The Books
How federal money moves
Receipts, the budget, agency spending, and the state-by-state balance of payments, in that order.
Public Record
Five shelves of federal record: money, Congress, the Court, the presidency, and elections. Numbers come from archived government releases. Sources stay on the page.
The Books
Receipts, the budget, agency spending, and the state-by-state balance of payments, in that order.
The Floor
High-visibility bills from introduction to the president's desk, with House and Senate roll calls when we have them.
The Gavel
A Supreme Court merits docket: decisions, vote lineups, argument days, and how each justice voted.
The Desk
Administrations, plus executive orders, proclamations, and memoranda with Federal Register or White House provenance when we have it.
The Race
A nationwide map in Live or Archive mode. Then candidates, popular votes, fundraising, and top itemized donors when available.
The Workspace
Anyone can read without an account. Subscribe when you want the trail to stay put: bookmarks and notes on the pages you care about, alerts when a bill or agency moves, and exports that leave with you. Professional adds the deep network views, tracking, and API. Organization puts a whole newsroom or office on one plan.
Guides
Free paths shaped for how you read the record: a first walkthrough for citizens, then shorter guides for class, for the newsroom, and for machines that should not scrape HTML.
01Begin hereStart hereA short citizen walkthrough of the five shelves, what each one covers, and the limits to keep in mind before you dig in.Open the walkthroughThen choose your lane
You don't have to.
We don't invent statistics or ask you to take our word for anything. We organize official public records so you can see where federal dollars come from, where they go, and how the numbers were calculated.
When publishers disagree on method, we explain the difference instead of picking a silent winner.