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 2038 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (96 - 3) |
Date | 02/02/2012 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 1491 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (58 - 41) |
Date | 02/02/2012 |
Bill No. | H J Res 98 |
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Outcome | Motion Vote - Motion Rejected - Senate (44 - 54) |
Date | 01/26/2012 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 499 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (47 - 51) |
Date | 06/23/2011 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 4072 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (75 - 21) |
Date | 05/18/2010 |
Bill No. | PN 506 |
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Outcome | Confirmation Vote - Nomination Confirmed - Senate (68 - 31) |
Date | 08/06/2009 |
Bill No. | S 214 |
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Outcome | Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (94 - 2) |
Date | 03/20/2007 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 5104 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (47 - 52) |
Date | 09/28/2006 |
Bill No. | PN 8 |
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Outcome | Confirmation Vote - Nomination Confirmed - Senate (85 - 13) |
Date | 01/26/2005 |
Bill No. | HR 5005 |
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Outcome | Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (90 - 9) |
Date | 11/19/2002 |
Bill No. | PN 107 |
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Outcome | Confirmation Vote - Nomination Confirmed - Senate (58 - 42) |
Date | 02/01/2001 |
Bill No. | PN 96 |
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Outcome | Confirmation Vote - Nomination Confirmed - Senate (75 - 24) |
Date | 01/30/2001 |
Bill No. | S J Res 33 |
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Outcome | Passage - Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (95 - 2) |
Date | 09/14/1999 |
Bill No. | PN 100 |
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Outcome | Confirmation Vote - Nomination Confirmed - Senate (81 - 16) |
Date | 08/05/1999 |
Bill No. | H Res 611 |
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Outcome | Passage - Resolution Failed - Senate (50 - 50) |
Date | 02/12/1999 |
Bill No. | H Res 611 |
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Outcome | Passage - Resolution Failed - Senate (45 - 55) |
Date | 02/12/1999 |
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 2912 |
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Outcome | Tabling Vote - Amendment Tabled - Senate (65 - 31) |
Date | 06/24/1998 |
Bill No. | HR 2631 |
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Outcome | Override of Veto - Veto Override Passed - Senate (78 - 20) |
Date | 02/25/1998 |
Bill No. | PN 623 |
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Outcome | Confirmation Vote - Nomination Confirmed - Senate (63 - 35) |
Date | 02/10/1998 |
Bill No. | PN 82 |
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Outcome | Confirmation Vote - Nomination Confirmed - Senate (85 - 13) |
Date | 04/30/1997 |
Bill No. | S 4 |
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Outcome | Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (69 - 31) |
Date | 03/27/1996 |
Bill No. | HR 956 |
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Outcome | Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (59 - 40) |
Date | 03/21/1996 |
Bill No. | HR 2020 |
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Outcome | Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (63 - 35) |
Date | 11/15/1995 |
Bill No. | PN 245 |
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Outcome | Cloture Vote - Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (57 - 43) |
Date | 06/22/1995 |