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Archive of absurd congressional bills

Someone should create a profile that gathers all the bomb bills from recent years, with votes by party and each deputy and senator.

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A searchable database of frivolous congressional bills with voting records by legislator and party.

The pain

Citizens and journalists waste time manually searching congressional records to find absurd bills and track which representatives sponsored or voted for them. No centralized, easy-to-browse archive exists. People want to understand voting patterns on ridiculous legislation to hold politicians accountable or find material for criticism.

The gap

Congress.gov exists but requires knowing bill numbers and has poor filtering for 'absurd' bills. No tool currently aggregates these bills, ranks them by absurdity, and cross-references voting records in one place. The curation layer is missing.

Build angle

Start as a simple web scraper + database that pulls bills from Congress.gov, applies basic filters (bill title keywords, sponsor patterns), and displays voting records. Monetize through political campaigns, advocacy groups, or media outlets who need rapid opposition research. Expand to state legislatures. The real value is curation + presentation, not data collection.

Strengths

  • Public data source (Congress.gov) is free and reliable
  • Clear use cases: opposition research, journalism, civic engagement
  • Low technical barrier to MVP, scraping + basic UI
  • Potential B2B revenue from political organizations
  • Viral potential if bills are genuinely absurd and shareable

Risks

  • Defining 'absurd' is subjective and politically charged, what's absurd to one side is serious to another
  • Congress.gov already provides raw data; the gap is curation, which requires ongoing human judgment
  • Limited monetization path if positioned as free public tool; B2B customers are price-sensitive and may build in-house
  • Requires continuous updates as new bills are introduced, maintenance burden
  • Competitors could emerge quickly (news outlets, political sites already track this informally)
  • User base may be small: primarily political junkies, journalists, and campaign staff

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