Observed arrival · 2026-11-03
The Vote Ledger
A searchable record of congressional votes from 1789 through 2026, with tools to explore members, roll calls, comparisons, and voting patterns.
- For
- Readers researching congressional voting records
- Worth noticing
- The page reports 113,568 roll calls across 119 Congresses and a validation check against DW-NOMINATE.
Field notes
The overview identifies VoteView as its source and lists coverage from the 1st through 119th Congress, including House and Senate records. It distinguishes legislation from nominations and labels whether a roll call is “scored” when the parties split; the displayed example also names the chamber, Congress, bill text, and each party majority’s position. A featured chart follows party-switchers across Congresses, aligning voting patterns with the label held at the time.
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