Govbase
About
Govbase provides U.S. federal policy data — search bills, executive orders, look up Congress members and voting records, browse narrative story bundles, and get civic info like representatives and polling locations by address.
Details
- Author
- govbase-inc
- Downloads
- 170
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- Search U.S. federal bills and executive orders
- Look up Congress members and voting records
- Browse narrative story bundles on policy topics
- Retrieve representatives and polling locations by address
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
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Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
GovbaseCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
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search_policies
Search U.S. federal policies and legislation by keyword, topic, or bill name. Returns a list of matching policies with summaries.
get_policy
Retrieve detailed information about a specific U.S. federal policy by its ID (e.g., "bill-119-hr-22" or "eo-2025-1234").
get_policy_text
Retrieve the full text of a U.S. federal policy document. Returns the raw legislative or regulatory text.
search_members
Search current U.S. members of Congress by name, state, party, or chamber. Returns a list of matching members with key details.
get_member
Retrieve detailed information about a specific U.S. member of Congress by their Bioguide ID (e.g., "P000197" for Nancy Pelosi).
get_member_vote
Check how a specific U.S. member of Congress voted on a policy by providing their Bioguide ID and the policy ID. Returns all roll call votes for that member on the given policy.
get_stories
List current story bundles tracking ongoing policy issues. Returns a feed of active stories grouping related policies and developments.
get_story
Retrieve detailed information about a specific story bundle by its ID, including the full timeline of related events.
resolve_effort
Answer "what is going on with policy X?" — resolve a bill nickname, acronym, or media name ("SAVE Act", "big beautiful bill") to the effort tracking that policy goal across every bill that has carried it, through reintroductions and new Congresses.
get_effort
Retrieve an effort by ID: the maintained plain-language answer to "what is happening with this?", the full bill lineage across Congresses, current status, next actor, and story coverage.
get_representatives
Look up elected representatives for a given U.S. address, including federal, state, and local officials.
get_voter_info
Get election and polling location information for a registered U.S. voter address, including upcoming elections and early vote sites.
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Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"govbase": {
"govbase": {
"url": "https://api.govbase.com/mcp"
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"govbase": {
"url": "https://api.govbase.com/mcp"
}
}Govbase provides U.S. federal policy data — search bills, executive orders, look up Congress members and voting records, browse narrative story bundles, and get civic info like representatives and polling locations by address.
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