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Some votes split the two parties. Some votes bring them together.

This page counts how often each one happens. It also shows who votes against their own party most.

Voting 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.

69.7%
House votes on party lines
91.9%
Senate votes on party lines
275
votes both parties backed
519
members who crossed at least once
Recorded votes by whether the parties divided
ChamberRecorded votes Party lineBoth agreed Party line, bills Party line, nominations
House67647120269.7%none
Senate9158417390.1%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