Sheldon Whitehouse

U.S. Senator · Rhode Island · Democrat · Ranking Member, Environment and Public Works

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

0.89· expected 0.95

Meets expectations

Rank 46 of 100 in the Senate · expected = average of 18 minority-party ranking members

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

77 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 4 significant (got a roll call vote), 72 substantive, 1 commemorative. Compare the Senate

How Whitehouse’s ratings compare with every senator

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one senator; the ringed marker is Whitehouse.

96/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 36 missed of 915

Voted on 879 of 915 roll calls; missed 36. Lower than 74% of senators.

85%100%

95/ 100

Senate D median 96 · Rank 28 of 47

Sided with the Democratic majority on 809 votes that split the parties. Lower than 78% of senators.

75%100%

10/ 100

Chamber median 9 · +1

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 73% 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.

LiberalConservative

1 bill sponsored in the 119th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Whitehouse’s effectiveness score.

S. 567 First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal ActAwards a Congressional Gold Medal to the First Rhode Island Regiment for Revolutionary War service. AI-readArmed Forces and National Security · Introduced Jun 15, 2026SubstantiveText pending Introduced

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