House votes
Read the exact question put to members, the roll call and the recorded result.
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives ↗Public records / Federal source guide
What happened.
Where it’s recorded.
Follow legislation and recorded votes. Keep a representative’s actions separate from assumptions about their beliefs.
Source guide, not a voting-history dashboard. No representative-level records or bill summaries have been imported yet. These links cover federal records; state legislators and candidates without legislative service need separate sources.
Senate votes
Separate final passage from amendments, procedural motions and other questions.
United States Senate ↗Bills & legislative actions
Read the measure, bill version, official summary, sponsors, actions and status together.
Library of Congress ↗The next record view
Issue voting record.
Not a character score.
A future entry should briefly explain the specific measure, identify its version and stage, and show the exact recorded action with a link. A bill’s introduction does not make it law. Sponsorship is not the same as a vote.
History needs an explicit issue definition, date range and inclusion rule, applied consistently across parties. Show the records examined and gaps; do not infer a complete history from selected examples.
No “consistency” percentage is calculated. Different bill text, amendments, procedure and absences can make apparently similar votes incomparable. A vote alone is not a blanket position, a recommendation or proof that one person caused a state’s conditions.
Summary standard
Brief enough to read.
Specific enough to verify.
Describe what the measure would change, who it covers and its current status. Attribute an official summary as such; label an editorial paraphrase. Keep important exceptions and uncertainty beside the summary.
Separate evidence
Conditions alongside actions.
The almanac and public-record guide can share topics without asserting causation. State outcomes reflect many institutions, people and time periods.
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