Congress / Legislation data for AI agents
Federal legislation from Congress.gov: bills and resolutions, actions, cosponsors, members, House roll-call votes, and enacted laws.
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Congress / Legislation tools run on the same LiveDataLink endpoint as every other domain - one bearer key, no per-source integration. Add this to your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, n8n, LangChain, and more):
{
"mcpServers": {
"livedatalink": {
"url": "https://livedatalink.ai/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
}
}
}Then call any tool below. The free tier gives you 1,000 queries/month across all 284 tools with no credit card.
Congress / Legislation tools (8)
| congress_search_bills | Search or list recent federal bills and resolutions from Congress.gov by topic or Congress number. |
| congress_bill_details | Full detail for one bill: title, sponsor, latest action, policy area, cosponsor party breakdown. |
| congress_bill_actions | Chronological legislative action history for one bill (referrals, votes, becoming law). |
| congress_bill_cosponsors | List a bill's cosponsors with party and state. |
| congress_search_members | Search members of Congress by Congress number, state, and district; returns bioguide IDs. |
| congress_member_details | Detailed profile for a member of Congress by bioguide ID: party history, terms, leadership roles. |
| congress_house_votes | Recent US House roll-call votes for a Congress: number, question, result, date. |
| congress_recent_laws | Bills that became public or private law in a given Congress. |
Common queries this domain answers: congress · bill · legislation · house · senate · representative · senator · member of congress · roll call · vote · law · resolution · sponsor · cosponsor · congress.gov · bioguide · public law · committee.
Why LiveDataLink for Congress / Legislation
- One key, 59 domains. These tools sit alongside FMCSA carrier safety, sanctions screening, SEC filings, courts, Census, and FRED - no separate integration per source.
- Resale-safe. Sourced from Congress.gov - public and openly-licensed data you can embed and redistribute.
- Built for agents. Read-only annotated MCP tools, Streamable HTTP, Bearer auth. Works out of the box in Claude, Cursor, and n8n's native MCP node.
FAQ
- What Congress / Legislation data can an AI agent access through LiveDataLink?
- Federal legislation from Congress.gov: bills and resolutions, actions, cosponsors, members, House roll-call votes, and enacted laws. It exposes 8 tools (congress_search_bills, congress_bill_details, congress_bill_actions, congress_bill_cosponsors, congress_search_members, congress_member_details, and more) over the Model Context Protocol at https://livedatalink.ai/mcp, sourced from Congress.gov.
- How do I connect to the LiveDataLink Congress / Legislation MCP server?
- Add https://livedatalink.ai/mcp as a Streamable-HTTP MCP server in Claude, Cursor, n8n, or any MCP client, with an "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" header. Get a free key (1,000 queries/month, no credit card) at https://livedatalink.ai/signup/free. No per-domain setup - the Congress / Legislation tools load under the same key as every other domain.
- Is the LiveDataLink Congress / Legislation data free and safe to redistribute?
- LiveDataLink sources Congress / Legislation data from Congress.gov. Public-domain US-government and openly-licensed data is resale-safe, so results can be embedded and redistributed in your own product. The free tier includes 1,000 queries/month; paid plans start at $10/month.