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. | S Amdt 3483 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (42 - 54) |
Date | 04/07/2016 |
Bill No. | HR 22 |
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Outcome | Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (65 - 34) |
Date | 07/30/2015 |
Bill No. | HR 5021 |
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Outcome | Recede and Concur Vote - Senate (81 - 13) |
Date | 07/31/2014 |
Bill No. | HR 5021 |
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Outcome | Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (79 - 18) |
Date | 07/29/2014 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 3583 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (66 - 31) |
Date | 07/29/2014 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 3584 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (28 - 69) |
Date | 07/29/2014 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 3585 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (47 - 50) |
Date | 07/29/2014 |
Bill No. | HR 658 |
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Outcome | Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (75 - 20) |
Date | 02/06/2012 |
Bill No. | HR 2112 |
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Outcome | Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (70 - 30) |
Date | 11/17/2011 |
Bill No. | S 1769 |
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Outcome | Motion Vote - Motion Rejected - Senate (51 - 49) |
Date | 11/03/2011 |
Bill No. | S 1786 |
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Outcome | Motion Vote - Motion Rejected - Senate (47 - 53) |
Date | 11/03/2011 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 14 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (47 - 51) |
Date | 02/15/2011 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 21 |
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Outcome | Tabling Vote - Amendment Tabled - Senate (51 - 47) |
Date | 02/15/2011 |
Bill No. | HR 2400 |
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Outcome | Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (88 - 5) |
Date | 05/22/1998 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 1676 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (96 - 4) |
Date | 03/12/1998 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 1708 |
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Outcome | Tabling Vote - Amendment Tabled - Senate (58 - 37) |
Date | 03/06/1998 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 1682 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (62 - 32) |
Date | 03/04/1998 |
Bill No. | HR 3539 |
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Outcome | Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (92 - 2) |
Date | 10/03/1996 |
Bill No. | S 440 |
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Outcome | Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (80 - 16) |
Date | 11/17/1995 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 1446 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (64 - 36) |
Date | 06/21/1995 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 1427 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (51 - 49) |
Date | 06/20/1995 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 1437 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (44 - 53) |
Date | 06/20/1995 |
Bill No. | HR 4556 |
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Outcome | Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (89 - 11) |
Date | 09/29/1994 |
Bill No. | HR 4556 |
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Outcome | Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (91 - 9) |
Date | 07/21/1994 |
Bill No. | HR 2750 |
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Outcome | Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (90 - 9) |
Date | 10/06/1993 |