MCP server

Legislation

com.delilahusa/legislation

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

U.S. bills, roll-call votes, legislators and 2026 elections for all 50 states, D.C. and Congress.

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

delilahusa.com (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

41

Token cost

About 11,428 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http legislation https://mcp.delilahusa.com/

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.legislation]
url = "https://mcp.delilahusa.com/"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"legislation":{"httpUrl":"https://mcp.delilahusa.com/"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"legislation":{"url":"https://mcp.delilahusa.com/"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"legislation":{"type":"http","url":"https://mcp.delilahusa.com/"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add legislation https://mcp.delilahusa.com/

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"legislation","server_url":"https://mcp.delilahusa.com/","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"legislation","server_url":"https://mcp.delilahusa.com/"}

Tools

• get_ballot_measure ~242 tokens
  Ballot measures (GET /v1/measures): the list for a state, or one measure by its number (e.g. 'Amendment 1') with full text, summary and official source URL. Use for 'what's on the ballot in X' and 'what does Amendment N do'.
• get_bill ~553 tokens
  Fetch a single bill by its numeric bill_id (GET /v1/bills/{bill_id}), optionally merging in sub-resources: votes (roll calls with tallies), sponsors, history (action timeline), texts (version metadata), amendments, subjects, analyses (staff analyses), calendar (scheduled events), citations (statutes
• get_bill_diff ~330 tokens
  Compare two versions of a bill's text (GET /v1/bills/{bill_id}/diff): a unified diff plus similarity, added/removed line and character counts, and changed-section highlights. Get the two version ids from get_bill with include:['texts'] — each text row's `text_id`. Pass them as `from` (the earlier ve
• get_bill_statutes ~226 tokens
  The sections of existing law a bill amends, creates, repeals or cites (GET /v1/bills/{bill_id}/statutes), classified by how it touches each, with the current text of sections we hold. Use for 'what current law does this bill change'. Get bill_id from search_bills. Only states whose code is loaded re
• get_bill_text ~185 tokens
  The cleaned plain text of one bill-text version (GET /v1/texts/{text_id}), entities decoded, ready to quote or summarize. Get text_id from get_bill with include:['texts'] (each version has a date and type). Texts longer than 40,000 characters are clipped with a '[truncated]' marker.
• get_bill_text_history ~206 tokens
  Timeline of all computed diffs between successive text versions of one bill (GET /v1/bills/{bill_id}/changes): what changed, when, and how much. Use get_bill_diff for one specific pair of versions. Get bill_id from search_bills or semantic_search_bills.
• get_candidate ~222 tokens
  Fetch one election candidate by id (GET /v1/candidates/{id}): their party, office, district and cycle, plus an FEC filer id where the campaign has filed and a Bioguide id for sitting members of Congress. When people_id is set, the candidate has a legislative voting record — pass it to get_legislator
• get_candidate_photo ~292 tokens
  The URL of a candidate's official portrait (GET /v1/photos/{candidate_id} returns the image bytes). Sources are official state-legislature and congressional portraits, public-domain and licensed images only — never a third party's photo library — and each carries a license and attribution string tha
• get_changes ~284 tokens
  Near-real-time feed of what changed (GET /v1/changes). Poll with since=<ISO timestamp> to get everything newer than your cursor; with no since it defaults to the last hour. Reason types include NewBill, StatusChange, Text, Vote and Amendment. Use this for monitoring and incremental sync — 'what move
• get_committee ~227 tokens
  Fetch a committee by committee_id (GET /v1/committees/{committee_id}), optionally merging in members (its roster, with roles) and hearings (its scheduled meetings). Find a committee_id with list_committees.
• get_coverage ~260 tokens
  Per-state depth snapshot (GET /v1/coverage): how COMPLETE each jurisdiction's data is — bill counts, the share of bills holding at least one vote, text or sponsor, and whether the legislature is currently in session. Use it before drawing conclusions from a thin result set, to tell 'no such bills' a
• get_legislator ~286 tokens
  Fetch a legislator's profile by people_id (GET /v1/legislators/{people_id}), optionally merging in votes (every roll call they are recorded on, newest first, with their individual position: 1=Yea, 2=Nay, 3=Not Voting, 4=Absent) and bills (legislation they sponsor, with sponsor_type_id 1=primary, 2=c
• get_legislator_scorecard ~188 tokens
  One-call voting and sponsorship profile for a legislator (GET /v1/legislators/{people_id}/scorecard): participation, party-line alignment, bills sponsored and passed, notable votes. This is the tool for 'how does X vote' or 'is X effective'. Get people_id from list_legislators (q=name).
• get_measure_statutes ~292 tokens
  The sections of existing law a 2026 ballot measure amends, creates, repeals or cites (GET /v1/measures/{state}/{number}/statutes). Use for 'which laws does Prop X / Question Y change'. Read from the measure's official text: constitutional amendments cite the constitution (not loaded), and a measure
• get_midterms ~438 tokens
  The election slate for 2026-11-03 (GET /v1/midterms): races, candidates and ballot measures per state, with official results where available. All data is official state election-office and FEC content collected by Delilah — no third-party attribution is required. live_results carries ONE ENTRY PER C
• get_roll_call ~284 tokens
  Fetch a roll call by roll_call_id (GET /v1/votes/{roll_call_id}): the motion, chamber, date and yea/nay/absent tallies. Add include:['details'] to also pull how every individual member voted (vote_id 1=Yea, 2=Nay, 3=Not Voting, 4=Absent) — this is the tool for 'how did each legislator vote on this'.
• get_session_breakdown ~258 tokens
  Bill count per status (by:'status', on the status_id ladder) or per subject (by:'subject') for one session (GET /v1/sessions/{id}/status-counts or /subject-counts). Get session_id from list_sessions. status_id values: 1=Introduced, 2=In Committee, 3=Passed One Chamber, 4=Passed Both Chambers, 5=Sign
• get_session_dashboard ~179 tokens
  Headline counts for one legislative session (GET /v1/sessions/{id}/dashboard): bills filed, passed, signed, vetoed, roll calls, active legislators. Start here for 'how is the 2026 Florida session going'. Get session_id from list_sessions.
• get_session_sponsor_stats ~404 tokens
  Legislators ranked by bills sponsored and passed in one session (GET /v1/sessions/{id}/sponsor-stats). Each row has bills_sponsored, bills_primary, bills_passed, bills_primary_passed and pass_rate (passed = status 4, 5 or 8). This is the one call for 'who is most active or effective this session' an
• get_session_vote_participation ~193 tokens
  How many roll calls each legislator voted in versus missed during one session (GET /v1/sessions/{id}/vote-participation). Use for attendance questions. Get session_id from list_sessions.
• get_statute ~381 tokens
  One section of law with full text and its place in the code (GET /v1/statutes/sections/{section_id}, or by citation via GET /v1/statutes/lookup). Give section_id from a search or a bill/measure link, or state + citation exactly as the code prints it (e.g. '39:4-50', '790.01', '18-3-102'). Set includ
• get_trending_bills ~200 tokens
  Bills with the most news coverage in the window (GET /v1/trending), optionally for one state. Use for 'what's in the news' or 'hot bills right now'. Returns bill summaries with mention counts; call get_bill for detail.
• get_usage ~106 tokens
  The current key's tier, monthly cap, requests used and remaining, and when the period resets (GET /v1/_meta/usage). Call this when a request is rate-limited (HTTP 429) or the user asks about their plan.
• get_weekly_stage_breakdown ~153 tokens
  One row per stage with the number of bills whose latest action landed there in the window (GET /v1/bills-weekly-breakdown). All jurisdictions combined. Use for a national 'how much moved this week' number; use get_session_dashboard for one state.
• keyword_search_bills ~292 tokens
  Keyword search where EVERY term must appear (GET /v1/search/bills). Use when the user gives specific words that all have to be present, e.g. ['short-term rental', 'tax']. Prefer semantic_search_bills for questions and search_bills for structured filters. Up to 10 terms. Returns bill summaries plus p
• list_bills_by_stage ~280 tokens
  Bills whose LATEST action in the window falls in a stage (GET /v1/bills-by-stage): introduced, committee, passed, executive (with the governor, signed, or vetoed), amendments, other. Fleet-wide across all jurisdictions — there is no state filter, so filter the rows by state_id or state_name yourself
• list_candidates ~414 tokens
  Search the election-candidate directory (GET /v1/candidates): people running for office. Filters combine with AND. Roughly a third carry an FEC filer id and sitting members of Congress carry a Bioguide id; both are null otherwise. Rows also carry people_id where the person has a legislative voting r
• list_committees ~190 tokens
  List legislative committees (GET /v1/committees), filterable by jurisdiction, chamber, or name search. Returns the committee_id values that get_committee needs.
• list_districts ~355 tokens
  District metadata by state and type (GET /v1/districts): congressional, state senate, state house. Pass district_id with boundary:true to get the polygon as GeoJSON (GET /v1/districts/{id}/boundary) — it is large, so set simplify (degrees, e.g. 0.01) to shrink it. Match districts NUMERICALLY (distri
• list_hearings ~234 tokens
  Scheduled committee hearings across committees (GET /v1/hearings), filterable by jurisdiction and start date. Use this to answer 'what is being heard this week' or to track when a committee next meets. For hearings on one specific committee use get_committee with include:['hearings']; for one specif
• list_legislators ~266 tokens
  Search or list legislators (GET /v1/legislators) by jurisdiction, chamber, party, district, or name. This is how you turn a name into the people_id that get_legislator needs. Filters combine with AND.
• list_session_legislators ~178 tokens
  Every legislator who served in one session (GET /v1/sessions/{id}/legislators), with people_id. Use list_legislators for the current roster by state; use this for a specific past or special session. Get session_id from list_sessions.
• list_sessions ~209 tokens
  Legislative sessions (GET /v1/sessions): regular and special sessions with their years, start/sine-die dates and a session_id. Use this to resolve which session a bill belongs to, to find the current session for a state, or to pass session_id as a filter to search_bills. Omit `state` to list every j
• list_states ~140 tokens
  The jurisdiction directory (GET /v1/states): the 50 states, D.C. and the U.S. Congress with their state_id, 2-letter code and full name. Returns the full list (52 rows) so you can resolve a name to a code or enumerate everything the corpus covers. For how COMPLETE each jurisdiction's data is, use ge
• list_statute_coverage ~196 tokens
  Which jurisdictions' codified law is loaded, and how big and current it is (GET /v1/statutes/coverage): per state the number of codes, sections, bill links and the edition it is current through. Pass state to list that state's codes (GET /v1/statutes/codes) — the code_id values used by get_statute l
• list_subjects ~239 tokens
  The raw subject taxonomy with per-subject bill counts (GET /v1/subjects). Subjects are the fine-grained categories the legislatures themselves assign to bills — narrower and more numerous than the curated topic slugs from list_topics. Use this to find a subject_id to filter search_bills by, or to ga
• list_topics ~215 tokens
  The canonical topic taxonomy with per-topic bill counts (GET /v1/topics). Call this first to find the right slug for the topic filter on search_bills, instead of guessing one. Pass a slug to get that topic's detail and a sample of the raw subject names folded into it (GET /v1/topics/{slug}); to get
• manage_webhooks ~429 tokens
  Manage the key's webhook subscriptions (/v1/webhooks). action:'list' is read-only. 'create' REGISTERS a URL that Delilah will POST to on the chosen events — it changes the account, so it requires confirm:true and the user's explicit go-ahead. 'test' queues a sample delivery to an existing subscripti
• search_bills ~685 tokens
  Search or list legislation with structured filters (GET /v1/bills). Use this when you know the jurisdiction, sponsor, topic, or status you want. Every filter is optional and they combine with AND. A bill number typed into q (e.g. 'HB 1', 'SB0002') matches that bill directly. Returns bill summaries p
• search_statutes ~303 tokens
  Full-text search of a state's codified law (GET /v1/statutes/search). Use for 'what does the law say about X' and to find the section a bill or ballot measure changes. Returns matching sections with headings and excerpts; fetch the whole section with get_statute. Only states whose code is loaded res
• semantic_search_bills ~414 tokens
  Vector search over the full text of every bill (GET /v1/search/semantic): describe what you want in plain English — 'protecting kids from social media', 'limits on rent increases' — and get the closest bills with a match_score. Prefer this over search_bills for questions and topics; prefer search_bi

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