These metrics are designed to be measurable, auditable, dashboard-ready, and directly tied to cost-of-living requirements, household outcomes, and congressional performance.
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Live Cost of Living - Metrics
Executive Summary
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First-version dashboard note:
This page includes a working starter data model and fallback baseline values. The congressional-performance metrics are designed to be wired to the Congress Report Card ETL output for bill classification, sponsorship, cosponsorship, actions, votes, chamber passage, enacted laws, and requirement coverage.
Overall Score-Outcome + congressional performance
Grade-Current dashboard grade
Last Refreshed-Generated by page data
Scored Metrics-Excludes info-only metrics
Pending Metrics-Needs source integration
Info Metrics-Context, not scored
Data Quality-Good / Watch / Info
History Points1Baseline snapshot
At a Glance
Item
Current Reading
Why It Matters
Top Strengths / Top Weaknesses
Focus Area
Type
Current Value
Target
Score
Why It Matters
Good Metric is scored and performing well.
Watch Metric is scored and below target.
Needs Data Metric is defined but current source integration is incomplete.
Info Context metric or trend indicator.
Trend Summary
History Points
1
Current Grade
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Current Score
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Score Change
Baseline snapshot
Pending Metrics
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Snapshot
2026-04-26
What Changed This Refresh
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Type
Previous
Current
Change
Why It Matters
No earlier saved Cost of Living snapshot available.
Info
Not available
2026-04-26
Baseline
Change tracking begins after the second saved snapshot.
Domain Summary
Domain
Latest Score
Change
Scored Metrics
Pending / Info
Congressional Performance Summary
This section measures whether Congress is acting on the Cost of Living requirements, not merely whether prices are high or low. It should be fed by the Congress Report Card ETL when the production JSON is available.
Requirement Area
Congressional Evidence Expected
Current Status
Score
Why It Matters
Congress should get credit when it:
Introduces meaningful bills tied to requirements.
Moves bills through committee or markup.
Holds floor votes so members are accountable.
Passes legislation through one or both chambers.
Enacts laws, funds implementation, and performs oversight.
Congress should lose credit when it:
Fails to address major household cost requirements.
Lets bills die without hearings, markup, or votes.
Passes symbolic bills without measurable implementation.
Allows costs to worsen without corrective legislation.
Ignores data, outcomes, audits, and public accountability.
