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 2, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured
0.57· expected 0.51

Meets expectations

Rank 238 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 192 minority-party members without a committee lead

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

  1. Introduced 14
  2. Action in committee 4
  3. Action beyond committee 1
  4. Passed chamber 1
  5. Became law 0

14 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 1 significant (got a roll call vote), 13 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

How Golden’s ratings compare with every representative

Ratings, 119th Congress

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

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

97/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 18 missed of 674

Voted on 656 of 674 roll calls; missed 18. Lower than 64% of House members.

15%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
70/ 100

House D median 98 · Rank 211 of 214

Sided with the Democratic majority on 460 votes that split the parties. Lower than 99% of House members.

45%100%
35/ 100

Chamber median 12 · +23

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 99% of House members.

0%70%
−0.11

Democratic middle 80%: -0.52 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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Golden’s bills that passed the House or further

All bills

1 bill sponsored in the 119th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Golden’s effectiveness score.

How we count words
  • H.R. 2550 Protect America's Workforce ActNullifies a March 2025 executive order excluding agencies from federal labor-management relations. AI-readLabor and Employment · Passed a chamber Dec 15, 2025Substantive110 words Passed a chamber

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