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Summary

This compilation provides information on roll call and other record votes taken in the House of Representatives and Senate from the first Congress through the 107th Congress (first session), 1789 through 2001. Table 1 provides data for the House, the Senate, and both chambers together. Data provided include total record votes taken during each Congress, and the cumulative total record votes taken from the first Congress through the end of each subsequent Congress. The data for each Congress are also broken down by session, from the 80th Congress through the 107th Congress (first session), 1947 through 2001. Figures 1 through 3 display the number of record votes in each chamber for each session from the 92nd Congress through 107th Congress (first session), 1971 through 2001. They begin with 1971, the first year for which the House authorized record votes in the Committee of the Whole, pursuant to the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970. In the 107th Congress (first session), there were 507 record votes in the House of Representatives and 380 record votes in the Senate. From 1789 through 2001, there were 89,577 such votes--44,413 votes in the House, and 45,261 votes in the Senate. This report will be updated following the conclusion of the 107th Congress.

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