Clarity over complexity
Legislative information should use plain language, clear labels, and visual organization without hiding important details.
About Eyes on Power
Democracy is easier to defend when it is easier to understand.
Federal legislation affects everyday life, but following it can feel like a full-time job. Eyes on Power is designed to make that work clearer, more approachable, and easier to continue.
Our mission
Make federal legislation clear, accessible, and trackable.
Most people do not have hours to decode hundreds of pages of legislative language, follow committee referrals, or reconstruct a bill’s history from scattered records. That should not prevent anyone from understanding what Congress is doing.
Eyes on Power organizes legislative information into a format that is easier to scan and follow. By showing where bills stand, what they address, and how they move through Congress, the project helps people stay informed between elections—not only when it is time to vote.
The goal is to give people enough clarity to ask better questions, contact their representatives, find organizations working on issues they care about, and decide for themselves how they want to participate.
Our vision
“Democracy never sleeps—and neither should accountability.”
We envision a government in which legislation is not hidden behind complexity and citizens can follow public decisions as they happen. Accountability should be continuous, understandable, and available to everyone—not limited to experts, insiders, or election season.
What guides the project
Information people can actually use
Context over noise
A bill number alone is not enough. Visitors should be able to see its subject, current stage, sponsors, committees, and recorded actions together.
Participation beyond elections
Civic engagement includes learning, asking questions, contacting representatives, volunteering, organizing, and following what happens next.
Accountability through visibility
When legislative activity is easier to follow, people are better equipped to evaluate whether public officials are serving their constituents.
What you can do here
Follow an issue from information to action.
Eyes on Power brings several parts of civic participation together, so learning about a bill does not have to be the end of the process.
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Track legislation
Use the House and Senate Kanban boards to see bills grouped by their current legislative stage.
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Understand the details
Open a bill to review its summary, sponsor information, committees, subjects, and legislative action timeline.
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Explore the issues
Search and filter bills by keywords or policy areas to focus on the subjects that matter to you.
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Find ways to participate
Use the Resources directory and Checklist to connect what you learn with organizations, tools, and practical civic next steps.
About the data
Built from official congressional records
Legislative information is retrieved from the Congress.gov API and stored in the Eyes on Power database. An automated pipeline discovers bills and refreshes details such as actions, committees, sponsors, summaries, and subjects.
Congressional records can be updated, corrected, or published at different times. Dates shown on the site help visitors understand when a record was most recently refreshed, and information still being processed is identified clearly.
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