Category Archives: 113th Congress

Below we use Optimal Classification (OC) in R to plot the Senate’s 54-46 vote to reject an amendment by Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) that would require background checks for gun purchases with exemptions for non-commercial firearm … Continue reading →

Below we use Optimal Classification (OC) in R to plot the Senate’s 68-31 vote to invoke cloture on a Democratic measure to require universal background checks on gun purchases, although an amendment worked out by Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and … Continue reading →

Below we use Optimal Classification (OC) in R to plot the House’s votes on six budget proposals for 2014. The House voted down the four Democratic budget sand the Republican Study Committee budget, and passed Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) budget … Continue reading →

Below we use Optimal Classification (OC) in R to plot the Senate’s 73-26 vote and the House’s 318-109 vote on a Continuing Resolution that funds government operations through Fiscal Year 2013 (which ends on September 30). The CR preserves the … Continue reading →

Below we use Optimal Classification (OC) in R to plot the Senate’s 81-16 vote to invoke cloture on the confirmation of John Brennan as CIA Director and its 63-34 vote on confirmation itself. Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) talking filibuster of … Continue reading →

Ahead of the start of the sequester tomorrow, below we use Optimal Classification (OC) in R to plot the Senate’s 38-62 vote to invoke cloture on a Republican plan to give the president more discretion in applying the spending cuts … Continue reading →

Below we use Optimal Classification (OC) in R to plot the House’s 286-138 vote to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The vote was in part noteworthy because it marks the third time in the 113th House that the … Continue reading →

Below we use Optimal Classification (OC) in R to plot the Senate’s 71-27 cloture vote and its 58-41 confirmation vote on Former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) for Secretary of Defense. Eighteen Senate Republicans joined all voting Senate Democrats and Independents … Continue reading →

Below we use Optimal Classification (OC) in R to plot the Senate’s 58-40 vote to invoke cloture on the conformation vote of Former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) for Secretary of Defense. The vote fell two votes short of the 60-vote … Continue reading →

Below we use Optimal Classification (OC) in R to plot the House’s 285-144 vote on the No Budget, No Pay Act. The measure extends the debt ceiling for three months (until 18 May 2013) but requires that the House and … Continue reading →