Follow any bill to track it. PocketVeto checks for changes — new text, amendments, status
updates — and notifies you through your configured channels. Three modes let you tune the
signal to your interest level.
Alerts on all material changes: new text published, amendments filed, and status updates
like floor votes or committee referrals.
Alerts only when the bill advances toward becoming law — new official text, floor
scheduling, or committee passage. Useful when you oppose a bill and only need to act
if it gains traction.
All the alerts of neutral mode, plus periodic reminders to contact your representative.
Use this when you actively support a bill and want to stay engaged.
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topics (get alerts when new bills matching that topic are briefed).
Member and topic follows use the neutral mode only.
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A collection is a named, curated group of bills — like a playlist for legislation. Use
collections to track a policy area, build a watchlist for an advocacy campaign, or share
research with colleagues.
Give it a name (e.g. “Healthcare Watch”) and add bills from any bill detail
page using the bookmark icon next to the Follow button.
Every collection has a unique share link. Anyone with the link can view the collection —
no account required. The link works whether the collection is public or private.
Public vs. private: Both have share links. Marking a collection public
signals it may appear in a future public directory; private collections are invisible to
anyone without your link.
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PocketVeto delivers alerts through two independent channels — use either or both.
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and receive real-time alerts on any device with the ntfy app.
Pause push notifications during set hours (e.g. 10 PM – 8 AM). Events that arrive
during quiet hours are queued and sent as a batch when the window ends.
Instead of one push per event, receive a single bundled summary on a daily or weekly
schedule. Your RSS feed is always real-time regardless of this setting.
A private, tokenized RSS feed of all your bill alerts. Subscribe in any RSS reader
(Feedly, NetNewsWire, etc.). Completely independent of ntfy.
{/* AI Briefs */}
For bills with published official text, PocketVeto generates a plain-English AI brief.
A plain-English summary, key policy points with references to specific bill sections
(§ chips), and a risks section that flags potential unintended consequences or contested
provisions.
Click the share icon in the brief panel to copy a public link. Anyone can read the
brief at that URL — no login required.
Use the Draft Letter panel (below the brief) to generate a personalised letter to your
representative based on the brief's key points.
Briefs are only generated for bills where GovInfo has published official text. Bills
without text show a “No text” badge on their card.
{/* Bills */}
The Bills page lists
all tracked legislation. Use the filters to narrow your search.
Search — matches bill ID, title, and short title.
Chamber — House or Senate.
Topic — AI-tagged policy area (healthcare, defense, etc.).
Has text — show only bills with published official text available for AI briefing.
Clicking a topic tag on any bill or following page takes you directly to that filtered
view on the Bills page.