Data release · vfa-data-release/1.0 · CC BY 4.0
Release 2026-10
Snapshot taken 2026-10-08 21:59 UTC: every record public on the site at that moment. 29 files, 49.9 MB. This release is immutable.
Cite this release
Values for America, Constitution Index, release 2026-10. https://www.valuesforamerica.com/data/releases/2026-10
Attribution: Source: Values for America, Constitution Index, release 2026-10 (https://www.valuesforamerica.com/data/releases/2026-10), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
“Datasets”
Constitution Index grades · grades · 311 rows
Every published constitutional grade of a bill or executive order, current and superseded. A grade is never overwritten: a re-grade adds a new row and marks the old one superseded. SI-generated analysis · published after automated checks · not individually reviewed by a person.
- grades.csv · 352,684 bytes · sha256 43a20cb8ce60f32346891775e79eaa38b8d60c1d92b45216aafe0837319cf17a
- grades.json · 570,398 bytes · sha256 c3a912b72a20014e8b31e1fd7a7b73cc8218fac289536083ace5ec2a871962d5
- grades.parquet · 87,436 bytes · sha256 79783b7cd6b72b9c7e25e50e03272cc29ae95904f202d500bbb0ed50960d4728
Constitutional Voting Records · voting_records · 530 rows
One row per member of Congress: recorded passage votes on graded measures, counted by the current grade band of each measure. A factual aggregate of public roll-call votes, not an endorsement of any member. Shares appear only above the minimum-evidence threshold (10 counted votes on 5 graded measures).
- voting_records.csv · 175,577 bytes · sha256 da72b53990d5078e8405bf718f44e9d33924cc0ded1268718bd6d7981d0754ec
- voting_records.json · 509,011 bytes · sha256 8d9acf6ac2dcb394615b58e1a11e2a3e6f65c1f8ec4654c2c139f6d4b2000ac2
- voting_records.parquet · 42,202 bytes · sha256 5cdaafeeb725f161618cce5183face0fcc3fe58b6fa62144b8476210f9faa6ca
Votes behind the voting records · constitutional_votes · 66,832 rows
One row per member per recorded passage vote on a graded measure, in every Congress covered (the current one and earlier ones): the evidence behind each Constitutional Voting Record, with the official roll-call source.
- constitutional_votes.csv · 15,152,733 bytes · sha256 73f6e563733ac8924ef55c786a075154cf6ea305839cdafb4088401faf7c7edb
- constitutional_votes.json · 31,768,401 bytes · sha256 e075d79ad0da8ca2943783c19c2e4cd75766bbc7691f8d30b80016eb72b9f9bc
- constitutional_votes.parquet · 50,218 bytes · sha256 3994e653604190eb3eb572b85b21664a20bad05387e75ac982f154b3589fce8d
VFA SI Solutions · solutions · 330 rows
Published VFA SI Solutions: source-grounded, Constitution-cited bipartisan alternatives to bills, executive actions and Supreme Court opinions, with full text. VFA proposals, not law. SI-generated analysis · published after automated checks · not individually reviewed by a person (items marked review_mode=human were published by an editor).
- solutions.csv · 1,405,345 bytes · sha256 79196c2a52143c0288149425d066926f579310f0a4d04c4076f527c641d4c70b
- solutions.json · 1,564,129 bytes · sha256 3bc3b18096180685a83434262a6f52a05befe04770392e8045cdd4d8ee422071
- solutions.parquet · 438,493 bytes · sha256 959c86fcca7c4f02ff4c7fe3232feccfed85ab79b7af9d4267c65016c8d1b02c
SI Think Tank ideas · think_tank_ideas · 9 rows
Published SI Think Tank proposals: syntheses of common ground across published Solutions and original national proposals grounded in official records. VFA proposals. SI-generated analysis · published after automated checks · not individually reviewed by a person.
- think_tank_ideas.csv · 46,530 bytes · sha256 f341f47deca6e876aac54de2b192487086f9612f1f109b400be8befeeb045ec2
- think_tank_ideas.json · 53,011 bytes · sha256 b4cedb5b8a57c0a49cd812238f349b2814bb219ad8850082b88584aa55fd6ec5
- think_tank_ideas.parquet · 25,747 bytes · sha256 69ad3ae49b574ce5d0d1fe14003de639a4c1897e42c9f88cc88169508d8b1be5
Moved toward VFA (adoption log) · adoption_log · 0 rows
New official bill text that now includes a provision a published VFA Solution proposed, with verbatim quotes from both. Records a textual match only; it does not claim that VFA caused the change.
- adoption_log.csv · 187 bytes · sha256 c49bac6ea57841a3546e02428c0880c5c7c762da0fc33579a6ba3d79fa2fb878
- adoption_log.json · 2,612 bytes · sha256 f57fe06ceb5661ae0abaafef94b18c0f7ca4120b5b880dc5f475a9288ebcf48f
- adoption_log.parquet · 6,693 bytes · sha256 af7ac440b246033a763b23f3a5ea528b60831bbdcf7741cc7454fb29fa1e8f29
Corrections log · corrections · 11 rows
Every public correction: unpublished items, source or stage changes, corrections and retractions, with what changed and why. Entries are never deleted.
- corrections.csv · 8,400 bytes · sha256 98aa9f54946f715664dfb177584674bdbad2aa06134543719be6aded24a831e9
- corrections.json · 12,424 bytes · sha256 2b7776e3d4d36540ef070bc7ce519a5b9bf01fc0178b09d7fe8727596a25cc37
- corrections.parquet · 8,169 bytes · sha256 2a3fe8e681c76ef4354f6f13e9721e9bf5a435557a6cd03628dd3d80f448b2b6
“Documentation and checksums”
- data_dictionary.json · 21,271 bytes · sha256 1656e48ff7abfe8e9c9b8d3fdfeb61b8ba706b901d039df0bab4f8edfbd0ed39
- data_dictionary.csv · 10,141 bytes · sha256 e07444fabe9cf38cf18f07601e3dc383db78bb00b3b20628ac6a0ff1d3eb7d99
- CHANGELOG.txt · 329 bytes · sha256 db0adfaed5960c0fe51df83bd469b4484ba08b3943e32500abe8b40fa3dd50fe
- LICENSE.txt · 1,146 bytes · sha256 0cbd956e77f5ac4e0ef74621ea8b0d67519cff7670f5e1ba9d1fa39ef1660a00
- CITATION.cff · 381 bytes · sha256 5055b54260addd28677d29dae043d75cd798a1965b869d192209a9fc47d1502b
- README.txt · 1,614 bytes · sha256 b403b868ccd9e1060ded2fac47a39c34d6ee9de83439bbc92267131e926cc60c
- manifest.json · 11,897 bytes · sha256 558ce20438fb7cdf406f7bbabcce21b76a23c2db76aaece1a6d8f31cad3b488b
- SHA256SUMS.txt · 2,357 bytes · sha256 6099e24f349759f3fb6bfdb846a7a96075d6b8fe68e0b492b0df90a3070f382f
Verify: download the files into one folder and run sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS.txt.
“Changelog”
Release 2026-10 (vfa-data-release/1.0) First public release. - grades: 311 rows, 28 columns. - voting_records: 530 rows, 30 columns. - constitutional_votes: 66832 rows, 13 columns. - solutions: 330 rows, 19 columns. - think_tank_ideas: 9 rows, 18 columns. - adoption_log: 0 rows, 17 columns. - corrections: 11 rows, 11 columns.