At a glance
Scoreboard
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Agenda
how each issue area's bills are doing
Bills
Passed & killed
| By whom | Vote | Note |
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Floor votes
Latest result first. Open a row to see every roll call on that measure. Bills this site tracks link to their card; nominations and resolutions link to Congress.gov.
Names
Who stopped or slowed bills
| Member or bloc | Role | Action | Bill | Date | Attribution |
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Crossover votes
| Member | Party | Vote | Bill | On |
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Sponsors and lead authors
| Member | Party | Role | Bill | Status |
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About this site
An independent project that follows bills once they reach the House or Senate floor: who wrote them, who voted for them and who stopped them. It isn't affiliated with Congress, any party, campaign or advocacy group.
Everything is pulled from public records and refreshed automatically. The code and every data file are public on GitHub, so anyone can check how a number was produced. Each bill lists the sources behind it at the bottom of its card.
Spot an error? Report it on GitHub with the bill number and what's wrong.
How a bill becomes law
- IntroducedA member files it in their own chamber. That's why bills are numbered H.R. or S. Tax bills must start in the House.
- CommitteeIt goes to the committee for its subject. Most bills never leave this step.
- Floor voteThe first chamber passes it by majority. In the Senate, most bills first need 60 votes to end debate.
- Other chamberCommittee and a floor vote again, in the House or Senate.
- Same textBoth chambers must pass identical wording, by trading amendments or through a conference committee.
- PresidentSigns it into law or vetoes it. Unsigned for 10 days (Sundays excluded), it becomes law, unless Congress has adjourned, which kills it.
A Congress lasts two years, split into two yearly sessions. Bills carry over between sessions, but any bill not law by the time a Congress ends dies and has to be reintroduced.
Key
Where bills die, in order
- Committeenever marked up, tabled or voted down
- Schedulingleader won't bring it up; House Rules gives no rule
- Senate stallhold, objection or delay; cloture under 60
- Floor votefails in either chamber
- Vetothe President rejects it
- Override failsunder two-thirds in either chamber
Votes needed
Who's named and how
Tracked when
A bill hits the floor: a recorded passage vote, a cloture or discharge fight, a veto or it becomes law. Hand-picked bills show at any stage.
What gets tracked
Thousands of bills are introduced each Congress and most never get a vote. This site follows the ones that reach the floor:
- Always: bills that became law, were sent to or vetoed by the President, passed both chambers, or were voted down or fought over on a roll call (cloture, discharge, a failed passage or motion to proceed).
- Passed one chamber: only when that passage was a roll call vote, so members are on the record. Voice-vote and unanimous-consent passages are left out.
- Hand-picked: a few bills are added on purpose at any stage, with notes and sources.
- Found two ways: by each bill's latest action, and once a day by checking every roll call this Congress, so a vote isn't missed when later paperwork follows it.
Statuses. Killed means the bill's most recent decisive floor vote failed (cloture, a motion to proceed, passage, a fast-track vote, a discharge attempt or its rule) and nothing has moved it forward since. Routine failed motions, like a motion to recommit, don't count. A killed bill can still be revived until the Congress ends. Vetoed means the President vetoed it and no override succeeded.
AUTO means a bill's facts come straight from Congress.gov and haven't been reviewed by hand yet. 119 REF marks a bill from an earlier Congress kept for reference.
How it updates
- On days Congress meets: floor votes hourly from 8 AM to 11 PM Central and bills four times a day.
- During recess: bills once a day at 6 AM Central.
- Senate votes come from Voteview, which usually posts a vote a few hours after it happens. senate.gov turns away automated requests, so this site links to its official vote pages instead of fetching them.
- House votes and bill histories come from the official Congress.gov API.
The time of the last update is under the header on every page. Updates run on GitHub's scheduler, which can start a little late when GitHub is busy.
Paths to law
Trump (R) holds the veto through Jan 20, 2029
| Path | Needs | Veto applies | Used for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular bill | 218 + 60 cloture | Yes · 290 / 67 to override | Bipartisan deals |
| Reconciliation | 218 + 51 | Yes | Taxes, spending, Medicaid, ACA credits |
| Must-pass funding | 218 + 60 | Yes · shutdown risk both ways | Riders, spending limits |
| Debt limit increase | 218 + 60, or reconciliation | Yes · default risk both ways | Main leverage: Medicaid, tariffs, Iran |
| War powers resolution | Majority each chamber | Yes | On-record votes |
| Discharge petition | 218 signatures | Forces a House vote only | Bypass the Speaker |
| Oversight | Committee majority | No | Subpoenas, hearings, reports |
| Confirmations | 51 Senate | No | Block or approve nominees, judges |
| Impeachment | 218 impeach · 67 convict | No | Removal |
Glossary
- Roll call vote
- Each member's yes or no is recorded by name. Also called a recorded vote.
- Voice vote
- Members answer aloud together; no names are recorded.
- Unanimous consent
- Passes unless a single member objects. No vote is recorded.
- Cloture
- The Senate's vote to end debate. Most bills need 60 of 100.
- Filibuster
- Using the Senate's unlimited debate to block a final vote.
- Hold
- A senator's notice that they'll object to moving a bill by unanimous consent.
- Suspension
- A House fast track: limited debate, no amendments, two-thirds needed to pass.
- Rule
- A House resolution, written by the Rules Committee, that sets how a major bill is debated. No rule, no debate.
- Discharge petition
- 218 House signatures force a vote on a bill leadership won't schedule.
- Reconciliation
- A budget process that needs only 51 Senate votes, limited to taxes, spending and the debt limit.
- Veto override
- Two-thirds of both chambers can pass a bill over the President's veto.
- Pocket veto
- The President doesn't sign a bill while Congress is adjourned, and it dies.
- Lame duck
- The stretch after an election when the outgoing Congress still serves, until Jan 3.
Sources
checked Nov 4, 2026
| Source | Gives | Check |
|---|---|---|
| Congress.gov | Text, actions, sponsor, cosponsors, committees, related bills | Official · blocks automated fetch |
| Congress.gov API · docs | Same data as JSON; free key, 5,000 req/hr | Verified |
| House Clerk roll calls | Every House recorded vote, member by member | Verified |
| House Clerk discharge petitions | Petitions and who signed | Verified |
| Senate roll calls | Official Senate vote pages (linked, not fetched) | Verified |
| CBO cost estimates | 10-year cost of reported bills | Verified |
| Voteview | Senate vote list on this page; all roll calls with ideology scores | Verified |
| unitedstates (GitHub) | Bulk scrapers, legislator and committee files | Verified · updated Oct 2026 |
| Senate lobbying disclosures | Who lobbied, by issue code and client | Confirmed via docs only |
| Archives public laws | Public law numbers and signing dates | Verified |
| GovTrack | Alerts, plain-language bill pages | Fetch returned stale copy |
| ProPublica Congress API | — | Discontinued |