# Power & Politics

> Power & Politics (powerandpolitics.co) is a nonpartisan public-record newsroom for the United States. It shows what Congress, the President, the federal courts and election authorities did, and links every fact it states to its official record.

Publishing standard, in brief:

- Facts are stated only when an official source supports them, and every such fact links to that source.
- When no official record exists, pages say: "No official record has been found at this time. We are watching for updates." Power & Politics never guesses dates, outcomes, candidates, vote counts or polling places.
- News coverage and social activity are shown attributed and linked as the outlets' own reporting. They rank attention; they never establish what government did, and Power & Politics does not rate outlets.
- Computed fields (status steps, topics, signals) are labeled as computed, with their method published at https://powerandpolitics.co/sources.php

## Cite a record

- [Citation permalinks](https://powerandpolitics.co/open-data.php#citations): every bill, roll-call vote, executive order and verified election deadline has a permanent ID and page at https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/{citation-id}. Add ?format=json for a machine-readable record with AP, APA, Chicago, BibTeX and plain-link citations.
- Citation ID patterns: bill-{congress}-{type}{number} (bill-119-hr1), vote-{congress}-{h|s}{archive roll} (vote-119-h9), eo-{number} (eo-14100), deadline-{ledger id}. The archive roll is Voteview's Congress-wide sequence, not the chamber's per-session roll-call number; each vote page states the official number (for example "Senate Vote 241 (119th Congress, 2nd Session)") and links the official record.
- Cite the official source for the underlying fact and Power & Politics for the compiled record. Each citation shows the date Power & Politics last checked it.

## Open data

- [Open data downloads](https://powerandpolitics.co/open-data.php): JSON and CSV files of the verified datasets, with license, provenance and column documentation.
- [Download manifest](https://powerandpolitics.co/open-data/manifest.json): file list with record counts, sizes and SHA-256 hashes.

## Main sections

- [2026 Midterm Voting Center](https://powerandpolitics.co/midterms.php): official registration, ballot and polling-place links by state, and only the deadlines Power & Politics verified.
- [Congress](https://powerandpolitics.co/congress.php): bills and roll-call votes with exact tallies and official links.
- [Presidential record](https://powerandpolitics.co/presidential.php) and [executive orders](https://powerandpolitics.co/executive-orders.php): Federal Register and National Archives records.
- [Courts](https://powerandpolitics.co/courts.php): federal and Supreme Court dockets and opinions in the courts' own words.
- [People](https://powerandpolitics.co/browse.php): every member of Congress since 1789 and verified state and local officials.
- [The Morning Record](https://powerandpolitics.co/briefing.php): the newest verified government actions by date.
- [Coverage Lens](https://powerandpolitics.co/news.php): how monitored outlets are covering a story, attributed and linked, beside the official record.

## Method and policies

- [Sources and methodology](https://powerandpolitics.co/sources.php)
- [Corrections](https://powerandpolitics.co/corrections.php)
- [Terms of use](https://powerandpolitics.co/terms.php)

## Optional

- [Full guide for AI systems](https://powerandpolitics.co/llms-full.txt): record URL patterns, dataset details and archive coverage.
- [Sitemap index](https://powerandpolitics.co/sitemap.xml)