Congress.gov extended House vote searches to the 115th Congress

The Library of Congress announced on June 8, 2026, that Congress.gov had expanded its searchable House roll-call records to the 115th Congress. Users could reach a sortable list through the Browse page’s Congressional Activity area, extending the site’s tools for looking up earlier House votes. ^[1]

The same release changed how enrolled bill text appears. When USLM text is available, the bill’s text tab now uses that display by default. For more specialized searches, a newly listed set of title-type values supports the billTitleTypeId: field, including categories for popular titles and short titles as enacted. ^[1]

The addition followed a May 18 update that brought in House votes from the 116th Congress, covering 2019 and 2020. May’s release also introduced browsing for concurrent resolutions published in the United States Statutes at Large, with links under Legislation by Actions for the 93rd through 116th Congresses. ^[2]

The May announcement put the scale of the research service at more than 2 million searchable items. That total included legislation, Congressional Research Service products and votes. The consecutive releases show how access to older roll calls was being extended in stages, alongside changes to searching and browsing other legislative records. ^{[1] [2]}

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