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U.S. Senator, Washington · Democrat

Maria Cantwell

76 statements indexed, set against 915 recorded votes.

915 recorded votes

  • Voted for28631.3%
  • Voted against62768.5%
  • Did not vote20.2%
99.8%
of the votes they could cast
76
statements indexed
3,167
words on the floor

Turned up for 99.8% of the votes they could have cast, above the middle of the Senate, which is 97.9%.

In plain English

Cantwell voted 100 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 Patty Murray more than anyone else. The two agreed 97 times out of 100.

Across the aisle they line up most with Susan M. Collins. They agreed 24 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, 2001
Terms served
5 terms in the Senate
Previously
1 term in the House
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2031
Born
October 13, 1958

Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.

What They Spoke On

Healthcare leads Cantwell's indexed remarks at six. The defense authorization and the SAVE America Act follow at three each. Two appropriations measures, cleanup at the Hanford site, Medicare and a nomination account for two 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

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

All 76 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, Maria Cantwell voted on 840 and was with the Democrat majority on 821 of them.

840 party line votes cast

  • With their party82197.7%
  • Against their party192.3%

Votes Against Their Own Party

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 Maria Cantwell as speaking in 144 items of business across 61 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 Maria Cantwell. 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 Washington seat in this chamber is held by Patty Murray.

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