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 4, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured
1.03· expected 0.95

Meets expectations

Rank 37 of 100 in the Senate · expected = average of 18 minority-party ranking members

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

  1. Introduced 111
  2. Action in committee 13
  3. Action beyond committee 9
  4. Passed chamber 2
  5. Became law 0

111 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 110 substantive, 1 commemorative. Compare the Senate

How Durbin’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 Durbin.

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

97/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 25 missed of 915

Voted on 890 of 915 roll calls; missed 25. Lower than 58% of senators.

85%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
94/ 100

Senate D median 96 · Rank 36 of 47

Sided with the Democratic majority on 816 votes that split the parties. Lower than 86% of senators.

75%100%
12/ 100

Chamber median 9 · +3

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 82% of senators.

0%30%
−0.34

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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Bills, 119th Congress

Sponsored 139 (median 61) · cosponsored 151 (median 307.5), 266 as an original cosponsor (signed on the day the bill was introduced). Medians are for all voting members of the Senate. From congress.gov.

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