Why Check Congress exists
Congress works for you.
You should be able to check.
01 · The problem
A lot happens. Very little of it is easy to see.
19,821bills introduced in the 119th Congress
1,591recorded votes, each one a name and a yes or no
139became law
02 · Our promises
Our promises
- Free.For everyone, always.
- Nonpartisan.No side, no spin. Just the record.
- No ads.Nothing to sell you.
- No tracking.No accounts, no cookies. Street addresses go only to the Census Bureau; city and ZIP lookups use OpenStreetMap.
- Public data.Straight from official sources, refreshed every hour.
03 · Where the data comes from
Official records, refreshed hourly
- Congress.gov & GovInfoBills, actions, sponsors, summaries
- House ClerkHouse votes
- Voteview (UCLA)Senate votes and voting-pattern scores
- @unitedstates projectMembers, contacts, photos
- Federal RegisterRegulations and executive orders
- U.S. Census BureauDistrict lookup
- OpenStreetMapCity and ZIP code lookup
How the numbers work
- Status comes from each bill's official action codes, from introduced through law or veto.
- Votes with party is how often a member sided with their party on votes where most Democrats and most Republicans split. Independents count with Democrats, with whom they caucus.
- Votes needed to pass follows each vote's rule: a simple majority, two-thirds for suspension votes and veto overrides, or 60 senators for cloture.
- Senate member votes can trail the Senate by up to a month. Vice-presidential tie-breakers aren't in member records; the official result is shown.
- Summaries come from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. Some bills also get a plain-English overview, with the case for and against, written by AI from the bill text.
- Senate votes cite Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal, Boche, Rudkin and Sonnet, Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database, voteview.com.
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