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How it works

From legalese to your verdict.

Obillerate is a plain‑English watchdog for the bills that quietly shape your rights, your wallet, and your day‑to‑day life, so you can weigh in before they become law.

The Billometer

Every bill gets one number, 1 to 10.

1 · Hurts everyday peopleHelps everyday people · 10

Four steps, every bill

1

We catch the bill early

We scan every bill moving through Congress and all 50 statehouses, especially the quiet ones that could change your life before you'd ever hear about them.

2

We translate it

Each bill gets rewritten in plain English you can read in about 20 seconds: what it does, who it helps, who it hurts, and who's paying to push it.

3

We score it 1–10

A weighted look at accountability, your rights, who bears the cost, transparency, and the money behind it, shown openly, never a black box.

4

You weigh in

Vote 🔥 Helps us, 😐 It's okay, or 💀 Hurts us. Track the bills you care about and see exactly who represents you and how they voted.

How we sort the board

The Billboard groups bills into three lanes.

Hot
Big deal, moving fast right now
Spreading
Same idea popping up in many states
Sleepers
Flying under the radar, worth watching

Our standards

What we never do

We don't invent facts, dollar figures, or votes. If it isn't in the record, we don't claim it. We don't hide our reasoning, and we steel‑man the other side. Our scores are editorial opinions to help you decide, not legal advice. Always read the official text (we link it on every bill) before you act.

Corrections

We get things wrong sometimes and fix them fast. Spot an error? Tell us, and we'll correct it and note the change. Bills move too, so scores and statuses update as they do.

Where the data comes from: bills and legislators from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), federal data from Congress.gov, district detail from OpenStates and the U.S. Census, news from public sources. Plain‑English analysis is AI‑generated and cross‑checked against the official text.