# US Congress Legislators Scraper — Members, Contacts & IDs (`compute-edge/us-congress-legislators-scraper`) Actor Extract current and historical U.S. Congress members (House & Senate) with party, state, district, official phone, office address, website, and cross-reference IDs (Bioguide, FEC, OpenSecrets, GovTrack). Filter by chamber, state, or party. - **URL**: https://apify.com/compute-edge/us-congress-legislators-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Compute Edge](https://apify.com/compute-edge) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $3.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## US Congress Legislators Scraper — Members, Contacts & IDs Extract a complete, structured directory of the **members of the United States Congress** — every **Senator** and **Representative** — with party, state, district, official contact details, and dozens of **cross-reference IDs**. Pull the **current** Congress, the full **historical** roster, or both. This Actor is built on the authoritative, continuously maintained `unitedstates/congress-legislators` public dataset. It returns clean JSON ready for **civic-tech apps, government-affairs teams, lobbying/advocacy CRMs, journalists, and political data pipelines**. ### Features - **All current members** of the House and Senate (plus optional historical roster back to 1789). - **Official contact data** — Capitol office phone, office room, mailing address, website, and contact form URL. - **Rich identifiers** — Bioguide, FEC, OpenSecrets, GovTrack, Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Ballotpedia IDs for easy joining to campaign-finance and voting datasets. - **Filter** by chamber, state, or party. - **No API key required.** ### Output fields | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | `fullName` | Official full name | | `currentChamber` | "House" or "Senate" | | `currentState` | 2-letter state code | | `currentParty` | Party affiliation | | `currentDistrict` | House district (null for Senators) | | `phone` | Capitol office phone | | `office` | Office building & room | | `address` | Mailing address | | `officialUrl` | Official website | | `contactForm` | Web contact form URL | | `bioguideId`, `fecIds`, `opensecretsId`, `govtrackId` | Cross-reference IDs | ### How to scrape US Congress members 1. Choose the **Dataset** — `current` (default), `historical`, or `both`. 2. (Optional) Filter by **Chamber** (House/Senate), **State** (e.g. `CA`), or **Party** (e.g. `Republican`). 3. Click **Start**. Each member becomes one dataset record, exportable to JSON, CSV, or Excel. ### Input example ```json { "dataset": "current", "chamber": "Senate", "state": "TX", "party": "", "maxResults": 0 } ```` ### Output example ```json { "bioguideId": "C000127", "fullName": "Maria Cantwell", "currentChamber": "Senate", "currentState": "WA", "currentParty": "Democrat", "currentDistrict": null, "phone": "202-224-3441", "office": "511 Hart Senate Office Building", "officialUrl": "https://www.cantwell.senate.gov", "opensecretsId": "N00007836" } ``` ### Pricing Billed per result (per legislator). The current Congress is ~537 records, so a full pull costs only a fraction of a cent in results plus Apify platform compute. ### Other scrapers you may like - **FEC Candidates & Finance Scraper** — federal campaign finance data. - **Senate Lobbying Disclosure Scraper** — registered lobbyists and clients. - **Federal Register Scraper** — daily federal rules and notices. - **eCFR Regulations Search Scraper** — the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations. ### FAQ **Is this official data?** It is compiled from official sources (the Congressional Bioguide, GovTrack, and others) via the widely used open `unitedstates/congress-legislators` project, and updated continuously. **Is this personal data?** No. It covers public officials acting in their official capacity — official Capitol contact information that is published by the government. **Can I get past members?** Yes — set `dataset` to `historical` or `both`. **How do I join this to campaign-finance data?** Use the included `fecIds` and `opensecretsId` fields. ### Legal This Actor extracts publicly available information about elected public officials in their official capacity. It contains no private personal data. Use responsibly and in compliance with applicable laws. # Actor input Schema ## `dataset` (type: `string`): Which set of legislators to fetch. ## `chamber` (type: `string`): Filter by chamber: 'House' or 'Senate'. Leave empty for both. ## `state` (type: `string`): Filter by state postal code, e.g. 'CA', 'TX', 'NY'. Leave empty for all states. ## `party` (type: `string`): Filter by party (partial match), e.g. 'Democrat', 'Republican', 'Independent'. Leave empty for all. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of legislators to return. Set to 0 for unlimited. ## Actor input object example ```json { "dataset": "current", "chamber": "", "state": "", "party": "", "maxResults": 0 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `dataset` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "dataset": "current" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("compute-edge/us-congress-legislators-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "dataset": "current" } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("compute-edge/us-congress-legislators-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "dataset": "current" }' | apify call compute-edge/us-congress-legislators-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=compute-edge/us-congress-legislators-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "US Congress Legislators Scraper — Members, Contacts & IDs", "description": "Extract current and historical U.S. Congress members (House & Senate) with party, state, district, official phone, office address, website, and cross-reference IDs (Bioguide, FEC, OpenSecrets, GovTrack). 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