Congress spent $100k on AI — and 90% went to ChatGPT
house records show openai captured $100,580 of 90% congressional ai spend, leaving anthropic's claude trailing at $13,160. the 3:1 spending gap between democratic and republican offices signals chatgpt is becoming essential infrastructure for legislative operations.
house disbursement records reveal a massive concentration in congressional ai adoption, with openai's chatgpt capturing roughly 90% of the $113,740 total spend through 798 individual transactions. anthropic's claude is a distant second with $13,160, while partisan usage patterns show democratic offices spending $54,165 versus republican offices' $15,782. staffers are deploying these tools for core legislative functions including memo writing, bill summarization, constituent correspondence, and policy research. this consolidation creates a single point of failure for legislative intelligence and amplifies openai's influence over the federal policymaking process.