Key Votes

1996 National Budget, Spending and Taxes Key Votes

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Date No. Title Outcome
10/03 NA HR 3539 Federal Aviation Authorization Act of 1996 Conference Report Adopted - Senate (92 - 2) 9/28 NA HR 3610 Omnibus FY97 Appropriations bill Conference Report Adopted - House (370 - 37) 9/27 NA HR 3539 Federal Aviation Authorization Act of 1996 Conference Report Adopted - House (218 - 198) 9/24 NA HR 3666 Veterans Affairs, HUD FY97 Appropriations bill Conference Report Adopted - House (388 - 25) 9/17 NA S Amdt 5353 Federal Land Grazing Fee Amendment Amendment Not Tabled - Senate (50 - 50) 9/17 NA HR 3816 Appropriations bill FY97, Energy and Water Development Conference Report Adopted - Senate (92 - 8) 9/12 NA HR 3816 Appropriations bill FY97, Energy and Water Development Conference Report Adopted - House (383 - 29) 9/10 NA HR 3230 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 Conference Report Adopted - Senate (73 - 26) 8/02 NA HR 3448 Minimum Wage Increase bill Conference Report Adopted - Senate (76 - 22) 8/02 NA HR 3448 Minimum Wage Increase bill Conference Report Adopted - House (354 - 72) 8/01 NA HR 3230 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 Conference Report Adopted - House (285 - 132) 7/25 NA H Amdt 1360 Renewable Energy Research Amendment Amendment Adopted - House (279 - 135) 7/25 NA H Amdt 1359 Energy Research Appropriation Amendment Amendment Rejected - House (198 - 211) 7/24 NA H Amdt 1356 Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Funding Amendment Amendment Rejected - House (184 - 236) 7/09 NA HR 3448 Minimum Wage Increase bill Bill Passed - Senate (74 - 24) 6/26 NA HR 3666 Veterans Affairs, HUD FY97 Appropriations bill Bill Passed - House (269 - 147) 6/20 NA H Amdt 1183 Forest Service Funding Amendment Amendment Rejected - House (211 - 211) 6/20 NA H Amdt 1190 Tribal Land Trust Amendment Amendment Adopted - House (212 - 206) 6/13 NA H Amdt 1167 Spaced-based Weapons Amendment Amendment Rejected - House (190 - 208) 6/13 NA H Amdt 1164 Department of Defense Appropriations Amendment Amendment Rejected - House (194 - 219) 6/13 NA H Con Res 178 Fiscal Year 1997 Budget Resolution Conference Report Adopted - Senate (53 - 46) 6/13 NA HR 3610 Defense Department FY97 Appropriations bill Bill Passed - House (278 - 126) 6/12 NA H Amdt 1147 Animal Damage Control Program Amendment Amendment Rejected - House (139 - 279) 6/12 NA H Con Res 178 Fiscal Year 1997 Budget Resolution Conference Report Adopted - House (216 - 211) 6/06 NA H J Res 1 Balanced Budget Proposed Constitutional Amendment Joint Resolution Failed - Senate (64 - 35) 5/22 NA HR 3448 Minimum Wage Increase bill Bill Passed - House (414 - 10) 5/21 NA HR 3415 Repeal Gas Tax bill Bill Passed - House (301 - 108) 5/16 NA H Con Res 178 Fiscal Year 1997 Budget Resolution Resolution Passed - House (226 - 195) 5/15 NA HR 3230 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 Bill Passed - House (272 - 153) 5/01 NA S 641 Ryan White CARE reauthorization Act of 1995 Conference Report Adopted - House (402 - 4) 4/25 NA HR 3019 Appropriations bill FY96, Omnibus Conference Report Adopted - House (399 - 25) 4/25 NA HR 3019 Appropriations bill FY96, Omnibus Conference Report Adopted - Senate (88 - 11) 3/27 NA S 4 Line-Item Veto bill Conference Report Adopted - Senate (69 - 31) 3/19 NA HR 3019 Appropriations bill FY96, Omnibus Bill Passed - Senate (79 - 21) 3/07 NA H Amdt 946 Medicaid Funded Abortions Amendment Amendment Rejected - House (198 - 222) 3/07 NA HR 3019 Appropriations bill FY96, Omnibus Bill Passed - House (209 - 206) 1/26 NA S 1124 Authorization bill FY96, Defense Department Conference Report Adopted - Senate (56 - 34) 1/24 NA S 1124 Authorization bill FY96, Defense Department Conference Report Adopted - House (287 - 129) 1/04 NA HR 1977 1996 Interior Appropriations Veto Override Failed - House (239 - 177)

About the Selection and Descriptions of Key Votes

Project Vote Smart provides easy access to Congressional and State voting records and maintains a collection of key votes grouped by issue. Key votes typically include the initial passage of legislation and final conference report vote versions (the compromised versions of bills passed in separate House and Senate versions). Vote Smart uses the following criteria to select key votes:

  1. The vote should be helpful in portraying how a member stands on a particular issue
  2. The vote should be clear for any person to understand
  3. The vote has received media attention
  4. The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin
  5. Occasionally, if a specific bill is consistently inquired about on the Voter's Research Hotline, the vote will be added

Descriptions of the votes are written by Vote Smart staff and based on information included in the Congressional Record, State House Journals, or Senate Journals, with additional background information from newspapers, magazines, etc. Vote Smart provides summaries for each selected key vote. The summary does not necessarily reflect the final version of the bill.

The Key Votes Program follows Project Vote Smart's strict policies, procedures and structure that guarantee absolute impartiality and accuracy. In order to ensure that all Key Votes are non-partisan in their selection and language, each is approved by a group of over 160 political scientists and journalists from all fifty states.