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Every bill, grade, and methodology
Search all legislation, read each published grade with its meaningful explanation, and see how the grade was reached.
Member records & the full methodology
Factual member activity and the complete grading methodology, always open.
Campaign-finance basics
FEC candidate identity, committees, cycle totals, a recent contribution sample, and source provenance.
Advanced research
Full grade breakdown
Every one of the eight scored criteria for a bill: its points, boundary distance, and assessment stability.
Advanced corpus search
Filter and rank all legislation across grade criteria and legislative structure.
Full itemized contribution search
Search and filter the complete itemized contribution record, served live from the FEC, beyond the free sample.
Contribution aggregation
Aggregate contributions by reported employer, occupation, or state.
Independent-expenditure research
Explore independent expenditures reported as supporting or opposing a candidate.
Bounded data export
Export a bounded research result set for offline analysis.
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Programmatic, versioned access to the bills and members record for your own tools and analysis.