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Often, I want to check on how a Congressperson voted on a particular bill, and I see people with the information on who voted for what bill, so I got wondering...is there a site where I can access all the bills, and which Congressperson voted for and against the bill?

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    This question could show more research. One would search if maybe government agencies or congress itself, which have this information, do publish them on the internet first.
    – NoDataDumpNoContribution
    Commented May 3 at 10:55
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    Do be cautious - I have heard it suggested that sometimes, behind closed doors, certain conniving politicians will count up anticipated votes for or against a bill, and make symbolic dissenting (or supporting) votes when it makes no difference to the outcome.
    – Jedediah
    Commented May 4 at 11:12

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Yes, both the House of Representatives and the Senate make this information available directly on their respective websites after a vote has taken place.

There is an overview of all votes in both houses by congressional session back to 1989 here. A list of the most recent votes in the current session may be found here for the House of Representatives, or here for the Senate. If the vote you're interested is not particularly recent, it helps if you know the bill number (something like H.R. 3935, or S.R. 1112) to locate the correct vote.

Clicking through to a particular vote from either of those links will show you a complete enumeration of how each member of congress voted in that particular instance.

Votes may be available through other journalistic sources slightly faster if they report on the live video feed from Congress - particularly in the case of a roll-call vote where each congressperson announces their vote to the floor, one by one.

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  • Is it possible to quickly search for the votes of a single congressman/woman on bills that made it into law for example?
    – NoDataDumpNoContribution
    Commented May 4 at 5:38
  • @NoDataDumpNoContribution a good alternative to congressman/woman or Congressperson is congressional representative, or even representative, after all it is called the House of Representatives.
    – chux
    Commented May 4 at 20:54

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