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Government records,
connected.
Undercurrent links U.S. legislation, votes, lobbying disclosures and campaign finance records. Use the analysis preview to compare members and legislative activity, with source notes and methods alongside the results.
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01Overview
Legislation bills, votes, members, committees
Oversight hearings, reports, nominations, calendars
Disclosures lobbying, finance, disclosures, disbursements
Research CBO, CRS, GAO, CMR
Match bills, members and committees
Connect relationships across sources
02Sources
Official publishers.
The records come directly from official U.S. government sources. Choose a category to see the publishers and what they provide.
01 Legislation Bills, amendments and recorded votes
Read the published text, follow a measure through Congress, and examine the votes recorded along the way.
02 People & committees Members, assignments and committee activity
Identify bill sponsors and cosponsors, committee memberships and committee activity.
03 Lobbying Filings, registrants and disclosed activity
Review federal lobbying disclosures and the legislation referenced in those filings.
04 Campaign finance Candidates, committees, contributions and spending
Review reported campaign contributions and spending in Federal Election Commission records.
05 Disclosures & oversight Financial disclosures, hearings and research
Read financial disclosures, committee materials, cost estimates and government research alongside the legislative record.
03Approach
How records
are linked.
Bill numbers, member IDs and publication IDs link records across sources. The analysis explains which records and matching rules each measure uses. A lobbying filing provides one example:
- 01 Connection A lobbying filing names a bill.
- 02 Match The bill identifier and Congress identify the legislation.
- 03 Related records Sponsors, cosponsors, recorded votes and other filings.
- 04 Sources The original filing and the bill’s official record.
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