Over a thousand bills, every vote and cosponsor on the record. See which bills would have helped everyday people, who killed them, and what your representatives did.

I made an app that tracks bills in Congress, who they help or hurt, and what ultimately happened to them. Still pulling in data, but I’d be interested in people’s thoughts.

  • TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Each congressperson is looking out for their own individual interests. Their individual financial interests or their interests as it pertains to their personal desire for status, power, domination, sexual gratification, etc. that pursuit of individual self interest is an essential part of our culture. So essential, in fact, that we are told it’s a fundamental part of human nature. We are told that every individual human is a rational actor pursuing their own self interest, even in a very machiavellian way. Congresspeople are no exception.