About MoneyTox
We're shining a light on the money behind the legislation.
Our Mission
MoneyTox exists to make legislative transparency accessible to everyone. We believe that understanding who funds our legislators and how that money influences policy is fundamental to a healthy democracy.
By connecting congressional bills with campaign finance data and policy frameworks like Project 2025, we help citizens follow the money trail and understand the real forces shaping American legislation.
What We Do
AI-Powered Bill Analysis
We use advanced AI (Llama 3.1 70B) to summarize complex legislation in plain English. Our summaries come in multiple "personality" styles - from straightforward civics teacher to skeptical investigator - making bills accessible to different reading preferences.
Campaign Finance Tracking
Using Federal Election Commission (FEC) data, we identify and display the top campaign donors for every bill sponsor and cosponsor. See exactly who's funding the legislators behind each piece of legislation.
Project 2025 Correlation
We use semantic analysis to identify bills that align with Project 2025 policy objectives. This helps citizens understand when legislation matches specific political agendas and ideological frameworks.
Donor Network Visualization
Interactive visualizations show how campaign contributions connect legislators, bills, and donors. Follow the money through an intuitive network graph that reveals financial relationships.
Why This Matters
Money influences politics. That's not cynicism - it's reality. Understanding who funds our legislators helps us understand the incentives behind legislation.
Bills are complex and inaccessible. The average American doesn't have time to read hundreds of pages of legal text. We make legislation understandable without oversimplifying it.
Political agendas drive policy. When bills align with specific ideological frameworks like Project 2025, citizens deserve to know. We connect those dots.
Democracy requires informed citizens. We can't participate meaningfully in democracy if we don't understand what's happening in Congress. MoneyTox removes barriers to that understanding.
Our Data Sources
Congress.gov API
Official legislative data including bill text, sponsors, cosponsors, and status updates.
Visit Congress.gov →FEC Database
Federal Election Commission campaign finance records and individual donor contributions.
Visit FEC.gov →Project 2025 Document
Publicly available policy framework from The Heritage Foundation's presidential transition project.
Learn More →Our Commitment to Transparency
MoneyTox is built on publicly available government data. We don't editorialize or cherry-pick information. Our AI summaries present bills as they are, with multiple perspectives to reduce bias.
All source code, data processing methods, and correlation algorithms are open for review. We believe transparency tools should themselves be transparent.