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 4302 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (64 - 35) |
Date | 03/31/2014 |
Bill No. | S J Res 24 |
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Outcome | Passage - Amendment Rejected - Senate (21 - 79) |
Date | 12/14/2011 |
Bill No. | S 3985 |
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Outcome | Cloture Vote - Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (53 - 45) |
Date | 12/08/2010 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 3353 |
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Outcome | Motion Vote - Motion Rejected - Senate (47 - 50) |
Date | 03/03/2010 |
Bill No. | S 1776 |
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Outcome | Cloture Vote - Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (47 - 53) |
Date | 10/21/2009 |
Bill No. | HR 6331 |
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Outcome | Override of Veto - Veto Override Passed - Senate (70 - 26) |
Date | 07/15/2008 |
Bill No. | HR 6331 |
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Outcome | Cloture Vote - Cloture Invoked - Senate (69 - 30) |
Date | 07/09/2008 |
Bill No. | HR 3043 |
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Outcome | Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (56 - 37) |
Date | 11/07/2007 |
Bill No. | HR 3043 |
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Outcome | Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (75 - 19) |
Date | 10/23/2007 |
Bill No. | S Con Res 21 |
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Outcome | Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (52 - 40) |
Date | 05/17/2007 |
Bill No. | S Con Res 21 |
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Outcome | Passage - Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (52 - 47) |
Date | 03/23/2007 |
Bill No. | S Con Res 83 |
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Outcome | Passage - Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (51 - 49) |
Date | 03/16/2006 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 2730 |
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Outcome | Motion Vote - Motion Rejected - Senate (52 - 45) |
Date | 02/02/2006 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 2601 |
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Outcome | Motion Vote - Motion Rejected - Senate (51 - 47) |
Date | 11/17/2005 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 2357 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (49 - 50) |
Date | 11/03/2005 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 2371 |
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Outcome | Motion Vote - Motion Rejected - Senate (51 - 48) |
Date | 11/03/2005 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 2381 |
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Outcome | Motion Vote - Motion Rejected - Senate (43 - 56) |
Date | 11/03/2005 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 229 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (49 - 51) |
Date | 03/17/2005 |
Bill No. | HR 2 |
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Outcome | Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (51 - 50) |
Date | 05/23/2003 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 3689 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (54 - 43) |
Date | 06/29/2000 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 3598 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (44 - 53) |
Date | 06/22/2000 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 2169 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (51 - 47) |
Date | 04/01/1998 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 2209 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (51 - 49) |
Date | 04/01/1998 |
Bill No. | S 947 |
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Outcome | Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (73 - 27) |
Date | 06/25/1997 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 468 |
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Outcome | Motion Vote - Motion Agreed - Senate (64 - 35) |
Date | 06/25/1997 |