`get_recent_bills`

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

List the most recent congressional bills — newest first by introduction date or by latest action. This tool takes NO subject or keyword: it returns whatever Congress touched most recently, so it can only answer OPEN-ENDED recency questions — “what bills were introduced this week”, “latest bills in Congress”, “what is Congress working on now”, “recent activity on bills”. PREFER OVER search_bills for exactly those (search_bills ranks by keyword relevance and surfaces older bills). If the question NAMES a bill, act, or subject — “status of the NDAA”, “the defense authorization bill”, “bills about crypto” — use search_bills instead, even when it asks for the CURRENT status: a named subject cannot be found in an unfiltered recency list, which is mostly routine post-office namings. Returns bill type, number, title, status, sponsor, and dates.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`by`	string	no	Recency basis: “introduced” (default, newest introductions) or “activity” (most recent status change / latest action).
`congress`	number	no	Congress number to filter by (e.g., 119 for 2025–2026). Omit for all.
`limit`	number	no	Number of bills to return (default: 20, max: 100)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "by": "introduced"
}

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_recent_bills","arguments":{"by":"introduced"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_recent_bills', {
  "by": "introduced"
});

More examples

{
  "congress": 119,
  "by": "activity",
  "limit": 30
}

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.

get_recent_bills