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govtrack
The Django source code for the GovTrack.us website.
Location-based messages prod users to check up on the members of Congress from where they're accessing the site. However, these messages do not take into account whether the user is...
Right now, the site sort of treats committees as somewhat incidental—and that might be because there isn't much information provided about them. But really, committees are where most of the...
Right now, votes like "On Motion to Recommit with Instructions" are only explained by saying that they are procedural votes. It would be cool if we could elaborate on what...
Votes are displayed using absolute and percentage numbers for each option, but the "required" value is only displayed as a fraction. It would be better for users if this "required"...
Right now, it seems that bill subjects with the same names are separated by Congress by being assigned different IDs. For example, the subject "Intellectual property" does not bring up...
As it stands now, the bill number comes towards the end of the page title, which can make it hard to navigate multiple tabs/windows open. (It's hard to differentiate between...
We've previously discussed what to do with candidates who change parties during their tenure. I don't remember if we ever settled on a method, but at the very least we...
We should standardize the names and colors of historical parties so that they seem like first-class citizens on the site, instead of just hacked into the Republican/Democrat system.
Are there any projects that you know of to open up voting on congressional legislation to the public? If not, do you think there would be any interest in a...
