Read a member's page: votes, bills, committees and news

Every member of Congress has a page that puts their record in one place: who they are and how to reach their office, how they have voted in this Congress, the bills they have sponsored and cosponsored, the committees they sit on, and the coverage that names them.

Open a member's page from the Members lists, from a vote, a bill or a committee page, or by searching for their full name.

#The top of the page

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The first part of the page tells you who the member is:

• The party mark and name, with the office: U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, Delegate or Resident Commissioner. A member who has left office carries a Former member tag. For an independent, the page notes which party they caucus with.
• The seat, such as a state and whether the member is its senior or junior senator, or a House district, and any leadership post.
• Current term, In Congress since, Terms in the House and the Senate, and the member's age.
• Buttons to Follow the member, open their Website, reach their Contact page, call their office, or visit their account on X when they have one, and a line with their office address.

Below that is a strip of five numbers about the current Congress:

These numbers describe the record. They do not say whether a member is doing a good job, and a high or low figure can have many causes. A procedural vote counts the same as a final vote on a major bill.

#Votes

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The Votes card lists the member's votes, newest first. Each row shows the date, how they voted (Yea, Nay, Present or Not voting), what the vote was about and the result with its tally. Select the title to open the vote page.

Three tabs change what the card shows:

• Latest: every recorded vote.
• Against their party: only the votes where the member voted the opposite way from most of their party. Each shows an against party tag. The tab tells you how the vote compared with the party's, not why the member voted as they did.
• Missed: only the roll calls the member did not vote on.

Use Older at the bottom to go further back, 20 votes at a time.

#Bills

Below the votes are Bills sponsored, the member's most recent sponsored bills, and Recently cosponsored. Each bill shows its number, its status and its latest action, with a star to follow it. When the member has sponsored more than 10, All opens the Bills page filtered to that member. Select a bill to read its page.

#The side column

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• Prediction markets appears when there is a market on the member's seat or one that names them. A link opens the member's race page when their seat is up at the next election.
• In the news shows a bar for each of the last 30 days and the total number of mentions in political news in that time, then the newest headlines that name the member. Search opens a Politics search for their name.
• Committees lists the committees and subcommittees the member sits on, with a tag for a role such as Chairman. Select one to see who else sits on it. See Committees.
• More about links to outside sources: Wikipedia, Ballotpedia, the Congressional biography, campaign finance records at the Federal Election Commission, and GovTrack, when the member has them.