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Lamar Smith's Voting Records

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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.

For more information about the legislative process, see here.

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National Key Votes
Bill No. HR 1892
Outcome Concurrence Vote - Concurrence Vote Passed - House (240 - 186)
Date 02/09/2018
Bill No. HR 4667
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - House (251 - 169)
Date 12/21/2017
Bill No. HR 3354
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - House (211 - 198)
Date 09/14/2017
Bill No. HR 3180
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - House (380 - 35)
Date 07/28/2017
Bill No. HR 3219
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - House (235 - 192)
Date 07/27/2017
Bill No. HR 273
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - House (261 - 154)
Date 02/15/2013
Bill No. HR 6684
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - House (215 - 209)
Date 12/20/2012
Bill No. HR 4154
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - House (225 - 200)
Date 12/03/2009
Bill No. HR 3221
Outcome Concurrence Vote With Amendment - Concurrence Vote Passed - House (272 - 152)
Date 07/23/2008
Bill No. HR 3221
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - House (322 - 94)
Date 05/08/2008
Bill No. HR 3221
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - House (241 - 172)
Date 08/04/2007
Bill No. HR 3
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - House (412 - 8)
Date 07/29/2005
Bill No. HR 3
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - House (417 - 9)
Date 03/10/2005
Bill No. HR 2417
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - House (264 - 163)
Date 11/20/2003
Bill No. HR 2754
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - House (387 - 36)
Date 11/18/2003
Bill No. H Res 198
Outcome Passage - Resolution Passed - House (394 - 31)
Date 10/16/2003
Bill No. H Con Res 95
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - House (216 - 211)
Date 04/11/2003
Bill No. H Con Res 95
Outcome Passage - Resolution Passed - House (215 - 212)
Date 03/21/2003
Bill No. H J Res 2
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - House (338 - 83)
Date 02/13/2003
Bill No. HR 2506
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - House (357 - 66)
Date 12/19/2001
Bill No. HR 2944
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - House (302 - 84)
Date 12/06/2001
Bill No. HR 2299
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - House (371 - 11)
Date 11/30/2001
Bill No. HR 2330
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - House (379 - 33)
Date 11/13/2001
Bill No. HR 2620
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - House (401 - 18)
Date 11/08/2001
Bill No. HR 2647
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - House (374 - 52)
Date 11/01/2001
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