Pocket Congress 4+
Making Congress Accessible
Rajeev Bhatia
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- Free
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Description
Congressional App Challenge Winner (CA-13, 2022)
Nothing's stopping you from reading through the Congressional Record or watching C-SPAN all day, but Pocket Congress makes information on the actions of your representatives and Congress as a whole much more accessible and searchable.
With the app, you can:
• See recent bills in Congress
• Find your Representative using your zip code
• See Congress members’ votes on recent bills.
• Read a brief description about them and view trends about how they vote
• Call their office, straight from the app!
• Follow bills & receive updates on their progress
You can also search for recent bills or through 30 years of historical data.
• Search by category, such as 'healthcare' or 'environmental'
• Search by bill name
• For advanced users: search by bill number and create advanced filters
For all bills, you can see their stage in the legislative process and a summary of the bill text authored by the Congressional Research Service.
Share links to specific bills and congressmembers (perfect for educating your friends or spreading the word on social media)!
“Very cool.” –Congressman Jeff Jackson
Created by Siddharth M. Bhatia, a senior at Piedmont High School.
www.pocketcongress.org
Contact me: siddharth@pocketcongress.org
What’s New
Version 1.8.0
Campaign Finance update:
See Federal Election Commission campaign contribution information of any representative or senator, and explore which bills they've sponsored have been enacted.
Ratings and Reviews
Easy to use!
I never realized the scale of congress before I downloaded this app. It’s super easy to understand all the features and what everything means despite not being a politician. Highly recommend even just to scroll through and see what’s happening in the government!
Pocket Congress App
Excellent app for both drilling down on an individual rep’s voting record and seeing how a proposed bill fared overall. The interface is highly intuitive and easy to use.
Great for keeping up with legislative actions
This app is extremely helpful for anyone hoping to gain a better understanding of their district representatives and serves an important purpose of educating the general public on ongoing legislative reforms and bills.
App Privacy
The developer, Rajeev Bhatia, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Rajeev Bhatia
- Size
- 23.6 MB
- Category
- News
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2022–2024 Siddharth M. Bhatia
- Price
- Free