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:
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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Bill No. | HR 7888 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (60 - 34) |
Date | 04/19/2024 |
Bill No. | HR 7888 |
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Outcome | Cloture Vote - Cloture Invoked - Senate (67 - 32) |
Date | 04/18/2024 |
Bill No. | H Con Res 119 |
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Outcome | Passage - Joint Resolution Failed - Senate (52 - 43) |
Date | 12/01/2022 |
Bill No. | H J Res 100 |
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Outcome | Passage - Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (80 - 15) |
Date | 12/01/2022 |
Bill No. | S 2093 |
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Outcome | Cloture Vote - Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (50 - 50) |
Date | 06/22/2021 |
Bill No. | S 937 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (94 - 1) |
Date | 04/22/2021 |
Bill No. | S 3744 |
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Outcome | Introduced - Senate |
Date | 05/14/2020 |
Bill No. | S J Res 52 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (52 - 47) |
Date | 05/16/2018 |
Bill No. | S J Res 57 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (51 - 47) |
Date | 04/18/2018 |
Bill No. | HR 1865 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (97 - 2) |
Date | 03/21/2018 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 1948 |
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Outcome | Cloture Vote - Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (54 - 45) |
Date | 02/15/2018 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 1955 |
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Outcome | Cloture Vote - Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (52 - 47) |
Date | 02/15/2018 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 1958 |
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Outcome | Cloture Vote - Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (54 - 45) |
Date | 02/15/2018 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 1959 |
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Outcome | Cloture Vote - Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (39 - 60) |
Date | 02/15/2018 |
Bill No. | S 139 |
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Outcome | Concurrence Vote - Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (65 - 34) |
Date | 01/18/2018 |
Bill No. | H J Res 40 |
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Outcome | Passage - Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (57 - 43) |
Date | 02/15/2017 |
Bill No. | HR 2048 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (67 - 32) |
Date | 06/02/2015 |
Bill No. | S 2685 |
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Outcome | Cloture Vote - Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (58 - 42) |
Date | 11/18/2014 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 2175 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (52 - 46) |
Date | 11/19/2013 |
Bill No. | HR 5949 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (73 - 23) |
Date | 12/28/2012 |
Bill No. | Treaty Doc. 112-7 |
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Outcome | Passage - Treaty Ratification Failed - Senate (61 - 38) |
Date | 12/04/2012 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 3018 |
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Outcome | Passage - Amendment Adopted - Senate (67 - 29) |
Date | 11/29/2012 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 3245 |
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Outcome | Passage - Amendment Adopted - Senate (54 - 41) |
Date | 11/29/2012 |
Bill No. | HR 1540 |
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Outcome | Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (86 - 13) |
Date | 12/15/2011 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 1125 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (45 - 55) |
Date | 12/01/2011 |