GET govtrack.us HTTP 200145 ms3.7 KB$0.000056 captured Aug 7, 2026
govtrack.us, as data
One API turns any govtrack.us page into markdown, structured JSON, its link graph or a screenshot, and crawls the whole site the same way. The panel shows the real response we captured.
- Render mode
- Plain HTTP, no browser needed
- Response
- HTTP 200 in 145 ms
- Page size
- 3.7 KB of markdown, 62 lines
- Fields
- Bill number, Title, Sponsor, Status and 4 more
- Captured
- Aug 7, 2026
Free balance on signup, no card. This govtrack.us page cost $0.000056 to fetch.
We’re tracking the activities of the **United States Congress** and the **White House** to make a more **open** and **accountable** government.## It's Different in the SenateJuly 31, 2026 · Legislative RecapWe regularly note that the Senate moves more slowly than the House. This week, with the House out of session, we have a nice short set of votes to demonstrate why this is the case.The Senate held eight votes this week. Of those eight, one was a final vote that was not procedural in nature. At least, officially it was one of eight.But that’s the thing: in the Senate the vast majority of items require that at some …## Find your representative and senators:Find Members of Congress ·## Find legislation that affects you:Select a subject area to search and get alerts:Select Subject Area...Agriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGeographic Areas, Entities, and CommitteesGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPrivate LegislationPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial Sciences and HistorySocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources DevelopmentOn the Nomination PN932: Erica Schwartz, of Florida, to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and PreventionS. 1748: Kids Online Safety Act[Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]](https://govtrack.us/congress/members/mark_warner/412321)H.R. 9701: Daughters of the American Revolution Membership Integrity Act.S. 5152: Daughters of the American Revolution Membership Integrity ActWhat Spider does on govtrack.us
Same key, five endpoints. The numbers under a cell were measured on this page.
Page to markdown
Clean text for RAG and LLM context, boilerplate removed. The lane that runs without a key.
145 ms · $0.000056Page to JSON
Spider reads the page and names the fields. Pass your own schema when you need exact keys.
Rendered capture
Real Chromium, full-page PNG. The same call also returns the rendered HTML.
The call behind the panel
This request produced the response above. Paste it with your key and you get the same bytes.
curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/scrape \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SPIDER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"url": "https://govtrack.us/", "return_format": "markdown"}'from spider import Spider
app = Spider()
params = {"return_format": "markdown"}
page = app.scrape_url("https://govtrack.us/", params=params)
print(page[0]["content"])import { Spider } from "@spider-cloud/spider-client";
const app = new Spider();
const [page] = await app.scrapeUrl("https://govtrack.us/", {
return_format: "markdown",
});
console.log(page.content);What govtrack.us costs
Multiplied from the measured 3.7 KB page. Estimates round to the cent.
1 GB of transfer costs $1, plus $0.001 per CPU minute, and failed requests cost $0. Crawling daily? The Unlimited plan is a flat monthly rate.
Point this at the rest of govtrack.us.
The capture above took 145 ms and cost $0.000056. The same call takes any URL on govtrack.us.