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Bridge Grades is a report card for Congress. It's like Rotten Tomatoes for politicians.
We use obective data to score Congress members on how well they collaborate, build coalitions, and deliver consensus solutions.
Letter grades (A, B, C, F) identify “bridgers” from “dividers” based on what (1) politicians say (rhetoric) and (2) what they do (legislative records such as bill authoring, sponsorship, and bipartisan effectiveness).
Bridge Grades are deliberately non-ideological and neither rewards nor punishes ideological beliefs.
[Updated Bridge Grades for 119th Congress are coming in summer 2025. Please try out our free newsletter and be the first to know when the 2025 mid-term Bridge Grades are revealed.]
Members of Congress earn Bridge Grades for each term they serve. Below are the Bridge Grades for the 118th Congress (2023-24).
Bridge Grades is a citizen-led initative and we invite more citizens like you to offer support. This is just the start.
1. Please share this page to help get the word out about a new way to think about our politicians.
2. Please subscribe to our Substack newsletter. You'll be first to see the mid-term Bridge Grades as we release them for the 119th Congress in the summer of 2025. Or, just email hello @ bridgegrades.org and we will add you.
3. If you can afford it, we would make good use of you tax-deductable contribution (we are also Donor Advised Fund eligible, as a project of Mediators Foundation). We have no paid staff, and low costs, so your money goes to the good stuff like professional videos and developing technical systems.
4. Get in touch. Email us at hello @ bridgegrades.org and share your take, questions, and ideas.