congress_senate_votes
Retrieve Senate roll call vote results to analyze how senators voted on legislation, nominations, and procedural motions from 1989 to present.
Instructions
Get Senate roll call vote results from senate.gov XML. Shows how senators voted by party on specific legislation, nominations, and procedural motions. Coverage: 101st Congress (1989) to present. Cross-reference with: congress_house_votes (same bill's House vote), FEC (senator donors via fec_candidate_financials), lobbying_search (who lobbied on the bill), congress_member_bills (senator's voting vs sponsoring patterns). For House votes, use congress_house_votes.
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| congress | No | Congress number (default: current). Coverage: 101st (1989) to present | |
| session | No | Session (1 or 2). Default: current session (1 for odd years, 2 for even) | |
| vote_number | No | Specific roll call vote number. Omit to list recent votes. | |
| limit | No | Max results when listing votes (default: 20) |