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Rick Jones' Voting Records on Issue: Entitlements and the Safety Net

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Entitlements and the Safety Net

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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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Michigan Key Votes
Bill No. SB 897
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 11)
Date 04/19/2018
Bill No. HB 4041
Outcome Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 12)
Date 05/26/2015
Bill No. HB 4118
Outcome Concurrence Vote - Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (26 - 10)
Date 12/10/2014
Bill No. SB 275
Outcome Concurrence Vote - Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (26 - 10)
Date 12/10/2014
Bill No. HB 5575
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 17)
Date 06/03/2014
Bill No. SB 934
Outcome Concurrence Vote - Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (24 - 12)
Date 05/27/2014
Bill No. HB 4714
Outcome Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 18)
Date 08/27/2013
Bill No. SB 1040
Outcome Concurrence Vote With Amendment - Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (21 - 16)
Date 08/15/2012
Bill No. SB 1040
Outcome Concurrence Vote - Concurrence Vote Failed - Senate (16 - 22)
Date 07/18/2012
Bill No. SB 1040
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 18)
Date 05/17/2012
Bill No. HB 4701
Outcome Concurrence Vote - Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (23 - 15)
Date 12/13/2011
Bill No. HB 4770
Outcome Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 9)
Date 12/07/2011
Bill No. SB 806
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 11)
Date 12/01/2011
Bill No. HB 4409
Outcome Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 12)
Date 07/13/2011
Bill No. HB 4410
Outcome Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 12)
Date 07/13/2011
Bill No. HB 4480
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 19)
Date 05/12/2011
Bill No. HB 4481
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 19)
Date 05/12/2011
Bill No. HB 4483
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 19)
Date 05/12/2011
Bill No. HB 4484
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (19 - 19)
Date 05/12/2011
Bill No. HB 4408
Outcome Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 13)
Date 03/23/2011
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