Actually you can browse the site fully without ever logging in.
Same as with other social sites. You will be able to freely browse it without logging in but taking any action will require you to create an account. You'll be able to find all the bills, reps, comments by users, etc. You only have to signup if you want to follow bills (get updates when they change) or reps (when they sponsor new bills), vote on bills and build your approval rating.
It might be a bit unclear but the top navigation bar will help you browse through the site. Example link for bills https://4us.com/Bills
We just wanted to have the homepage as a landing page and list what the site does.
Actually you can browse the site fully without ever logging in.
Same as with other social sites. You will be able to freely browse it without logging in but taking any action will require you to create an account. You'll be able to find all the bills, reps, comments by users, etc. You only have to signup if you want to follow bills (get updates when they change) or reps (when they sponsor new bills), vote on bills and build your approval rating.
It might be a bit unclear but the top navigation bar will help you browse through the site. Example link for bills https://4us.com/Bills
We just wanted to have the homepage as a landing page and list what the site does.
We've been working on this site for the last 2 years and have been funding this entirely from our pockets. If you have some free time on your hands please signup to check out some of the stuff you've been missing out.
The basic idea behind 4us is that you can:
- Browse all bills, voting records and members of Congress (kind of what GovTrack does)
- Get notified (email and site notification - facebook style) when there are changes to bills or members of Congress that you follow
- Discuss each bill in the discussion section
- Read simplified bills written by us or the users (that should be nonbiased)
- Join the discussion boards to discuss the latest events and news
- Vote on bills (similar to Countable)
- See how your votes align with what your Representative actually voted (for example if I vote on 10 bills and one of my Senators also voted on those 10 bills, then the site will build an approval rating based on those 10 votes compared. The approval rating or compatibility rating (as we also like to call it) will be on a scale from 0 - 100. The more our votes align the higher the approval rating. Which probably means I should vote for them again. The idea is that when we vote for our new Senators and Representatives we usually just vote based on what others think about them or what we hear in the media. This tool will tell you exactly how you should vote).
What we do is we compare your voting habits to your Congressional Representatives' (you can vote on bills the same way as your senator would) and educate yourself on the laws (we try to make the laws as simple as possible to the everyday citizen - by creating simple videos of the bills, finding and posting short summaries and by enabling discussion in the comment section) that affect us all.
It's the only site out there that will tell you how you actually align with your Reps based on how YOU and THEY feel about important bills. While this is still a long-shot to actually try and see some positive changes.. what we do want to do is help you BE BETTER INFORMED.