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 4049 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (86 - 14) |
Date | 07/23/2020 |
Bill No. | S J Res 68 |
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Outcome | Override of Veto - Veto Override Failed - Senate (49 - 44) |
Date | 05/07/2020 |
Bill No. | S J Res 68 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (55 - 45) |
Date | 02/13/2020 |
Bill No. | S J Res 36 |
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Outcome | Override of Veto - Veto Override Failed - Senate (45 - 40) |
Date | 07/29/2019 |
Bill No. | S J Res 37 |
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Outcome | Override of Veto - Veto Override Failed - Senate (45 - 39) |
Date | 07/29/2019 |
Bill No. | S J Res 38 |
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Outcome | Override of Veto - Veto Override Passed - Senate (46 - 41) |
Date | 07/29/2019 |
Bill No. | PN 934 |
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Outcome | Confirmation Vote - Senate (90 - 8) |
Date | 07/23/2019 |
Bill No. | PN 934 |
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Outcome | Cloture Vote - Cloture Invoked - Senate (85 - 6) |
Date | 07/22/2019 |
Bill No. | S 1790 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (86 - 8) |
Date | 06/27/2019 |
Bill No. | S J Res 27 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (51 - 45) |
Date | 06/20/2019 |
Bill No. | S J Res 29 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (51 - 45) |
Date | 06/20/2019 |
Bill No. | S J Res 35 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (51 - 45) |
Date | 06/20/2019 |
Bill No. | S J Res 36 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (53 - 45) |
Date | 06/20/2019 |
Bill No. | S J Res 37 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (51 - 45) |
Date | 06/20/2019 |
Bill No. | S J Res 38 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (53 - 45) |
Date | 06/20/2019 |
Bill No. | S J Res 44 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (51 - 45) |
Date | 06/20/2019 |
Bill No. | S J Res 7 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (54 - 46) |
Date | 03/13/2019 |
Bill No. | S 1 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (77 - 23) |
Date | 02/05/2019 |
Bill No. | S Amdt 3967 |
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Outcome | Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (45 - 48) |
Date | 08/23/2018 |
Bill No. | HR 5515 |
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Outcome | Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (87 - 10) |
Date | 08/01/2018 |
Bill No. | HR 5515 |
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Outcome | Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (85 - 10) |
Date | 06/18/2018 |
Bill No. | PN 1857 |
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Outcome | Confirmation Vote - Senate (54 - 45) |
Date | 05/17/2018 |
Bill No. | PN 1857 |
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Outcome | Cloture Vote - Cloture Invoked - Senate (54 - 44) |
Date | 05/17/2018 |
Bill No. | HR 2810 |
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Outcome | Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (89 - 8) |
Date | 09/18/2017 |
Bill No. | SA 871 |
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Outcome | Tabling Vote - Amendment Tabled - Senate (61 - 36) |
Date | 09/13/2017 |