Congress.govFederal Legislation

The official website for U.S. federal legislation. We use it to track bills, actions, and updates straight from Congress — plus official roll-call vote records from Senate.gov and the House Clerk.

Congressional Budget OfficeCost Estimates

Congress's nonpartisan scorekeeper. We use its official cost estimates to show what a bill is projected to cost or save, attributed and linked on every bill page that has one.

LegiScanState Legislation

Tracks state-level legislation across all 50 states. We use it to follow bills and actions in state legislatures alongside federal updates.

Federal Election CommissionCampaign Finance

The federal agency that publishes official campaign finance records. We use it to show fundraising and spending data for federal candidates and committees.

Federal RegisterPresidential Actions

The daily journal of the U.S. government. We use it to pull the full text, metadata, and signing dates of presidential actions, alongside WhiteHouse.gov for same-day postings.

CivicAPIElection Results

An election data service. We use it for live and final election results — vote counts, percentages, and race calls on election night and after.

Google Civic InformationRepresentative Lookup

Provides elected official data based on your address. We use it to match you with your federal and state representatives.

Every fact on PILLARS comes from official, primary sources: Congress.gov and LegiScan for legislation, the Congressional Budget Office for cost estimates, the Federal Election Commission for campaign finance, the Federal Register for presidential actions, CivicAPI for election results, and Google Civic for representative lookup. We present what the official record says rather than editorializing it.

Federal bills and presidential actions refresh approximately every 30 minutes, and recorded votes are updated within minutes of a roll call. State legislation and election data refresh multiple times a day. This means the status, votes, and sponsors you see reflect the latest official record.

Each summary is generated from the official bill text to explain, in plain language, what the bill actually does. The original official text and source are always linked, so you can read the primary document yourself and verify it.

Yes. PILLARS presents the factual record, including votes, sponsors, campaign funding, and official status, without partisan framing or endorsements. It is an independent, non-government platform and is not affiliated with any political party or government entity.

We continuously reconcile our data against the official sources and run automated audits to catch and correct discrepancies, such as vote tallies that drift from the underlying records. When the official record changes, PILLARS updates to match it.