U.S. House roll-call vote intelligence: party cohesion, controversy

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Daily intelligence panel of every House roll-call vote in the 119th Congress, 2nd session, from the keyless Office of the Clerk XML feed (clerk.house.gov): vote tallies, Republican/Democratic/Independent positions with intra-party disagreement rates computed from the individual ballots, turnout against 435 seats, and a documented 0-100 controversy score (closeness of the vote, caucus dissent, party split) ranked as controversy_rank. Flags identify unanimous votes, Democrat/Republican splits, cross-partisan alignment, caucus dissent, and suspected free votes (>=1% mean disagreement, a heuristic). Caveats: only recorded roll calls appear (no voice votes); Present and Not Voting are abstentions, not dissent; vacancies may push turnout below 100%; party tallies are recomputed from the ballots. U.S. federal public domain (17 U.S.C. 105); commercial_use=yes.

Source: U.S. House Clerk + Senate LIS roll-call feeds
Rows: 314
Columns: 41
Source cadence: Daily
Last refreshed: Sep 27, 2026
Theme: government

Column	Type	Description
vote_id	string	Stable vote identifier: '<chamber>-<congress>-<session>/<vote number>', e.g. 'house-119-2/314'. Primary key.
chamber	string	Chamber of Congress: 'house' or 'senate'.
congress	integer	U.S. Congress number (119 for every row).
session	integer	Session of the Congress (2 for every row).
vote_number	integer	Roll-call (House) or vote (Senate) number within the session, in order of occurrence.
vote_date	string	Date the roll-call vote was held (ISO date). (unit: ISO date)
country_code	string	ISO alpha-3 country code (USA for every row). (unit: ISO 3166-1 alpha-3)
question_text	string	Vote question, verbatim from the upstream feed: House 'vote-question' plus 'vote-desc' (e.g. 'On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Retire through Ownership Act'); Senate 'vote_question_text' (e.g. 'On the Concurrent Resolution H.Con.Res. 89').
issue	string	Associated measure, verbatim upstream: House 'legis-num' (e.g. 'S 2403'); Senate 'document_name' or 'vote_title' (e.g. 'H.Con.Res. 89'). Null when the vote has no associated measure.
vote_type	string	Majority requirement, verbatim upstream: House 'vote-type' (e.g. '2/3 YEA-AND-NAY'); Senate 'majority_requirement' (e.g. '1/2').
result	string	Official vote outcome, verbatim upstream (e.g. 'Passed', 'Concurrent Resolution Rejected (49-50)').
yea_total	integer	Ballots cast 'Yea'.
nay_total	integer	Ballots cast 'Nay'.
present_total	integer	Ballots cast 'Present' (counted as abstentions for turnout, excluded from disagreement math).
not_voting_total	integer	Members recorded 'Not Voting' (Senate: also those counted 'absent' in the official tally).
total_ballots	integer	yea_total + nay_total + present_total + not_voting_total.
margin_votes	integer	Absolute vote margin \|yea - nay\|.
margin_pct	float	100 * margin_votes / (yea + nay); null when no yea/nay votes were cast. (unit: percent)
turnout_pct	float	100 * total_ballots / chamber seats (435 House, 100 Senate). Vacancies can push this below 100%. (unit: percent)
republican_vote	string	Republican position: 'yes', 'no', 'split' (exactly tied caucus), 'didnt_vote' (no Yea/Nay ballots), or null when the party has no members on record.
republican_disagreement	float	Fraction of Republican Yea+Nay ballots cast against the party position (0 = full discipline); min(yea,nay)/(yea+nay) for a 'split' position, 0.0 for 'didnt_vote'. Present/Not Voting ballots excluded. (unit: fraction)
democratic_vote	string	Democratic position: 'yes', 'no', 'split', 'didnt_vote', or null.
democratic_disagreement	float	Fraction of Democratic Yea+Nay ballots cast against the party position. (unit: fraction)
independent_vote	string	Independent position: 'yes', 'no', 'split', 'didnt_vote', or null (the House independent group usually has no members). Senate 'ID' ballots count as Independent.
independent_disagreement	float	Fraction of Independent Yea+Nay ballots cast against the party position; null when the party has no members on record. (unit: fraction)
n_parties_yes	integer	Parties with a 'yes' position.
n_parties_no	integer	Parties with a 'no' position.
n_parties_abstain	integer	Parties with a 'didnt_vote' position (no Yea/Nay ballots); excluded from the yes/no counts. 'split' parties are counted separately (neither yes nor no).
n_dissenting_parties	integer	Parties with disagreement > 0 on this vote.
max_disagreement	float	Largest intra-party disagreement fraction on this vote. (unit: fraction)
max_disagreement_party	string	Column prefix of the party with the largest disagreement (null when every party voted with full discipline).
mean_disagreement	float	Mean intra-party disagreement across parties with members on this vote. (unit: fraction)
unanimous_flag	boolean	True when every party with members voted the same yes/no way (no split or abstaining parties).
dem_rep_split_flag	boolean	True when the Democratic and Republican positions are yes/no and oppose each other.
cross_partisan_flag	boolean	True when the Democratic and Republican positions are yes/no and identical.
dissent_flag	boolean	True when any party had intra-party disagreement > 0 on this vote.
free_vote_suspect_flag	boolean	Heuristic only: true when mean_disagreement >= 0.01. Congressional feeds publish no whip designations, so this is an inference, not an official label.
controversy_score	float	0-100 controversy score = 100 * (0.45 * closeness + 0.35 * max_disagreement + 0.20 * party_split), where closeness = 1 - \|yea-nay\|/(yea+nay), and party_split = min(n_yes, n_no)/n_parties_with_yes_no_position. 0 = unanimous whipped vote; ~100 = tied vote with caucus dissent and an even party split. (unit: 0-100 score)
controversy_rank	integer	Rank of controversy_score (1 = most controversial; deterministic tie-break: vote_date desc, vote_number desc). Ranked within each chamber's panel.
provenance_url	string	Upstream URL of this vote's roll-call XML (clerk.house.gov or senate.gov).
row_hash	string	Deterministic 16-hex-char row hash over chamber, vote_id, date, tallies and per-party positions/disagreement (idempotency).

First 10 sample rows — a preview, not the complete dataset.

vote_id	chamber	congress	session	vote_number	vote_date	country_code	question_text	issue	vote_type	result	yea_total	nay_total	present_total	not_voting_total	total_ballots	margin_votes	margin_pct	turnout_pct	republican_vote	republican_disagreement	democratic_vote	democratic_disagreement	independent_vote	independent_disagreement	n_parties_yes	n_parties_no	n_parties_abstain	n_dissenting_parties	max_disagreement	max_disagreement_party	mean_disagreement	unanimous_flag	dem_rep_split_flag	cross_partisan_flag	dissent_flag	free_vote_suspect_flag	controversy_score	controversy_rank	provenance_url	row_hash
house-119-2/1	house	119	2	1	2026-01-06	USA	Call of the House	QUORUM	QUORUM	Passed	0	0	406	24	430	0	—	98.85	didnt_vote	0	didnt_vote	0	—	—	0	0	2	0	0	—	0	false	false	false	false	false	0	314	https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll001.xml	e441cdd3358ed503
house-119-2/2	house	119	2	2	2026-01-07	USA	On Ordering the Previous Question — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4593) the SHOWER Act; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5184) the Affordable HOMES Act; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6938) making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes	H RES 977	YEA-AND-NAY	Passed	213	211	0	7	431	2	0.472	99.08	yes	0	no	0	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	—	0	false	true	false	false	false	54.79	25	https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll002.xml	b9352d3956d729bc
house-119-2/3	house	119	2	3	2026-01-07	USA	On Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4593) the SHOWER Act; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5184) the Affordable HOMES Act; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6938) making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes	H RES 977	RECORDED VOTE	Passed	214	212	0	5	431	2	0.469	99.08	yes	0	no	0	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	—	0	false	true	false	false	false	54.79	24	https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll003.xml	abd95f49979e47f2
house-119-2/4	house	119	2	4	2026-01-07	USA	On Motion to Discharge — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1834) to advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock	H RES 780	YEA-AND-NAY	Passed	221	205	0	5	431	16	3.756	99.08	no	0.042	yes	0	—	—	1	1	0	1	0.042	republican	0.021	false	true	false	true	true	54.78	28	https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll004.xml	f513999f28ae1b4e
house-119-2/5	house	119	2	5	2026-01-08	USA	On Retaining Division A — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026	H R 6938	YEA-AND-NAY	Passed	375	47	0	9	431	328	77.725	99.08	yes	0.19	yes	0.033	—	—	2	0	0	2	0.19	republican	0.111	true	false	true	true	true	16.66	246	https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll005.xml	682175caee903566
house-119-2/6	house	119	2	6	2026-01-08	USA	On Retaining Divisions B and C — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026	H R 6938	YEA-AND-NAY	Passed	419	6	0	6	431	413	97.176	99.08	yes	0.014	yes	0.014	—	—	2	0	0	2	0.014	democratic	0.014	true	false	true	true	true	1.77	289	https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll006.xml	108daf1334ce7c9a
house-119-2/7	house	119	2	7	2026-01-08	USA	On Passage — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026	H R 6938	YEA-AND-NAY	Passed	397	28	0	6	431	369	86.824	99.08	yes	0.103	yes	0.028	—	—	2	0	0	2	0.103	republican	0.066	true	false	true	true	true	9.54	254	https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll007.xml	494630f55318900d
house-119-2/8	house	119	2	8	2026-01-08	USA	Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary Notwithstanding — Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act	H R 504	2/3 YEA-AND-NAY	Failed	236	188	0	7	431	48	11.321	99.08	no	0.113	yes	0	—	—	1	1	0	1	0.113	republican	0.057	false	true	false	true	true	53.87	63	https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll008.xml	2f9358b6a7c24bd8
house-119-2/9	house	119	2	9	2026-01-08	USA	Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary Notwithstanding — Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act	H R 131	2/3 YEA-AND-NAY	Failed	248	177	1	5	431	71	16.706	99.08	no	0.165	yes	0	—	—	1	1	0	1	0.165	republican	0.083	false	true	false	true	true	53.26	71	https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll009.xml	13879c3a9d699658
house-119-2/10	house	119	2	10	2026-01-08	USA	On Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1834) to advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock	H RES 780	YEA-AND-NAY	Passed	224	202	0	5	431	22	5.164	99.08	no	0.052	yes	0	—	—	1	1	0	1	0.052	republican	0.026	false	true	false	true	true	54.48	52	https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll010.xml	2127039fd043f3a4

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for row in ds.get("sample_rows", [])[:5]:
    print(row)

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U.S. House Clerk + Senate LIS roll-call feeds. (2026). U.S. House roll-call vote intelligence: party cohesion, controversy [Data set, snapshot 20260927T153248Z-c901a3c7550c, sha256 c901a3c7550c]. Datazimuts. Retrieved 2026-09-27, from https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/us_congress_votes/us_house_vote_intel?snapshot=20260927T153248Z-c901a3c7550c

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@misc{dz_us_congress_votes_us_house_vote_intel_c901a3c7,
  title        = {{U.S. House roll-call vote intelligence: party cohesion, controversy}},
  author       = {{U.S. House Clerk + Senate LIS roll-call feeds}},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Datazimuts},
  howpublished = {\url{https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/us_congress_votes/us_house_vote_intel?snapshot=20260927T153248Z-c901a3c7550c}},
  note         = {Snapshot 20260927T153248Z-c901a3c7550c, sha256 c901a3c7550c118ec9142c5694c56903e9ed131b86d4a2aa7617283762a44ad2; accessed 2026-09-27}
}

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