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Barbara Boxer's Voting Records on Issue: Government Operations

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Government Operations

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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. S 2232
Outcome Cloture Vote - Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (53 - 44)
Date 01/12/2016
Bill No. S 754
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (74 - 21)
Date 10/27/2015
Bill No. H J Res 59
Outcome Concurrence Vote - Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (64 - 36)
Date 12/18/2013
Bill No. S J Res 26
Outcome Motion Vote - Motion Rejected - Senate (45 - 54)
Date 10/29/2013
Bill No. HR 2775
Outcome Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (81 - 18)
Date 10/16/2013
Bill No. S 1569
Outcome Cloture Vote - Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (53 - 45)
Date 10/12/2013
Bill No. H J Res 59
Outcome Tabling Vote - Motion Agreed - Senate (54 - 46)
Date 09/30/2013
Bill No. H J Res 59
Outcome Tabling Vote - Motion Agreed - Senate (54 - 46)
Date 09/30/2013
Bill No. H J Res 59
Outcome Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (54 - 44)
Date 09/27/2013
Bill No. S Amdt 66
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (45 - 54)
Date 03/14/2013
Bill No. S Amdt 2588
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (68 - 30)
Date 10/06/2009
Bill No. S Amdt 4936
Outcome Motion Vote - Motion Rejected - Senate (41 - 57)
Date 09/13/2006
Bill No. S Amdt 3379
Outcome Tabling Vote - Amendment Not Tabled - Senate (45 - 54)
Date 07/30/1998
Bill No. HR 1757
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (51 - 49)
Date 04/28/1998
Bill No. HR 3539
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (92 - 2)
Date 10/03/1996
Bill No. HR 3734
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (78 - 21)
Date 08/01/1996
Bill No. HR 3734
Outcome Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (74 - 24)
Date 07/23/1996
Bill No. S Amdt 1497
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (53 - 45)
Date 07/11/1995
Bill No. S Amdt 1491
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (60 - 36)
Date 07/10/1995
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