OutSpent

The Scoreboard

Does the money predict the vote?

One claim, and we let you check it. Every live call is posted before the vote and scored against the official roll call — misses included.

The verdict

Not proven yet — on purpose.

On a money-shaped vote, the side the money backs wins.

Zero live calls resolved so far. This board earns its number one vote at a time — and the first one is the next money-shaped vote on the floor.

The live record

called before the vote

No live calls have resolved yet. Here's exactly what the first one will look like — posted the moment the Senate schedules a vote where one industry has a clear stake:

Called [before the vote] · vote [date]

Pending

[The next money-shaped vote]

The bill · the industry with the stake

Our call: the money side wins. Then we wait for the roll call and score it here — win or lose.

● Watching the Senate floor for the next one

The pattern, historically

retrospective

Not predictions — we chose these becausethe money won, so there's no score here. They're the receipts that show the pattern is real, and old.

2026

Money won

The drug-price cap, blocked

Sanders Amdt. 5159 · most-favored-nation drug pricing

The money wanted: Kill a cap that would have cut U.S. drug prices by more than half. Blocked, 49–49 (fell 11 short of 60).

2018

Money won

The Bank Rollback

S.2155 · Dodd-Frank rollback

The money wanted: Cut the oversight Wall Street had lobbied against since Dodd-Frank. Passed 67–31.

2003

Money won

The Drug Money

H.R.1 · Medicare drug-price ban (Part D)

The money wanted: Bar Medicare from negotiating drug prices — pharma's top ask. Passed 54–44 (conference report).

2005

Money won

The Fine Print

S.256 · the bankruptcy bill (BAPCPA)

The money wanted: Make consumer debt harder to discharge — the card industry's bill. Passed 74–25.

How we keep ourselves honest

Watching the next one?

See the votes as they happen, and tell your reps you're counting.