Congressional analytics — party composition, chamber breakdowns, voting trends, member tenure, and a trending-coverage signal derived from the GDELT Project news index. Live data from Congress.gov.
Congressional analytics and data visualizations of the current U.S. Congress — party composition, chamber breakdown, voting activity, member tenure, and a trending-coverage signal.
Trending coverage signal: a free proxy for "this topic is suddenly getting a lot of attention," derived from per-term article volume in the GDELT Project DOC 2.0 API news index (a metadata index, not social media). Tracked terms are derived dynamically from the bills Congress is working on plus general Congress/vote queries.
Trending terms now: 1 of 2 tracked terms show an above-baseline spike in coverage volume (latest 24-hour count >= 1.5x rolling baseline, minimum 5 articles).
Coverage volume by tracked term (latest count vs. rolling baseline):
1. United States Congress — TRENDING: 250 articles now vs. 72 baseline.
2. SAVE Act Congress — 16 articles now vs. 68 baseline.