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U.S. Senator, Maryland · Democrat

Chris Van Hollen

159 statements indexed, set against 915 recorded votes.

915 recorded votes

  • Voted for25527.9%
  • Voted against64670.6%
  • Did not vote141.5%
98.5%
of the votes they could cast
159
statements indexed
6,405
words on the floor

Turned up for 98.5% of the votes they could have cast, above the middle of the Senate, which is 97.9%.

In plain English

Hollen voted 98 times out of every 100 they could. That is more than the middle of the Senate, which is 98.

They vote the same way as Jeff Merkley more than anyone else. The two agreed 99 times out of 100.

Across the aisle they line up most with Susan M. Collins. They agreed 20 times out of 100.

The Record prints their remarks under 8 headings more than once. The list below names them.

First took office
January 3, 2017
Terms served
2 terms in the Senate
Previously
7 terms in the House
Current term
January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2029
Born
January 10, 1959

Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.

What They Spoke On

Van Hollen's indexed remarks are spread thin, with no heading past four. The removal of United States forces from hostilities and the nomination of Russell Vought lead, then a fentanyl bill, resolutions of congressional disapproval, a voter eligibility bill and the War Powers Resolution at three each.

The business the Congressional Record printed their remarks under, counted, with the chamber's own procedure left out. It is what was before the chamber, which is not always what the member was addressing.

What Was Said, and What Was Done

159 statements quoted from the Congressional Record and set against Chris Van Hollen’s votes. The most recent are below, one from each item of business, each linking to what it is set against.

All 159 statements, with a search →

Counted from the record

What Their Votes Add Up To

The Senate takes 54 votes of this kind this Congress against the House's 391: its floor time goes to cloture motions and nominations, where a yes does not mean pass the thing. There is not enough here to set out.

Voting With Their Party

On the 842 votes this Congress where a majority of Democrats took one side and a majority of Republicans took the other, Chris Van Hollen voted on 828 and was with the Democrat majority on 828 of them.

828 party line votes cast

  • With their party828100.0%
  • Against their party00.0%

This member did not break with their party on any of them.

Who They Vote With

In Their Own Party

Of the votes both took part in.

Voting Across the Aisle

The record itself

Where the Words Are

The Congressional Record marks Chris Van Hollen as speaking in 240 items of business across 93 sitting days of this Congress.

Many of those appearances are procedural: yielding time, a request to revise and extend, a call for the yeas and nays. The count comes from the Record's own speaker tagging, which is not complete, so a member may have spoken more often than it shows.

The eight most recent, each linking to that day's Record at govinfo.

Every Recorded Vote

All 915 recorded votes of the 119th Congress in which the Senate lists Chris Van Hollen. The most recent 4 below, each linking to the official record of that vote.

All 915 recorded votes, newest first →

Elsewhere in the Record

The other Maryland seat in this chamber is held by Angela D. Alsobrooks.

How these records are gathered, and what they leave out, is set out on the Promise Tracker.