Short, apolitical screen tours of each data surface — built from real public records, start to finish. Each pairs a screen recording with a written companion you can follow at your own pace.
01 — Federal officials · live
Profiling a member of Congress
Using Senator Angus King (I-ME) — an Independent on the Armed Services, Energy, and Veterans' Affairs committees — to tour every part of a member's page. Chosen as a neutral example; DataDawn presents the records, it doesn't interpret them.
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From the homepage, type a name into the Members of Congress search — e.g. "King" — and pick the result. You land on a clean, citation-quality URL: datadawn.org/member/K000383.
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The Overview opens first: a stat grid (votes, bills, speeches, trades, donations received, earmarks) plus the member's committee assignments inline.
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Votes lists every roll call with the member's position; click a date to open the official roll-call source, or a bill ID to see the legislation.
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Stock trades shows House/Senate disclosure filings — ticker, type, amount range, and a link to the source filing. A total line sits above the table.
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Donations breaks down receipts by PAC/committee and by donor employer, sourced from FEC filings.
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Speeches, Legislation (with the clients that lobbied on each bill), and Earmarks round out the page — every table footed with the raw query so you can verify or extend it.