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Have you received marketing materials in the mail offering to refinance your mortgage? ProPublica is interested in talking to you.

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Was it the two feet of snow that blanketed Washington during the days leading up to the Super Bowl? Or was it the unintended consequence of our Super Bowl Blitz, a two-week telephone survey that ProPublica conducted with the help of its readers, trying to find out which members of Congress would be attending this year's big game?

In any case, at least two Super Bowl fundraising events scheduled by members of Congress were scrubbed at the last minute or moved to undisclosed locations. Invitations to those parties, which had been circulated two or more weeks before the game, promised Super Bowl tickets to contributors who gave either of the lawmakers $5,000.

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Are you one of the lucky folks attending the giant football fiesta set for Sunday in Miami? If so, ProPublica's got a mission for you.

The culmination of the NFL season is also a well-oiled junket for our nation's political big shots. We've been gathering intelligence on which public officials are planning to be there, yet some remain as non-committal as a bad boyfriend.

So we're asking for your help. If you spot Big Game -- lawmakers, lobbyists or other Washington power brokers -- in or around the Big Game, snap their pictures and send them to us. Think Gawker Stalker meets C-SPAN.

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