Monitor a Politician's Voting Record and Public Statements

Voting records, bill co-sponsorships, committee hearings, public statements, and campaign finance disclosures are all public record. For journalists, policy researchers, advocacy groups, and engaged citizens, staying current on a specific legislator's activity used to mean checking GovTrack, following their press office, and searching news manually. AI monitoring covers all of this continuously.

What's Available in the Public Record

• Voting record: Every floor vote in Congress is recorded and published on congress.gov. GovTrack and VoteSmart aggregate and make this searchable.
• Bill sponsorships and co-sponsorships: The bills a legislator introduces or signs onto reveal legislative priorities.
• Committee hearings and testimony: What committees they serve on, what hearings they attend, what they say during testimony — all public record.
• Press releases and public statements: Most Congressional offices publish press releases on their official .gov sites.
• Campaign finance: FEC filings show donors and spending; FEC EDGAR is publicly searchable.

Setting Up Political Monitoring in AyeWatch

Create a topic: "[Senator/Representative name] recent votes, public statements, bill sponsorships, and news coverage." Set to daily checks. AyeWatch covers their official .gov press releases, news coverage, voting record reporting from services like GovTrack, and general media coverage of their legislative activity.

For policy tracking: "[Topic area, e.g., AI regulation or healthcare] legislation and floor votes in Congress" — monitors the policy area rather than one individual, catching any legislator's activity on the topic.