The problem isn't apathy.
It's access.
63% of Americans cannot name their House representative. Not their voting record. Not their position on healthcare or the economy. Their name. The person they personally sent to Washington to speak for them.
This isn't ignorance — it's misdirection. National political media covers Washington as a spectacle of party battles and presidential drama. The three officials whose jobs each American personally controls at the ballot box get lost entirely in the noise.
The information exists. Every bill, every vote, every legislative action is public record. The problem has never been transparency. The problem has been translation. The Oversight Brief is the fix.
"To ensure every elected official in America governs knowing their constituents are watching."
"A country where every elected official governs as if their constituents are watching. Because they are."
What we believe
Accountability is local
You cannot vote out a senator from a state you don't live in. Real accountability starts with knowing what your specific three representatives — the officials whose jobs you personally control — are actually doing.
Information should be plain
Legislative language exists to be precise, not to be understood by the people it governs. Every American deserves to know what a bill means in plain terms — without needing a law degree to find out.
No spin. No side.
We don't editorialize. We don't tell you how to feel about a vote. We show you the record and trust you to form your own judgment. The Oversight Brief is not a political product — it's a civic one.
Transparency belongs to everyone
Civic accountability shouldn't sit behind a paywall. The Oversight Brief is free forever. Democratizing access to the voting record is the mission — paywalls contradict it.
Built on official
government data.
The Oversight Brief uses two official U.S. government data sources — the Congress.gov API maintained by the Library of Congress, and the U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder. We don't create or editorialize the voting data. We translate it.
Congress.gov API
Every vote, every bill, every legislative action comes directly from the official Library of Congress API. Same source congressional staff use. Updated in near-real time.
Census Geocoder + Geocodio
Your address is geocoded to identify your exact congressional district and current representatives. Official U.S. government mapping, no guesswork.
Issue-based filtering
Users select policy issues they care about. Your alignment score compares your reps' votes against your stated positions — non-partisan by design, personal by default.
For journalists & media
Covering civic tech, political accountability, or the 2026 election cycle? Everything you need is below — key facts, brand assets, a founder quote on the record, and direct press contacts. We respond to media inquiries within one business day.
Brand resources
Logo files, brand guidelines, and official screenshots available on request. Email [email protected] with your publication and deadline.
The record is public.
Now it's personal.
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