Key Votes

2007 National Business and Consumers Key Votes

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Date No. Title Outcome
6/14 NA S Amdt 1538 Clean Energy Achievement Criteria Amendment Tabled - Senate (56 - 39) 5/24 NA H Amdt 1 Departmental Appropriations for Defense, Security, and Hurricane Recovery Amendment Adopted - House (348 - 73) 6/06 NA S Amdt 1316 Five Year Expiration for Guest Worker Program Amendment Adopted - Senate (49 - 48) 5/07 NA S Amdt 1010 FDA Drug Import Certification Amendment Amendment Adopted - Senate (49 - 40) 5/23 NA S Amdt 1169 Guest Worker Number Reduction Amendment Amendment Adopted - Senate (74 - 24) 9/07 NA HR 2669 Student Loan Lender Subsidy Cuts and Student Grants Conference Report Adopted - Senate (79 - 12) 9/07 NA HR 2669 Student Loan Lender Subsidy Cuts and Student Grants Conference Report Adopted - House (292 - 97) 5/24 NA HR 2206 Emergency Departmental Supplemental Appropriations Bill of 2007 Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (80 - 14) 12/18 NA HR 6 Energy Act of 2007 Concurrence Vote Passed - House (314 - 100) 7/11 NA HR 556 Foreign Investment Oversight Concurrence Vote Passed - House (370 - 45) 12/06 NA HR 6 Energy Act of 2007 Concurrence Vote Passed - House (235 - 181) 12/18 NA HR 2764 Inclusion of Consolidated Appropriations Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (76 - 17) 12/17 NA HR 2764 Inclusion of Consolidated Appropriations Concurrence Vote Passed - House (253 - 154) 12/13 NA HR 6 Energy Act of 2007 Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (86 - 8) 7/20 NA HR 2669 Student Loan Lender Subsidy Cuts and Student Grants Bill Passed - Senate (78 - 18) 12/14 NA HR 2419 Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007 (Farm Bill) Bill Passed - Senate (79 - 14) 6/21 NA HR 6 Energy Act of 2007 Bill Passed - Senate (65 - 27) 9/25 NA HR 1400 Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007 Bill Passed - House (397 - 16) 3/01 NA HR 800 Union Organization Bill Bill Passed - House (241 - 185) 1/18 NA HR 6 Energy Act of 2007 Bill Passed - House (264 - 163) 5/10 NA HR 2206 Emergency Departmental Supplemental Appropriations Bill of 2007 Bill Passed - House (221 - 205) 7/11 NA HR 2669 Student Loan Lender Subsidy Cuts and Student Grants Bill Passed - House (273 - 149) 7/27 NA HR 2419 Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007 (Farm Bill) Bill Passed - House (231 - 191) 8/04 NA HR 2776 Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007 Bill Passed - House (221 - 189) 10/04 NA HR 2740 Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA) Expansion and Enforcement Act of 2007 Bill Passed - House (389 - 30) 10/10 NA HR 3056 Tax Collection Responsibility Act of 2007 Bill Passed - House (232 - 173) 10/31 NA HR 3920 Trade and Globalization Act of 2007 Bill Passed - House (264 - 157) 10/30 NA S 294 Amtrak Reauthorization Bill Passed - Senate (70 - 22) 11/01 NA HR 2262 Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act Bill Passed - House (244 - 166) 11/07 NA HR 3685 Sexual Orientation Employment Nondiscrimination Act (ENDA) Bill Passed - House (235 - 184) 11/15 NA HR 3773 Electronic Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Review Act Bill Passed - House (227 - 189) 11/15 NA HR 3915 Mortgage Reform and Anti-Subprime Lending Act Bill Passed - House (291 - 127) 12/12 NA HR 4299 Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension and Modification Bill Passed - House (303 - 116) 9/07 NA HR 1908 Patent Reform Act of 2007 Bill Passed - House (220 - 175) 9/18 NA HR 1852 Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2007 Bill Passed - House (348 - 72) 9/19 NA HR 2761 Terrorism Risk Insurance Revision and Extension Act (TRIA) Bill Passed - House (312 - 110) 1/10 NA HR 2 Minimum Wage Increase Bill Passed - House (315 - 116) 6/26 NA HR 800 Union Organization Bill Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (51 - 48) 6/21 NA S Amdt 1704 Alternative Energy Subsidies Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (57 - 36) 12/13 NA S Amdt 3810 Income Limit for Subsidies to Farmers Amendment Rejected - Senate (48 - 47) 6/06 NA S Amdt 1202 Point Based Immigration Expiration Date Amendment Rejected - Senate (42 - 55) 8/02 NA H Amdt 734 Prescription Drug Imports Amendment Rejected - House (146 - 283) 12/11 NA S Amdt 3711 Government Sponsored Farm Insurance Policies Amendment Rejected - Senate (37 - 58) 7/24 NA H Amdt 600 Funding Reduction for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation Account, Amtrak and Other Services Amendment Rejected - House (94 - 328) 6/06 NA S Amdt 1184 Denying Legal Status for Immigrants Convicted of Certain Crimes Amendment Rejected - Senate (46 - 51) 12/13 NA S Amdt 3695 Limit on Farm Subsidies Amendment Rejected - Senate (56 - 43)

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.