gov.house-votes

US House of Representatives roll-call votes, newest first. Locally aggregated daily from clerk.house.gov. Filter by year, congress, result, bill (legis_num substring), date range.

SERVERMcp SOURCE@2sio/mcp

Low RISK CLASS

Category Read

Parameters 00 required

Recommended Allowedsee the rule below

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This record as markdown: /tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/gov.house-votes.md

WHAT IT DOES

What gov.house-votes does on Mcp

AI agents call gov.house-votes to retrieve information from Mcp without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

RISK

Why gov.house-votes is rated Low

This tool performs read-only retrieval of publicly available legislative voting records. It supports filtering by metadata (year, congress, result, bill, date range) but does not create, modify, delete, or execute any actions. The data is aggregated daily from a public government source. There are no side effects, financial implications, or capability to execute external operations.

From the tool's definition Tool retrieves and filters 'US House of Representatives roll-call votes' from a public data source (clerk.house.gov). Verbs: 'newest first', 'filter by' indicate query/search operations with no modification or deletion capabilities.

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RECOMMENDED RULE

The rule that runs gov.house-votes safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Mcp, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For gov.house-votes, this is the rule to start with:

gov.house-votes Allowed

gov.house-votes is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

View as policy code

policy.json

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "gov.house-votes": {}
  }
}

ALLOW ONLY THIS TOOL → Instant setup, no code required.

The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Mcp, apply this rule, and every gov.house-votes call is checked against it from then on.

FAQ

Questions about gov.house-votes

What does the gov.house-votes tool do? +

US House of Representatives roll-call votes, newest first. Locally aggregated daily from clerk.house.gov. Filter by year, congress, result, bill (legis_num substring), date range. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on gov.house-votes? +

Register the MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for gov.house-votes: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Mcp. Nothing to install.

What risk level is gov.house-votes? +

gov.house-votes is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit gov.house-votes? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the gov.house-votes rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.

How do I block gov.house-votes completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for gov.house-votes. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.

What MCP server provides gov.house-votes? +

gov.house-votes is provided by the MCP server (@2sio/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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