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A screenshot from Congress.gov of a Senate Communications search showing the new default sort by Number - Descending

Congress.gov New, Tip, and Top – August 2025, Part 2

Posted by: Andrew Weber

Today's release has multiple smaller enhancements that were also based on user feedback. You are now able to search just titles on the CRS Products Quick Search Form. We added LinkedIn to the share section of the Share/Save toolbar. The Senate Communications search results have now been adjusted to display Number – Descending by default.

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a screenshot of the Congress.gov API house-vote endpoint

Introducing House Roll Call Votes in the Congress.gov API

Posted by: Andrew Weber

Today, in partnership with the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, we are thrilled to announce that beta House Roll Call Votes endpoints are now available from the Congress.gov API. In this first iteration, the beta House Roll Call Votes endpoints cover all votes associated with legislation dating from 2023 (118th Congress). Endpoints include a list-level and item-level, along with a member votes-level, which shows how each member of the House of Representatives voted on a particular piece of legislation.

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Congress.gov New, Tip, and Top – April 2025

Posted by: Robert Brammer

This post highlights the updates to Congress.gov that occurred this month, including the ability to now browse and search through the Historic Senate Executive Journals from the 1st (1789 – 1791) through the 43rd Congress (1873 – 1875).

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