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 5011 |
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Outcome | Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (96 - 3) |
Date | 07/18/2002 |
Bill No. | S 1438 |
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Outcome | Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (96 - 2) |
Date | 12/13/2001 |
Bill No. | S J Res 23 |
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Outcome | Passage - Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (98 - 0) |
Date | 09/14/2001 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 3154 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (53 - 47) |
Date | 05/18/2000 |
Bill No. | Treaty Doc. 105-28 |
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Outcome | Passage - Treaty Ratification Passed - Senate (48 - 51) |
Date | 10/13/1999 |
Bill No. | S 1059 |
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Outcome | Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (93 - 5) |
Date | 09/22/1999 |
Bill No. | S 1059 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (92 - 3) |
Date | 05/27/1999 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 393 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (40 - 60) |
Date | 05/26/1999 |
Bill No. | HR 1141 |
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Outcome | Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (64 - 36) |
Date | 05/20/1999 |
Bill No. | S Con Res 21 |
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Outcome | Passage - Resolution Passed - Senate (58 - 41) |
Date | 03/23/1999 |
Bill No. | HR 3616 |
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Outcome | Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (96 - 2) |
Date | 10/01/1998 |
Bill No. | HR 4103 |
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Outcome | Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (94 - 2) |
Date | 09/29/1998 |
Bill No. | S 1873 |
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Outcome | Cloture Vote - Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (59 - 41) |
Date | 09/09/1998 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 3506 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (49 - 44) |
Date | 09/01/1998 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 2981 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (48 - 45) |
Date | 06/25/1998 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 3011 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (39 - 53) |
Date | 06/25/1998 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 2912 |
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Outcome | Tabling Vote - Amendment Tabled - Senate (65 - 31) |
Date | 06/24/1998 |
Bill No. | HR 3579 |
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Outcome | Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (88 - 11) |
Date | 04/30/1998 |
Bill No. | HR 2631 |
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Outcome | Override of Veto - Veto Override Passed - Senate (78 - 20) |
Date | 02/25/1998 |
Bill No. | HR 1119 |
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Outcome | Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (90 - 10) |
Date | 11/06/1997 |
Bill No. | HR 2266 |
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Outcome | Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (93 - 5) |
Date | 09/25/1997 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 771 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (66 - 33) |
Date | 07/09/1997 |
Bill No. | S 495 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (53 - 44) |
Date | 04/17/1997 |
Bill No. | HR 3230 |
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Outcome | Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (73 - 26) |
Date | 09/10/1996 |
Bill No. | S 1124 |
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Outcome | Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (56 - 34) |
Date | 01/26/1996 |