diff --git a/openbb_platform/providers/congress_gov/openbb_congress_gov/models/bill_info.py b/openbb_platform/providers/congress_gov/openbb_congress_gov/models/bill_info.py
index 86015deadbd..a2918d46bec 100644
--- a/openbb_platform/providers/congress_gov/openbb_congress_gov/models/bill_info.py
+++ b/openbb_platform/providers/congress_gov/openbb_congress_gov/models/bill_info.py
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ class CongressBillInfoFetcher(
     ) -> dict:
         """Extract data from the query."""
         # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
+        from openbb_core.app.model.abstract.error import OpenBBError
+        from openbb_core.provider.utils.errors import UnauthorizedError
         from openbb_core.provider.utils.helpers import amake_request
 
         api_key = credentials.get("congress_gov_api_key", "") if credentials else ""
@@ -96,6 +98,14 @@ class CongressBillInfoFetcher(
 
         url = bill_url + "&api_key=" + api_key
         base_info: dict = await amake_request(url)  # type: ignore
+
+        if isinstance(base_info, dict) and (error := base_info.get("error", {})):
+            if "API_KEY" in error.get("code", ""):
+                raise UnauthorizedError(
+                    f"{error.get('code', '' )} -> {error.get('message', '')}"
+                )
+            raise OpenBBError(f"{error.get('code', '' )} -> {error.get('message', '')}")
+
         base_info = base_info.get("bill", {})
         cosponsors = base_info.get("cosponsors", {})
 
diff --git a/openbb_platform/providers/congress_gov/openbb_congress_gov/models/congress_bills.py b/openbb_platform/providers/congress_gov/openbb_congress_gov/models/congress_bills.py
index cb6c5818a76..0f432592de3 100644
--- a/openbb_platform/providers/congress_gov/openbb_congress_gov/models/congress_bills.py
+++ b/openbb_platform/providers/congress_gov/openbb_congress_gov/models/congress_bills.py
@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ class CongressBillsFetcher(
     ) -> list:
         """Extract data from the Congress API."""
         # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
-        from openbb_core.provider.utils.helpers import amake_request  # noqa
+        from openbb_core.provider.utils.errors import UnauthorizedError  # noqa
+        from openbb_core.provider.utils.helpers import amake_request
         from openbb_congress_gov.utils.helpers import (
             get_all_bills_by_type,
         )
@@ -296,6 +297,15 @@ class CongressBillsFetcher(
 
         try:
             response = await amake_request(url=url)
+            if isinstance(response, dict) and (error := response.get("error", {})):
+                if "API_KEY" in error.get("code", ""):
+                    raise UnauthorizedError(
+                        f"{error.get('code', '' )} -> {error.get('message', '')}"
+                    )
+                raise OpenBBError(
+                    f"{error.get('code', '' )} -> {error.get('message', '')}"
+                )
+
         except Exception as e:
             # Handle exceptions
             raise OpenBBError(e) from e