{ "generated_at": "2026-05-29T11:39:30.390039+00:00", "date": "2026-05-26", "input_vote_records": "data/processed/federal-votes/2026-05-26/candidate_vote_records.json", "input_vote_enrichment": "data/processed/federal-vote-enrichment/2026-05-26/vote_bill_enrichment.json", "candidate_count": 3, "candidates": { "Xavier Becerra": { "candidate": "Xavier Becerra", "bioguide_id": "B000287", "vote_count": 14581, "vote_position_counts": { "yea": 8531, "nay": 5017, "not_voting": 1005, "present": 28 }, "joined_action_count": 105, "policy_area_counts": { "Health care": 31, "Budget, taxes & finance": 29, "Energy & environment": 14, "Governance & procedure": 7, "Defense & national security": 6, "Infrastructure & transportation": 5, "Technology & communications": 2, "Foreign affairs": 2, "Water & infrastructure": 2, "Immigration": 2, "Tribal affairs": 2, "Emergency management": 2, "Social welfare": 1 }, "summary": "This is a bounded federal roll-call source layer for Xavier Becerra, not a campaign-platform summary. The browser shows recorded substantive vote examples first; raw roll-call source counts remain in the source artifact (14,581 career rows; yea 8531, nay 5017, not_voting 1005, present 28). The largest joined issue clusters are Health care (31), Budget, taxes & finance (29), Energy & environment (14), Governance & procedure (7).", "interesting_votes": [ { "date": "2017-01-13", "position": "nay", "bill_id": "115-sconres-3", "title": "FY2017 congressional budget resolution", "policy_area": "Economics and Public Finance", "vote_topic": "Budget, taxes & finance", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 57, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Sets the congressional budget framework and spending/revenue targets; it is a budget blueprint rather than a direct program appropriation.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/3", "interesting_score": 3.8 }, { "date": "2014-12-10", "position": "yea", "bill_id": "113-hr-4681", "title": "Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015", "policy_area": "Armed Forces and National Security", "vote_topic": "Defense & national security", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1196, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would authorize FY2015 appropriations for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4681", "interesting_score": 3.8 }, { "date": "2014-12-04", "position": "yea", "bill_id": "113-hres-758", "title": "Strongly condemning the actions of the Russian Federation, under President Vladimir Putin", "policy_area": "International Affairs", "vote_topic": "Foreign affairs", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1186, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would support the efforts by President Poroshenko and the people of Ukraine to establish a lasting peace for Ukraine that includes: full withdrawal of Russian forces from its territory, full control of its international borders, disarming of separatist and paramilitary forces in eastern Ukraine, adoption of policies to reduce the Russian Federation's ability to use energy exports and trade barriers as weapons to apply economic and political pressure.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-resolution/758", "interesting_score": 3.3 }, { "date": "2014-12-09", "position": "nay", "bill_id": "113-hr-5781", "title": "California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014", "policy_area": "Water Resources Development", "vote_topic": "Water & infrastructure", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1191, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would grant the Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior (Secretaries) emergency authority.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5781", "interesting_score": 3.05 }, { "date": "2014-12-10", "position": "yea", "bill_id": "113-hr-2719", "title": "Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act", "policy_area": "Transportation and Public Works", "vote_topic": "Infrastructure & transportation", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1197, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to: develop and update biennially a strategic five-year technology investment plan, which may include a classified addendum to report sensitive transportation security risks, technology vulnerabilities, or other sensitive security information.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2719", "interesting_score": 2.8 }, { "date": "2014-12-01", "position": "yea", "bill_id": "113-hr-5629", "title": "Strengthening Domestic Nuclear Security Act of 2014", "policy_area": "Emergency Management", "vote_topic": "Emergency management", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1170, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize appropriations for the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office for FY2015-FY2016. Requires the Director for Domestic Nuclear Detection: (1) in developing and implementing the enhanced global nuclear detection architecture, to provide support for planning, organization, equipment, training, exercises, and operational assessments to federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal entities to assist in implementing radiological and nuclear detection capabilities in the event of a radiological or nuclear act of terror or other attack.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5629", "interesting_score": 2.8 }, { "date": "2014-12-02", "position": "yea", "bill_id": "113-hr-5739", "title": "No Social Security for Nazis Act", "policy_area": "Social Welfare", "vote_topic": "Social welfare", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1175, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would amend title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to consider the following individuals to be removed under the Immigration and Nationality Act and so to have their OASDI benefits terminated: an individual with respect to whom an order admitting the individual to citizenship has been revoked and set aside where such action is based on conduct relating to participation in Nazi persecution, concealment of a material fact about such conduct, or willful misrepresentation about such conduct.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5739", "interesting_score": 2.55 }, { "date": "2014-12-02", "position": "yea", "bill_id": "113-hr-3572", "title": "To revise the boundaries of certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units.", "policy_area": "Public Lands and Natural Resources", "vote_topic": "Energy & environment", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1174, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would revise the boundaries of the following units within the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System: Lea Island Complex L07, Wrightsville Beach Unit L08, and Masonboro Island Unit L09 in North Carolina.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3572", "interesting_score": 2.55 }, { "date": "2014-12-04", "position": "nay", "bill_id": "113-hr-5759", "title": "Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2014", "policy_area": "Immigration", "vote_topic": "Immigration", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1188, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would prohibit the executive branch of the government from: exempting or deferring from removal, by executive order, regulation, or any other means, categories of aliens considered under the immigration laws to be unlawfully present in the United States.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5759", "interesting_score": 2.3 }, { "date": "2014-12-02", "position": "yea", "bill_id": "113-hr-5050", "title": "May 31, 1918 Act Repeal Act", "policy_area": "Native Americans", "vote_topic": "Tribal affairs", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1173, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would repeal the 1918 Act (authorizing the establishment of a town site on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in Idaho).", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5050", "interesting_score": 2.3 } ] }, "Katie Porter": { "candidate": "Katie Porter", "bioguide_id": "P000618", "vote_count": 3183, "vote_position_counts": { "yea": 1983, "nay": 1024, "not_voting": 175, "present": 1 }, "joined_action_count": 66, "policy_area_counts": { "Energy & environment": 16, "Governance & procedure": 12, "Budget, taxes & finance": 9, "Foreign affairs": 5, "Education": 4, "Defense & national security": 3, "Public safety & justice": 3, "Tribal affairs": 2, "Law": 2, "Health care": 2, "Social welfare": 2, "Food & agriculture": 1, "Technology & communications": 1, "Families": 1, "Arts, Culture, Religion": 1, "Immigration": 1, "Water & infrastructure": 1 }, "summary": "This is a bounded federal roll-call source layer for Katie Porter, not a campaign-platform summary. The browser shows recorded substantive vote examples first; raw roll-call source counts remain in the source artifact (3,183 career rows; yea 1983, nay 1024, not_voting 175, present 1). The largest joined issue clusters are Energy & environment (16), Governance & procedure (12), Budget, taxes & finance (9), Foreign affairs (5).", "interesting_votes": [ { "date": "2024-12-10", "position": "yea", "bill_id": "118-s-4367", "title": "Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024", "policy_area": "Water Resources Development", "vote_topic": "Water & infrastructure", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1211, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 DIVISION A—WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT Water Resources Development Act of 2024 TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS Subtitle A—General Matters (Sec. 1101) This section directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to ensure that potential nonfederal interests are aware of the roles, responsibilities.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/4367", "interesting_score": 3.8 }, { "date": "2024-11-18", "position": "yea", "bill_id": "118-hr-8371", "title": "Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act", "policy_area": "Armed Forces and National Security", "vote_topic": "Defense & national security", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1184, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would address various programs, benefits, and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8371", "interesting_score": 3.05 }, { "date": "2024-12-10", "position": "yea", "bill_id": "118-hr-9668", "title": "SHIELD Against CCP Act", "policy_area": "Immigration", "vote_topic": "Immigration", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1216, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would establish within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a working group to assess and improve efforts to address security threats posed to the United States by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The threats to be addressed are terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9668", "interesting_score": 2.8 }, { "date": "2024-09-18", "position": "yea", "bill_id": "118-hr-7213", "title": "Autism CARES Act of 2024", "policy_area": "Health", "vote_topic": "Health care", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1142, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would reauthorize several programs that support autism education, research, and resources. Specifically, the act reauthorizes through FY2029 (1) the Developmental Disabilities Surveillance and Research Program that is administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (2) activities administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support autism education, early detection, and intervention; and (3) the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee in HHS. It also updates and establishes various related reporting requirements.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7213", "interesting_score": 2.8 }, { "date": "2024-12-20", "position": "yea", "bill_id": "118-hr-10545", "title": "American Relief Act, 2025", "policy_area": "Economics and Public Finance", "vote_topic": "Budget, taxes & finance", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1235, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would provide continuing FY2025 appropriations for federal agencies and supplemental appropriations for disaster relief. It also extends various expiring programs and authorities.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10545", "interesting_score": 2.6 }, { "date": "2024-12-10", "position": "nay", "bill_id": "118-hr-7673", "title": "Liberty in Laundry Act", "policy_area": "Energy", "vote_topic": "Energy & environment", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1215, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would places limits on the authority of the Department of Energy (DOE) to prescribe or enforce energy conservation standards for clothes washers. Specifically, the bill prohibits DOE from prescribing or enforcing such standards unless they (1) are technologically feasible and economically justified, (2) are not likely to result in additional net costs to consumers.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7673", "interesting_score": 2.55 }, { "date": "2024-11-12", "position": "nay", "bill_id": "118-hr-5342", "title": "Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2023", "policy_area": "Social Welfare", "vote_topic": "Social welfare", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1175, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would phases in a new funding formula for determining benefit amounts under the windfall elimination provision (WEP). The WEP reduces Social Security retirement and disability benefits for those who receive pensions for certain non-covered employment. The new formula adjusts an individual's total lifetime earnings based on the proportion of those earnings subject to Social Security payroll taxes. It applies to individuals who (1) become eligible for Social Security benefits after 2067.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5342", "interesting_score": 2.55 }, { "date": "2024-12-12", "position": "nay", "bill_id": "118-s-4199", "title": "JUDGES Act of 2024", "policy_area": "Law", "vote_topic": "Law", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1219, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would create 63 new permanent U.S. district court judgeships over a 10-year period and 3 temporary U.S. district court judgeships in 2025.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/4199", "interesting_score": 2.3 }, { "date": "2024-11-18", "position": "yea", "bill_id": "118-hr-5658", "title": "Vote by Mail Tracking Act", "policy_area": "Government Operations and Politics", "vote_topic": "Governance & procedure", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1185, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would require mail-in ballots to (1) contain a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) barcode that enables tracking of each individual ballot, (2) satisfy USPS requirements for ballot envelope design and machinable letters.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5658", "interesting_score": 2.3 }, { "date": "2024-09-25", "position": "nay", "bill_id": "118-hres-1469", "title": "Ensuring accountability for key officials in the Biden-Harris administration responsible for", "policy_area": "International Affairs", "vote_topic": "Foreign affairs", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1173, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would states that the House of Representatives condemns President Joseph Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/1469", "interesting_score": 2.3 } ] }, "Eric Swalwell": { "candidate": "Eric Swalwell", "bioguide_id": "S001193", "vote_count": 6060, "vote_position_counts": { "nay": 2331, "yea": 3133, "not_voting": 595, "present": 1 }, "joined_action_count": 247, "policy_area_counts": { "Budget, taxes & finance": 63, "Energy & environment": 47, "Health care": 33, "Governance & procedure": 20, "Immigration": 11, "Foreign affairs": 11, "Defense & national security": 11, "Education": 9, "Public safety & justice": 8, "Infrastructure & transportation": 7, "Tribal affairs": 5, "Commerce": 3, "Families": 3, "Technology & communications": 3, "Water & infrastructure": 3, "Social welfare": 3, "Law": 2, "Emergency management": 2, "Housing": 1, "Food & agriculture": 1, "Arts, Culture, Religion": 1 }, "summary": "This is a bounded federal roll-call source layer for Eric Swalwell, not a campaign-platform summary. The browser shows recorded substantive vote examples first; raw roll-call source counts remain in the source artifact (6,060 career rows; yea 3133, nay 2331, not_voting 595, present 1). The largest joined issue clusters are Budget, taxes & finance (63), Energy & environment (47), Health care (33), Governance & procedure (20).", "interesting_votes": [ { "date": "2026-02-03", "position": "nay", "bill_id": "119-hr-7148", "title": "Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026", "policy_area": "Economics and Public Finance", "vote_topic": "Budget, taxes & finance", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 413, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would provide appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for the remainder of FY2026 and provides continuing FY2026 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through February 13, 2026. It also extends various expiring programs and authorities. Specifically, the bill includes 5 of the 12 regular FY2026 appropriations bills: the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7148", "interesting_score": 3.8 }, { "date": "2024-12-16", "position": "yea", "bill_id": "118-s-141", "title": "Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act", "policy_area": "Armed Forces and National Security", "vote_topic": "Defense & national security", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1222, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would address various programs, benefits, and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/141", "interesting_score": 3.8 }, { "date": "2024-12-10", "position": "yea", "bill_id": "118-s-4367", "title": "Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024", "policy_area": "Water Resources Development", "vote_topic": "Water & infrastructure", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1211, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 DIVISION A—WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT Water Resources Development Act of 2024 TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS Subtitle A—General Matters (Sec. 1101) This section directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to ensure that potential nonfederal interests are aware of the roles, responsibilities.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/4367", "interesting_score": 3.8 }, { "date": "2014-12-04", "position": "yea", "bill_id": "113-hres-758", "title": "Strongly condemning the actions of the Russian Federation, under President Vladimir Putin", "policy_area": "International Affairs", "vote_topic": "Foreign affairs", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1186, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would support the efforts by President Poroshenko and the people of Ukraine to establish a lasting peace for Ukraine that includes: full withdrawal of Russian forces from its territory, full control of its international borders, disarming of separatist and paramilitary forces in eastern Ukraine, adoption of policies to reduce the Russian Federation's ability to use energy exports and trade barriers as weapons to apply economic and political pressure.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-resolution/758", "interesting_score": 3.3 }, { "date": "2024-12-18", "position": "yea", "bill_id": "118-s-1351", "title": "Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act", "policy_area": "Families", "vote_topic": "Families", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1230, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would require the Department of Health and Human Services to contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1351", "interesting_score": 3.05 }, { "date": "2026-03-26", "position": "nay", "bill_id": "119-hres-1128", "title": "Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the Department of Homeland Security.", "policy_area": "Immigration", "vote_topic": "Immigration", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 462, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would recognize the importance of fully funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The resolution also (1) cautions that Americans are at greater risk each day DHS is subject to a lapse in appropriations.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1128", "interesting_score": 2.8 }, { "date": "2026-01-22", "position": "nay", "bill_id": "119-hr-6359", "title": "Pregnant Students’ Rights Act", "policy_area": "Education", "vote_topic": "Education", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 407, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would require each institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student aid programs to provide certain information to prospective and enrolled students on the rights and resources for pregnant students to carry a baby to term or students who may become pregnant while enrolled at the IHE to carry a baby to term.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6359", "interesting_score": 2.8 }, { "date": "2024-12-16", "position": "yea", "bill_id": "118-hr-7213", "title": "Autism CARES Act of 2024", "policy_area": "Health", "vote_topic": "Health care", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1220, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would reauthorize several programs that support autism education, research, and resources. Specifically, the act reauthorizes through FY2029 (1) the Developmental Disabilities Surveillance and Research Program that is administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (2) activities administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support autism education, early detection, and intervention; and (3) the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee in HHS. It also updates and establishes various related reporting requirements.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7213", "interesting_score": 2.8 }, { "date": "2024-12-03", "position": "yea", "bill_id": "118-s-3791", "title": "America’s Conservation Enhancement Reauthorization Act of 2024", "policy_area": "Environmental Protection", "vote_topic": "Energy & environment", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1197, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would reauthorize through FY2030 and modifies several wildlife and conservation programs.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3791", "interesting_score": 2.8 }, { "date": "2014-12-10", "position": "yea", "bill_id": "113-hr-2719", "title": "Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act", "policy_area": "Transportation and Public Works", "vote_topic": "Infrastructure & transportation", "kind": "bill vote", "roll_call": 1197, "why_interesting": [ "has Congress.gov summary", "substantive policy area", "recorded yea/nay vote" ], "summary": "Would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to: develop and update biennially a strategic five-year technology investment plan, which may include a classified addendum to report sensitive transportation security risks, technology vulnerabilities, or other sensitive security information.", "congress_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2719", "interesting_score": 2.8 } ] } }, "limitations": [ "Interesting votes are heuristic picks from the Congress.gov-enriched vote slice, not an editorial ranking.", "The matched slice is not the full voting history.", "Public interesting-vote examples keep at most one row per bill; the full matched-vote rows stay in the source artifact.", "Procedural and omnibus bills need separate review before policy interpretation." ] }