From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 11, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured
1.03· expected 0.95

Meets expectations

Rank 38 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 916

Voted on 891 of 916 roll calls; missed 25. Lower than 57% of senators.

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Party loyalty

How it’s measured
94/ 100

Senate D median 96 · Rank 36 of 47

Sided with the Democratic majority on 817 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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Durbin’s bills that got action in committee or further

All bills

13 bills and joint resolutions sponsored in the 119th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Durbin’s effectiveness score.

How we count words

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