[6] It has since been credited for inspiring additional bots for Australia,[7] Canada,[8] South Africa,[9] Switzerland,[10] The Netherlands,[11] Israel,[12] Chile,[13][14] Italy[15] and Greece.

[19] CongressEdits was credited with bringing to light edits to Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture by a United States Senate shared address on December 9 and 10, 2014, which removed the phrase "(a euphemism for torture)", with revision notes of "removing bias"; however, these edits were soon reverted.

[20] In 2017, the bot revealed many instances of disruptive edits by apparent Congressional interns,[21][22][23] ranging from commentary on pop culture[24][25] to inserting unsourced and controversial information about living people[26] to direct communication with followers of the account.

[28] On July 25, 2014, Wikipedia's co-founder Jimmy Wales told the BBC that the @congressedits Twitter feed may have been counterproductive.

"[29] In September and early October 2018, during the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court appointment hearings, Republican senators were doxxed by Congressional IP editors who inserted home addresses and phone numbers into Wikipedia articles.