Congress.gov MCP server
Ever wonder what our (US) Congress is up to? Tired of reading the news to find out? Ask the US Congress API yourself.
Unofficial MCP server for the Congress.gov API
Installation
Installing via Smithery
To install congress_gov_mcp for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
Manual Installation
Prerequisites
- Install uv. The easiest way on macOS and Linux is:
- Get a Congress.gov API key.
- Install Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or another client that supports MCP Integrations
Initial Setup
- Complete Prerequisites
- Clone this repository, and
cd
in: - Install dependencies:
- Create a
.env
file from the template: - Add your Congress.gov API key to the
.env
file:
congress_gov_mcp/.env
Client Configuration
Claude Desktop
- Complete Prerequisites
- Copy the absolute path to your
uv
installation:
- Add the following to your Claude Desktop configuration file, inside the
mcpServers
block: macOS:~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows:%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
Claude Code
- Complete Prerequisites
- Add the following to
.mcp.json
in the directory you are running Claude Code in, inside themcpServers
block:
Roadmap
- api.congress.gov
- /bill
- /{congress}
- /{congress}/{billType}
- /{congress}/{billType}/{billNumber}
- /actions
- /amendments
- /committees
- /cosponsors
- /relatedbills
- /subjects
- /summaries
- /text
- /titles
- /amendment
- /{congress}
- /{congress}/{amendmentType}
- /{congress}/{amendmentType}/{amendmentNumber}
- /actions
- /cosponsors
- /amendments
- /text
- /summaries
- /{congress}
- /{congress}/{billType}
- /congress
- /{congress}
- /current
- /member
- /{bioguideId}
- /sponsored-legislation
- /cosponsored-legislation
- /{bioguideId}
- /committee
- /{systemCode}
- /bills
- /reports
- /nominations
- /meetings
- /hearings
- /house-communication
- /senate-communication
- /{systemCode}
- /committee-report
- /{congress}
- /{congress}/{reportType}
- /{congress}/{reportType}/{reportNumber}
- /text
- /committee-print
- /{congress}
- /{congress}/{printType}
- /{congress}/{printType}/{printNumber}
- /text
- /committee-meeting
- /{congress}
- /{congress}/{chamber}
- /meetings
- /hearing
- /{congress}
- /{congress}/{chamber}
- /{congress}/{chamber}/{hearingNumber}
- /house-vote
- /{congress}
- /{congress}/{session}
- /{congress}/{session}/{rollCallNumber}
- /congressional-record
- /{volume}
- /{volume}/{pagePrefix}
- /{volume}/{pagePrefix}/{pageNumber}
- /daily-congressional-record
- /{volume}
- /{volume}/{issue}
- /bound-congressional-record
- /{year}
- /{year}/{month}
- /{year}/{month}/{day}
- /house-communication
- /{congress}
- /{congress}/{communicationType}
- /{congress}/{communicationType}/{communicationNumber}
- /house-requirement
- /{congress}
- /{congress}/{requirementNumber}
- /senate-communication
- /{congress}
- /{congress}/{communicationType}
- /{congress}/{communicationType}/{communicationNumber}
- /nomination
- /{congress}
- /{congress}/{nominationNumber}
- /actions
- /hearings
- /crsreport
- /{productCode}
- /treaty
- /{congress}
- /{congress}/{treatyNumber}
- /actions
- /committees
- /bill
This server cannot be installed
remote-capable server
The server can be hosted and run remotely because it primarily relies on remote services or has no dependency on the local environment.
Ever wonder what our (US) Congress is up to? Fed up with the news? Ask Congress.gov yourself what's going on.
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