Sheldon Whitehouse

Senator · RI · D

Current term Jan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2031 · In the Senate since Jan 4, 2007

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Working relationships

How often this member works with colleagues across party lines, from bill sponsorships and recorded votes in this Congress. Bills are H.R., S., H.J.Res. and S.J.Res.; resolutions, post office namings, and Congressional Gold Medal and commemorative coin bills are left out. Independents are counted with the party they caucus with. These figures describe the public record; they do not measure effectiveness or ideology.

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Sheldon Whitehouse

Senator · RI · D

Current term Jan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2031 · In the Senate since Jan 4, 2007

Official website Contact form Biographical Directory

Portrait: U.S. Government Publishing Office, via unitedstates/images (public domain)

Working relationships

119th Congress, Senate.

Bills with other-party backing

21%

16 of 76 bills they sponsored had at least one original cosponsor from the other party.

Senate median 41% · Democrats 35%

Cosponsoring the other party's bills

22%

72 of 329 bills they cosponsored were introduced by a Republican.

Senate median 19% · Democrats 22%

Voting with own party

95%

On 809 party-line votes, voted with most Democrats 769 times.

Senate median 99% · Democrats 96%

Voting with the other party

10%

On 858 contested votes, voted the same way as most Republicans 82 times.

Senate median 6% · Democrats 8%

Closest collaborators

Counted both ways: bills by the colleague that this member cosponsored, and bills by this member that the colleague cosponsored.

All colleagues

Richard BlumenthalDCT23 of theirs · 20 of this member's
Elizabeth WarrenDMA14 of theirs · 16 of this member's
Jeff MerkleyDOR13 of theirs · 16 of this member's
Edward J. MarkeyDMA17 of theirs · 10 of this member's
Ron WydenDOR16 of theirs · 10 of this member's
Cory A. BookerDNJ9 of theirs · 14 of this member's
Peter WelchDVT4 of theirs · 19 of this member's
Alex PadillaDCA10 of theirs · 11 of this member's
Jack ReedDRI10 of theirs · 11 of this member's
Richard J. DurbinDIL13 of theirs · 7 of this member's

Across the aisle (Republicans)

Lisa MurkowskiRAK9 of theirs · 2 of this member's
John CornynRTX9 of theirs · 1 of this member's
Chuck GrassleyRIA4 of theirs · 4 of this member's
Bill CassidyRLA4 of theirs · 3 of this member's
Dan SullivanRAK6 of theirs · 1 of this member's
Lindsey GrahamRSC · former

Voting most alike

Contested roll calls (at least 10% of yea and nay votes on the losing side) on which both voted yea or nay, and how often they made the same choice. Colleagues who shared too few of these votes with this member are not ranked.

Most alike

Richard BlumenthalDCT95% · 804 of 849
Tammy DuckworthDIL94% · 753 of 799
Patty MurrayDWA94% · 762 of 811
Angela D. AlsobrooksDMD93% · 789 of 844
Gary C. PetersDMI93% · 785 of 840

Bipartisan bills that advanced

Bills this member sponsored or joined as an original cosponsor, with original backers from both parties, that passed at least one chamber (16). Furthest along first.

Became lawS. 216Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act
Original cosponsor · sponsored by Dan Sullivan · original backers: 1 D, 1 R · became law Dec 26, 2025
Became lawS. 616Foundation of the Federal Bar Association Charter Amendments Act of 2025
Original cosponsor · sponsored by John Kennedy · original backers: 1 D, 1 R · became law Dec 12, 2025
Passed the SenateS. 4850Diversity Jurisdiction Inflation Adjustment Act
Original cosponsor · sponsored by John Kennedy · original backers: 2 D, 2 R · passed the Senate Aug 7, 2026
Passed the SenateS. 3977Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment Act of 2026
Original cosponsor · sponsored by Chuck Grassley · original backers: 3 D, 3 R · passed the Senate Aug 3, 2026
Passed the SenateS. 4822Saving the OOI Act of 2026
Original cosponsor · sponsored by Lisa Murkowski · original backers: 10 D, 2 R · passed the Senate Jun 17, 2026

Each member's party on each date comes from congress-legislators term records. Party-line votes are roll calls on which most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides; procedural votes are included. The Vice President's tie-breaking votes and impeachment verdicts are not counted, and a bill enacted as part of another bill counts only at the stage it reached on its own. Medians include everyone who served in the chamber this Congress with enough records (5 sponsored bills, 10 cosponsorships, 25 votes). Computed Oct 23, 2026, 5:50 AM ET from Congress.gov and House and Senate roll calls.

119th Congress, Senate.

Bills with other-party backing

21%

16 of 76 bills they sponsored had at least one original cosponsor from the other party.

Senate median 41% · Democrats 35%

Cosponsoring the other party's bills

22%

72 of 329 bills they cosponsored were introduced by a Republican.

Senate median 19% · Democrats 22%

Voting with own party

95%

On 809 party-line votes, voted with most Democrats 769 times.

Senate median 99% · Democrats 96%

Voting with the other party

10%

On 858 contested votes, voted the same way as most Republicans 82 times.

Senate median 6% · Democrats 8%

Closest collaborators

Counted both ways: bills by the colleague that this member cosponsored, and bills by this member that the colleague cosponsored.

All colleagues

Richard BlumenthalDCT23 of theirs · 20 of this member's
Elizabeth WarrenDMA14 of theirs · 16 of this member's
Jeff MerkleyDOR13 of theirs · 16 of this member's
Edward J. MarkeyDMA17 of theirs · 10 of this member's
Ron WydenDOR16 of theirs · 10 of this member's
Cory A. BookerDNJ9 of theirs · 14 of this member's
Peter WelchDVT4 of theirs · 19 of this member's
Alex PadillaDCA10 of theirs · 11 of this member's
Jack ReedDRI10 of theirs · 11 of this member's
Richard J. DurbinDIL13 of theirs · 7 of this member's

Across the aisle (Republicans)

Lisa MurkowskiRAK9 of theirs · 2 of this member's
John CornynRTX9 of theirs · 1 of this member's
Chuck GrassleyRIA4 of theirs · 4 of this member's
Bill CassidyRLA4 of theirs · 3 of this member's
Dan SullivanRAK6 of theirs · 1 of this member's
Lindsey GrahamRSC · former

Voting most alike

Most alike

Richard BlumenthalDCT95% · 804 of 849
Tammy DuckworthDIL94% · 753 of 799
Patty MurrayDWA94% · 762 of 811
Angela D. AlsobrooksDMD93% · 789 of 844
Gary C. PetersDMI93% · 785 of 840

Bipartisan bills that advanced

Bills this member sponsored or joined as an original cosponsor, with original backers from both parties, that passed at least one chamber (16). Furthest along first.

Became lawS. 216Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act
Original cosponsor · sponsored by Dan Sullivan · original backers: 1 D, 1 R · became law Dec 26, 2025
Became lawS. 616Foundation of the Federal Bar Association Charter Amendments Act of 2025
Original cosponsor · sponsored by John Kennedy · original backers: 1 D, 1 R · became law Dec 12, 2025
Passed the SenateS. 4850Diversity Jurisdiction Inflation Adjustment Act
Original cosponsor · sponsored by John Kennedy · original backers: 2 D, 2 R · passed the Senate Aug 7, 2026
Passed the SenateS. 3977Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment Act of 2026
Original cosponsor · sponsored by Chuck Grassley · original backers: 3 D, 3 R · passed the Senate Aug 3, 2026
Passed the SenateS. 4822Saving the OOI Act of 2026
Original cosponsor · sponsored by Lisa Murkowski · original backers: 10 D, 2 R · passed the Senate Jun 17, 2026

Sheldon Whitehouse

Working relationships

Sheldon Whitehouse

Working relationships

Closest collaborators

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Across the aisle (Republicans)

Voting most alike

Most alike

Bipartisan bills that advanced

Closest collaborators

All colleagues

Across the aisle (Republicans)

Voting most alike

Most alike

Bipartisan bills that advanced

Most alike among Republicans