`get_members`

Pack: congress · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/congress/mcp

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/get_members for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Get current members of Congress with their name, party, state, district (for representatives), and contact information.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`limit`	number	no	Number of results to return (default: 50, max: 600)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "limit": 50
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/congress/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_members","arguments":{"limit":50}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_members', {
  "limit": 50
});

Response shape

Always returns: total, returned, members

Field	Type	Description
`total`	number	Total current members of Congress
`returned`	number	Number of members returned
`members`	array

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "total": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total current members of Congress"
    },
    "returned": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of members returned"
    },
    "members": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "role_id": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Role ID"
          },
          "person_id": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Person ID"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Member full name"
          },
          "sortname": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Member name in sort format"
          },
          "gender": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Gender"
          },
          "birthday": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Birth date"
          },
          "role_type": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Role type (senator or representative)"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Official title"
          },
          "party": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Political party"
          },
          "state": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "State code"
          },
          "state_name": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "State name"
          },
          "district": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Congressional district (for representatives)"
          },
          "startdate": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Role start date"
          },
          "enddate": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Role end date"
          },
          "link": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "GovTrack member URL"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "total",
    "returned",
    "members"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "congress": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/congress/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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