Congressional Operating Expenses

This visualization shows the operating expenses of Congressional members in the House of Representatives and the Senate. This visualization is presented using a choropleth and a stacked bar chart. Click on each state to see the breakdown of expenses for each member of Congress in that state. Use the filters to see data from various election cycles.

Hover over the items in the grouped bar charts in order to see more information about the Congressperson's expenses. To prevent innate biases, the states and the bars are not colored using politically affiliated colors, and are random. The names of each Congressperson is subtly colored to indicate their political affiliation.