FederalVoice is an independent, non-partisan project that pulls congressional biography, voting record, committee assignments, campaign finance, and net-worth disclosures into a single readable profile per member.
Why This Exists
Understanding one member of Congress used to mean opening five tabs: Ballotpedia for the bio, Congress.gov for bills, OpenSecrets for donors, Senate/House financial disclosure portals for net worth, and a roll-call tracker for recent votes. Every tool answered a slice of the question. None of them answered it together.
FederalVoice exists to make that a single page — free, neutral, and fast on any device — so voters, students, journalists, and researchers don’t have to be data analysts to understand who represents them.
How It’s Built
- Profiles combine structured fields (office, state, party, service dates, bioguide ID) with plain-language summaries and linked sources.
- Data refreshes daily from the Congress API, FEC Open API, and official House/Senate financial disclosure systems. See the data sources page for the full list.
- The directory supports fast filtering by state, party, role, and ZIP code.
- The methodology page explains how ideology, attendance, party loyalty, and net-worth range estimates are calculated.
Editorial Principles
- Facts over framing. Verifiable details come first; opinion does not belong in profile copy.
- Source transparency. Every data point links back to its primary source when that source is public.
- Consistency at scale. A shared schema makes side-by-side comparison meaningful.
- Known gaps stay visible. When data is missing we say so, rather than inferring a value.
Who Maintains It
FederalVoice is maintained by a single independent developer with no affiliation to any party, PAC, candidate, campaign, or advocacy organization. The project is not funded by advertising placements, paid placements on profiles, or donor-driven sponsorships.
Corrections & Feedback
If you spot an error in a profile — a misattributed vote, an outdated role, a broken source link — please write to us. We publish corrections as quickly as we can verify them. Use the contact page or the feedback link at the bottom of each page.