How Truth In Polling Works
TIP combines AI-powered analysis with authoritative government data to create a complete accountability picture.
Data Sources
- Federal bills: Congress.gov API (official Congressional Record)
- State bills: Direct state APIs (IN, VA) + LegiScan (48 states)
- Floor votes: clerk.house.gov and senate.gov XML roll call data
- Campaign finance: FEC bulk data (1.61M records) + state portals (7.65M records)
- Earmarks: GAO Tracking the Funds + Congressional Data Coalition
- Federal contracts: USAspending.gov API
AI Pipeline
Server-side AI (xAI Grok) generates neutral bill summaries, classifies industries, extracts campaign promises, and predicts floor votes. Citizens never trigger AI directly — all outputs are pre-computed, cached, and shared.