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Legislation, people, lobbying, finance and research arrive from separate publishers. Undercurrent puts them in a shared frame.
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records connect.
A clearer view of legislation, lobbying, campaign finance and the relationships across the public record.
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01 / Record sources
Many sources.
One public record.
Official publications provide the foundation. Connecting them makes it possible to see what each source alone leaves separate.
01 Legislation Bills, amendments and recorded votes
Read the published text, follow a measure through Congress, and examine the votes recorded along the way.
02 People & committees Members, assignments and committee activity
Put legislative activity in context with the people and committees named in the official record.
03 Lobbying Filings, registrants and disclosed activity
Review federal lobbying disclosures and the legislation referenced in those filings.
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04 Campaign finance Candidates, committees and reported finance
Follow campaign finance records to their original Federal Election Commission publications.
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05 Disclosures & oversight Financial disclosures, hearings and research
Read financial disclosures, committee materials, cost estimates and government research alongside the legislative record.
Official U.S. government sources only.Open a category to visit its publishers.
02 / Connected context
The value is in
what connects.
Make relationships visible.
Follow the references and identifiers that connect records across sources, with the basis of each connection kept in view.
Keep the source within reach.
Return to the original publication to read the details, understand its context and examine the evidence for yourself.
03 / Follow the source
Context you can
trace back.
Connections give you a place to look. The original records give you something to examine.
A connection identifies a relationship between records. It does not, by itself, establish causation.
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The official publication, as its source issued it.
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Source history
Where the record came from and how it connects.
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