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Where bills die, in order
- Committeenever marked up, tabled or voted down
- Schedulingleader won't bring it up; House Rules gives no rule
- Senate stallhold, objection or delay; cloture under 60
- Floor votefails in either chamber
- Vetothe President rejects it
- Override failsunder two-thirds in either chamber
Votes needed
218House majority, discharge petition
60end Senate debate (cloture)
51budget bills; VP breaks ties
2/3fast-track, veto override (290 / 67)
Who's named, and how
on the record: a roll call
by role: chair or leader controls it
reported by press, not on record
Tracked when
A bill hits the floor: a recorded passage vote, a cloture or discharge fight, a veto, or it becomes law. Hand-picked bills show at any stage.
D DemocratR RepublicanI Independent119 REF earlier Congress
Bills
Floor votes
| Chamber | Date | Roll | Question | Result | Tally |
|---|
Agenda
furthest stage reached per area
Names
Who stopped or slowed bills
| Member or bloc | Role | Action | Bill | Date | Attribution |
|---|
Crossover votes
| Member | Party | Vote | Bill | On |
|---|
Sponsors and lead authors
| Member | Party | Role | Bill | Status |
|---|
Passed & killed
| By whom | Vote | Note |
|---|
Paths to law
Trump (R) holds the veto through Jan 20, 2029
| Path | Needs | Veto applies | Used for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular bill | 218 + 60 cloture | Yes · 290 / 67 to override | Bipartisan deals |
| Reconciliation | 218 + 51 | Yes | Taxes, spending, Medicaid, ACA credits |
| Must-pass funding | 218 + 60 | Yes · shutdown risk both ways | Riders, spending limits |
| Debt limit increase | 218 + 60, or reconciliation | Yes · default risk both ways | Main leverage: Medicaid, tariffs, Iran |
| War powers resolution | Majority each chamber | Yes | On-record votes |
| Discharge petition | 218 signatures | Forces a House vote only | Bypass the Speaker |
| Oversight | Committee majority | No | Subpoenas, hearings, reports |
| Confirmations | 51 Senate | No | Block or approve nominees, judges |
| Impeachment | 218 impeach · 67 convict | No | Removal |
Notes
Sources
checked Nov 4, 2026
| Source | Gives | Check |
|---|---|---|
| Congress.gov | Text, actions, sponsor, cosponsors, committees, related bills | Official · blocks automated fetch |
| Congress.gov API · docs | Same data as JSON; free key, 5,000 req/hr | Verified |
| House Clerk roll calls | Every House recorded vote, member by member | Verified |
| House Clerk discharge petitions | Petitions and who signed | Verified |
| Senate roll calls | Official Senate vote pages (linked, not fetched) | Verified |
| CBO cost estimates | 10-year cost of reported bills | Verified |
| Voteview | Senate vote list on this page; all roll calls with ideology scores | Verified |
| unitedstates (GitHub) | Bulk scrapers, legislator and committee files | Verified · updated Oct 2026 |
| Senate lobbying disclosures | Who lobbied, by issue code and client | Confirmed via docs only |
| Archives public laws | Public law numbers and signing dates | Verified |
| GovTrack | Alerts, plain-language bill pages | Fetch returned stale copy |
| ProPublica Congress API | — | Discontinued |