{"categories":[{"label":"WWW/HTTP","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/internet-www-http/8"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides access to U.S. legislative data from Congress.gov, including bill lists, summaries, metadata, and full bill text through the OpenBB Platform.","skillfed_tags":["legislative-data","api-wrapper","openbb-extension"],"use_cases":["Fetch and analyze recent bills from Congress to monitor legislative activity in specific domains.","Build a research tool that retrieves bill summaries, sponsors, and committee assignments for a given bill number.","Download full bill text in multiple formats for document processing or archival.","Integrate legislative data into a financial or policy analysis platform via the OpenBB Platform.","Launch the OpenBB Workspace App to browse and read bills interactively with a PDF viewer."],"what_it_does":"This package is an OpenBB Platform extension that wraps the Congress.gov API, exposing U.S. legislative data through a unified Python interface. It lets you fetch lists of bills, retrieve summaries and metadata (including sponsors, committees, and related bills), download full bill text, and access bill text URLs in multiple formats. The package integrates into the OpenBB ecosystem, so if you have openbb-core installed, you access all endpoints under the `obb.uscongress` namespace.\n\nThe package is designed to work both as a programmatic library (for scripts and applications) and as a backend component for the OpenBB Workspace App, which provides a PDF viewer and linked query tool for browsing legislation. Configuration requires a free Congress.gov API key, which you set via environment variable, user settings file, or the OpenBB session API.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you need programmatic access to Congress.gov data and are already using or willing to adopt the OpenBB Platform. Low install friction and active maintenance are in its favor. However, verify the license terms first\u2014the unclear license status is a material risk for commercial or restricted-use projects. Confirm that the Congress.gov API key meets your rate and availability requirements."},"id":"openbb-congress-gov","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/openbb-congress-gov","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/openbb-congress-gov.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/openbb-congress-gov/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-05-26","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"unclear","name":"openbb-congress-gov","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Congress.gov Provider Extension for the OpenBB Platform"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":79976,"position":14327,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.2.3"}