This is exactly the sort of thing I'm interested in--software for civic engagement.

A few friends and I are working on an app and website that lists corporations' political contributions. The mobile feature that makes it interesting is that you can scan barcodes to find out the political contributions from those products right away--inspired by Boycott SOPA https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.boycottsop...

I'd really appreciate it if we could talk some time about publishing an iPhone app. I'm still in college, so I don't have much experience with iPhone App publishing and would really appreciate some advice, especially for a non-profit app dealing with politics.

Shoot me an email -- kamens@gmail.com. Limited wisdom here, but who knows :).

What do you use for location/number info for congresspeople? I'm building a somewhat related app, and I'm not sure where to scrape appropriate info.

sunlight labs api -- they're awesome. http://services.sunlightlabs.com/docs/Sunlight_Congress_API/

Is it tacky to place a donate button on your homepage? I'd love to contribute - I think this is a really neat tool.

Thanks -- your compliment is enough. We really wanted the app to be free. Just figured I'd share as it's definitely not profitable :).

This looks cool. What's the in-app purchase?

Idea for in-app purchase: Sponsor of the week.