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National Key Votes

Date Bill No. Bill Title Outcome Vote
Dec. 8, 2005 HR 4297 Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act of 2005 Bill Passed - House
(234 - 197)
Yea
July 26, 2005 H AMDT 514 Small Employer Health Benefits Plan Amendment Amendment Rejected - House
(197 - 230)
Nay
April 14, 2005 S 256 Bankruptcy Reform Bill Bill Passed - House
(302 - 126)
Yea
April 2, 2004 HR 3108 Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004 Conference Report Adopted - House
(336 - 69)
Did Not Vote
March 18, 2004 HR 1375 Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2004 Bill Passed - House
(392 - 25)
Yea
June 19, 2003 HR 660 Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2003 Bill Passed - House
(262 - 162)
Yea
Aug. 2, 2001 H Amdt 303 Amendment to the Bipartisan Patient Protection Act Amendment Adopted - House
(218 - 213)
Yea
Aug. 1, 2001 H Amdt 288 Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) Amendment Amendment Rejected - House
(160 - 269)
Nay
Sept. 26, 2000 HR 5175 Small Business Superfund Exemption Bill Failed - House
(253 - 161)
Yea
Feb. 16, 2000 HR 2366 Small Business Liability Reform bill Bill Passed - House
(221 - 193)
Yea
July 1, 1999 HR 10 Financial Modernization bill Bill Passed - House
(343 - 86)
Yea
Dec. 19, 1998 H Res 611 Impeachment Resolution: Article Four Resolution Passed - House
(228 - 206)
Yea
Nov. 7, 1997 HR 2647 PLA Monitoring bill Bill Passed - House
(408 - 10)
Yea
July 24, 1997 H Amdt 271 Tobacco Crops Amendment Amendment Rejected - House
(209 - 216)
Nay
March 19, 1997 HR 1 Compensatory Time Bill Bill Passed - House
(222 - 210)
Yea

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.

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