Congressional Documents

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Congressional Documents — full-text search and retrieval over the official

3 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

search_congressional_documents

Search the full text of official U.S. congressional documents — hearing transcripts,

No parameters required.

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get_congressional_document_text

Read the actual text of a congressional document — the full transcript, report or

No parameters required.

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list_congressional_document_types

List the kinds of congressional documents that can be searched (hearings, committee reports,

No parameters required.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/congressional-documents/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/congressional-documents/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_congressional_documents","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript 
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("search_congressional_documents", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("congressional documents — full-text search and retrieval over the official");