Most Votes are Nominations

Regardless of leadership, the Senate is mostly casting roll-call votes on federal, executive nominees

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This graph shows the number of roll-call votes the Senate took on nominations, as compared to on legislation or amendments under Democratic and Republican leadership.

Chart: Avani KalraSource: U.S. SenateGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper