Democracy Made Clear Through AI
An AI-powered civic engagement platform that helps citizens understand how Congressional legislation affects their lives through constitutional analysis and personalized demographic impact assessment.
Every bill is analyzed against the U.S. Constitution to determine if provisions are supported, violated, questionable, or unclear
Personalized impact analysis based on user demographics including age, gender, profession, income, and state
Complex legislative text summarized into clear, accessible language using AI
Bills scraped directly from Congress.gov and stored for analysis, keeping users up-to-date
See how bills specifically impact your state and congressional district
Email and audio summaries tailored to each user's profile and interests
A comprehensive pipeline from data collection to personalized analysis
Selenium-based web scraper crawls Congress.gov for introduced legislation. Bill metadata, sponsor info, and PDF documents are collected and stored in PostgreSQL (AWS Aurora RDS).
PDF bills are downloaded and text is extracted. OpenAI ChatGPT API generates bill summaries. Constitutional AI Agent analyzes each bill against the Constitution. Demographic impact analysis using user profiles.
Flask/Python RESTful API serves data to clients. Next.js web app with Tailwind CSS for the main interface. WebSocket integration for real-time updates.
AWS ECS/App Runner for containerized deployments. AWS Lambda for scheduled tasks and batch processing. AWS S3 for PDF storage and audio file hosting. AWS RDS Aurora PostgreSQL for database.