congress_bill_votes
Retrieve roll-call votes and party breakdowns for specific bills to analyze legislative accountability and voting patterns in Congress.
Instructions
Find ALL roll-call votes on a specific bill and fetch the party-line breakdowns — the KEY tool for 'follow the money' investigations. Scans the bill's action timeline for recorded vote references, then fetches each House and Senate vote with member-level results and party tallies.
This is the critical bridge between legislation and accountability: • Bill → Votes (this tool) • Votes → Who voted how (party tallies returned here) • Who voted → Who funded them (fec_candidate_financials / fec_committee_disbursements) • Who lobbied → lobbying_search
Returns all House and Senate roll-call votes associated with the bill, with full party breakdowns.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| congress | Yes | Congress number | |
| bill_type | Yes | Bill type | |
| bill_number | Yes | Bill number |