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U.S. federal policy data — bills, Congress members, voting records, and civic info.
Remote server: your requests and data go to api.govbase.com. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http govbase https://api.govbase.com/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.
search_policies — Search U.S. federal policies and legislation by keyword, topic, or bill name. Returns a list of matching policies with summaries.get_policy — Retrieve detailed information about a specific U.S. federal policy by its ID (e.g., "bill-119-hr-22" or "eo-2025-1234").get_policy_text — Retrieve the full text of a U.S. federal policy document. Returns the raw legislative or regulatory text.search_members — Search current U.S. members of Congress by name, state, party, or chamber. Returns a list of matching members with key details.get_member — Retrieve detailed information about a specific U.S. member of Congress by their Bioguide ID (e.g., "P000197" for Nancy Pelosi).get_member_vote — Check how a specific U.S. member of Congress voted on a policy by providing their Bioguide ID and the policy ID. Returns all roll call votesget_stories — List current story bundles tracking ongoing policy issues. Returns a feed of active stories grouping related policies and developments.get_story — Retrieve detailed information about a specific story bundle by its ID, including the full timeline of related events.resolve_effort — Answer "what is going on with policy X?" — resolve a bill nickname, acronym, or media name ("SAVE Act", "big beautiful bill") to the effort get_effort — Retrieve an effort by ID: the maintained plain-language answer to "what is happening with this?", the full bill lineage across Congresses, cget_representatives — Look up elected representatives for a given U.S. address, including federal, state, and local officials.get_voter_info — Get election and polling location information for a registered U.S. voter address, including upcoming elections and early vote sites.Not tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.