About
What Pass or Trash is
A small, non-partisan project with one goal: make the daily work of Congress something an ordinary person can see, understand, and weigh in on.
Every day, Pass or Trash reads the bills moving through the U.S. House and Senate, rewrites one in plain English, attaches its official cost to the federal deficit, and posts it to X as a poll. You vote: pass it, or trash it. No newsletter to wade through, no paywall, no agenda — just a ten-second daily window into your government.
What we believe
- Visibility is accountability. You can't hold a government to account for decisions you never saw.
- Plain language is a public good. If a bill affects your life, you deserve to understand it without a law degree.
- Numbers should be honest. We use the CBO's official scores and say plainly when no score exists yet.
- Participation beats outrage. A daily vote is a small, durable civic habit. We're after that, not the dopamine of a hot take.
Our sources
Bill data comes from the official Congress.gov record. Cost figures come from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. We don't editorialize the descriptions, and we link out so you can always check the primary source yourself.
Where it lives
The whole thing runs on X. This site is just the front door — the bills, the scores, and the votes all happen @passortrash.
Make Congress legible. One bill a day.
Pass or Trash reads the bills so you don't have to — then hands you the vote. Follow on X and weigh in.