Awra – AI-powered legislative bill analyzer
I built Awra to solve a simple problem: understanding what bills in Congress actually mean for regular citizens. What it does: - Explains federal bills in plain language - Shows state-specific impacts - Provides cost analysis when available - Uses AI to answer questions about any bill I've found that while tools like ChatGPT can explain bills, they often hallucinate or work with outdated information. Awra directly fetches from Congress.gov's API and uses RAG to ensure accuracy. Try it out: https://www.awra.ai GitHub: https://github.com/reacthor-ai/awra Looking…
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Awra is an AI-powered tool that explains federal bills from Congress in plain language, showing state-specific impacts and cost analyses when available. It pulls data directly from Congress.gov's API to answer questions about legislation while minimizing inaccuracy. The tool is designed for citizens who want to understand what proposed bills actually mean for them, offering more current and reliable information than general-purpose AI tools.
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I built Awra to solve a simple problem: understanding what bills in Congress actually mean for regular citizens. What it does: - Explains federal bills in plain language - Shows state-specific impacts - Provides cost analysis when available - Uses AI to answer questions about any bill I've found that while tools like ChatGPT can explain bills, they often hallucinate or work with outdated information. Awra directly fetches from Congress.gov's API and uses RAG to ensure accuracy. Try it out: https://www.awra.ai GitHub: https://github.com/reacthor-ai/awra Looking for feedback, particularly on accuracy and usefulness. Would love to hear from people who regularly need to understand legislation.
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