Govbase

Search U.S. federal policies and legislation by keyword, topic, or bill name. Returns a list of matching policies with summaries.

Retrieve detailed information about a specific U.S. federal policy by its ID (e.g., "bill-119-hr-22" or "eo-2025-1234").

Retrieve the full text of a U.S. federal policy document. Returns the raw legislative or regulatory text.

Search current U.S. members of Congress by name, state, party, or chamber. Returns a list of matching members with key details.

Retrieve detailed information about a specific U.S. member of Congress by their Bioguide ID (e.g., "P000197" for Nancy Pelosi).

Check how a specific U.S. member of Congress voted on a policy by providing their Bioguide ID and the policy ID. Returns all roll call votes for that member on the given policy.

List current story bundles tracking ongoing policy issues. Returns a feed of active stories grouping related policies and developments.

Retrieve detailed information about a specific story bundle by its ID, including the full timeline of related events.

Answer "what is going on with policy X?" — resolve a bill nickname, acronym, or media name ("SAVE Act", "big beautiful bill") to the effort tracking that policy goal across every bill that has carried it, through reintroductions and new Congresses.

Retrieve an effort by ID: the maintained plain-language answer to "what is happening with this?", the full bill lineage across Congresses, current status, next actor, and story coverage.

Look up elected representatives for a given U.S. address, including federal, state, and local officials.

Get election and polling location information for a registered U.S. voter address, including upcoming elections and early vote sites.