<p>There are really a surprising number of Websites that track legislative activity, most of them the result of enterprising individuals. Probably the database with the biggest reach is the one maintained by the <a href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/"><strong>Washington Post</strong></a>. <a href="http://www.vote-smart.org/index.htm"><strong>Project Vote Smart's</strong></a> probably has the longest history. <strong><a href="http://www.techpolitics.org/">TechPolitics</a></strong> (which houses and mashes census data and other government information along with voting records and provides bill tracking) focuses on House votes and is headed by the very accomplished <a href="http://www.techpolitics.org/congress/about.htm">Ken Colburn</a>. <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/"><strong>GovTrac,</strong></a> founded and run by linguistics's graduate student <a href="/">Joshua Taubere</a><a href="/">r,</a>has an automated system to track bills, issue-by-issue, Congress-wide. </p>    <p>Then there's <strong><a href="http://www.congressmerge.com/products/VoteTracking.htm">Congress Merge</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.vis.org/">Voter Information Services' </a></strong><a href="http://www.vis.org/toolbox/default.aspx">Congressional Toolbox</a>, and <a href="www.progressivepunch.org"><strong>P</strong></a><a href="www.progressivepunch.org"><strong>rogressive Punch</strong>,</a> the latter of which has a really friendly interface. </p>    <p>I'm guessing there are a lot more of these sites and I'd like to build a really comprehensive list. My sense is that a lot of these folks do not know one another and that there might be some kind of terrific synergy out there waiting to happen if Sunlight can connect them.<br /> </p>    <p>Let me know what I am missing so we can compile a comprehensive list. And of course, we'll make it available.</p>