# USLege vs CQ Roll Call | 50 States, Not Just Congress

> CQ owns Congress. USLege owns all 50 states plus federal: live hearing video, full transcripts, AI answers, and transparent pricing, not just the Hill.

Canonical: https://www.uslege.ai/vs/cq

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USLege vs CQ Roll Call

# USLege _vs_ CQ Roll Call

This is what USLege does that CQ Roll Call does not.

✓ Largest government archive in the world · ✓ AI native · ✓ Transparent pricing

Every hearing. Every state. Every word, live. USLege is legislative hearing intelligence, bill tracking, and a government affairs suite, built for the entire country. CQ Roll Call tracks Congress.

[Book the 3-Minute Demo](/demo) [Ask about the contract buyout](/contract-buyout/)

Switching to USLege takes about 30 minutes. Our AI merges your data in, even 15 years of tracked bills, and we buy out whatever's left on your contract. You never start from zero, and you never pay two vendors at once. [See how the buyout works →](/contract-buyout/)

What USLege does

## A government affairs suite for 19 different teams

USLege specializes in legislative hearing intelligence, bill tracking, and a full government affairs suite, serving 19 different ICPs, from corporate government affairs teams and lobbyists to trade associations, law firms, and government offices themselves.

Side by side

## USLege and CQ Roll Call, differentiators only

CQ Roll Call is a congressional-tracking and news product. It operates primarily at the federal level and has no 50-state product.

Capability

USLege

CQ Roll Call

Category

Legislative hearing intelligence, bill tracking, and a government affairs suite

Federal congressional tracking and news product

50-state coverage

All 50 states plus federal, Puerto Rico, and regulatory tracking, in one platform

No 50-state product

Live hearing video & transcripts

Live, searchable across all 50 states and federal, synced to the bill and the moment

Not built around live hearing video or transcripts

AI foundation

AI-native since 2023, answers cited back to live legislative data

AI features added on top of a tracking and news product

Government archive

Largest government archive in the world, including video

Federal-level news and tracking archive

Works inside your AI tools

Put USLege inside the AI you already use

Read primarily inside CQ Roll Call's own application

Pricing model

Transparent and published, so you can see the price before you buy

Quote-only; CQ Roll Call is owned by FiscalNote

Support

You get your own AI account manager to help build agents for you

Standard vendor support

Contract flexibility

Buyout: full access today, nothing owed until your old contract ends, up to 8 months free

Standard vendor contract terms

Congress vs the country

## CQ Roll Call tracks Congress. USLege tracks the country.

CQ Roll Call has no 50-state product, state coverage is not part of it. USLege is one platform for all 50 states plus federal, not two subscriptions stitched together.

 

See it, do not just read it

## Live hearing video and full transcripts, across all 50 states

CQ Roll Call is a congressional tracking and news product, it is not built around live hearing video. USLege transcribes every hearing live across all 50 states and federal, synced to video, searchable, tied to the bill.

 

Why USLege exists

## We started in the states

Every state runs like its own country. Different rules, different calendars, a different culture inside every capitol. USLege founder [Laura Davis](https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurauslege/) worked in Washington, D.C. and in the states, and saw the gap firsthand: federal tools that stop at the Potomac. USLege was built to close that gap.

For teams switching from another tool

## Worried about learning something new? You don't have to.

### You don't learn an interface

USLege is AI-native. You just ask: "What happened in the Senate hearing this morning?" No new dashboard to memorize.

### Your own AI account manager

Every team gets a dedicated AI account manager who builds agents for you, tuned to your bills and your beat.

### Unlimited training

Train your whole team, as many times as you need, for as long as you need it.

**Support, the USLege way:** you get your own AI account manager to help build agents for you, plus unlimited training for the whole team.

Still under contract?

### Still under contract with CQ Roll Call or FiscalNote?

Full access to USLege now. Pay nothing until your old contract ends, up to 8 months free. Never pay two vendors at once.

[Ask about the contract buyout](/contract-buyout/)

Common questions

## Switching from CQ Roll Call

Is USLege replacing CQ Roll Call's federal news? +

No, it's a different category. CQ Roll Call is a federal congressional-tracking and news product. USLege is legislative hearing intelligence, bill tracking, and a government affairs suite, built for all 50 states plus federal. Teams that want to keep CQ for federal news can move their actual tracking work to USLege.

Does CQ Roll Call have a 50-state product? +

No. CQ Roll Call operates primarily at the federal level and has no 50-state product. USLege covers all 50 states plus federal, Puerto Rico, and regulatory tracking, in one platform.

What kind of tool is CQ Roll Call? +

A federal congressional-tracking and news product. It is a different type of product than USLege, which is a government affairs suite built to serve 19 different types of teams across all 50 states plus federal.

What if I am still under contract with CQ Roll Call or FiscalNote? +

Ask about the contract buyout: full access to USLege now, pay nothing until your old contract ends, up to 8 months free. You never pay two vendors at once.

See it in action

## See what the _platform_ does

Platform overview

Not quite your seat?

[Cq alternatives](/alternatives/cq) [How the legislative process works by state](/guides/legislative-process-by-state) [Congressional Offices](/for/congressional-offices) [Federal Government Relations](/for/federal-gr) [Legislators](/for/legislators) [USLege vs Politico Pro](/vs/politico-pro)

See the difference in three minutes

## Legislative hearing intelligence for the _entire country._

Track bills and watch live hearing video across all 50 states plus federal, search full transcripts to the sentence, and ask questions inside the AI you already use. If you are still under contract with CQ Roll Call or FiscalNote, ask about the [contract buyout](/contract-buyout/).

[Book the 3-Minute Demo](/demo) [Ask about the contract buyout](/contract-buyout/)
