AshwinSundar/congress_gov_mcp

Ever wonder what our (US) Congress is up to? Tired of reading the news to find out? Ask the US Congress API yourself.
Unofficial MCP server for the Congress.gov API
Installation
Installing via Smithery
To install congress_gov_mcp for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
Manual Installation
Prerequisites
1. Install uv. The easiest way on macOS and Linux is:
2. Get a Congress.gov API key.
3. Install Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or another client that supports MCP Integrations
Initial Setup
1. Complete Prerequisites
2. Clone this repository, and cd in:
3. Install dependencies:
3. Create a .env file from the template:
4. Add your Congress.gov API key to the .env file:
> congress_gov_mcp/.env
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Client Configuration
Claude Desktop
1. Complete Prerequisites
2. Copy the absolute path to your uv installation:
2. Add the following to your Claude Desktop configuration file, inside the mcpServers block:
**macOS**: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
**Windows**: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
Claude Code
1. Complete Prerequisites
2. Add the following to .mcp.json in the directory you are running Claude Code in, inside the mcpServers block:
Roadmap
- [x] api.congress.gov
- [x] /bill
- [x] /{congress}
- [x] /{congress}/{billType}
- [x] /{congress}/{billType}/{billNumber}
- [ ] /actions
- [ ] /amendments
- [ ] /committees
- [ ] /cosponsors
- [ ] /relatedbills
- [ ] /subjects
- [ ] /summaries
- [ ] /text
- [ ] /titles
- [x] /amendment
- [x] /{congress}
- [x] /{congress}/{amendmentType}
- [x] /{congress}/{amendmentType}/{amendmentNumber}
- [ ] /actions
- [ ] /cosponsors
- [ ] /amendments
- [ ] /text
- [x] /summaries
- [x] /{congress}
- [x] /{congress}/{billType}
- [x] /congress
- [x] /{congress}
- [ ] /current
- [x] /member
- [x] /{bioguideId}
- [ ] /sponsored-legislation
- [ ] /cosponsored-legislation
- [x] /committee
- [x] /{systemCode}
- [ ] /bills
- [ ] /reports
- [ ] /nominations
- [ ] /meetings
- [ ] /hearings
- [ ] /house-communication
- [ ] /senate-communication
- [x] /committee-report
- [x] /{congress}
- [x] /{congress}/{reportType}
- [x] /{congress}/{reportType}/{reportNumber}
- [ ] /text
- [x] /committee-print
- [x] /{congress}
- [x] /{congress}/{printType}
- [x] /{congress}/{printType}/{printNumber}
- [ ] /text
- [x] /committee-meeting
- [x] /{congress}
- [x] /{congress}/{chamber}
- [ ] /meetings
- [x] /hearing
- [x] /{congress}
- [x] /{congress}/{chamber}
- [x] /{congress}/{chamber}/{hearingNumber}
- [x] /house-vote
- [x] /{congress}
- [x] /{congress}/{session}
- [x] /{congress}/{session}/{rollCallNumber}
- [x] /congressional-record
- [x] /{volume}
- [x] /{volume}/{pagePrefix}
- [x] /{volume}/{pagePrefix}/{pageNumber}
- [x] /daily-congressional-record