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
0.61· expected 1.04

Meets expectations

Rank 60 of 100 in the Senate · expected = average of 32 majority-party members without a committee lead

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

  1. Introduced 49
  2. Action in committee 8
  3. Action beyond committee 7
  4. Passed chamber 1
  5. Became law 0

49 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 48 substantive, 1 commemorative. Compare the Senate

Became law inside another bill (1)

Barrasso’s own bill stalled, but the Congressional Research Service lists an identical bill, or one with similar text, that became law. Shown for context; not counted in the score, which follows the Center for Effective Lawmaking. How this works

How Barrasso’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 Barrasso.

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

100/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 4 missed of 915

Voted on 911 of 915 roll calls; missed 4. Higher than 92% of senators.

85%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
100/ 100

Senate R median 100 · Rank 8 of 53

Sided with the Republican majority on 836 votes that split the parties. Higher than 91% of senators.

75%100%
8/ 100

Chamber median 9 · −1

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 62% of senators.

0%30%
+0.54

Republican middle 80%: 0.38 to 0.78

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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Bills, 119th Congress

Sponsored 58 (median 61) · cosponsored 242 (median 307.5), 124 as an original cosponsor (signed on the day the bill was introduced). Medians are for all voting members of the Senate. From congress.gov.

How we count words

Sponsored

Cosponsored