separate action pages. Campaigns can ask people to send email, make phone calls, post on social media, sign petitions, submit regulatory comments, or write letters to the editor; campaigns can also combine several channels. Messages can be targeted using vote position, bill cosponsorship, committee membership, custom lists, and other criteria. Mobile-friendly email and text messages, advocate-information prefill through magic links, and A/B testing support campaign outreach. Organizations can also share legislation, a legislator directory, candidate information, and voter-registration tools. Event mode provides a real-time activity map, and a custom keyword lets advocates receive a call to action by text. The vendor lists integrations with Salesforce, Zapier, X, DonorPerfect, Bloomerang, iMIS, NationBuilder, Nimble, and NetForum, and offers FTP hosting for automatic membership-file uploads. Congress Plus Advocacy is a paid web product from The Soft Edge, founded in 1990. Pricing depends on package and contact database size, with possible additional fees for custom work or certain integrations. The vendor serves organizations engaging policymakers at federal, state, and local levels.

Who it suits

Congress Plus Advocacy suits trade associations, nonprofits, advocacy groups, coalitions, corporations, law firms, and government agencies coordinating outreach to policymakers. It is relevant to teams that need multiple campaign channels, audience targeting, event tools, or advocate resources such as legislator and candidate information.

Getting started

1. Visit the Congress Plus Advocacy product page.
2. Contact The Soft Edge to discuss package and contact database size.
3. Choose how to deploy the action center: embedded on your site, hosted as a standalone page, or as individual action pages.
4. Discuss any needed integrations or FTP hosting for automatic membership-file uploads.
5. Arrange live training with a few days’ notice, or use the vendor’s recorded trainings, tutorials, and written guides.

Verdict

Choose Congress Plus Advocacy if your organization needs a web action center spanning legislative outreach, supporter campaigns, and event activity. Its campaign targeting and listed integrations suit organizations coordinating contacts across several channels. Ask about package and database pricing, as well as any custom-work or integration fees, before choosing it.