The document discusses a study that analyzed the voting records of US senators on 19 key issues. It found that Democratic senators voted together on average 95% of the time, while Republican senators voted together around 90% of the time. On some issues like abortion and the environment, senators voted almost entirely along party lines, while on other issues like international trade there was more bipartisan agreement. The study suggests that partisan divisions have increased in recent decades.

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