About Legislative Oversight
An independent civic project: plain-English bill summaries grounded in official text, and issue-based position alignment that always drills down to recorded votes and chamber links.
How this started
One day in the spring of 2026, I was particularly frustrated that it was so hard to determine where any member of Congress stood on issues I cared about—based on how they actually voted. The records are public, but they are not easy or quick to interpret.
I recalled that when Grok was introduced, using it to summarize legislation was part of the pitch. As an experiment, I started a conversation about certain representatives, how they voted, and what those votes meant for positions on issues. That is when the idea for this site was born.
What this site is for
I hope you find a fact-forward view of how members of Congress line up with defined positions on issues you care about—based not on speeches or press releases, but on how they have actually voted as elected public servants.
Coverage is limited to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. The bills browser defaults to measures with floor roll-call votes—what we can score and link to member Yea/Nay records. You can still open the full bill catalog if you want introductions that never got a recorded floor vote.
AI may assist with plain-English summaries and stance mapping from official bill text. Issues and positions are a human-defined catalog. Votes come only from official chamber roll calls. See the methodology page for how alignment works—and always drill down to the raw votes and Congress.gov links.
What you'll find
- Votes from official House and Senate roll-call records, with chamber URLs on each vote.
- Issues as a versioned topic catalog; each issue has multiple impartial positions (stance clusters, not party labels).
- Alignment from each bill's stance map (which catalog position a Yea vs Nay tends to advance) plus member Yea/Nay—not a simple “Support % = share of Yeas on the topic.”
Unmapped votes are real Yea/Nay casts that still lack a usable stance map—not skipped roll calls. Defensibility comes from extreme transparency, not spin.
About me
I have a BAS in Political Science from Youngstown State University and a BS in Electronics Engineering Technology from DeVry. I have worked professionally as an aircraft engine mechanic, educator, small business owner, and engineer. I have way too many projects to list as hobbies, but I'm glad to have pushed this one across the finish line.
Tom Olenik · x.com/TomOlenik
I'm one person building this independently. If you spot a bad summary, mapping gap, or other error, reach out via X—I welcome corrections.
Sources and independence
Data is attributed to the Library of Congress / Congress.gov, the U.S. House Clerk, and the U.S. Senate. We use documented official sources, respect rate limits, and do not rely on third-party legislative scorekeepers in the ingestion pipeline.
Legislative Oversight is an independent civic project. It is not affiliated with the U.S. government, any campaign, or any political party. For dataset health, see Coverage.