Closest Senate votes
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Closest House votes
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A 218-217 House passage is not the same political signal as a 380-50. A 51-49 Senate vote means a single defection would have flipped it. These are the votes where the system most visibly hangs on individual members.
This page lists every roll-call vote in the 119th Congress decided by a margin of five or fewer. For each, we show which members of the losing party voted with the winners, and which members of the winning party defected.
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They are the votes where individual members carry the most leverage. They also reveal which coalitions are fragile and where future fights will land.
In the House, no — a tied vote fails. In the Senate, the Vice President breaks ties. Both scenarios are surfaced here when they happen.
Margin of 5 or fewer votes. The exact threshold can be adjusted via the data layer.