# Where can I find who voted for and against a bill in the Senate? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 2, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-who-voted-for-and-against-a-bill-in-the-senate/828840 "2019-02-02T16:06:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-who-voted-for-and-against-a-bill-in-the-senate/828840/1 "2019-02-02T16:06:55Z")
A bill that was unanimously passed in the House failed to pass in the Senate. (FWIW, it was H.R. 299, but I’d be interested in finding this information on any bill.) How do I find out who voted for it, and against it? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-who-voted-for-and-against-a-bill-in-the-senate/828840/2 "2019-02-02T16:12:18Z")
[Senate roll call votes](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/votes.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-who-voted-for-and-against-a-bill-in-the-senate/828840/3 "2019-02-02T16:22:18Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > [Senate roll call votes](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/votes.htm) I tried that, but I couldn’t find the bill I’m looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-who-voted-for-and-against-a-bill-in-the-senate/828840/4 "2019-02-02T16:29:18Z")
Too late to edit: I see that the bill is for the 115th Congress, which is earlier than I thought. I also see that it’s [S.422](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/422/all-info) in the Senate, but I’m not finding the votes. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-who-voted-for-and-against-a-bill-in-the-senate/828840/5 "2019-02-02T16:40:00Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Too late to edit: > > I see that the bill is for the 115th Congress, which is earlier than I thought. I also see that it’s [S.422](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/422/all-info) in the Senate, but I’m not finding the votes. It seems that the bill died in committee in the Senate. They apparently never voted on it. One house doesn’t necessarily take action on bills passed by the other. Last year at one point there were [more than 500 House passed bills on which the Senate hadn’t taken action.](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/396401-569-house-passed-bills-await-action-in-the-senate) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-who-voted-for-and-against-a-bill-in-the-senate/828840/6 "2019-02-02T17:28:20Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It seems that the bill died in committee in the Senate. They apparently never voted on it. > > One house doesn’t necessarily take action on bills passed by the other. Last year at one point there were [more than 500 House passed bills on which the Senate hadn’t taken action.](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/396401-569-house-passed-bills-await-action-in-the-senate) Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-who-voted-for-and-against-a-bill-in-the-senate/828840/7 "2019-02-02T21:15:13Z")
[Senate Bill 422 from the 115th Congress](https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s422) apparently died in committee, as it its previous attempts. A c[ompanion House Bill HR 299](https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr299) passed the House but also died in a Senate Committee.