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Jack Murtha's Voting Records

Deceased

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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:

  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

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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National Key Votes
Bill No. H J Res 45
Outcome Motion Vote - Motion Agreed - House (233 - 187)
Date 02/04/2010
Bill No. HR 2847
Outcome Concurrence Vote With Amendment - Concurrence Vote Passed - House (217 - 212)
Date 12/16/2009
Bill No. HR 4314
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - House (218 - 214)
Date 12/16/2009
Bill No. HR 4173
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - House (223 - 202)
Date 12/11/2009
Bill No. HR 3288
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - House (221 - 202)
Date 12/10/2009
Bill No. HR 4154
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - House (225 - 200)
Date 12/03/2009
Bill No. HR 3961
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - House (243 - 183)
Date 11/19/2009
Bill No. H Amdt 509
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - House (240 - 194)
Date 11/07/2009
Bill No. H Amdt 510
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - House (176 - 258)
Date 11/07/2009
Bill No. HR 3962
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - House (220 - 215)
Date 11/07/2009
Bill No. HR 3548
Outcome Concurrence Vote - Concurrence Vote Passed - House (403 - 12)
Date 11/05/2009
Bill No. HR 2996
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - House (247 - 178)
Date 10/29/2009
Bill No. HR 2892
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - House (307 - 114)
Date 10/15/2009
Bill No. HR 2647
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - House (281 - 146)
Date 10/08/2009
Bill No. H Res 805
Outcome Motion Vote - Motion Agreed - House (246 - 153)
Date 10/07/2009
Bill No. HR 2997
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - House (263 - 162)
Date 10/07/2009
Bill No. HR 2918
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - House (217 - 190)
Date 09/25/2009
Bill No. HR 3548
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - House (331 - 83)
Date 09/22/2009
Bill No. HR 3221
Outcome Motion Vote - Motion Agreed - House (345 - 75)
Date 09/17/2009
Bill No. HR 3221
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - House (253 - 171)
Date 09/17/2009
Bill No. H Res 744
Outcome Passage - Resolution Passed - House (240 - 179)
Date 09/15/2009
Bill No. HR 3435
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - House (316 - 109)
Date 07/31/2009
Bill No. HR 2749
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - House (283 - 142)
Date 07/30/2009
Bill No. HR 2454
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - House (219 - 212)
Date 06/26/2009
Bill No. HR 2346
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - House (226 - 202)
Date 06/16/2009
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