4USXUS Is Your One-Stop Shop to Keep up With Your Congressional Representatives
It’s time to elect a new president this year! But did you know that most of Congress is also about to be re-elected? 4USXUS lets you know about your representatives before it’s time to vote for new ones this November.
While most people are focused on the presidential race, Congress is heading for its own revision. This year, 34 senators and all 435 members of the House of Representatives are running for re-election . There are many choices to go through and they can be quite overwhelming. On top of that, each person should consider their own voting protocol and political history. It can be overwhelming.
4USXUS makes it incredibly easy. Create an account and enter your address. The site will then show you three people you need to look after in your area: two senators for your state, as well as a representative in your district’s House of Representatives. You can check the profile of each of them to see what bills they have sponsored and voted for or against. There are also links to contact information for each Senator and Representative.
You can also dive into the bills themselves if you want to know more about a specific piece of legislation. You can get a summary of the invoice and see its text, if any. You can also see who sponsored it and who voted for or against.
The site also has some community tools that users can use to help each other understand the information they are reading. Users can “vote” for or against the bill (although this is only used for 4USXUS’s own internal metrics, it does not affect actual votes in Congress) and comment on the profiles of the bills or the people themselves. There is also a discussion board for general conversations.
Deciphering the methods of Congress is maddening, and the average person probably shouldn’t expect to understand everything they find on this site. However, as a tool to track your congressional representatives, it is surprisingly simple. At the very least, it’s a quick way to track your state and county representatives with handy contact information if you need your voice to be heard.