Our mission is to make U.S. Congressional activity transparent and accessible to every citizen.
VoteHound is a nonpartisan platform dedicated to providing comprehensive, real-time information about the U.S. Congress. We aggregate data on members, bills, committees, and votes to help citizens stay informed about the legislative process.
VoteHound ingests legislative data from primary government records and open-source community datasets.
| Source | Kind | License | Used For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congress.gov API | Government | Public Domain | bills, votes, committee-meetings, hearings, committee-reports |
| Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress | Government | Public Domain | member-bios, member-photos |
| Senate.gov LIS XML | Government | Public Domain | senate-votes |
| Clerk of the House XML | Government | Public Domain | house-member-data |
| Senate.gov CFM XML | Government | Public Domain | senator-contact-info |
| GovInfo.gov | Government | Public Domain | committee-transcripts, bill-text |
| unitedstates/congress-legislators | Open-Source Community | Public Domain | committee-memberships, legislator-data |
Last verified: 2026-04-24.