Congress Voting Record Tracker: Votes, Bills & Cited Flags
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U.S. House members' roll-call votes from official House Clerk XML, sponsored and cosponsored bills from the Congress.gov API (your free key), party-break flags and neutral, cited position-change flags. Incremental and scorecard options.
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