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Congressional data for scholars and think-tanks

Think-tanks, policy institutes, and academic researchers leverage 45+ years of networked congressional data for scholarly research on lobbying, legislative effectiveness, and political influence.

45+
Years of congressional data
810K+
Lobbying disclosures
140K+
Lawmaker & staff profiles
30K+
Hearings tracked
Everything your team needs in one place

Legislative Effectiveness Research

Study patterns in bill sponsorship, committee advancement, and legislative success across Members, parties, and Congresses using proprietary effectiveness rankings as a structured dataset.

Lobbying & Influence Studies

Access 810K+ lobbying disclosures and 40K+ lobbyist profiles for research on corporate political activity, issue salience, and the relationship between lobbying expenditure and legislative outcomes.

Campaign Finance Research

Analyze FEC contribution data linked to congressional offices and organizational profiles to study the relationship between political money, access, and legislative behavior.

Staff & Career Mobility

Study the revolving door using comprehensive career history data for 140K+ congressional staff and lobbyists over more than four decades.

Congressional Capacity Research

Analyze staffing levels, compensation trends, and institutional capacity across congressional offices and committees over time — a unique dataset for studying congressional organization.

Hearings & Testimony Analysis

Research patterns in committee hearing activity, witness selection, and testimony content across 30K+ hearings. Who gets invited to testify, and how does that shape policy?

Built for the way you work

Deep historical records

Congressional data going back 45+ years — legislation, staff, lobbying, hearings, and contributions — in a single searchable platform.

Custom data exports & API access

Enterprise plans include structured data exports and API access for quantitative research and dataset construction.

Networked relationship data

Unique relationship mapping between lawmakers, staff, lobbyists, witnesses, and organizations — not available in any public dataset.

Institutional pricing

Special pricing available for think-tanks, policy institutes, and non-profit research organizations. Contact us to discuss your needs.

Research Data
Lobbying Disclosure Dataset
810K+ disclosures from 1995–present. Fields: filer, client, lobbyist, issue codes, amounts, congressional targets. Export-ready for R/Python.
45+ yearsStructured export
Staff Career History Database
140K+ profiles with complete employment timelines, office assignments, and post-Hill career moves. Linked to lobbying and FEC records.
Networked data
Legislative Effectiveness Index
Proprietary rankings for every Member across 15 Congresses. Normalized by chamber, party, and seniority for comparative analysis.
Exclusive dataset
"The depth of networked congressional data in Legis1 is unlike anything else available to researchers. It has opened up research questions we simply could not ask before."
Associate Professor of Political Science, Research University