Find a roll-call vote

A roll call is a vote in which each member's answer is recorded by name. The Votes page lists the roll calls of the current Congress, for both the House and the Senate, newest first, with the result, the tally and how each party voted.

#Use the Votes page

#Read a row

Each row packs in the facts you need to size up a vote:

• The first line: the chamber (House or Senate), the date, the roll number, and, when the vote was on a bill or resolution, a link to that bill. A vote on a nomination shows the nomination's number.
• The title is what the vote was about. Under it, a smaller line gives the exact question put to the members.
• The result is the House Clerk's or the Senate's own wording, such as Passed, Failed, Rejected, Agreed to or Confirmed. Passing results show in green and failing ones in red.
• The tally, for example 47–41, counts yeas first and nays second. The bar beside it divides the chamber into yeas (green), nays (red) and the members who answered Present or did not vote.
• The party split shows each party's yeas and nays, as R 47–0 for Republicans, D 0–39 for Democrats and I 0–2 for independents.

#What the filters mean

The page lists 30 votes at a time. Select Older at the bottom to go back further.