About
How this site works
Bynefit Senate shows public facts about the 100 U.S. senators, taken from official sources, so residents can see who represents them and how to reach them.
Who runs it
Bynefit Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity in Atlanta, Georgia. We built this site because the facts are public but spread across many official websites, each with its own layout.
Nonpartisan
This site does not support or oppose any candidate or party, and it does not ask you to take a position on any bill. It has no grades, scores, rankings or ratings of members. Every member of every party gets the same page, with the same fields in the same order and the same wording. Members are listed alphabetically, by state and district, or by date, and never by a measure of performance.
What is on each page
- How to contact the member: phone, offices, official website, contact form and official social accounts.
- Recent votes, newest first. Each shows how the member voted, what the question was, a summary of the bill written by the Congressional Research Service when one exists, and a link to the official record.
- Committees and the role the member holds, as the official record lists them.
- Counts of votes cast, roll calls with no recorded vote and bills sponsored, always with the period they cover.
- Campaign finance totals as filed with the Federal Election Commission, with a link to the filing.
- Facts about the district or state from the Census Bureau, with links to related figures on Bynefit Data.
What this site leaves out
It does not tell you what to think about a bill or a member, it has no messages to send to a member for you, and it does not cover candidates or elections. Where a source does not have a fact, the page leaves that block out.
Where the facts come from
Every block shows its source and the period it covers, and the sources page lists each one with its terms and how often it is refreshed. Where two sources list the same fact, such as a phone number, both are kept and the page says whether they match.
Errors
If something is wrong, tell us. The corrections page says how, and keeps a public log of every change.
Contact
Bynefit Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. Write to [email protected].