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
1.04· expected 0.63

Above expectations

Rank 35 of 100 in the Senate · expected = average of 29 minority-party members without a committee lead

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

  1. Introduced 55
  2. Action in committee 9
  3. Action beyond committee 7
  4. Passed chamber 3
  5. Became law 1

55 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 53 substantive, 2 commemorative. Compare the Senate

Became law (1)

1 national policy

  • S. 201 ACES Act of 2025Modifies military or armed forces policies or programs. AI-readBecame law Aug 14, 2025 · Armed Forces and National SecurityNational policy

Scope tags come from an AI reading of each bill where available, otherwise from its title and policy area. They don’t change the score. How scope is tagged

Became law inside another bill (1)

Kelly’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 Kelly’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 Kelly.

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

95/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 50 missed of 915

Voted on 865 of 915 roll calls; missed 50. Lower than 84% of senators.

85%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
91/ 100

Senate D median 96 · Rank 40 of 47

Sided with the Democratic majority on 792 votes that split the parties. Lower than 90% of senators.

75%100%
14/ 100

Chamber median 9 · +5

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 90% of senators.

0%30%
−0.27

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.

LiberalConservative

Bills, 119th Congress

Sponsored 60 (median 61) · cosponsored 406 (median 307.5), 208 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