Senate Faction 3
11 members clustered on panel issue scores from roll-call votes — k-means on legislator positions across eight shared topics.
Faction #7What makes this faction distinct
Issue factions are clustered so members share similar panel issue profiles from roll-call votes. The charts below show which issues separate this group from every other faction in Congress.
vs. strongest contrast faction
Compared to Senate Mainstream Republican — the faction furthest away on average across shared panel issues.
Senate Faction 3
- Climate & environment: 84
- Economy & labor: 80
- LGBTQ+ rights: 77
Senate Mainstream Republican
- Immigration: 13
- Climate & environment: 15
- Crime & justice: 21
Defining issue leans
Bar length = faction lean. Δ = how far this faction sits from all others on that issue.
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Solid cells = defining issues for that faction (largest gap vs all others). Blue = progressive lean, red = traditionalist. Blank = issue not in that faction's top profile.
Biggest contrast pair: Senate Faction 3 vs Senate Mainstream Republican
Map — zoomed to this faction
526 members in 9 issue factions (silhouette 0.54), clustered on combined vote + sponsorship dimension profiles. Compare with All factions →
Members
Senate Faction 3
Defining panel issues
- Climate & environment — mean 84 (100% coverage)
- Economy & labor — mean 80 (100% coverage)
- LGBTQ+ rights — mean 77 (100% coverage)
| Member | State | Chamber |
|---|---|---|
| Jeanne Shaheen | NH | Senate |
| Mark R. Warner | VA | Senate |
| Gary C. Peters | MI | Senate |
| Ruben Gallego | AZ | Senate |
| Margaret Wood Hassan | NH | Senate |
| Catherine Cortez Masto | NV | Senate |
| Jacky Rosen | NV | Senate |
| Elissa Slotkin | MI | Senate |
| Mark Kelly | AZ | Senate |
| Jon Ossoff | GA | Senate |
| John Fetterman | PA | Senate |