Congress & Legislation

Member Alignment

See how a member's stated positions line up with their votes, donors, and the interests lobbying them.

The prompt

> Using the PoliStack connector, analyze the alignment between Rep. Jen Kiggans's words and votes. Provide a comprehensive response.

All of this — from one line.

One line scores how a member's stated priorities line up with the bills they actually sponsor and their votes.

What you get

Stated priorities vs. where they actually legislate
Party loyalty and policy-area defections
Cross-party allies and collaboration
A words-vs-actions alignment rate

The response

25%

Words-vs-actions

2 of 8 stated priorities legislated

94.7%

Party loyalty

119th — Regular

Bills sponsored

119th Congress

Cross-party allies

top: Seth Moulton (D)

Conservative

Ideology

DW-NOMINATE 0.26

Committees

Armed Services · Vet Affairs · Nat. Resources

Where she sponsors legislation (119th, by area)

Stated 2026 priorities: Armed Forces · Crime · Economics · Energy · Environment · Health · Immigration · Social Welfare.

Only Armed Forces and Health appear among the areas where she actually sponsors bills — a 25% overlap.

Policy area	Amendment-vote defection rate
Emergency management	44%
Agriculture & food	41%
Transportation	31%
Economics & public finance	27%

Words vs. actions: 25% alignment

Of 8 stated priorities, 2 (Armed Forces, Health) match the areas where Rep. Kiggans actually sponsors legislation. PoliStack surfaces the gap descriptively — it isn't a judgment of effectiveness.

Party-line, with pockets of independence

94.7% party loyalty overall, but notable amendment-level defections on emergency management (44%), agriculture (41%), and transportation (31%).

Genuine cross-aisle ties

10 cross-party allies, led by Seth Moulton (D) with 10 shared bills — consistent with a competitive-district profile.

Sample generated from live data in the PoliStack political knowledge graph, June 2026. Figures update as filings, votes, and markets change. In Claude or ChatGPT, the PoliStack HTML-render skill returns this as a self-contained interactive report.

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