Weekly report card
Rhode Island · week of Nov 2, 2026
Where Congress is in its 2026 schedule
Schedules as each chamber published them: Senate.
This weekNov 2–8
November so farNov 1–8 · 0 days with votes
No recorded Senate votes this week: a state work period on the published schedule.
Days the Senate met
Filled: met and voted. Ring: met with no recorded votes, such as a short pro forma session. From the Congressional Record.
On the Senate floor
Committees · 0 meetings this week
- Seapower · Ex Officio
- Airland · Ex Officio
- Readiness and Management Support · Ex Officio
- Strategic Forces · Ex Officio
- Personnel · Ex Officio
- Emerging Threats and Capabilities · Ex Officio
- Cybersecurity · Ex Officio
- Department of Defense
- Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
- Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
- Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
- Financial Services and General Government · Ranking Member
- Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
- Securities, Insurance, and Investment
- Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection
- Economic Policy
The number is meetings each committee held this week. Neither chamber records who attends, so this shows the committees' meetings, not the member's attendance.
Worked with most this Congress
Number of bills where one sponsored and the other cosponsored, since Jan 3, 2025. A count, not a rating.
This Congress: 45 bills introduced, 339 cosponsored, 142 floor speeches. Full record
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WhitehouseSheldon Whitehouse
Senator for Rhode Island · Democrat
This weekNov 2–8
November so farNov 1–8 · 0 days with votes
No recorded Senate votes this week: a state work period on the published schedule.
Days the Senate met
Filled: met and voted. Ring: met with no recorded votes, such as a short pro forma session. From the Congressional Record.
On the Senate floor
Committees · 0 meetings this week
- Transportation and Infrastructure · Ex Officio
- Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight · Ex Officio
- Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety · Ex Officio
- Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife · Ex Officio
- Health Care
- Taxation and IRS Oversight
- International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness
- Border Security and Immigration
- the Constitution
- Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights · Ranking Member
- Intellectual Property
The number is meetings each committee held this week. Neither chamber records who attends, so this shows the committees' meetings, not the member's attendance.
Worked with most this Congress
Number of bills where one sponsored and the other cosponsored, since Jan 3, 2025. A count, not a rating.
This Congress: 103 bills introduced, 454 cosponsored, 100 floor speeches. Full record
Counts and official vote codes from House and Senate records, with no scores. Not Voting is the chamber's own code; it doesn't say why. Shows the members serving today.