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PocketVeto/backend/app/services/congress_api.py
Jack Levy d0da0b8dce feat: Member Effectiveness Score + Representation Alignment View (v0.9.9)
Member Effectiveness Score
- New BillCosponsor table (migration 0018) with per-bill co-sponsor
  party data required for the bipartisan multiplier
- bill_category column on Bill (substantive | commemorative | administrative)
  set by a cheap one-shot LLM call after each brief is generated
- effectiveness_score / percentile / tier columns on Member
- New bill_classifier.py worker with 5 tasks:
    classify_bill_category  — triggered from llm_processor after brief
    fetch_bill_cosponsors   — triggered from congress_poller on new bill
    calculate_effectiveness_scores — nightly at 5 AM UTC
    backfill_bill_categories / backfill_all_bill_cosponsors — one-time
- Scoring: distance-traveled pts × bipartisan (1.5×) × substance (0.1×
  for commemorative) × leadership (1.2× for committee chairs)
- Percentile normalised within (seniority tier × party) buckets
- Effectiveness card on member detail page with colour-coded bar
- Admin panel: 3 new backfill/calculate controls in Maintenance section

Representation Alignment View
- New GET /api/alignment endpoint: cross-references user's stanced bill
  follows (pocket_veto/pocket_boost) with followed members' vote positions
- Efficient bulk queries — no N+1 loops
- New /alignment page with ranked member list and alignment bars
- Alignment added to sidebar nav (auth-required)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-14 18:05:09 -04:00

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"""
Congress.gov API client.
Rate limit: 5,000 requests/hour (enforced server-side by Congress.gov).
We track usage in Redis to stay well under the limit.
"""
import time
from datetime import datetime
from typing import Optional
import requests
from tenacity import retry, stop_after_attempt, wait_exponential
from app.config import settings
BASE_URL = "https://api.congress.gov/v3"
_BILL_TYPE_SLUG = {
"hr": "house-bill",
"s": "senate-bill",
"hjres": "house-joint-resolution",
"sjres": "senate-joint-resolution",
"hres": "house-resolution",
"sres": "senate-resolution",
"hconres": "house-concurrent-resolution",
"sconres": "senate-concurrent-resolution",
}
def _congress_ordinal(n: int) -> str:
if 11 <= n % 100 <= 13:
return f"{n}th"
suffixes = {1: "st", 2: "nd", 3: "rd"}
return f"{n}{suffixes.get(n % 10, 'th')}"
def build_bill_public_url(congress: int, bill_type: str, bill_number: int) -> str:
"""Return the public congress.gov page URL for a bill (not the API endpoint)."""
slug = _BILL_TYPE_SLUG.get(bill_type.lower(), bill_type.lower())
return f"https://www.congress.gov/bill/{_congress_ordinal(congress)}-congress/{slug}/{bill_number}"
def _get_current_congress() -> int:
"""Calculate the current Congress number. 119th started Jan 3, 2025."""
year = datetime.utcnow().year
# Congress changes on odd years (Jan 3)
if datetime.utcnow().month == 1 and datetime.utcnow().day < 3:
year -= 1
return 118 + ((year - 2023) // 2 + (1 if year % 2 == 1 else 0))
@retry(stop=stop_after_attempt(3), wait=wait_exponential(min=1, max=10))
def _get(endpoint: str, params: dict) -> dict:
params["api_key"] = settings.DATA_GOV_API_KEY
params["format"] = "json"
response = requests.get(f"{BASE_URL}{endpoint}", params=params, timeout=30)
response.raise_for_status()
return response.json()
def get_current_congress() -> int:
return _get_current_congress()
def build_bill_id(congress: int, bill_type: str, bill_number: int) -> str:
return f"{congress}-{bill_type.lower()}-{bill_number}"
def get_bills(
congress: int,
offset: int = 0,
limit: int = 250,
from_date_time: Optional[str] = None,
) -> dict:
params: dict = {"offset": offset, "limit": limit, "sort": "updateDate+desc"}
if from_date_time:
params["fromDateTime"] = from_date_time
return _get(f"/bill/{congress}", params)
def get_bill_detail(congress: int, bill_type: str, bill_number: int) -> dict:
return _get(f"/bill/{congress}/{bill_type.lower()}/{bill_number}", {})
def get_bill_actions(congress: int, bill_type: str, bill_number: int, offset: int = 0) -> dict:
return _get(f"/bill/{congress}/{bill_type.lower()}/{bill_number}/actions", {"offset": offset, "limit": 250})
def get_bill_cosponsors(congress: int, bill_type: str, bill_number: int, offset: int = 0) -> dict:
return _get(f"/bill/{congress}/{bill_type.lower()}/{bill_number}/cosponsors", {"offset": offset, "limit": 250})
def get_bill_text_versions(congress: int, bill_type: str, bill_number: int) -> dict:
return _get(f"/bill/{congress}/{bill_type.lower()}/{bill_number}/text", {})
def get_vote_detail(congress: int, chamber: str, session: int, roll_number: int) -> dict:
chamber_slug = "house" if chamber.lower() == "house" else "senate"
return _get(f"/vote/{congress}/{chamber_slug}/{session}/{roll_number}", {})
def get_members(offset: int = 0, limit: int = 250, current_member: bool = True) -> dict:
params: dict = {"offset": offset, "limit": limit}
if current_member:
params["currentMember"] = "true"
return _get("/member", params)
def get_member_detail(bioguide_id: str) -> dict:
return _get(f"/member/{bioguide_id}", {})
def get_committees(offset: int = 0, limit: int = 250) -> dict:
return _get("/committee", {"offset": offset, "limit": limit})
def parse_bill_from_api(data: dict, congress: int) -> dict:
"""Normalize raw API bill data into our model fields."""
bill_type = data.get("type", "").lower()
bill_number = data.get("number", 0)
latest_action = data.get("latestAction") or {}
return {
"bill_id": build_bill_id(congress, bill_type, bill_number),
"congress_number": congress,
"bill_type": bill_type,
"bill_number": bill_number,
"title": data.get("title"),
"short_title": data.get("shortTitle"),
"introduced_date": data.get("introducedDate"),
"latest_action_date": latest_action.get("actionDate"),
"latest_action_text": latest_action.get("text"),
"status": latest_action.get("text", "")[:100] if latest_action.get("text") else None,
"chamber": "House" if bill_type.startswith("h") else "Senate",
"congress_url": build_bill_public_url(congress, bill_type, bill_number),
}
_STATE_NAME_TO_CODE: dict[str, str] = {
"Alabama": "AL", "Alaska": "AK", "Arizona": "AZ", "Arkansas": "AR",
"California": "CA", "Colorado": "CO", "Connecticut": "CT", "Delaware": "DE",
"Florida": "FL", "Georgia": "GA", "Hawaii": "HI", "Idaho": "ID",
"Illinois": "IL", "Indiana": "IN", "Iowa": "IA", "Kansas": "KS",
"Kentucky": "KY", "Louisiana": "LA", "Maine": "ME", "Maryland": "MD",
"Massachusetts": "MA", "Michigan": "MI", "Minnesota": "MN", "Mississippi": "MS",
"Missouri": "MO", "Montana": "MT", "Nebraska": "NE", "Nevada": "NV",
"New Hampshire": "NH", "New Jersey": "NJ", "New Mexico": "NM", "New York": "NY",
"North Carolina": "NC", "North Dakota": "ND", "Ohio": "OH", "Oklahoma": "OK",
"Oregon": "OR", "Pennsylvania": "PA", "Rhode Island": "RI", "South Carolina": "SC",
"South Dakota": "SD", "Tennessee": "TN", "Texas": "TX", "Utah": "UT",
"Vermont": "VT", "Virginia": "VA", "Washington": "WA", "West Virginia": "WV",
"Wisconsin": "WI", "Wyoming": "WY",
"American Samoa": "AS", "Guam": "GU", "Northern Mariana Islands": "MP",
"Puerto Rico": "PR", "Virgin Islands": "VI", "District of Columbia": "DC",
}
def _normalize_state(state: str | None) -> str | None:
if not state:
return None
s = state.strip()
if len(s) == 2:
return s.upper()
return _STATE_NAME_TO_CODE.get(s, s)
def parse_member_from_api(data: dict) -> dict:
"""Normalize raw API member list data into our model fields."""
terms = data.get("terms", {}).get("item", [])
current_term = terms[-1] if terms else {}
return {
"bioguide_id": data.get("bioguideId"),
"name": data.get("name", ""),
"first_name": data.get("firstName"),
"last_name": data.get("lastName"),
"party": data.get("partyName") or None,
"state": _normalize_state(data.get("state")),
"chamber": current_term.get("chamber"),
"district": str(data.get("district")) if data.get("district") else None,
"photo_url": data.get("depiction", {}).get("imageUrl"),
"official_url": data.get("officialWebsiteUrl"),
}
def parse_member_detail_from_api(data: dict) -> dict:
"""Normalize Congress.gov member detail response into enrichment fields."""
member = data.get("member", data)
addr = member.get("addressInformation") or {}
terms_raw = member.get("terms", [])
if isinstance(terms_raw, dict):
terms_raw = terms_raw.get("item", [])
leadership_raw = member.get("leadership") or []
if isinstance(leadership_raw, dict):
leadership_raw = leadership_raw.get("item", [])
first = member.get("firstName", "")
last = member.get("lastName", "")
bioguide_id = member.get("bioguideId", "")
slug = f"{first}-{last}".lower().replace(" ", "-").replace("'", "")
return {
"birth_year": str(member["birthYear"]) if member.get("birthYear") else None,
"address": addr.get("officeAddress"),
"phone": addr.get("phoneNumber"),
"official_url": member.get("officialWebsiteUrl"),
"photo_url": (member.get("depiction") or {}).get("imageUrl"),
"congress_url": f"https://www.congress.gov/member/{slug}/{bioguide_id}" if bioguide_id else None,
"terms_json": [
{
"congress": t.get("congress"),
"chamber": t.get("chamber"),
"partyName": t.get("partyName"),
"stateCode": t.get("stateCode"),
"stateName": t.get("stateName"),
"startYear": t.get("startYear"),
"endYear": t.get("endYear"),
"district": t.get("district"),
}
for t in terms_raw
],
"leadership_json": [
{
"type": l.get("type"),
"congress": l.get("congress"),
"current": l.get("current"),
}
for l in leadership_raw
],
"sponsored_count": (member.get("sponsoredLegislation") or {}).get("count"),
"cosponsored_count": (member.get("cosponsoredLegislation") or {}).get("count"),
}