SPPrime sponsor (pro-animal legislation) or caucus co-chair
Took pro-animal position through co-sponsoring a bill, voting, signing a letter, membership in caucus, or leading on pro-animal issue(s)
Led on multiple legislative and/or regulatory efforts, a top priority measure or a requested sign-on letter
Took anti-animal position on a vote
NVDid not vote due to absence or abstention
NV*Put statement in Congressional Record (and notified us) indicating missed vote but
would have voted pro‐animal
100+ Pro-animal position on 1 scored item in the Senate or 7 scored items in the House plus extra credit for leading on pro-animal issue(s) or signing requested letter(s)
• Delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia cannot vote on bills or amendments on the House floor unless they are taken in the “Committee of the Whole”
••The top leaders of each party typically don't co-sponsor bills and the Speaker of the House doesn't vote, so they have no numerical scores
•••Subcommittee and committee leaders don’t sign letters to themselves, so their scores are based on other scored items
#Filled seat during term
##Resigned during term
###Passed away during term
Note: In some cases, legislators must miss votes for unavoidable personal reasons, such as a death in the family, serious illness, birth of a child or emergency in their district.
