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. | H J Res 75 |
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Outcome | Passage - Joint Resolution Passed - House (244 - 164) |
Date | 10/04/2013 |
Bill No. | H J Res 85 |
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Outcome | Passage - Joint Resolution Passed - House (247 - 164) |
Date | 10/04/2013 |
Bill No. | HR 3230 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - House (265 - 160) |
Date | 10/03/2013 |
Bill No. | H J Res 70 |
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Outcome | Passage - Joint Resolution Failed - House (252 - 176) |
Date | 10/01/2013 |
Bill No. | H J Res 71 |
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Outcome | Passage - Joint Resolution Failed - House (265 - 163) |
Date | 10/01/2013 |
Bill No. | H J Res 72 |
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Outcome | Passage - Joint Resolution Failed - House (264 - 164) |
Date | 10/01/2013 |
Bill No. | H J Res 59 |
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Outcome | Concurrence Vote With Amendment - Concurrence Vote Passed - House (228 - 201) |
Date | 09/30/2013 |
Bill No. | H J Res 59 |
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Outcome | Concurrence Vote With Amendment - Concurrence Vote Passed - House (248 - 174) |
Date | 09/29/2013 |
Bill No. | H J Res 59 |
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Outcome | Passage - Joint Resolution Passed - House (230 - 189) |
Date | 09/20/2013 |
Bill No. | H Amdt 463 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - House (187 - 241) |
Date | 09/18/2013 |
Bill No. | H Amdt 466 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - House (191 - 235) |
Date | 09/18/2013 |
Bill No. | HR 761 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - House (246 - 178) |
Date | 09/18/2013 |
Bill No. | HR 2775 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - House (235 - 191) |
Date | 09/12/2013 |
Bill No. | HR 2879 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - House (239 - 176) |
Date | 08/01/2013 |
Bill No. | HR 2775 |
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Outcome | Introduced - House |
Date | 07/22/2013 |
Bill No. | HR 5652 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - House (218 - 199) |
Date | 05/10/2012 |
Bill No. | HR 3835 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - House (309 - 117) |
Date | 02/01/2012 |
Bill No. | H Con Res 13 |
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Outcome | Passage - Joint Resolution Passed - House (396 - 9) |
Date | 11/01/2011 |
Bill No. | H Amdt 155 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - House (191 - 230) |
Date | 02/19/2011 |
Bill No. | HR 1722 |
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Outcome | Concurrence Vote - Concurrence Vote Passed - House (254 - 152) |
Date | 11/18/2010 |
Bill No. | HR 1722 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Failed - House (268 - 147) |
Date | 05/06/2010 |
Bill No. | HR 3056 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - House (232 - 173) |
Date | 10/10/2007 |
Bill No. | HR 985 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - House (331 - 94) |
Date | 03/14/2007 |