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
1.12· expected 0.51

Above expectations

Rank 136 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 192 minority-party members without a committee lead

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

  1. Introduced 18
  2. Action in committee 3
  3. Action beyond committee 1
  4. Passed chamber 1
  5. Became law 1

18 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 18 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

Became law (1)

1 national policy

  • H.R. 4446 FAST VETS ActAccelerates processing of veteran benefits and services. AI-readBecame law Jan 20, 2026 · 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

How Dexter’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 Dexter.

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

99/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 8 missed of 674

Voted on 666 of 674 roll calls; missed 8. Higher than 69% of House members.

15%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
100/ 100

House D median 98 · Rank 1 of 214

Sided with the Democratic majority on 469 votes that split the parties. Higher than 98% of House members.

45%100%
8/ 100

Chamber median 12 · −4

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 90% of House members.

0%70%
−0.46

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.

LiberalConservative

Bills, 119th Congress

Sponsored 20 (median 26) · cosponsored 399 (median 294), 131 as an original cosponsor (signed on the day the bill was introduced). Medians are for all voting members of the House. From congress.gov.

How we count words

Sponsored

Cosponsored