member_votes
Get a member's roll-call votes on legislation, House and Senate.
Examples
from openbb import obb
obb.uscongress.member_votes(provider='congress_gov', bioguide_id='A000055')
Parameters
- standard
- congress_gov
bioguide_id: str
The member's Biographical Directory (bioguide) identifier.
congress: int | None
Restrict to a single Congress. When None, spans the member's full voting history across both chambers (newest first).
limit: int | None
Default: 25
The number of most recent roll-call votes to return.
Returns
results: CongressMemberVotes
Serializable results.
provider: str | None
Provider name.
warnings: Optional[list[Warning_]]
List of warnings.
chart: Optional[Chart]
Chart object.
extra: dict[str, Any]
Extra info.
Data
- standard
- congress_gov
bill_id: str
The bill or resolution voted on, e.g. '119-hr-2913'.
congress: int
The Congress in which the vote was cast.
chamber: str
The chamber the vote was cast in.
title: str | None
The title/description of the measure voted on.
legislation: str | None
The measure as identified by Voteview.
date: date | None | str
The date of the vote.
position: str
The member's recorded position.
rollnumber: int
The roll-call number within the Congress/chamber.
question: str | None
The vote question.
result: str | None
The overall vote result.