About Us
Your Eyes and Ears in the Nation's Capital.
Bad decisions get made when no one is watching. Ask Your Lawmaker lets you hold your elected representatives in Congress to account. You can ask the tough questions no one else is asking - and get the answers about issues personally relevant to you.
It's easy. You ask and vote for the questions, and NewsiT's award-winning reporters get them answered. We post the answers in text and audio for you to share.
Can’t get your senator on the line? We connect you!
What is your Congress person or Senator doing (or not doing) all day? Who are the lobbyists lined up outside their offices? Why did they vote they way they did? What issues matter most to you?
Ask Your Lawmaker gives you a powerful voice. Ask any question – and we’ll get it answered. Listen. Comment. Share. Add the widget to your blog, site or Facebook page.
Who own and operates Ask Your Lawmaker?
NewsiT LLC is a mobile crowd-reporting platform that enables everyone to create, curate and share news and information personally relevant to them. Ask Your Lawmaker was created by NewsiT's founder and CEO Melinda Wittstock - and previously was operated by her nonprofit Capitol News Connection.
Testimony:
"NewsiT is the future of news"
WeMedia Pitch It Challenge, 2010
“Ask Your Lawmaker has reporters on Capitol Hill ready to ferret out answers to whichever questions the public deems most pressing. What's particularly satisfying is that they then post the resulting high-quality audio recordings online. Grab their widget to put a question tracker on your website."
TechPresident - Personal Democracy Forum
“Have you ever heard a report on-air and thought, "If I'd been there I'd have asked something completely different!"?
N-TEN - Nonprofit Technology Network
“[Ask Your Lawmaker] is one of an interesting set of new tools becoming available to promote civic engagement. The widget lets users ask and rank questions and hear the latest answers from Capitol Hill".
Aldon Hynes' blog