About Rep.Observer

Rep.observer is a data aggregator aimed at making it easy to look at the actual actions taken by elected officials in the United States. The data on this site is presented as-is with no additional commentary, and with back links to the page where the data was originally acquired from. The goal of presenting this data in this way is to make it easier for constituents to hold their elected officials responsible for their actions. Rep.observer is focused on displaying voting records for current representatives and started tracking national data in 2024.

This site will not automatically contact representatives for you. Links are provided to each representative's current homepage (for representatives actively serving a term), and you may express your approval or displeasure at their actions through their websites.

Rep.observer was created by Falindrith. Source code is available on GitHub.

Data Sources

Rep.observer currently uses the following public domain data sources for the national level and CA State. Want to see your state representatives on this site? Visit the GitHub repository to lend a hand.

• unitedstates/congress - Python library that downloads and processes data from GovInfo.gov. This is the same data source that powers GovTrack.us. Note that procedural, leadership, and quorum votes are skipped in the data collection script.
• unitedstates/congress-legislators - Identity reconciliation as members move between different levels of government.
• Congress.gov API - Congressional biographical info and identity verification
• California Legislative Information - CA State database for searching for and viewing bills.
• California State Assembly - CA State Assembly members list.
• California State Senate - CA State Senate members list.

Data Update Status

This table displays the current status of the update scripts that power this site. Scripts that update representative data are only run if the representatives change. If a script has encountered an error, the dates for Last Success and Last Run will differ.

If you have found a data error, please file an issue on GitHub and provide a link to the page with the data error and as much information as you can about the correct data.