BillTrack

Easily create a website for any bill in Federal Congress. The site will include:

• Legislator lookup with geolocation or zip code
• Legisilator's positions and donations from pro/anti bill groups

Example Sites:

• http://killkxl.com

Dependencies

• web.py
• sunlight api
• sunlight transparencydata api

Setup:

Edit the following variables in settings.py

• HOUSE_BILL and SENATE_BILL with the bill ids for the house and senate bill versions
• GROUPS_SUPPORT and GROUPS_OPPOSE with the CRP codes for supportive and opponant groups of the bills (group codes listed in CRP_categories.txt, use data from maplight.org)
• API_KEY with your sunlight services api key (get one here: http://http://services.sunlightlabs.com/)

Edit the following templates:

• index.html with information about the bills you are trying to draw attention to
• faq.html with an FAQ about the bills