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Trends across the 119th Congress

Analytics

Bills that became law
0.81%
Bills and resolutions introduced
19,821
Recorded votes
1,591
Votes where most Democrats voted one way and most Republicans the other.
82.4%

How bills move through Congress

How far bills get
Introduced
100.0%
Reported by committee
9.2%
Passed one chamber
5.8%
Passed both chambers
0.94%
Became law
0.81%

Share of bills that reached each step.

Bills introduced each month

Signed into law · monthly

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MonthHouse billsSenate billsResolutionsLaws
Jan 259253441531
Feb 258894781500
Mar 257884221603
Apr 256113341371
May 255413811609
Jun 256132911726
Jul 2556644411711
Aug 2525545543
Sep 256062861852
Oct 252331431260
Nov 254281931056
Dec 2560930111826
Jan 26380179836
Feb 26443205945
Mar 264303721164
Apr 264932351716
May 264551671238
Jun 264963071325
Jul 26452266902
Aug 26197186590
Sep 2644030619516
Oct 26315106118

Voting with the party

How often members vote with their party
DemocratsRepublicansIndependents
45%59%73%86%100%

Each mark is one member, placed by how often they sided with their party when the parties split. Independents count with Democrats.

Party-line votes each month

Share of each month’s votes that split the parties

Who misses the most votes

Most missed votes · members serving now
MemberSeatVotesMissed
Aumua Amata Coleman RadewagenR-AS-AL8582.4%
Stacey E. PlaskettD-VI-AL8550.6%
Frederica S. WilsonD-FL-2467628.7%
Wesley HuntR-TX-3867623.7%
Kimberlyn King-HindsR-MP-AL8522.4%
Thomas H. Kean, Jr.R-NJ-767621.6%
Neal P. DunnR-FL-267618.3%
Nancy MaceR-SC-167617.8%
Elise M. StefanikR-NY-2167616.3%
Brittany PettersenD-CO-767615.4%