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Congress.gov

api.congress.gov

Bills, members, votes and committee reports from the United States Congress.

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1Request

Zero-based index of the first record to return.

Records per page, 1-250.

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Code follows the fields above
curl "https://api.fastcrw.com/v1/data/congress/amendments?offset=0&limit=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FASTCRW_API_KEY"

2Response example

A sample shape. Press Run to see live data from Congress.gov.

JSON
{
  "amendments": [
    {
      "congress": 109,
      "number": "9",
      "type": "SAMDT",
      "updateDate": "2021-07-11T00:00:10Z",
      "url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/amendment/109/samdt/9?format=json"
    },
    {
      "congress": 109,
      "number": "8",
      "type": "SAMDT",
      "updateDate": "2021-07-11T00:00:10Z",
      "url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/amendment/109/samdt/8?format=json"
    },
    "… 18 more items"
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "count": 128853,
    "next": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/amendment?offset=20&limit=20&format=json"
  },
  "request": {
    "contentType": "application/json",
    "format": "json"
  }
}

Attribution: Source: Congress.gov, Library of Congress

Licence: Work of the United States federal government, not subject to copyright in the US (17 U.S.C. 105). Free to use, including commercially, with the agency named as the source.

Ask with this source

A prompt for your agent that names this source and how to call it through the crw MCP.

  • Amendments

    Use Congress.gov (congress) from fastCRW Pergamon, capability "Amendments" (amendments). You are tracking floor activity at amendment level rather than whole bills. Example options: offset=0, limit=20, fromDateTime=2024-01-01T00:00:00Z. Use the crw MCP tools: crw_find_data to confirm the source and its options, then crw_get_data with provider "congress" and capability "amendments". Tell me the credits used and cite the licence from the response. If the crw MCP tools are missing, install them with: npx -y crw-mcp install --api-key <your fastCRW API key>

  • Bill detail

    Use Congress.gov (congress) from fastCRW Pergamon, capability "Bill detail" (bill). You already know the congress, bill type and number and want the bill's own record and the links to drill into it. Example options: congress=117, billType=hr, billNumber=3076. Use the crw MCP tools: crw_find_data to confirm the source and its options, then crw_get_data with provider "congress" and capability "bill". Tell me the credits used and cite the licence from the response. If the crw MCP tools are missing, install them with: npx -y crw-mcp install --api-key <your fastCRW API key>

  • Bill actions

    Use Congress.gov (congress) from fastCRW Pergamon, capability "Bill actions" (bill-actions). You want to know what has actually happened to a bill and when, or whether it passed a chamber. Example options: congress=117, billType=hr, billNumber=3076. Use the crw MCP tools: crw_find_data to confirm the source and its options, then crw_get_data with provider "congress" and capability "bill-actions". Tell me the credits used and cite the licence from the response. If the crw MCP tools are missing, install them with: npx -y crw-mcp install --api-key <your fastCRW API key>

  • Bill cosponsors

    Use Congress.gov (congress) from fastCRW Pergamon, capability "Bill cosponsors" (bill-cosponsors). You want to see who backed a bill and how bipartisan that support was. Example options: congress=117, billType=hr, billNumber=3076. Use the crw MCP tools: crw_find_data to confirm the source and its options, then crw_get_data with provider "congress" and capability "bill-cosponsors". Tell me the credits used and cite the licence from the response. If the crw MCP tools are missing, install them with: npx -y crw-mcp install --api-key <your fastCRW API key>