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The Vote Ledger

Congress

Contested roll calls on bills the Library of Congress files under Congress. Each member's score here is their whole-career share of those votes that sided with the Democratic majority.

Members on Congress

Member0%50%100%With Dems · votes
DJanice D. Schakowsky99.8% · 2,728 votesDLucille Roybal-Allard99.7% · 2,857 votesDNydia M. Velázquez99.7% · 3,154 votesDJames P. McGovern99.7% · 2,877 votesDJerrold Lewis Nadler99.5% · 3,106 votesDDiana Degette99.4% · 2,821 votesDRosa L. DeLauro99.4% · 3,303 votesDDanny K. Davis99.4% · 2,773 votesDJohn R. Lewis99.4% · 2,701 votesDBennie Thompson99.3% · 3,100 votesDJames Enos Clyburn99.2% · 3,120 votesDNita M. Lowey99.2% · 2,861 votesDRichard Edmund Neal99.1% · 3,305 votesDZoe Lofgren99% · 2,989 votesDLloyd Alton Doggett II99% · 3,032 votesDMichael Thompson98.9% · 2,739 votesDJosé E. Serrano98.9% · 2,825 votesDFrank Pallone Jr.98.9% · 3,373 votesDEliot Lance Engel98.9% · 2,693 votesDEddie Bernice Johnson98.9% · 2,737 votesDCarolyn Bosher Maloney98.8% · 2,820 votesDMaxine Waters98.8% · 3,126 votesDBrad Sherman98.8% · 2,882 votesDDavid Eugene Price98.8% · 2,894 votesDSteny Hamilton Hoyer98.7% · 3,436 votesDRobert C. Scott98.6% · 3,187 votesDSander Martin Levin98.6% · 2,806 votesDPeter Visclosky98.4% · 2,928 votesDJohn Conyers Jr.98.4% · 2,713 votesDSheila Jackson Lee98.4% · 2,753 votesDPeter Anthony DeFazio97.7% · 3,022 votesDMarcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur97.7% · 3,343 votesDAnna Georges Eshoo97.5% · 3,007 votesDAdam Smith97.2% · 2,762 votesDMichael F. Doyle97% · 2,709 votesDSanford Dixon Bishop Jr.95.6% · 3,110 votesDCollin Clark Peterson86.1% · 2,827 votesRDonald Edwin Young6.4% · 3,017 votesRChristopher Henry Smith4.7% · 3,472 votesRPeter T. King2% · 2,694 votesRHarold Dallas (Hal) Rogers1.9% · 3,450 votesRFrederick Stephen Upton1.8% · 3,114 votesRMichael K. Simpson1.6% · 2,700 votesRJohn J. Duncan Jr.1.4% · 2,734 votesRDana Rohrabacher1.2% · 2,706 votesRRobert Aderholt1.1% · 2,827 votesRFrank James Sensenbrenner Jr.0.9% · 3,090 votesRLamar Seeligson Smith0.8% · 2,706 votesRKen Calvert0.7% · 3,177 votesRFrank D. Lucas0.7% · 3,051 votes

The 50 members with the most contested Congress votes, of 2,575 who have cast one and 2,520 with enough to score. A further 7 voted in the area but never on a contested question. Blue bars sided with the Democratic majority more often than not; red bars with the Republican majority.

Where Congress breaks from the rest of the record

vs. all legislation
All legislationCongress
Christopher Henry Smith−22.1 pts
Collin Clark Peterson+21.1 pts
Frederick Stephen Upton−13.0 pts
Peter T. King−12.2 pts

Christopher Henry Smith sided with Democrats 22 points less often on Congress than on legislation overall. Collin Clark Peterson went the other way by 21.

Policy areas

Congress

Contested roll calls on bills the Library of Congress files under Congress. Each member's score here is their whole-career share of those votes that sided with the Democratic majority.

Members on Congress

MemberWith Dems · votes
DJanice D. Schakowsky99.8% · 2,728 votesDLucille Roybal-Allard99.7% · 2,857 votesDNydia M. Velázquez99.7% · 3,154 votesDJames P. McGovern99.7% · 2,877 votesDJerrold Lewis Nadler99.5% · 3,106 votesDDiana Degette99.4% · 2,821 votesDRosa L. DeLauro99.4% · 3,303 votesDDanny K. Davis99.4% · 2,773 votesDJohn R. Lewis99.4% · 2,701 votesDBennie Thompson99.3% · 3,100 votesDJames Enos Clyburn99.2% · 3,120 votesDNita M. Lowey99.2% · 2,861 votesDRichard Edmund Neal99.1% · 3,305 votesDZoe Lofgren99% · 2,989 votesDLloyd Alton Doggett II99% · 3,032 votesDMichael Thompson98.9% · 2,739 votesDJosé E. Serrano98.9% · 2,825 votesDFrank Pallone Jr.98.9% · 3,373 votesDEliot Lance Engel98.9% · 2,693 votesDEddie Bernice Johnson98.9% · 2,737 votesDCarolyn Bosher Maloney98.8% · 2,820 votesDMaxine Waters98.8% · 3,126 votesDBrad Sherman98.8% · 2,882 votesDDavid Eugene Price98.8% · 2,894 votesDSteny Hamilton Hoyer98.7% · 3,436 votesDRobert C. Scott98.6% · 3,187 votesDSander Martin Levin98.6% · 2,806 votesDPeter Visclosky98.4% · 2,928 votesDJohn Conyers Jr.98.4% · 2,713 votesDSheila Jackson Lee98.4% · 2,753 votesDPeter Anthony DeFazio97.7% · 3,022 votesDMarcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur97.7% · 3,343 votesDAnna Georges Eshoo97.5% · 3,007 votesDAdam Smith97.2% · 2,762 votesDMichael F. Doyle97% · 2,709 votesDSanford Dixon Bishop Jr.95.6% · 3,110 votesDCollin Clark Peterson86.1% · 2,827 votesRDonald Edwin Young6.4% · 3,017 votesRChristopher Henry Smith4.7% · 3,472 votesRPeter T. King2% · 2,694 votesRHarold Dallas (Hal) Rogers1.9% · 3,450 votesRFrederick Stephen Upton1.8% · 3,114 votesRMichael K. Simpson1.6% · 2,700 votesRJohn J. Duncan Jr.1.4% · 2,734 votesRDana Rohrabacher1.2% · 2,706 votesRRobert Aderholt1.1% · 2,827 votesRFrank James Sensenbrenner Jr.0.9% · 3,090 votesRLamar Seeligson Smith0.8% · 2,706 votesRKen Calvert0.7% · 3,177 votesRFrank D. Lucas0.7% · 3,051 votes

The 50 members with the most contested Congress votes, of 2,575 who have cast one and 2,520 with enough to score. A further 7 voted in the area but never on a contested question. Blue bars sided with the Democratic majority more often than not; red bars with the Republican majority.

Where Congress breaks from the rest of the record

All legislationCongress
Christopher Henry Smith−22.1 pts
Collin Clark Peterson+21.1 pts
Frederick Stephen Upton−13.0 pts
Peter T. King−12.2 pts

Christopher Henry Smith sided with Democrats 22 points less often on Congress than on legislation overall. Collin Clark Peterson went the other way by 21.

How areas work

1Each bill's area comes from the Library of Congress subject terms.
2Only contested votes count, as everywhere else.
3A member with too few votes in an area is listed with the count, not hidden — "too few to score" and "no contested votes" are different claims.
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