The 12 issues we score

Votes on military aid, weapons transfers, and ceasefire resolutions. And whether representatives have recognized the genocide in Gaza as documented by the ICJ, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch.

Border and asylum policy, DACA, deportation practices, ICE enforcement, and the treatment of immigrants and refugees.

Military authorizations, arms sales, sanctions, foreign aid, and US engagement in conflicts abroad (excluding Palestine/Israel, which is scored in its own dedicated category).

Affordable care access, Medicare expansion, drug pricing, insurance regulation, and public health funding.

Rent costs, public housing, homelessness, housing discrimination, and the right to stable shelter.

Workers' rights, union protections, minimum wage, workplace safety, and corporate accountability to employees.

Abortion access, contraception coverage, maternal healthcare, and reproductive autonomy legislation.

Anti-discrimination protections, trans rights, marriage equality, and legislative attacks on LGBTQ+ communities.

Policing accountability, mass incarceration, surveillance, due process, and civil liberties protections.

Climate legislation, fossil fuel subsidies, environmental regulation, and the transition to clean energy.

Voting access, election integrity, gerrymandering, and the defense of democratic institutions.

Campaign finance, lobbying, corporate influence over lawmaking, and how Congress regulates banks, Wall Street, crypto, and consumer financial protections.