Congressgov Mcp Server
Pull bills, votes, members, and committee data from Congress.gov into agent research for civic, policy, or compliance-adjacent products.
Overview
Congress.gov MCP is a MCP server for the Idea phase that queries U.S. congressional bills, votes, members, and committees through Congress.gov from your agent.
What is this MCP server?
- Access U.S. congressional bills, votes, members, and committees via MCP tools
- Congress.gov API through CONGRESS_API_KEY from api.data.gov
- Hosted streamable-http remote at congressgov.caseyjhand.com plus local stdio (Bun npm)
- Local streamable-http option on port 3010 for development
- Version 0.3.9 with MCP_LOG_LEVEL configurable logging
- Server version 0.3.9
- CONGRESS_API_KEY required for Congress.gov API
- Hosted streamable-http remote congressgov.caseyjhand.com/mcp
Community signal: 1 GitHub stars.
What problem does it solve?
Policy and civic builders manually track Congress.gov when agents lack structured access to bills and votes.
Who is it for?
Indie builders prototyping civic, policy, or compliance watch tools with MCP and an api.data.gov Congress key.
Skip if: Use cases needing unofficial leak data, guaranteed real-time floor feeds, or legal interpretation without expert review.
What do I get? / Deliverables
Your agent returns current legislative entities and relationships you can cite while scoping alerts, dashboards, or research products.
- Bill and vote lookups formatted for agent summaries
- Member and committee references for research docs
- Legislative monitoring inputs for prototype specs
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Journey fit
Legislative research sits in Idea when you explore whether a civic or B2G niche is worth building before integrations harden in Build. Research subphase covers monitoring bills and congressional actors while framing problems and differentiation.
How it compares
Congress.gov API MCP connector, not a lobbying CRM or news aggregator skill.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is Congress.gov MCP for?
Solo developers and small teams building civic, policy, or research agents who need structured congressional data via MCP.
When should I use Congress.gov MCP?
Use it in Idea research when tracking bills, votes, or members to validate a niche or draft monitoring features before you build backends.
How do I add Congress.gov MCP to my agent?
Set CONGRESS_API_KEY from api.data.gov, then add @cyanheads/congressgov-mcp-server for stdio or configure the hosted https://congressgov.caseyjhand.com/mcp streamable-http remote.