Congress is out of session until Monday, November 9 for the midterm campaign. No new roll-call votes until then; the last were the House on Sep 16 and the Senate on Sep 30.

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured
0.59· expected 0.63

Meets expectations

Rank 64 of 100 in the Senate · expected = average of 29 minority-party members without a committee lead

How far Schiff’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

  1. Introduced 92
  2. Action in committee 7
  3. Action beyond committee 4
  4. Passed chamber 0
  5. Became law 0

92 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 3 significant (got a roll call vote), 87 substantive, 2 commemorative. Compare the Senate

How Schiff’s ratings compare with every senator

Ratings, 119th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one senator; the ringed marker is Schiff.

Schiff in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

98/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 22 missed of 915

Voted on 893 of 915 roll calls; missed 22. Lower than 54% of senators.

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Party loyalty

How it’s measured
95/ 100

Senate D median 96 · Rank 27 of 47

Sided with the Democratic majority on 821 votes that split the parties. Lower than 77% of senators.

75%100%
9/ 100

Chamber median 9 · +0

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 56% of senators.

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−0.35

Democratic middle 80%: -0.51 to -0.23

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

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Schiff’s bills that got action in committee or further

All bills

7 bills and joint resolutions sponsored in the 119th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Schiff’s effectiveness score.

How we count words

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.