# US Congress Trades Members API (https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/us_congress_trades/members) > Returns a directory of politicians with at least one STOCK Act disclosure: first name, last name, party, and state. Filter by party or USPS state. Pass last name as handle to GET /v1/us_congress_trades/politician. TL;DR: `GET /v1/us_congress_trades/members` costs 1 credit per call and returns SocialCrawl's unified JSON schema. Single x-api-key auth, 100 free credits on signup. ## Parameters | Parameter | Required | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `party` | no | democrat or republican. (democrat \| republican) | | `state` | no | Two-letter USPS state, for example CA or TX. | | `limit` | no | Page size, 1 to 100. Default 50. | | `offset` | no | Rows to skip. Prefer the universal cursor parameter. | | `max_pages` | no | 1 to 50 (default 1, or 50 when `max_items` or `max_credits` is sent). Walk up to this many pages in one call and return the rows from all of them. Each page walked is billed exactly as one call to this endpoint (a cached page is free) and counts against your rate limit; its charge and any refund are recorded under the page's own request id, listed in `data.walk.request_ids`. The walk stops early at the last page, or when the request's time budget runs low; `data.walk.stopped` says why (`end`, `max_pages`, `max_items`, `max_credits`, `time_budget`, `page_error`) and `pagination.next_cursor` continues from where it stopped. | | `max_items` | no | 1 to 5000. Get more in one call: keep walking pages until the response holds at least this many rows, then stop with `data.walk.stopped: "max_items"`. The last page is returned whole (it was billed), so `data.items` can hold up to one page more than this, and `pagination.next_cursor` resumes right after it without skipping a row. Walks up to 50 pages unless `max_pages` says fewer; each page is billed as one call (a cached page is free). Add `max_credits` to cap the spend. A long walk can stop on the time budget first (`"time_budget"`): send the returned cursor with the same params to continue. | | `max_credits` | no | 1 to 100000. The most this call may spend, across every page it walks. A page starts only while the credits already spent plus that page's price (or, when higher, the most any page of this walk has cost) still fit, so the call never goes past it; the walk then stops with `data.walk.stopped: "max_credits"` and the cursor to resume. Sent alone, it walks as far as the budget goes (up to 50 pages). A value below the price of one page is a free 400 whose `error.details.page_credits` names that price. Credits a row join (`include=`) adds are known only once a page has run, so page 1 is checked against its own price. | ## Code example ```bash curl "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/us_congress_trades/members" \ -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY" ``` ## FAQ ### What does the members endpoint return? Politicians with at least one disclosed trade: first name, last name, party, and state. Use it to find the last name you will pass as handle. ### Can I filter by party or state? Yes. party is democrat or republican. state is a two-letter USPS code such as CA or TX. ### What do I do with the last name? Pass it as handle to /v1/us_congress_trades/politician or politician/trades. ### How is it billed? 1 credit on a live miss. Empty filters are refunded. ### Does it list members with no trades? No. Only politicians who have disclosed at least one trade appear in this directory. See the full US Congress Trades API: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/us_congress_trades ## Pricing - Standard endpoints: 1 credit per call - Advanced endpoints: 5 credits per call - Premium endpoints: 10 credits per call - 100 free credits on signup, no credit card required. Cached responses cost 0 credits. Credit packs never expire. - Full pricing: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/pricing ## Explore with AI Questions this API answers, phrased for an AI assistant: - How do I list members of Congress who disclosed stock trades? - Which API returns congressional traders by state?