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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
Feb. 27, 2007 IN HB 1008 Tobacco Tax to Fund Health Coverage Bill Failed - House (44 - 52)
Feb. 26, 2007 SD HB 1139 Tobacco Tax Funds Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 15)
Feb. 26, 2007 IN HB 1622 Gasoline Sales Tax Bill Passed - House (75 - 25)
Feb. 26, 2007 IN HB 1830 Funding for Local Roads Bill Passed - House (51 - 48)
Feb. 23, 2007 IN HB 1835 Slot Machines at Race Tracks Bill Passed - House (54 - 39)
Feb. 22, 2007 IA SF 162 Stem Cell Research and Penalties Bill Passed - House (52 - 46)
Feb. 22, 2007 IN HB 1001 Operating Budget Bill Passed - House (51 - 48)
Feb. 21, 2007 KY HCS HB 305 Minimum Wage Increase Bill Passed - House (89 - 10)
Feb. 17, 2007 MT HB 204 Revise State Expenditure Limit Bill Passed - House (51 - 49)
Feb. 16, 2007 WV Com Sub HB 2718 Racetrack Table Games Bill Passed - House (53 - 40)
Feb. 15, 2007 MS HB 247 Cigarette Excise Tax Increase and Food Sales Tax Decrease Bill Passed - House (91 - 27)
Feb. 15, 2007 ND SB 2397 Oil Well Tax Cut Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 13)
Feb. 14, 2007 IA SF 162 Stem Cell Research and Penalties Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 24)
Feb. 14, 2007 VA S Sub Funding for Statewide Transportation Projects Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 17)
Feb. 14, 2007 ND SB 2347 In-State Tuition Grants Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 7)
Feb. 14, 2007 ND HB 1449 Property Tax Relief Bill Failed - House (27 - 65)
Feb. 14, 2007 ND SB 2032 Property Tax Reduction Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 22)
Feb. 13, 2007 IN HB 1007 Property Tax Relief Bill Failed - House (49 - 48)
Feb. 9, 2007 UT HB 148 Parent Choice in Education Act Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 10)
Feb. 7, 2007 SD HB 1139 Tobacco Tax Funds Bill Passed - House (60 - 10)
Feb. 6, 2007 VA Sub HB 3202 Funding for Statewide Transportation Projects Bill Passed - House (61 - 37)
Feb. 5, 2007 NJ A 1 Property Tax Relief and Appropriations Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 10)
Feb. 5, 2007 KS HB 2038 Tax Exemption for Nuclear Power Facilities Bill Passed - House (95 - 28)
Feb. 2, 2007 ND HB 1521 Freezing College Tuition Bill Failed - House (37 - 52)
Feb. 2, 2007 UT HB 148 Parent Choice in Education Act Bill Passed - House (38 - 37)
Jan. 30, 2007 IN HB 1027 Minimum Wage Increase and Estate/Death Tax Cut Bill Passed - House (71 - 29)
Jan. 29, 2007 NJ A 1 Property Tax Relief and Appropriations Bill Passed - House (71 - 8)
Jan. 22, 2007 CO SB 26 Funding Full-Day Kindergarten Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 12)
Jan. 16, 2007 ND HB 1029 Local Sales Tax Restrictions Bill Passed - House (64 - 28)
Jan. 5, 2007 National H Res 6 Pay-As-You-Go Rule Resolution Passed - House (280 - 152)
Date No. Title Outcome
2/27 HB 1008 Tobacco Tax to Fund Health Coverage Bill Failed - House (44 - 52)
2/26 HB 1139 Tobacco Tax Funds Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 15)
2/26 HB 1622 Gasoline Sales Tax Bill Passed - House (75 - 25)
2/26 HB 1830 Funding for Local Roads Bill Passed - House (51 - 48)
2/23 HB 1835 Slot Machines at Race Tracks Bill Passed - House (54 - 39)
2/22 SF 162 Stem Cell Research and Penalties Bill Passed - House (52 - 46)
2/22 HB 1001 Operating Budget Bill Passed - House (51 - 48)
2/21 HCS HB 305 Minimum Wage Increase Bill Passed - House (89 - 10)
2/17 HB 204 Revise State Expenditure Limit Bill Passed - House (51 - 49)
2/16 Com Sub HB 2718 Racetrack Table Games Bill Passed - House (53 - 40)
2/15 HB 247 Cigarette Excise Tax Increase and Food Sales Tax Decrease Bill Passed - House (91 - 27)
2/15 SB 2397 Oil Well Tax Cut Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 13)
2/14 SF 162 Stem Cell Research and Penalties Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 24)
2/14 S Sub Funding for Statewide Transportation Projects Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 17)
2/14 SB 2347 In-State Tuition Grants Bill Passed - Senate (40 - 7)
2/14 HB 1449 Property Tax Relief Bill Failed - House (27 - 65)
2/14 SB 2032 Property Tax Reduction Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 22)
2/13 HB 1007 Property Tax Relief Bill Failed - House (49 - 48)
2/09 HB 148 Parent Choice in Education Act Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 10)
2/07 HB 1139 Tobacco Tax Funds Bill Passed - House (60 - 10)
2/06 Sub HB 3202 Funding for Statewide Transportation Projects Bill Passed - House (61 - 37)
2/05 A 1 Property Tax Relief and Appropriations Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 10)
2/05 HB 2038 Tax Exemption for Nuclear Power Facilities Bill Passed - House (95 - 28)
2/02 HB 1521 Freezing College Tuition Bill Failed - House (37 - 52)
2/02 HB 148 Parent Choice in Education Act Bill Passed - House (38 - 37)
1/30 HB 1027 Minimum Wage Increase and Estate/Death Tax Cut Bill Passed - House (71 - 29)
1/29 A 1 Property Tax Relief and Appropriations Bill Passed - House (71 - 8)
1/22 SB 26 Funding Full-Day Kindergarten Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 12)
1/16 HB 1029 Local Sales Tax Restrictions Bill Passed - House (64 - 28)
1/05 H Res 6 Pay-As-You-Go Rule Resolution Passed - House (280 - 152)

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