Divided government

118th Congress

January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025 · Republican House · Democratic Senate · President: Joe Biden

Bill and member rows are demonstration records. Production data will come from Congress.gov and official House/Senate roll-call sources.

At a glance

Legislative Scorecard

Introduced, amended, chamber passage, enactment, failure, veto, and expiration are separate statuses.

Source-derivedBills introduced

Source-derivedPassed House

Source-derivedPassed Senate

Source-derivedEnacted

Source-derivedAmended

Source-derivedFailed / expired

Before and after midterms

Congress Control and Productivity Comparison

Use the 117th/118th pair to compare control, legislative output, amendment rates, bipartisan support, and where bills stalled.

Metric	117th Congress	118th Congress	Why it matters
House control	Democratic	Republican	Agenda and committee control changed
Senate control	Democratic	Democratic	Senate remained under the president’s party
Government structure	Unified	Divided	Different veto points and bargaining conditions
Productivity measures	Calculated from bill ledger	Calculated from bill ledger	No manually maintained duplicate counts

Core record

Bills Lifecycle

See what entered the system, how the text changed, which chamber acted, and the final outcome.

Bill	Title	Sponsor	Origin chamber	Amended?	Final status	Lifecycle
H.R. 1319	American Rescue Plan Act	Rep. John Yarmuth	House	Yes	Enacted	House → Senate amendment → House concurrence → signed
H.R. 3684	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Rep. Peter DeFazio	House	Yes	Enacted	House bill → Senate substitute → House passage → signed
H.R. 1	For the People Act	Rep. John Sarbanes	House	Yes	Stalled	Passed House → no final Senate passage
H.R. 5376	Build Back Better Act	Rep. John Yarmuth	House	Yes	Did not become law as passed	Passed House → stalled in Senate → portions later enacted in different legislation

Text changes

Amendment Tracking

Original text, substitute amendments, floor amendments, sponsor, vote, and what was added or removed will be source-linked.

Original bill

Introduced text and sponsor intent.

Final enrolled text

Side-by-side changes and successful amendments.

Member accountability

Vote Breakdown

Party totals and member-by-member votes are visible together.

220Yea

212Nay

DemoCross-party votes

DemoNot voting

Member	Party	State / district	Vote
Example Member A	D	MD-04	Yea
Example Member B	R	MD-01	Nay
Example Member C	D	VA-08	Yea
Example Member D	R	PA-01	Yea

What did not become law

Failed, Stalled, Vetoed, and Expired

A dedicated view prevents unsuccessful legislation from disappearing from public memory.

Bill	Passed House?	Passed Senate?	Stalled where?	Reason / procedural status
For the People Act	Yes	No final passage	Senate	Did not complete the legislative process
Build Back Better Act	Yes	No as passed	Senate	Portions later moved through different legislation

Appropriations

Shutdowns & Funding Lapses

A dedicated record of leverage, negotiation changes, public harm, roll-call votes, and whether the final agreement improved on the earliest viable compromise.

Funding lapse / near-lapseEvent type

ModerateLeverage

Compare directlyEarly deal vs. final

Workers + servicesPublic harm