Members' companion · Health AI in Congress
Every bill, letter, vote and statement we could verify from 66 members and senators-elect, 2023 through election week. Watch the story, then read anyone's record.
What the record shows
Both caucuses distrust AI that denies or delays care. Both have members who want to pay for AI that adds clinical capacity. The party split is sharpest on one Medicare program, WISeR, and on how far Washington should override the states.
The story
Each orb is a member. Press play or step through with the arrows.
Sources: Senate Commerce Committee, Jul 1, 2025 · Roll Call, Dec 11, 2025 · Georgetown CHIR, Jun 10, 2026 · Becker's Payer, Jul 17, 2026 · Fierce Healthcare, Jun 2026 · House E&C Democrats, Jun 24, 2026 · member records in the explorer.
Members
Sign in with the email on your Techy Surgeon membership and both open here: every member's sourced record, the two stance scales, and each theme in the members' own words.
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Explorer
Position shows where each member's record leans; color shows party. Select a dot to read the record and see the same member on the other scale, or switch to the plane to see both scales at once.
Theme lens
Pick a theme to see how many members acted on it, which way each party's records lean, and what members said.
120th Congress
Republican chairs become ranking members. Expected Democratic chairs come from reporting and seniority and are final only when each caucus votes.
Method
Each record is a bill, letter, vote, hearing statement, report or campaign position confirmed on a primary or reputable source page. Quotes appear only where the source printed them verbatim.
Every record is coded +1 for guardrails or restraint, −1 for adopt, build or accelerate, and 0 for mixed. A member's position on each scale is the average of their records on it. Health topics set the health AI scale; data centers, preemption, chatbots and kids' safety, jobs and general AI governance set the other.
The July 16, 2026 WISeR motion counts as one record per senator, coded by the direction of the vote. A party-line vote compresses real differences: Senator Hawley voted against the motion the same week he co-led an oversight letter to Medicare Advantage insurers on algorithmic denials.
A member missing from a scale has no verified record on it, which is different from holding no view. Senators-elect reflect AP calls through November 5, 2026; Mississippi and Alaska were still counting.
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