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Recorded positions over time

William Sebastian Cohen

Where a recorded vote on a bill differs from another recorded vote on the same bill, both records are shown here with their dates, the exact question put to the members, and a link to the official roll call. This page does not say why a vote was cast.

Different questions on the same bill can lead to different votes. Read each question before drawing a conclusion.

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Recorded positions that differ

4 pairs of records, newest first.

  1. S. 4 104th Congress

    Recorded positions on this measure differ

    The two records answer different questions.

  2. H.R. 2099 104th Congress

    Recorded positions on this measure differ

    The two records answer different questions.

    · Senate

    Voted Yea

    Question as recorded

    On Passage of the Bill

    Description as recorded

    A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.

    Senate Vote 470 (104th Congress, 1st Session). Result as recorded: Bill Passed

    · Senate

    Voted Nay

    Question as recorded

    On the Conference Report

    Description as recorded

    A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.

    Senate Vote 606 (104th Congress, 1st Session). Result as recorded: Conference Report Agreed to

  3. H.R. 5427 102nd Congress

    Recorded positions on this measure differ

    The two records answer different questions.

  4. S. 3 102nd Congress

    Recorded positions on this measure differ

    The two records answer different questions.

Recorded positions that match

71 measures with two or more recorded votes in the same position. The 40 most recent are shown.

Method: we compare only recorded Yea and Nay votes on the same bill or resolution in the same Congress, and only on these kinds of question: passage or adoption; conference report; concurring in the other chamber's amendment; overriding a veto; treaty ratification. Amendments, motions to recommit, to table, to proceed or to end debate, and every other procedural question are not compared. Present and not voting are not compared. A vote with no date, no question text, or no link to its official roll-call page is left out. The text of a bill can change between votes; the description on each record is the one recorded for that roll call.

Floor statements are quoted from the Congressional Record as printed by the Government Publishing Office. We have read it from January 6, 2025 through October 26, 2026 so far; earlier statements are not shown. A passage is listed for a bill only when its own text cites that bill. Excerpts are the opening of the passage, cut at a sentence; the full passage is always one click away. Statement pairs appear only after two separate reviews, and every quote is checked word for word against the stored passage each time it is shown.

Votes come from the House Clerk and Senate roll-call records as compiled in the Voteview archive. Votes before the chambers published roll calls online have no official web page and are not shown here.