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If you look under Health and select Abortion, for example, you will see options for Floor Votes and Legislative Information. The profile page will give the breakdown of votes, a brief description of the bill, and links to view or export the full Roll Call.

• Select Analyze Voting Behavior to see how see how specific group of Congress Members voted on the bill, for example, how Roman Catholics voted on this Partial Birth Abortion Ban.
• Map It will give a visual representation of how members from each state voted.
• Legislative Analysis provides chronologies on the topic in legislation as well as primary source documents.

Select Votes by Members under Compare to search two Members to compare how often they vote together or differently.

Here’s a comparison of Senators Obama and McCain:

Select Find Members by State to see all Representatives, current or from any Congress dating back to 1945, from a single state with their party affiliation and term.

Search Interest Group Scores  by individual Members or groups.  This table shows those with the lowest ratings from the ACLU in 2012.

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