Set your interests
Saved interests are available across your signed-in sessions. Topic-based matching is planned for the next release.
CONGRESS, WITH CONTEXT
Know what’s
in the bill.
Find a bill. Understand its impact. Follow what changes.
YOUR NEW CIVIC DESK IS READY
Connect Congress. Start following the facts.
The live bill catalog is waiting for the api.data.gov key. Lobbying search already uses official public records.
Inside the House
House bills · official records✦
A bill’s title is only the beginning.
We keep proposed changes, possible effects, and unanswered questions separate. A party label tells you who introduced a bill; it doesn’t tell you whether the bill is good or bad.
PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF
Your watchlist.
The bills you’re following, with the original record always one step away.
THE PUBLIC RECORD
Who’s in the room?
Explore registered lobbyists, firms, clients, and the issues named in official disclosures.
A lobbying disclosure records reported activity. It does not by itself establish support, opposition, influence, or wrongdoing. Amounts cover the filing, not an individual bill.
Data: LDA.gov · Results update when you search.
FOLLOW WHAT MATTERS
Your interests.
Your attention.
Keep a focused civic desk and come back to the changes that matter.
ALERT DELIVERY
A useful update.
At the right moment.
This version provides an in-app update feed. Push, email, and SMS delivery are not enabled yet.
Phone alerts need a delivery service, opt-in, and device testing. Saving preferences does not enable phone notifications.
Your update feed
FROM PROPOSAL TO LAW
A bill’s journey.
Seven stages to help you follow a House bill. Some stages are optional, and many bills never become law.
Bill progress comes from official actions. A vote date is shown only when an official source publishes it. Many bills never receive a floor vote.
EVIDENCE FIRST
Clarity you can check.
Keep the source in view
Bill records come from Congress.gov. Full text is fetched from official Congress.gov or GovInfo documents and tied to a specific version. Disclosures come from LDA.gov. Missing text, contacts, or records remain marked as unavailable.
Party describes sponsorship
“Democratic-sponsored” or “Republican-sponsored” refers to the primary sponsor’s recorded party. Cosponsors are listed separately, including their party. Cross-party cosponsorship describes participation, not how members will vote.
Explain the proposal and its tradeoffs
AI explanations identify who, what, when, where, and how; possible beneficiaries and costs; and uncertainty. Rights concerns require an exact quotation in the supplied text. Quote checking verifies the words, not the legal interpretation. Findings are AI-generated and not human-reviewed.
Don’t confuse unknown with safe
An empty list of concerns is not proof that a bill has no harmful effects. A bill may amend laws that require further research. Large bills beyond the current analysis limit retain their full original text and show a clear analysis limit.
Trace lobbying carefully
A bill-number match is verified against disclosure wording. Numbers repeat across Congresses, and a filing may not specify the Congress. Review the source and year before drawing a connection. A lack of matches does not establish that no lobbying occurred. Disclosures can be delayed, amended, or incomplete.
Your private civic desk
Saved bills, interests, and reading position belong to your account. This pilot uses email and a passphrase with a recovery code. Email ownership is not verified yet. No email, text message, or phone alert is sent by this release. No paid subscription is currently offered.
Planned membership
Keep core bill access and basic explanations free. Test a paid plan for custom change alerts, version comparisons, deeper saved research, and exports. Pricing and billing are not enabled.
OWNER SETTINGS
Connect the sources.
Keys stay on the server. They are never returned to the browser.
Initial imports are processed in batches. The server checks for updates every 15 minutes while running. Official publication delays still apply.