Tracking the United States Congress

This is GovTrack 1.5. We are still working toward more changes for GovTrack 2.0 coming later in the year.

 
Find your congressional district. Legislator statistics.

Do you know who represents you in Congress? Find a representative or senator. We also compile statistics about Members of Congress:

Successful: Sen. Hatch [R-UT], 68 bills enacted since 1987
Absent: Rep. Giffords [D-AZ8], 23% votes missed since 2007
Unsuccessful: Sen. Schumer [D-NY], 89% of 760 bills died since 1987
 
GovTrack has information on all bills going back to 1993 and follows the status of current pending legislation as it goes through the law-making processs. Search bills and browse by subject area.
 
Browse House and Senate roll call vote results. Here are the latest:
 
Committee assignments and bills by committee.
 
Your questions and answers on legislation.

Keep up with the latest legislative activity in Congress using email updates or RSS. Find out how to set up your trackers.

Recent GovTrack Updates

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:05:18
Numbers confirm what we already pretty much know: Congress this year isn’t getting much done. The number of bills enacted this year is lower than it has ever been in at least 30 years. If you think Congress should be passing fewer laws, then you got your wish this year. An analysis of GovTrack data shows [...]
Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:44:07
I’ll be on the Kojo Nnamdi show at noon today, which is on WAMU 88.5 in the DC area, and I think you can also listen online.
Fri, 05 Aug 2011 01:23:42
So far this year we’ve had 4,288 bills introduced in the Congress. That puts our congressmen and senators on track for a banner year in terms of number of bills introduced, and probably for fewest bills enacted too. Here’s how the numbers break down so far: 20 bills have been enacted this year so far. 7 [...]
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