GovTrack Scraper
Spider read govtrack.us in 145 ms without a browser and returned 62 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "It's Different in the Senate", "Find your representative and senators" and "Find legislation that affects you".
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 ActThe same call, in code.
The capture above came back as markdown. These examples add a key, so you get browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency on govtrack.us.
import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";
const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/subjects/artificial_intelligence/6960");
// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();
console.log(data);
await spider.close();import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";
const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/subjects/artificial_intelligence/6960");
await page.content();
const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
const bills = [];
document.querySelectorAll("#main .search-result-item").forEach(el => {
const title = el.querySelector("a")?.textContent?.trim();
const status = el.querySelector(".status")?.textContent?.trim();
const link = el.querySelector("a")?.getAttribute("href");
if (title) bills.push({ title, status, link });
});
return JSON.stringify({ total: bills.length, bills: bills.slice(0, 10) });
})()`);
console.log(JSON.parse(data));
await spider.close();Ready for volume? Get an API key →
Fields you can pull.
Spider names these from the page. The capture above came back as markdown; the same
call with return_format: "json" returns them as keys.
What govtrack.us costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000056 to fetch. Pricing is $1 per GB of pre-transformation bandwidth plus $0.001 per CPU minute, so a page like this one lands at a fraction of a cent. Failed requests are billed at $0.
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