{"slug": "govbase", "name": "Govbase", "category": "other", "category_name": "Other software", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 3, "warners": 0, "score": 2.573, "rising": -0.98, "first": "2026-03-02", "latest": "2026-03-02", "why": "", "why_is_quote": false, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 0, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": "govbase.com", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://govbase.com", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Govbase"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 755582496, "item_id": 47223906, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47223906", "by": "some_random", "date": "2026-03-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Overall I love it", "excerpt": "Overall I love it, my biggest critisism so far is that the impact score seems overly opinionated and overly broad in some cases. For example, https://govbase.com/policy/fr-2026-03380 lists on the policy page as positively affecting \"Snap Food Stamps\" which doesn't seem to be relevant although I don't have pro to see the reasoning.", "context": "", "use_case": "following bills and policy", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Govbase \u2013 Follow a bill from source text to news bias to social posts"}, {"id": 755577872, "item_id": 47223617, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47223617", "by": "lunatuna", "date": "2026-03-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Amazing start and look forward to see it evolve.", "excerpt": "Amazing start and look forward to see it evolve. Reminds me a lot of MIT's Open Government Information Awareness [0]. But really like the different track that this takes. I really hope to see this become something people go to. Suggestion that you increase the education of what you're doing and how. For example looking at the Home Energy Freedom Act [1] some direction to more understanding for each of the sections wo", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Govbase \u2013 Follow a bill from source text to news bias to social posts"}, {"id": 755570768, "item_id": 47223173, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47223173", "by": "measurablefunc", "date": "2026-03-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "But overall I think this is a great idea.", "excerpt": "Some of the headlines do not make sense, e.g. https://govbase.com/story/pvxDaH9fXqXUj8yu9Plc. But overall I think this is a great idea.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Govbase \u2013 Follow a bill from source text to news bias to social posts"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["following bills and policy"], "compared": [], "makers": [{"id": 755835248, "item_id": 47239703, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47239703", "by": "foxfoxx", "date": "2026-03-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Would love the support!", "excerpt": "Thank you all for the feedback! I have already started to incorporate some design changes based on suggestions and am looking into AI analysis improvements. I am also launching on Product Hunt tonight 12am PST if anyone sees this. Would love the support! https://www.producthunt.com/products/govbase", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Govbase \u2013 Follow a bill from source text to news bias to social posts"}, {"id": 755718576, "item_id": 47232411, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47232411", "by": "foxfoxx", "date": "2026-03-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "The whole point of Govbase is for users to be able to follow things that matter to them", "excerpt": "to be clear impact groups are things like government programs (e.g. snap benefits), disabilities, immigration status, etc. They're not \"democrat vs republican\". The whole point of Govbase is for users to be able to follow things that matter to them and see how the government is impacting their lives. You can take a look at https://govbase.com/methodology for more info.", "context": "", "use_case": "tracking government bills", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Govbase \u2013 Follow a bill from source text to news bias to social posts"}, {"id": 755543136, "item_id": 47221446, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47221446", "by": "foxfoxx", "date": "2026-03-02", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "We're constantly trying to refine this", "excerpt": "Very true. We're constantly trying to refine this and eventually plan on hiring policy researchers for a human in the loop but we just don't have the funding for that currently. We are trying to be transparent for how our scoring does work which you can read more about here: https://govbase.com/methodology The biggest issue we have found, as you have mentioned, is just the larger context. 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