feat: PocketVeto v1.0.0 — initial public release

Self-hosted US Congress monitoring platform with AI policy briefs,
bill/member/topic follows, ntfy + RSS + email notifications,
alignment scoring, collections, and draft-letter generator.

Authored by: Jack Levy

backend/app/api/alignment.py

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+"""
+Representation Alignment API.
+
+Returns how well each followed member's voting record aligns with the
+current user's bill stances (pocket_veto / pocket_boost).
+"""
+from collections import defaultdict
+
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends
+from sqlalchemy import select
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
+
+from app.core.dependencies import get_current_user
+from app.database import get_db
+from app.models import Follow, Member
+from app.models.user import User
+from app.models.vote import BillVote, MemberVotePosition
+
+router = APIRouter()
+
+
+@router.get("")
+async def get_alignment(
+    current_user: User = Depends(get_current_user),
+    db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
+):
+    """
+    Cross-reference the user's stanced bill follows with how their
+    followed members voted on those same bills.
+
+    pocket_boost + Yea  → aligned
+    pocket_veto  + Nay  → aligned
+    All other combinations with an actual Yea/Nay vote → opposed
+    Not Voting / Present → excluded from tally
+    """
+    # 1. Bill follows with a stance
+    bill_follows_result = await db.execute(
+        select(Follow).where(
+            Follow.user_id == current_user.id,
+            Follow.follow_type == "bill",
+            Follow.follow_mode.in_(["pocket_veto", "pocket_boost"]),
+        )
+    )
+    bill_follows = bill_follows_result.scalars().all()
+
+    if not bill_follows:
+        return {
+            "members": [],
+            "total_bills_with_stance": 0,
+            "total_bills_with_votes": 0,
+        }
+
+    stance_map = {f.follow_value: f.follow_mode for f in bill_follows}
+
+    # 2. Followed members
+    member_follows_result = await db.execute(
+        select(Follow).where(
+            Follow.user_id == current_user.id,
+            Follow.follow_type == "member",
+        )
+    )
+    member_follows = member_follows_result.scalars().all()
+    followed_member_ids = {f.follow_value for f in member_follows}
+
+    if not followed_member_ids:
+        return {
+            "members": [],
+            "total_bills_with_stance": len(stance_map),
+            "total_bills_with_votes": 0,
+        }
+
+    # 3. Bulk fetch votes for all stanced bills
+    bill_ids = list(stance_map.keys())
+    votes_result = await db.execute(
+        select(BillVote).where(BillVote.bill_id.in_(bill_ids))
+    )
+    votes = votes_result.scalars().all()
+
+    if not votes:
+        return {
+            "members": [],
+            "total_bills_with_stance": len(stance_map),
+            "total_bills_with_votes": 0,
+        }
+
+    vote_ids = [v.id for v in votes]
+    bill_id_by_vote = {v.id: v.bill_id for v in votes}
+    bills_with_votes = len({v.bill_id for v in votes})
+
+    # 4. Bulk fetch positions for followed members on those votes
+    positions_result = await db.execute(
+        select(MemberVotePosition).where(
+            MemberVotePosition.vote_id.in_(vote_ids),
+            MemberVotePosition.bioguide_id.in_(followed_member_ids),
+        )
+    )
+    positions = positions_result.scalars().all()
+
+    # 5. Aggregate per member
+    tally: dict[str, dict] = defaultdict(lambda: {"aligned": 0, "opposed": 0})
+
+    for pos in positions:
+        if pos.position not in ("Yea", "Nay"):
+            # Skip Not Voting / Present — not a real position signal
+            continue
+        bill_id = bill_id_by_vote.get(pos.vote_id)
+        if not bill_id:
+            continue
+        stance = stance_map.get(bill_id)
+        is_aligned = (
+            (stance == "pocket_boost" and pos.position == "Yea") or
+            (stance == "pocket_veto" and pos.position == "Nay")
+        )
+        if is_aligned:
+            tally[pos.bioguide_id]["aligned"] += 1
+        else:
+            tally[pos.bioguide_id]["opposed"] += 1
+
+    if not tally:
+        return {
+            "members": [],
+            "total_bills_with_stance": len(stance_map),
+            "total_bills_with_votes": bills_with_votes,
+        }
+
+    # 6. Load member details
+    member_ids = list(tally.keys())
+    members_result = await db.execute(
+        select(Member).where(Member.bioguide_id.in_(member_ids))
+    )
+    members = members_result.scalars().all()
+    member_map = {m.bioguide_id: m for m in members}
+
+    # 7. Build response
+    result = []
+    for bioguide_id, counts in tally.items():
+        m = member_map.get(bioguide_id)
+        aligned = counts["aligned"]
+        opposed = counts["opposed"]
+        total = aligned + opposed
+        result.append({
+            "bioguide_id": bioguide_id,
+            "name": m.name if m else bioguide_id,
+            "party": m.party if m else None,
+            "state": m.state if m else None,
+            "chamber": m.chamber if m else None,
+            "photo_url": m.photo_url if m else None,
+            "effectiveness_percentile": m.effectiveness_percentile if m else None,
+            "aligned": aligned,
+            "opposed": opposed,
+            "total": total,
+            "alignment_pct": round(aligned / total * 100, 1) if total > 0 else None,
+        })
+
+    result.sort(key=lambda x: (x["alignment_pct"] is None, -(x["alignment_pct"] or 0)))
+
+    return {
+        "members": result,
+        "total_bills_with_stance": len(stance_map),
+        "total_bills_with_votes": bills_with_votes,
+    }