About House Tracker

A plain-language window into the U.S. House of Representatives.

What this is

House Tracker follows the bills moving through the U.S. House of Representatives and the members behind them. It is built for people who want to know what their representatives are working on without wading through procedural jargon.

Every bill page shows who introduced it, the most recent action taken on it, and a readable summary of its current status. Every member page lists the bills they have sponsored, most recent first.

Why not go to congress.gov directly?

The official site of congress is a great source of valuable data. It's what this site is based on. But while the official site contains all important data, it can be a bit overwhelming. This site is built for the sole purpose of making it as easy as possible to follow the work of your own representative.

Why this matters

Representative democracy rests on a simple bargain: we send people to Washington to act on our behalf, and in return we get to see what they do there. Trust is not given once at the ballot box and then forgotten — it is earned, or lost, in the daily work of legislating.

That trust depends on transparency. When the work of Congress is visible — the bills introduced, the votes cast, the priorities pursued — constituents can hold their representatives accountable, recognize good work, and push back when something is off. When that work is hidden behind procedural language or scattered across hard-to-navigate systems, accountability quietly erodes.

House Tracker exists to make the daily work of the House legible to the people it is meant to serve. Not as advocacy, and not as commentary — just as a clear view of what your representatives are actually doing.

Where the data comes from

All legislative data is sourced from the official Congress.gov API, maintained by the Library of Congress. Bill text, sponsor information, and action histories are updated once an hour from that source.

Member photographs are provided by the Bioguide, the official biographical directory of the United States Congress.

Who made this

House Tracker was built by Numbers Office, a small group that builds open-source software focused on community, privacy, and positive impact. This project is open source — you can read the code, file issues, or contribute on GitHub.

A note on neutrality

This site does not take positions on legislation. Bills are presented as they are recorded in the public record; party labels are shown only as factual identifiers attached to each member.

Contact

Found a bug, a mistake in the data, or have a suggestion? Reach out and let us know — feedback is welcome.