About Legislation Lemur

Legislation Lemur is a lightweight, in-progress civic data project built around clarity and trust. Today, it focuses on a few core things: helping you look up current members of Congress, view a clean profile with essential details, explore recent sponsored and co-sponsored bills, and see a neutral snapshot of how Congress is composed this session.

This early version intentionally keeps the surface small while the data infrastructure matures. Now that the pipeline for members, bills, and votes is in place, new views and visualizations will be added gradually on top of the same fact-first foundation.

Current Features (more in coming soon!)

  • Search current members of Congress by name or browse by state.
  • View a high-level snapshot of Congress composition, demographics, and chamber structure.
  • Open a member profile with core details, recent bills, and voting activity.
Legislation Lemur in the stacks—brand illustration

Why it exists

Legislation Lemur began as a way to practice real-world data engineering, interface design, and civic visualization—while contributing something practical: a quieter, cleaner path to understanding how Congress works. No commentary, no outrage cycles. Just accessible facts: who represents you, what they’ve sponsored, and how the institution is structured this session.

“Lemur” stuck for its symbolism—curiosity and persistence—which fits both the data work behind the scenes and the broader civic goal: participation is easier when information is accessible, neutral, and well-designed.

Last updated: 11/25/2025

How it works (at a high level)

  1. Collect data from official congressional sources and structured APIs.
  2. Normalize members, bills, votes, and session data into consistent, query-friendly shapes.
  3. Cache frequently accessed pages for fast, stable performance.
  4. Surface clear, minimal UIs that prioritize comprehension over noise.

Built with Next.js (App Router), server-rendered React, and a growing ingestion pipeline powered by mirrored databases, scheduled updates, and data validation.

Roadmap

This early version keeps the feature set focused. As the foundation solidifies, Legislation Lemur will grow into a clearer, more complete window into the legislative landscape.

  • Richer member pages: committees, voting patterns, issue clusters, and timelines
  • Expanded Congress composition: deeper filters, demographic trends, longitudinal views
  • Interactive bill timelines: progress through committees and floor actions
  • Compare view: side-by-side member metrics, votes, and sponsored bill patterns
  • Saved members & states for quick access
  • Email digests (opt-in): weekly summaries of your representatives, key votes, and new bills
  • Election resources for 2026: judicial reviews, proposition summaries, and data-driven voter guides
  • Expanded coverage for Session 2 of the 119th Congress, starting January 7, 2026

Contact

Questions, corrections, or data issues? Send me a message.