Federal authority + true 50-state · live hearing video · reviewed transcripts · AI-native · $250 single / $499 all
CQ Roll Call has earned 75 years of trust as the nonpartisan authority on federal news and congressional tracking. That reputation is real. USLege is built for a different job: the AI-native operating system that puts true 50-state and federal coverage in one platform, with live searchable hearing video across the vast majority of states, reviewed full transcripts across far more committees, and pricing you can read off the page.
A factual comparison of where the two platforms land today. CQ is a respected federal news and congressional-tracking authority; the differences below are the ones teams tell us decide the switch when the job is broader than Congress.
| Capability | USLege | CQ Roll Call |
|---|---|---|
| Core purpose | One platform for true 50-state plus federal tracking, built as an operating system for the whole workflow | Federal news authority and congressional tracking; CQ State is a separate 50-state product |
| 50-state coverage | True 50-state plus federal in a single platform, no separate product to buy | State coverage lives in CQ State, sold separately from CQ's federal congressional tracking |
| Live hearing video | Live searchable hearing video across the vast majority of states, tied to the bill and the moment it is discussed | News, analysis, and congressional tracking without live searchable hearing video |
| Transcripts | Reviewed full transcripts across 50 states plus federal and far more committees, searchable to the sentence and linked to the bill | AI federal transcripts running around 90 percent accuracy, unreviewed, on a limited set of committees |
| AI foundation | AI-native from day one, with answers cited back to live legislative data | A 75-year newsroom and tracking service with AI features added on top |
| Works inside your AI tools | Put USLege inside the AI you already use, so answers come from live legislative data | Primarily read inside CQ's own newsroom and tracking application |
| Pricing and vendor risk | Transparent and published: $250/mo one state, $499/mo all states, on a founder-led, stable, SOC 2 platform | Quote-only pricing; CQ Roll Call is owned by FiscalNote |
CQ Roll Call built its 75-year reputation on nonpartisan federal news and congressional tracking, and it deserves that trust. But when the job grows past Congress, CQ's state coverage sits in a separate product, CQ State. USLege puts true 50-state and federal in one platform from the start, so the team that watches Washington and the team that watches the statehouses work from the same system, the same search, and the same bill records.
CQ's AI federal transcripts run at roughly 90 percent accuracy, unreviewed, across a limited set of committees. For citing testimony or briefing a principal, roughly right is not good enough. USLege delivers reviewed full transcripts across 50 states plus federal and far more committees, paired with live searchable hearing video across the vast majority of states, tied to the bill and jumpable to the exact moment a member speaks. You watch and quote the testimony instead of trusting an unreviewed draft.
CQ is a 75-year newsroom and tracking service with AI features added on top, read mostly inside its own application, and priced by quote. USLege was AI-native from day one: ask about a bill, a hearing, or a sponsor and the answer comes back cited to live legislative data, right inside the AI you already use. Pricing is on the page, $250 a month for one state and $499 for all states, on a founder-led, stable, SOC 2 platform, rather than a FiscalNote-owned product line.
We kept CQ for years because nobody doubts them on Congress. But our work is not only federal, and CQ State was another line item, the AI transcripts were unreviewed, and there was no video. With USLege the states and federal are in one place, the transcripts are reviewed, the video is right next to the bill, and it answers questions inside the AI we already use. The price is on the page.
Watch live hearing video next to the bill, read reviewed transcripts across 50 states plus federal, ask questions inside the AI you already use, and read your price off the page. If you are still under contract with CQ Roll Call or FiscalNote, ask about the contract buyout.