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Members of Congress

Find your congressional district. Legislator statistics.
Do you know who represents you in Congress? Find a representative or senator. We also compile statistics about Members of Congress:

Successful: Sen. Hatch [R-UT], 67 bills enacted since 1987
Absent: Rep. Conyers [D-MI14], 17% votes missed since 1965
Unsuccessful: Sen. Schumer [D-NY], 89% of 741 bills died since 1987

Bills & Resolutions

GovTrack has information on all bills going back to 1993 and follows the status of current pending legislation as it goes through the law-making processs. Search bills and browse by subject area.

Voting Records

Browse House and Senate roll call vote results. Here are the latest:
On Passage - H.Con.Res. 51 Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Froces...
House Roll #412 - Jun 3, 2011 1:47 PM
Failed 148-265, 19 not voting
On Passage - H.Res. 292 Declaring that the President shall not deploy, establish, or maintain the presence of units and members of the United...
House Roll #411 - Jun 3, 2011 1:40 PM
Passed 268-145, 19 not voting
On Passage - H.Res. 294 Providing for consideration of H.Res. 292 declaring that the President shall not deploy, establish, or maintain the...
House Roll #410 - Jun 3, 2011 10:43 AM
Passed 257-156, 19 not voting

Congressional Committees

Committee assignments and bills by committee.

Community Q&A

Your questions and answers on legislation.
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Recent GovTrack Updates
Numerical methods for determining leadership and ideology in Congress
Mon, 27 Dec 2010 03:27:43
Today I am publishing two new types of statistics for understanding the behavioral relationships between Members of Congress. The first is a new approach to the leader-follower scores, based on the same algorithm Google uses to rank pages on the web. The second statistic is an update to my political spectrum graph. New charts are presented [...]
Summer Citizen Reporter Contest
Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:35:58
The Summer Citizen Reporter Contest brought to you by GovTrack will award up to $1,500 in cash prizes for getting an interview with your congressperson or senator on your mobile phone video camera (or a better camera, if you have one).
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