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3 people represent you

3 in Congress. 2 of their seats are on your Nov 3 ballot.

In Congress · Washington, D.C.

Brett Guthrie

U.S. Representative, KY-2 · Republican

Seat on your Nov 3 ballot

Furthest bill: SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 (H.R. 2483) — Became law Dec 1, 2025

What Brett Guthrie did →

Mitch McConnell

U.S. Senator, KY · Republican

Seat on your Nov 3 ballot

Furthest bill: S. 4530 — Became law May 29, 2026

What Mitch McConnell did →

Rand Paul

U.S. Senator, KY · Republican

Furthest bill: Expedited Access to Biosimilars Act (S. 1414) — Approved by a committee on Jul 22, 2026 · no floor vote yet

Next election: 2028.

What Rand Paul did →
← All your people

U.S. Representative, KY-2 · Republican

What Brett Guthrie did

Seat on your Nov 3 ballot

Since January 2025. Picked by the same rules for every House member. How we choose →

The same first vote for everyone

On Jul 3, 2025, the House voted on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1).

This bill reduces taxes, reduces or increases spending for various federal programs, increases the statutory debt limit, and otherwise addresses agencies and programs throughout the federal government.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service (Passed Senate)

How Brett Guthrie voted

Voted YES

One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1)

The full summary is long; read it on the bill's official page below.

Democrats 0–212 · Republicans 218–2Analysis

Passed the House 218–214 on Jul 3, 2025 · became law Jul 4, 2025Jul 3, 2025

House roll call ↗Bill page on Congress.gov ↗

Every House member's page starts with this same vote.

The biggest votes

The same bills for every House member: the new laws that drew the most floor debate and votes.

Voted YES

Rescissions Act of 2025 (H.R. 4)

This bill rescinds $9.4 billion in unobligated funds that were provided to the Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), various independent and related agencies, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service (Passed House)

What this bill does
Rescissions Act of 2025 This bill rescinds $9.4 billion in unobligated funds that were provided to the Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), various independent and related agencies, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The rescissions were proposed by the President under procedures included in the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. Under current law, the President may propose rescissions to Congress using specified procedures, and the rescissions must be enacted into law to take effect. Specifically, the bill rescinds funds that were provided to the State Department or the President for - Contributions to International Organizations; - Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities; - Global Health Programs; - Migration and Refugee Assistance; - the Complex Crises Fund; - the Democracy Fund; - the Economic Support Fund; - Contributions to the Clean Technology Fund; - International Organization and Programs; - Development Assistance; - Assistance for Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia; - International Disaster Assistance; and - Transition Initiatives. The bill also rescinds funds that were provided for - USAID Operating Expenses, - the Inter-American Foundation, - the U.S. African Development Foundation, - the U.S. Institute of Peace, and - the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Democrats 0–208 · Republicans 214–4Analysis

Passed the House 214–212 on Jun 12, 2025 · became law Jul 24, 2025Jun 12, 2025

House roll call ↗Bill page on Congress.gov ↗

Voted YES

Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 (H.R. 5371)

This act ends the government shutdown that began on October 1, 2025, by providing FY2026 continuing appropriations for most federal agencies through January 30, 2026, and providing appropriations through the end of FY2026 for agriculture, military construction and veterans affairs, and legislative branch programs.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service (Public Law)

The full summary is long; read it on the bill's official page below.

Democrats 6–207 · Republicans 216–2Analysis

Passed the House 222–209 on Nov 12, 2025 · became law Nov 12, 2025Nov 12, 2025

House roll call ↗Bill page on Congress.gov ↗

On their own

Broke with party

An amendment to National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800)

Amendment sought to amend the bill to ensure that no court may issue injunctions that impair military readiness, military fuel supply, or defense-related logistical support.

Amendment purpose as filed

8 of 214 Republicans voting took this side; most voted YES.Analysis

Voted NO · failed 208–219 on Jul 21, 2026Jul 21, 2026

House roll call ↗Bill page on Congress.gov ↗

Sponsored

SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 (H.R. 2483)

This act reauthorizes and revises programs and activities relating to addressing substance use disorders, overdoses, and mental health.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service (Public Law)

The full summary is long; read it on the bill's official page below.

1 cosponsor, 1 from the other partyAnalysis

Became law Dec 1, 2025Dec 1, 2025

Bill page on Congress.gov ↗

Sponsored

KIDS Act (H.R. 7757)

This bill requires specified online platforms to establish safeguards for minors.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House)

What this bill does
Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act or the KIDS Act This bill requires specified online platforms to establish safeguards for minors. The safeguards include (1) limiting access to specified sexual material, (2) providing parental controls on social media and online video game platforms, and (3) requiring artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to disclose certain information to users who are minors. First, publicly available online platforms on which more than one-third of the content is considered sexual material harmful to minors under the bill must adopt technology to identify minors and prevent them from accessing such material. Next, social media platforms must (1) implement default settings for minors that limit compulsive usage features and the ability of other users to communicate with minors, and (2) provide tools for parents to manage the privacy and account settings of a minor. Social media platforms may not allow ephemeral messaging features for minors. The bill also requires online video game platforms to provide tools that allow parents to (1) limit communication between a minor and other users of the platform, and (2) restrict purchases by a minor on the platform. Further, providers of AI chatbots must disclose to users who are minors (1) that the chatbot is an AI system and not a human, and (2) suicide and crisis intervention hotline information. Finally, the bill requires specified studies and reports about the effects of social media platforms on minors and provides for enforcement of the bill's requirements by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general.

1 cosponsor, 1 from the other partyAnalysis

Passed the House 267–117 on Jun 29, 2026 · the Senate has not passed itJun 29, 2026

Bill page on Congress.gov ↗

Chairs

Committee on Energy and Commerce

The committee and its subcommittees held 135 meetings this Congress, 88 of them hearings.Analysis

Listed as ChairJan 3, 2025

Committee page (House Clerk) ↗

Spoke

H.J.Res. 35

This joint resolution nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule titled Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions and published on November 18, 2024.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House)

What this bill does
This joint resolution nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule titled Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions and published on November 18, 2024. The rule outlines compliance requirements under the Methane Emissions Reduction Program. Under the program, the EPA collects an annual charge on emissions of methane and other greenhouse gases from the oil and gas sector if the emissions exceed specified waste emissions thresholds.
On the House floor, Feb 26, 2025Feb 26, 2025

Congressional Record ↗

Broke with party

An amendment to Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (H.R. 7567)

Amendment removes certain emissions standards on farm equipment.

Amendment purpose as filed

8 of 214 Republicans voting took this side; most voted YES.Analysis

Voted NO · passed 215–213 on Apr 30, 2026Apr 30, 2026

House roll call ↗Bill page on Congress.gov ↗

Money and finances

Raised

Biggest PAC givers: Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC Employee PAC Aka Hallway PAC Federal, Thoroughbred PAC

Raised $4.7 million for the 2026 election, through Jun 30, 2026; 64% came from PACs and other political committees.Analysis

$15,000 and $11,000Jun 30, 2026

Federal Election Commission ↗

Votes loaded through Sep 16, 2026; campaign money through Jun 30, 2026.

By the numbers
  • Voted yes or no on 669 of 676 roll calls.Analysis[source]
  • Voted with their party's majority on 455 of 470 votes where most Democrats and most Republicans disagreed.Analysis
  • Sponsored 11 bills and resolutions in the 119th Congress; 1 became law.[source]
  • Raised $4.7M for their campaign in the 2025–2026 election cycle, as reported to the FEC.[source]

Their work, week to week

Computed by us from the roll call records published by the House Clerk and the Senate; identical rules apply to every member. Eligible votes: every roll call in the member's chamber from the first to the last roll call on which the member is listed, inclusive. Votes cast: recorded Yea/Aye or Nay/No (impeachment Guilty / Not Guilty counted the same way, as the Senate tallies them). Present: recorded Present. Missed: recorded Not Voting. Any other response (for example a candidate's name in a Speaker election) is counted as 'other'. Party-line roll calls: a majority of voting Republicans and a majority of voting Democrats took opposite sides (yes vs. no); ties within a party mean no majority. Voted with party: on those roll calls, the member voted yes or no and matched the majority of the party shown next to their name on that roll call. Party-line votes the member did not cast yes or no on are excluded. Members listed as Independent are compared with the party whose majority they matched more often on party-line roll calls in that chamber (their de facto caucus); if exactly tied, they are excluded from the party-line measure. Delegates and the Resident Commissioner (DC, PR, AS, GU, MP, VI) may vote only on some roll calls (in the Committee of the Whole), and the Clerk lists them only on those (with state "XX"); the Clerk's roll call files carry no other marker of which votes they may cast. They are identified by that "XX" listing (which also covers delegates who have left) and by the current member list. Their eligible votes are the roll calls on which the Clerk lists them, and they are left out of the party-line measure and of the party majorities it compares against.

Each time is one Record item from the floor where GPO lists them as a speaker; many are short remarks or requests. Topics are ranked by the days they spoke on them. Written statements are Extensions of Remarks: printed, not spoken.

Amendments offered on the floor are those that came up for action (adopted, rejected, tabled, withdrawn, ruled out of order, or still pending). Filed ones never came up.

Hearing and markup counts are for the whole committee and its subcommittees, from Congress.gov's meeting records (canceled and postponed meetings left out). Congress does not publish who attended, so these counts say nothing about whether this member was there.

A discharge petition needs 218 signatures to force a vote. We count signatures still on each petition.

The office budget is the Members' Representational Allowance. Bills for 2025 keep arriving for months, so totals can still grow. House medians compare the 427 offices with a full-year budget (members seated mid-year get a smaller, prorated one).

Everything Brett Guthrie did →
← All your people

U.S. Senator, KY · Republican

What Mitch McConnell did

Seat on your Nov 3 ballot

Since January 2025. Picked by the same rules for every senator. How we choose →

The same first vote for everyone

On Jul 1, 2025, the Senate voted on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1).

This bill reduces taxes, reduces or increases spending for various federal programs, increases the statutory debt limit, and otherwise addresses agencies and programs throughout the federal government.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service (Passed Senate)

How Mitch McConnell voted

Voted YES

One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1)

The full summary is long; read it on the bill's official page below.

Democrats 0–45 · Republicans 50–3 · Independents 0–2Analysis

Passed the Senate 50–50 (the Vice President broke the tie) on Jul 1, 2025 · became law Jul 4, 2025Jul 1, 2025

Senate roll call ↗Bill page on Congress.gov ↗

Every senator's page starts with this same vote.

The biggest votes

The same bills for every senator: the new laws that drew the most floor debate and votes.

Voted YES

Secure America Act (S. 2)

This bill provides funding to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through FY2029 for immigration enforcement, border security, and related activities.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service (Passed Senate)

What this bill does
Secure America Act This bill provides funding to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through FY2029 for immigration enforcement, border security, and related activities. It is known as a reconciliation bill and includes legislation submitted by certain congressional committees pursuant to provisions in the FY2026 congressional budget resolution (S. Con. Res. 33) that directed the committees to submit legislation to the House or Senate Budget Committee that will increase the deficit. (Reconciliation bills are considered by Congress using expedited legislative procedures that prevent a filibuster and restrict amendments in the Senate.) Specifically, the bill provides funding to CBP for - personnel; - border security, technology, and screening; and - immigration enforcement activities. The bill provides funding to ICE for - personnel, - Homeland Security Investigations, - immigration enforcement activities, - transportation, - information technology, - facility and fleet maintenance and sustainment, - 287(g) agreements (i.e., agreements that allow state and local law enforcement agencies to perform certain immigration enforcement functions), - the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, - operation and maintenance, and - certain arrests related to immigration enforcement. The bill also provides additional funding to DHS for (1) immigration enforcement, and (2) the participation of state and local agencies in certain homeland security efforts. The funding provided by this bill generally remains available through FY2029.

Democrats 0–44 · Republicans 52–1 · Independents 0–2Analysis

Passed the Senate 52–47 on Jun 5, 2026 · became law Jun 10, 2026Jun 5, 2026

Senate roll call ↗Bill page on Congress.gov ↗

Voted YES

Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 (H.R. 5371)

This bill ends the government shutdown by providing FY2026 continuing appropriations for most federal agencies through January 30, 2026, and providing appropriations through the end of FY2026 for agriculture, military construction and veterans affairs, and legislative branch programs.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service (Passed Senate)

What this bill does
Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 This bill ends the government shutdown by providing FY2026 continuing appropriations for most federal agencies through January 30, 2026, and providing appropriations through the end of FY2026 for agriculture, military construction and veterans affairs, and legislative branch programs. It also extends various expiring programs and authorities. Specifically, the bill provides continuing FY2026 appropriations to most federal agencies through the earlier of January 30, 2026, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations act. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and ends the government shutdown that began on October 1, 2025, because the FY2026 appropriations bills had not been enacted. The CR funds most programs and activities at the FY2025 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations for various programs. The bill also provides back pay to all federal employees who were not paid during the government shutdown, prohibits federal agencies from taking actions related to a reduction in force (RIF) through January 30, 2026, and nullifies RIFs that were implemented by federal agencies between October 1, 2025, and the date of enactment for this bill. In addition, the bill includes three regular FY2026 appropriations bills that fund the following agencies and activities though the end of FY2026: - the Department of Agriculture, - the Food and Drug Administration, - Department of Defense military construction and family housing activities, - the Department of Veterans Affairs, - Congress and agencies that support Congress, and - several related and independent agencies. Finally, the bill extends several expiring authorities and programs, including authorities related to - public health, Medicare, and Medicaid; - cybersecurity; - agriculture; - Food and Drug Administration user fees; - veterans benefits; - actions to mitigate a threat from an unmanned aircraft system (i.e., drones); and - the Defense Production Act of 1950.

Democrats 7–38 · Republicans 52–1 · Independents 1–1Analysis

Passed the Senate 60–40 on Nov 10, 2025 · became law Nov 12, 2025Nov 10, 2025

Senate roll call ↗Bill page on Congress.gov ↗

On their own

Broke with party

S.J.Res. 37

This joint resolution terminates the national emergency declared by President Donald J. Trump on February 1, 2025, which imposed an additional 25% tariff on most imports from Canada (except for Canadian energy or energy resources, which have an additional 10% tariff).

Summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate)

4 of 52 Republicans voting took this side; most voted NO.Analysis

Voted YES · passed 51–48 on Apr 2, 2025Apr 2, 2025

Senate roll call ↗Bill page on Congress.gov ↗

Sponsored

S. 4530

This act authorizes the Capitol Police Board to increase the mandatory retirement age for a member of the Capitol Police to up to age 62 when the board determines such waiver is in the public interest.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service (Public Law)

What this bill does
This act authorizes the Capitol Police Board to increase the mandatory retirement age for a member of the Capitol Police to up to age 62 when the board determines such waiver is in the public interest. Under current law, members of the Capitol Police are generally subject to mandatory retirement at (1) age 57; or (2) upon completing 20 years of service if the member is older than 57. Previously, a waiver from the board would authorize a member to continue working until age 60. The act authorizes the board to issue a waiver specifying a retirement age between 57 and 62.

1 cosponsor, 1 from the other partyAnalysis

Became law May 29, 2026May 29, 2026

Bill page on Congress.gov ↗

Sponsored

S.Con.Res. 12

A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II.

Official title as introduced

1 cosponsor, 1 from the other partyAnalysis

Passed the House and the Senate (last on May 8, 2025); not yet lawMay 8, 2025

Bill page on Congress.gov ↗

Voted NO

Peter Hegseth, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Defense

Democrats 0–45 · Republicans 50–3 · Independents 0–2Analysis

Confirmed 50–50 (the Vice President broke the tie) on Jan 24, 2025Jan 24, 2025

Senate roll call ↗

Chairs

Committee on Rules and Administration

The committee and its subcommittees held 2 meetings this Congress, 0 of them hearings.Analysis

Listed as ChairmanJan 3, 2025

Senate committee page ↗

Money and finances

Raised

Biggest PAC givers: Freedom Fund, Johnson & Johnson Political Action Committee

Raised $217,000 for the 2026 election, through Jun 30, 2026; 7% came from PACs and other political committees.Analysis

$10,000 and $5,000Jun 30, 2026

Federal Election Commission ↗

Votes loaded through Sep 30, 2026; campaign money through Jun 30, 2026.

By the numbers
  • Voted yes or no on 778 of 915 roll calls.Analysis[source]
  • Voted with their party's majority on 700 of 725 votes where most Democrats and most Republicans disagreed.Analysis
  • Sponsored 14 bills and resolutions in the 119th Congress; 1 became law.[source]
  • Raised $217K for their campaign in the 2025–2026 election cycle, as reported to the FEC.[source]

Their work, week to week

Computed by us from the roll call records published by the House Clerk and the Senate; identical rules apply to every member. Eligible votes: every roll call in the member's chamber from the first to the last roll call on which the member is listed, inclusive. Votes cast: recorded Yea/Aye or Nay/No (impeachment Guilty / Not Guilty counted the same way, as the Senate tallies them). Present: recorded Present. Missed: recorded Not Voting. Any other response (for example a candidate's name in a Speaker election) is counted as 'other'. Party-line roll calls: a majority of voting Republicans and a majority of voting Democrats took opposite sides (yes vs. no); ties within a party mean no majority. Voted with party: on those roll calls, the member voted yes or no and matched the majority of the party shown next to their name on that roll call. Party-line votes the member did not cast yes or no on are excluded. Members listed as Independent are compared with the party whose majority they matched more often on party-line roll calls in that chamber (their de facto caucus); if exactly tied, they are excluded from the party-line measure. Delegates and the Resident Commissioner (DC, PR, AS, GU, MP, VI) may vote only on some roll calls (in the Committee of the Whole), and the Clerk lists them only on those (with state "XX"); the Clerk's roll call files carry no other marker of which votes they may cast. They are identified by that "XX" listing (which also covers delegates who have left) and by the current member list. Their eligible votes are the roll calls on which the Clerk lists them, and they are left out of the party-line measure and of the party majorities it compares against.

Each time is one Record item from the floor where GPO lists them as a speaker; many are short remarks or requests. Topics are ranked by the days they spoke on them. Written statements are Extensions of Remarks: printed, not spoken.

Amendments offered on the floor are those that came up for action (adopted, rejected, tabled, withdrawn, ruled out of order, or still pending). Filed ones never came up.

Hearing and markup counts are for the whole committee and its subcommittees, from Congress.gov's meeting records (canceled and postponed meetings left out). Congress does not publish who attended, so these counts say nothing about whether this member was there.

Senate committees record most sessions where they vote on bills as business meetings, not markups, so Senate lines count hearings only.

Everything Mitch McConnell did →
← All your people

U.S. Senator, KY · Republican

What Rand Paul did

Since January 2025. Picked by the same rules for every senator. How we choose →

The same first vote for everyone

On Jul 1, 2025, the Senate voted on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1).

This bill reduces taxes, reduces or increases spending for various federal programs, increases the statutory debt limit, and otherwise addresses agencies and programs throughout the federal government.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service (Passed Senate)

How Rand Paul voted

Voted NO

One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1)

The full summary is long; read it on the bill's official page below.

Democrats 0–45 · Republicans 50–3 · Independents 0–2Analysis

Passed the Senate 50–50 (the Vice President broke the tie) on Jul 1, 2025 · became law Jul 4, 2025Jul 1, 2025

Senate roll call ↗Bill page on Congress.gov ↗

Every senator's page starts with this same vote.

The biggest votes

The same bills for every senator: the new laws that drew the most floor debate and votes.

Voted YES

Secure America Act (S. 2)

This bill provides funding to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through FY2029 for immigration enforcement, border security, and related activities.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service (Passed Senate)

What this bill does
Secure America Act This bill provides funding to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through FY2029 for immigration enforcement, border security, and related activities. It is known as a reconciliation bill and includes legislation submitted by certain congressional committees pursuant to provisions in the FY2026 congressional budget resolution (S. Con. Res. 33) that directed the committees to submit legislation to the House or Senate Budget Committee that will increase the deficit. (Reconciliation bills are considered by Congress using expedited legislative procedures that prevent a filibuster and restrict amendments in the Senate.) Specifically, the bill provides funding to CBP for - personnel; - border security, technology, and screening; and - immigration enforcement activities. The bill provides funding to ICE for - personnel, - Homeland Security Investigations, - immigration enforcement activities, - transportation, - information technology, - facility and fleet maintenance and sustainment, - 287(g) agreements (i.e., agreements that allow state and local law enforcement agencies to perform certain immigration enforcement functions), - the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, - operation and maintenance, and - certain arrests related to immigration enforcement. The bill also provides additional funding to DHS for (1) immigration enforcement, and (2) the participation of state and local agencies in certain homeland security efforts. The funding provided by this bill generally remains available through FY2029.

Democrats 0–44 · Republicans 52–1 · Independents 0–2Analysis

Passed the Senate 52–47 on Jun 5, 2026 · became law Jun 10, 2026Jun 5, 2026

Senate roll call ↗Bill page on Congress.gov ↗

Voted NO

Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 (H.R. 5371)

This bill ends the government shutdown by providing FY2026 continuing appropriations for most federal agencies through January 30, 2026, and providing appropriations through the end of FY2026 for agriculture, military construction and veterans affairs, and legislative branch programs.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service (Passed Senate)

What this bill does
Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 This bill ends the government shutdown by providing FY2026 continuing appropriations for most federal agencies through January 30, 2026, and providing appropriations through the end of FY2026 for agriculture, military construction and veterans affairs, and legislative branch programs. It also extends various expiring programs and authorities. Specifically, the bill provides continuing FY2026 appropriations to most federal agencies through the earlier of January 30, 2026, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations act. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and ends the government shutdown that began on October 1, 2025, because the FY2026 appropriations bills had not been enacted. The CR funds most programs and activities at the FY2025 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations for various programs. The bill also provides back pay to all federal employees who were not paid during the government shutdown, prohibits federal agencies from taking actions related to a reduction in force (RIF) through January 30, 2026, and nullifies RIFs that were implemented by federal agencies between October 1, 2025, and the date of enactment for this bill. In addition, the bill includes three regular FY2026 appropriations bills that fund the following agencies and activities though the end of FY2026: - the Department of Agriculture, - the Food and Drug Administration, - Department of Defense military construction and family housing activities, - the Department of Veterans Affairs, - Congress and agencies that support Congress, and - several related and independent agencies. Finally, the bill extends several expiring authorities and programs, including authorities related to - public health, Medicare, and Medicaid; - cybersecurity; - agriculture; - Food and Drug Administration user fees; - veterans benefits; - actions to mitigate a threat from an unmanned aircraft system (i.e., drones); and - the Defense Production Act of 1950.

Democrats 7–38 · Republicans 52–1 · Independents 1–1Analysis

Passed the Senate 60–40 on Nov 10, 2025 · became law Nov 12, 2025Nov 10, 2025

Senate roll call ↗Bill page on Congress.gov ↗

On their own

Broke with party

Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 (H.R. 5371)

This bill ends the government shutdown by providing FY2026 continuing appropriations for most federal agencies through January 30, 2026, and providing appropriations through the end of FY2026 for agriculture, military construction and veterans affairs, and legislative branch programs.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service (Passed Senate)

What this bill does
Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 This bill ends the government shutdown by providing FY2026 continuing appropriations for most federal agencies through January 30, 2026, and providing appropriations through the end of FY2026 for agriculture, military construction and veterans affairs, and legislative branch programs. It also extends various expiring programs and authorities. Specifically, the bill provides continuing FY2026 appropriations to most federal agencies through the earlier of January 30, 2026, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations act. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and ends the government shutdown that began on October 1, 2025, because the FY2026 appropriations bills had not been enacted. The CR funds most programs and activities at the FY2025 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations for various programs. The bill also provides back pay to all federal employees who were not paid during the government shutdown, prohibits federal agencies from taking actions related to a reduction in force (RIF) through January 30, 2026, and nullifies RIFs that were implemented by federal agencies between October 1, 2025, and the date of enactment for this bill. In addition, the bill includes three regular FY2026 appropriations bills that fund the following agencies and activities though the end of FY2026: - the Department of Agriculture, - the Food and Drug Administration, - Department of Defense military construction and family housing activities, - the Department of Veterans Affairs, - Congress and agencies that support Congress, and - several related and independent agencies. Finally, the bill extends several expiring authorities and programs, including authorities related to - public health, Medicare, and Medicaid; - cybersecurity; - agriculture; - Food and Drug Administration user fees; - veterans benefits; - actions to mitigate a threat from an unmanned aircraft system (i.e., drones); and - the Defense Production Act of 1950.

1 of 53 Republicans voting took this side; most voted YES.Analysis

Voted NO · passed 60–40 on Nov 10, 2025Nov 10, 2025

Senate roll call ↗Bill page on Congress.gov ↗

Sponsored

Expedited Access to Biosimilars Act (S. 1414)

This bill modifies statutory requirements for demonstrating that a proposed biological product (e.g., a drug or vaccine) is biosimilar to a reference (brand-name) product.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service (Reported to Senate)

What this bill does
Expedited Access to Biosimilars Act This bill modifies statutory requirements for demonstrating that a proposed biological product (e.g., a drug or vaccine) is biosimilar to a reference (brand-name) product. Specifically, the bill eliminates the need for a clinical efficacy study unless the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) determines such a study is necessary. Under current law, applicants seeking FDA approval of a proposed biosimilar must submit certain studies and assessments, including a clinical efficacy study demonstrating the safety, purity, and potency of the proposed biosimilar in relevant conditions of use. However, the FDA has discretion not to require studies and assessments it deems unnecessary. (For example, the FDA released draft guidance in October 2025 indicating that clinical efficacy studies may be unnecessary for a class of proposed biosimilars, known as therapeutic protein products, in some circumstances.) The bill generally eliminates the requirement that a biosimilar applicant submit a clinical efficacy study but authorizes the FDA to require such a study if necessary. If requiring a clinical efficacy study, the FDA must provide a written determination of necessity to the applicant within a specified period. Separately, the bill eliminates a requirement that a biosimilar application be reviewed by the same FDA division responsible for review of the reference application.

2 cosponsors, 1 from the other partyAnalysis

Approved by a committee on Jul 22, 2026 · no floor vote yetJul 22, 2026

Bill page on Congress.gov ↗

Sponsored

S. 601

This bill directs the Department of the Interior to remove all deed restrictions from approximately 3.62 acres located at 2956 Park Avenue, on the Paducah Memorial Army Reserve Center in Paducah, Kentucky.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate)

What this bill does
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to remove all deed restrictions from approximately 3.62 acres located at 2956 Park Avenue, on the Paducah Memorial Army Reserve Center in Paducah, Kentucky. The restrictions include easements, exceptions, reservations, terms, conditions, and covenants described in the quitclaim deed that was executed on April 27, 2012. The deed conveyed land from Interior to the City of Paducah, Kentucky.

1 cosponsor, 0 from the other partyAnalysis

Approved by a committee on Mar 4, 2026 · no floor vote yetMar 4, 2026

Bill page on Congress.gov ↗

Offered an amendment

An amendment to the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 (H.R. 3944)

To strike a provision relating to hemp.

Amendment purpose as filed

Adopted without a recorded vote on Aug 1, 2025Aug 1, 2025

Amendment on Congress.gov ↗

Voted YES

Peter Hegseth, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Defense

Democrats 0–45 · Republicans 50–3 · Independents 0–2Analysis

Confirmed 50–50 (the Vice President broke the tie) on Jan 24, 2025Jan 24, 2025

Senate roll call ↗

Chairs

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

The committee and its subcommittees held 50 meetings this Congress, 36 of them hearings.Analysis

Listed as ChairmanJan 3, 2025

Senate committee page ↗

Money and finances

Raised

Biggest PAC givers: True North PAC, Pitney Bowes Inc. Political Action Committee

Raised $3.9 million in 2025–26 (their next election is in 2028), through Jun 30, 2026; 2% came from PACs and other political committees.Analysis

$10,000 and $7,500Jun 30, 2026

Federal Election Commission ↗

Votes loaded through Sep 30, 2026; campaign money through Jun 30, 2026.

By the numbers
  • Voted yes or no on 871 of 915 roll calls.Analysis[source]
  • Voted with their party's majority on 705 of 799 votes where most Democrats and most Republicans disagreed.Analysis
  • Sponsored 57 bills and resolutions in the 119th Congress; 0 became law.[source]
  • Raised $3.9M for their campaign in the 2025–2026 election cycle, as reported to the FEC.[source]

Their work, week to week

Computed by us from the roll call records published by the House Clerk and the Senate; identical rules apply to every member. Eligible votes: every roll call in the member's chamber from the first to the last roll call on which the member is listed, inclusive. Votes cast: recorded Yea/Aye or Nay/No (impeachment Guilty / Not Guilty counted the same way, as the Senate tallies them). Present: recorded Present. Missed: recorded Not Voting. Any other response (for example a candidate's name in a Speaker election) is counted as 'other'. Party-line roll calls: a majority of voting Republicans and a majority of voting Democrats took opposite sides (yes vs. no); ties within a party mean no majority. Voted with party: on those roll calls, the member voted yes or no and matched the majority of the party shown next to their name on that roll call. Party-line votes the member did not cast yes or no on are excluded. Members listed as Independent are compared with the party whose majority they matched more often on party-line roll calls in that chamber (their de facto caucus); if exactly tied, they are excluded from the party-line measure. Delegates and the Resident Commissioner (DC, PR, AS, GU, MP, VI) may vote only on some roll calls (in the Committee of the Whole), and the Clerk lists them only on those (with state "XX"); the Clerk's roll call files carry no other marker of which votes they may cast. They are identified by that "XX" listing (which also covers delegates who have left) and by the current member list. Their eligible votes are the roll calls on which the Clerk lists them, and they are left out of the party-line measure and of the party majorities it compares against.

Each time is one Record item from the floor where GPO lists them as a speaker; many are short remarks or requests. Topics are ranked by the days they spoke on them. Written statements are Extensions of Remarks: printed, not spoken.

Amendments offered on the floor are those that came up for action (adopted, rejected, tabled, withdrawn, ruled out of order, or still pending). Filed ones never came up.

Hearing and markup counts are for the whole committee and its subcommittees, from Congress.gov's meeting records (canceled and postponed meetings left out). Congress does not publish who attended, so these counts say nothing about whether this member was there.

Senate committees record most sessions where they vote on bills as business meetings, not markups, so Senate lines count hearings only.

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Tuesday, November 3, 2026 · 28 days

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  • U.S. House, KY-2now Brett Guthrie
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Who's in charge right now

Congress: Republicans hold the majority in both the House and the Senate.[source]

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