fix(members): link sponsors to bills and fix member search

- Poller now fetches bill detail on insert to get sponsor (list endpoint
  has no sponsor data)
- Add backfill_sponsor_ids task + admin endpoint + UI button to fix the
  1,616 existing bills with NULL sponsor_id
- Member name search now matches both "Last, First" and "First Last"
  using split_part() on the stored name column; same fix applied to
  global search
- Load Bill.sponsor relationship eagerly in get_member_bills to prevent
  MissingGreenlet error during Pydantic serialization
- Remove .trim() on search onChange so spaces can be typed

Authored-By: Jack Levy

backend/app/api/admin.py

@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ async def get_stats(
 
 # ── Celery Tasks ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+@router.post("/backfill-sponsors")
+async def backfill_sponsors(current_user: User = Depends(get_current_admin)):
+    from app.workers.congress_poller import backfill_sponsor_ids
+    task = backfill_sponsor_ids.delay()
+    return {"task_id": task.id, "status": "queued"}
+
+
 @router.post("/trigger-poll")
 async def trigger_poll(current_user: User = Depends(get_current_admin)):
     from app.workers.congress_poller import poll_congress_bills

backend/app/api/members.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from typing import Optional
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException, Query
-from sqlalchemy import desc, func, select
+from sqlalchemy import desc, func, or_, select
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 from sqlalchemy.orm import selectinload
 
@@ -30,7 +30,15 @@ async def list_members(
     if state:
         query = query.where(Member.state == state)
     if q:
-        query = query.where(Member.name.ilike(f"%{q}%"))
+        # name is stored as "Last, First" — also match "First Last" order
+        first_last = func.concat(
+            func.split_part(Member.name, ", ", 2), " ",
+            func.split_part(Member.name, ", ", 1),
+        )
+        query = query.where(or_(
+            Member.name.ilike(f"%{q}%"),
+            first_last.ilike(f"%{q}%"),
+        ))
 
     total = await db.scalar(select(func.count()).select_from(query.subquery())) or 0
     query = query.order_by(Member.last_name, Member.first_name).offset((page - 1) * per_page).limit(per_page)
@@ -62,7 +70,7 @@ async def get_member_bills(
     per_page: int = Query(20, ge=1, le=100),
     db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
 ):
-    query = select(Bill).options(selectinload(Bill.briefs)).where(Bill.sponsor_id == bioguide_id)
+    query = select(Bill).options(selectinload(Bill.briefs), selectinload(Bill.sponsor)).where(Bill.sponsor_id == bioguide_id)
     total = await db.scalar(select(func.count()).select_from(query.subquery())) or 0
     query = query.order_by(desc(Bill.introduced_date)).offset((page - 1) * per_page).limit(per_page)
 

backend/app/api/search.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Query
-from sqlalchemy import select, text
+from sqlalchemy import func, or_, select, text
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 
 from app.database import get_db
@@ -38,10 +38,17 @@ async def search(
             seen.add(b.bill_id)
             bills.append(b)
 
-    # Fuzzy member search
+    # Fuzzy member search — matches "Last, First" and "First Last"
+    first_last = func.concat(
+        func.split_part(Member.name, ", ", 2), " ",
+        func.split_part(Member.name, ", ", 1),
+    )
     member_results = await db.execute(
         select(Member)
-        .where(Member.name.ilike(f"%{q}%"))
+        .where(or_(
+            Member.name.ilike(f"%{q}%"),
+            first_last.ilike(f"%{q}%"),
+        ))
         .order_by(Member.last_name)
         .limit(10)
     )

backend/app/workers/congress_poller.py

@@ -71,8 +71,14 @@ def poll_congress_bills(self):
                 existing = db.get(Bill, bill_id)
 
                 if existing is None:
-                    # Upsert sponsor member if referenced
-                    sponsor_id = _sync_sponsor(db, bill_data)
+                    # Bill list endpoint has no sponsor data — fetch detail to get it
+                    try:
+                        detail = congress_api.get_bill_detail(
+                            current_congress, parsed["bill_type"], parsed["bill_number"]
+                        )
+                        sponsor_id = _sync_sponsor(db, detail.get("bill", {}))
+                    except Exception:
+                        sponsor_id = None
                     parsed["sponsor_id"] = sponsor_id
                     parsed["last_checked_at"] = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
                     db.add(Bill(**parsed))
@@ -165,6 +171,33 @@ def _sync_sponsor(db, bill_data: dict) -> str | None:
     return bioguide_id
 
 
+@celery_app.task(bind=True, name="app.workers.congress_poller.backfill_sponsor_ids")
+def backfill_sponsor_ids(self):
+    """Backfill sponsor_id for all bills where it is NULL by fetching bill detail from Congress.gov."""
+    import time
+    db = get_sync_db()
+    try:
+        bills = db.query(Bill).filter(Bill.sponsor_id.is_(None)).all()
+        total = len(bills)
+        updated = 0
+        logger.info(f"Backfilling sponsors for {total} bills")
+        for bill in bills:
+            try:
+                detail = congress_api.get_bill_detail(bill.congress_number, bill.bill_type, bill.bill_number)
+                sponsor_id = _sync_sponsor(db, detail.get("bill", {}))
+                if sponsor_id:
+                    bill.sponsor_id = sponsor_id
+                    db.commit()
+                    updated += 1
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.warning(f"Could not backfill sponsor for {bill.bill_id}: {e}")
+            time.sleep(0.1)  # ~10 req/sec, well under Congress.gov 5000/hr limit
+        logger.info(f"Sponsor backfill complete: {updated}/{total} updated")
+        return {"total": total, "updated": updated}
+    finally:
+        db.close()
+
+
 def _update_bill_if_changed(db, existing: Bill, parsed: dict) -> bool:
     """Update bill fields if anything has changed. Returns True if updated."""
     changed = False

frontend/app/bills/page.tsx

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export default function BillsPage() {
             type="text"
             placeholder="Search bills..."
             value={q}
-            onChange={(e) => { setQ(e.target.value.trim()); setPage(1); }}
+            onChange={(e) => { setQ(e.target.value); setPage(1); }}
             className="w-full pl-9 pr-3 py-2 text-sm bg-card border border-border rounded-md focus:outline-none focus:ring-1 focus:ring-primary"
           />
         </div>

frontend/app/members/page.tsx

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export default function MembersPage() {
             type="text"
             placeholder="Search by name..."
             value={q}
-            onChange={(e) => { setQ(e.target.value.trim()); setPage(1); }}
+            onChange={(e) => { setQ(e.target.value); setPage(1); }}
             className="w-full pl-9 pr-3 py-2 text-sm bg-card border border-border rounded-md focus:outline-none"
           />
         </div>

frontend/app/settings/page.tsx

@@ -346,6 +346,12 @@ export default function SettingsPage() {
           >
             <RefreshCw className="w-3.5 h-3.5" /> Calculate Trends
           </button>
+          <button
+            onClick={() => trigger("sponsors", adminAPI.backfillSponsors)}
+            className="flex items-center gap-2 px-4 py-2 text-sm bg-muted hover:bg-accent rounded-md transition-colors"
+          >
+            <RefreshCw className="w-3.5 h-3.5" /> Backfill Sponsors
+          </button>
         </div>
         {Object.entries(taskIds).map(([name, id]) => (
           <p key={name} className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{name}: task {id} queued</p>

frontend/lib/api.ts

@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ export const adminAPI = {
     apiClient.post("/api/admin/trigger-member-sync").then((r) => r.data),
   triggerTrendScores: () =>
     apiClient.post("/api/admin/trigger-trend-scores").then((r) => r.data),
+  backfillSponsors: () =>
+    apiClient.post("/api/admin/backfill-sponsors").then((r) => r.data),
   getTaskStatus: (taskId: string) =>
     apiClient.get(`/api/admin/task-status/${taskId}`).then((r) => r.data),
 };