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Vote Smart provides easy access to congressional and state voting records and maintains a collection of key votes grouped by issue. Vote Smart uses the following criteria to select key votes:

  1. The vote should be helpful in portraying how a member stands on a particular issue
  2. The vote should be clear for any person to understand
  3. The vote has received media attention
  4. The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin
  5. Occasionally, if a specific bill is consistently inquired about on the Voter's Research Hotline, the vote will be added

Vote Smart provides a summary of the version of the bill text associated with each selected key vote. Our summaries are written by Vote Smart's staff and interns, who adhere to our strict policies and procedures in order to guarantee absolute impartiality and accuracy. They do not necessarily reflect the content of the final version of the bill, but rather the version voted on in that stage. While many procedural votes take place before a full chamber vote, our voting stages reflect the final reading of each chamber vote. Each key vote selection is reviewed by the project's community of advisors, who are political scientists and journalists from all fifty states.

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Date State Bill No. Title Outcome
June 22, 2022 AZ HB 2853 Appropriates Funds towards Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Bill Passed - House (31 - 26)
March 15, 2022 NH HB 1503 Amends Various Crypto-Currency Regulations Bill Passed - House (187 - 150)
Nov. 19, 2015 National HR 3189 Fed Oversight Reform and Modernization (FORM) Act of 2015 Bill Passed - House (241 - 185)
Feb. 18, 2015 AZ HB 2173 Establishes Gold and Silver as Legal Tender Bill Passed - House (34 - 23)
June 23, 2014 CA AB 129 Repeals Prohibition on Currency Other than the Lawful Money of the United States Concurrence Vote Passed - House (52 - 11)
July 25, 2012 National HR 459 Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2012 Bill Passed - House (327 - 98)
Dec. 7, 2011 National HR 10 Congressional Approval of Regulations Bill Passed - House (241 - 184)
Date No. Title Outcome
6/22 HB 2853 Appropriates Funds towards Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Bill Passed - House (31 - 26)
3/15 HB 1503 Amends Various Crypto-Currency Regulations Bill Passed - House (187 - 150)
11/19 HR 3189 Fed Oversight Reform and Modernization (FORM) Act of 2015 Bill Passed - House (241 - 185)
2/18 HB 2173 Establishes Gold and Silver as Legal Tender Bill Passed - House (34 - 23)
6/23 AB 129 Repeals Prohibition on Currency Other than the Lawful Money of the United States Concurrence Vote Passed - House (52 - 11)
7/25 HR 459 Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2012 Bill Passed - House (327 - 98)
12/07 HR 10 Congressional Approval of Regulations Bill Passed - House (241 - 184)

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