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Keep the receipts public

Capitol Trail turns millions of public records — campaign money, votes, stock trades, lobbying — into something anyone can actually read. Every page is free. Every fact stays free. If the work is useful to you, this is how it keeps running.

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WHERE SUPPORT GOES

◈Database & servers24.7M contribution records, nightly pipelines, the works

◈AI analysisinsight narratives, bill classification, the TrailAI Analyst

◈Data infrastructureFEC, Congress.gov, and lobbying ingestion that runs every night

THE FINE PRINT, PLAINLY

Capitol Trail is an independent project — not a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Donations are support for the work, not tax-deductible charitable contributions.
Support never changes the data. The numbers come from official records and the methodology is public — no donor, subscriber, or supporter can buy a different answer.
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