RX
Representative X
Congress, person by person.
Methodology

How Representative X sources and labels every claim

Primary sources first. Every factual claim exposes its record. Association is never presented as proof of influence. Contribution data never proves causation.

Hierarchy

Primary source order

  1. Official bill text, roll calls, and congressional publications
  2. Congress.gov / Library of Congress
  3. Office of the Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate / Senate.gov
  4. GovInfo and the official Congressional Directory
  5. CBO, GAO, CRS, and agency analyses
  6. Committee and member official materials
  7. Financial disclosures and official filings
  8. Reputable reporting as secondary context
Labels

Evidence labels used across the platform

  • OFFICIAL RECORD
  • VERIFIED FACT
  • REPORTED CLAIM
  • STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP
  • ANALYTICAL INFERENCE
  • MODEL PROJECTION
  • DISPUTED / UNRESOLVED
  • DATA PENDING
Every factual card links to a source drawer with title, publisher, canonical URL, publication date, retrieval date, claim supported, archive status, external ID, checksum / parser metadata, and verification state.
Ingestion

Connector inventory

  • Congress.gov API
    Members, committees, bills, House roll calls, member positions
    PENDING
  • Office of the Clerk (House)
    XML current-member data · roll-call votes
    PENDING
  • Senate.gov / Secretary of the Senate
    Senators · committee assignments · contacts · record votes
    PENDING
  • GovInfo API & bulk data
    Congressional Directory · Congressional Record · bill text · publications
    PENDING
  • Official committee sites
    Schedules · statements · witness lists
    PENDING
  • Official member sites
    Contact information · public staff listings
    PENDING
  • FEC / financial disclosures
    Campaign finance · personal disclosures (reference only, never causation)
    PENDING
Every ingestion record carries publisher, canonical_url, external_id, retrieved_at, effective_from, effective_to, checksum, archive_url / status, parser_version, raw_snapshot_reference, verification_state, and last_verified_at.
Editorial rules

What Representative X does not do

  • Never says "all members of a party are equally responsible."
  • Distinguishes architects, sponsors, committee authors, leadership enablers, whips, yes, no, present, not voting, and opponents.
  • Never infers guilt, motive, causation, secret control, or misconduct from party, donations, shared votes, or relationships alone.
  • Never publishes personal phone numbers, personal emails, home addresses, or private staff information.
  • Clearly marks all demo, placeholder, pending, inferred, disputed, or projected data.
CorrectionsEvery correction is versioned. Prior states remain queryable through effective dates and snapshot IDs.