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Across the aisle

A party line vote is one where a majority of voting Democrats took one side and a majority of voting Republicans took the other. Everything below is counted from the same ballots as the rest of this section.

70.5%
House votes on party lines
92.6%
Senate votes on party lines
252
votes both parties backed
516
members who crossed at least once
Recorded votes by whether the parties divided
ChamberRecorded votes Party lineBoth agreed Party line, bills Party line, nominations
House64545518770.5%none
Senate8908246591.0%97.0%

Votes where one party had nobody voting are counted separately and are in neither column: 3 of them, mostly quorum calls.

Who voted against their own party most often

Of the party line votes they took part in.

House

Senate