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Congressional Voting Records

Core Online Resources

CQ.com Members and Votes (UW Restricted)
C-SPAN's Congress Resources
See Key Votes Library on this page; Covers all congressional votes from 1996 to current, but with limited descriptions. Searchable by member of subject, congress, date, vote number or zip code
House Roll Call Votes
Scroll down to Quick Links for roll call votes for the current congress; roll call votes for 1990-one year ago are found at House History
Lexis-Nexis Congressional (UW Restricted)
Click on "Members and Committees" in the sidebar
Roll Call Votes, Thomas
Senate Roll Call Votes
1989-current; includes all votes, but with limited descriptions

Additional Online Resources
Congressional Record
Votes can be found in the Congressional Record, listed under the heading "Yea and Nay Votes" in the Index
CQ Almanac backfile, 1945-2007, Series Appendix (UW Restricted)
Tables with information on key votes, floor votes, party unity and more
CQ's Politics in America (both online and print sources available to the present)
Voting Records, Project Vote Smart
Voting records by individual or by party. Includes most, but not all, votes and has extensive descriptions

Print Resources
CQ Almanac (print only)
Vital Statistics in Congress (print only)