Pocket Congress vs Informed

Congressional App Challenge Winner (CA-13, 2022) Nothing's stopping you from reading through the Congressional Record or watching C-SPAN all day, but Pocket Congress makes information on the actions of your representatives and Congress as a whole much more accessible and searchable. With the app, you can: • See recent bills in Congress • Find your Representative using your zip code  • See Congress members’ votes on recent bills. • Read a brief description about them and view trends about how they vote • Call their office, straight from the app! • Follow bills & receive updates on their progress You can also search for recent bills or through 30 years of historical data. • Search by category, such as 'healthcare' or 'environmental' • Search by bill name • For advanced users: search by bill number and create advanced filters For all bills, you can see their stage in the legislative process and a summary of the bill text authored by the Congressional Research Service. Share links to specific bills and congressmembers (perfect for educating your friends or spreading the word on social media)! “Very cool.” –Congressman Jeff Jackson Created by Siddharth M. Bhatia, a senior at Piedmont High School. www.sidmb.com Contact me: siddharth@sidmb.com

Know what Congress actually did today — every bill, every vote, every hearing, explained in plain English. Informed turns the official congressional record into a clean, readable daily brief. No pundits, no spin — just the primary source, beautifully organized. WHAT CONGRESS DID TODAY Your Home feed is a chronological brief of the day on Capitol Hill: new bills, roll-call votes, committee markups, reports, and hearings. Filter by the policy topics you care about, or search bills, members, and amendments in seconds. READ THE ACTUAL TEXT Open any bill for its full text, sponsors and cosponsors, committee actions, and nonpartisan CRS summaries. A five-stage Bill Journey tracker shows exactly where it stands — from first filed to signed into law. SEE EVERY VOTE Browse House and Senate roll calls with complete tallies, and see how every single member voted — not just the headline result. KNOW WHO SPEAKS FOR YOU Enter your address or use your location to find your representatives and senators. Explore any member's voting record, sponsored bills, and years in office — then call their office straight from the app. FOLLOW WHAT MATTERS Follow bills and members to build My Briefing, your personal watchlist. Push notifications ping you the moment a followed bill moves, gets voted on, or becomes law. ASK AI ANYTHING Stuck on legislative jargon? Tap Ask AI on any bill, vote, or member for plain-language summaries, impact analysis, and context. On supported devices, bill briefs are generated privately on-device — they never leave your iPhone. WATCH CONGRESS AT WORK Stream committee hearings live or on demand right in the app, with full searchable transcripts of past hearings. Add upcoming hearings to your calendar with one tap. BUILT FOR iPHONE AND iPAD A newsroom-quality reading experience: home-screen and lock-screen widgets, full dark mode, and a native design that feels at home on iOS. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No tracking. No third-party analytics. Sign in with Apple supported. Informed is free to use. Optional subscriptions remove ads and expand AI usage. Democracy is public record. Read it. Get informed, stay informed. Terms of Use: https://getinformed.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://getinformed.app/privacy