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Vice President Joseph 'Joe' Robinette Biden, Jr.'s Voting Records

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Joe Biden, Jr.
Full Name: Joseph 'Joe' Robinette Biden, Jr.
Office: Vice President, Democratic
First Elected: 11/04/2008
Last Elected: 11/06/2012
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Jill; 4 Children: Beau, Hunter, Ashley, Naomi (deceased)
Birth Date: 11/20/1942
Birth Place: Scranton, PA
Home City: Wilmington, DE
Religion: Roman Catholic

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National Key Votes

Date Bill No. Bill Title Outcome Vote
July 17, 1997 S Amdt 890 Most Favored Nation Repeal Amendment Amendment Rejected - Senate
(22 - 77)		 Nay
April 24, 1997 S Res 75 Chemical Weapons Convention bill Resolution Passed - Senate
(74 - 26)		 Yea
March 20, 1997 S Amdt 25 U.S.- Mexico Drug Trafficking Prevention Amendment Amendment Adopted - Senate
(94 - 5)		 Yea
March 28, 1996 HR 1561 Authorization bill, FY96-97, Foreign Relations Conference Report Adopted - Senate
(52 - 44)		 Nay
March 5, 1996 HR 927 Cuba Sanctions Bill Conference Report Adopted - Senate
(74 - 22)		 Yea
Jan. 26, 1996 Treaty Doc. 103-1 The START II Treaty Treaty Ratification Passed - Senate
(87 - 4)		 Yea
Dec. 14, 1995 HR 1561 Authorization bill, FY96-97, Foreign Relations Bill Passed - Senate
(82 - 16)		 Nay
Dec. 13, 1995 S J Res 44 Deployment of US Armed Forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina Joint Resolution Passed - Senate
(69 - 30)		 Yea
Oct. 19, 1995 HR 927 Cuba Sanctions Bill Bill Passed - Senate
(74 - 24)		 Did Not Vote
July 26, 1995 S 21 Bosnia and Herzegovina Self-Defense Act of 1995 Bill Passed - Senate
(69 - 29)		 Yea
Dec. 1, 1994 HR 5110 Uruguay Round Agreements Act Bill Passed - Senate
(76 - 24)		 Yea
Aug. 19, 1994 HR 4603 Appropriations Bill FY95, Commerce, Justice, State Conference Report Adopted - Senate
(88 - 10)		 Yea
Aug. 10, 1994 HR 4426 Foreign Operations FY95 Appropriations bill Conference Report Adopted - Senate
(88 - 12)		 Yea
July 15, 1994 HR 4426 Foreign Operations FY95 Appropriations bill Bill Passed - Senate
(84 - 9)		 Yea
July 14, 1994 S Amdt 2245 Military Operations in Haiti Amendment Amendment Tabled - Senate
(57 - 42)		 Yea
July 1, 1994 S Amdt 1851 Bosnia Arms Embargo Amendment Amendment Rejected - Senate
(50 - 50)		 Yea
June 29, 1994 S Amdt 2117 Military Operations in Haiti Amendment Amendment Rejected - Senate
(34 - 65)		 Nay
May 12, 1994 S Amdt 1695 Bosnia Arms Embargo Amendment Amendment Adopted - Senate
(50 - 49)		 Nay
May 12, 1994 S Amdt 1696 Bosnia-Herzegovina Policy Amendment Amendment Adopted - Senate
(50 - 49)		 Yea
Feb. 2, 1994 HR 2333 State Department FY94-95 Authorization Bill Bill Passed - Senate
(92 - 8)		 Yea
Jan. 27, 1994 S Amdt 1263 Vietnam Trade Embargo Amendment Adopted - Senate
(62 - 38)		 Yea
Nov. 20, 1993 HR 3450 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Implementation Act Bill Passed - Senate
(61 - 38)		 Yea
Oct. 21, 1993 S Amdt 1072 Restriction of Funding for Haiti Operations Amendment Amendment Rejected - Senate
(19 - 81)		 Nay
Oct. 21, 1993 HR 2519 Commerce, Justice and State Fiscal Year 1994 Appropriations Bill Conference Report Adopted - Senate
(90 - 10)		 Yea
Oct. 15, 1993 S Amdt 1043 Ending Military Operations in Somalia Amendment Tabled - Senate
(61 - 38)		 Yea
Sept. 30, 1993 HR 2295 Foreign Operations FY94 Appropriations Bill Conference Report Adopted - Senate
(88 - 11)		 Yea
Sept. 23, 1993 HR 2295 Foreign Operations FY94 Appropriations Bill Bill Passed - Senate
(88 - 10)		 Yea
Sept. 9, 1993 S Amdt 790 U.S. Policy Towards Somalia Amendment Amendment Adopted - Senate
(90 - 7)		 Yea
Aug. 6, 1993 HR 2264 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 Conference Report Adopted - Senate
(51 - 50)		 Yea
July 29, 1993 HR 2519 Commerce, Justice and State Fiscal Year 1994 Appropriations Bill Bill Passed - Senate
(87 - 13)		 Yea
June 30, 1993 HR 1876 GATT Uruguay Round Bill Bill Passed - Senate
(76 - 16)		 Yea
June 25, 1993 HR 2264 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 Bill Passed - Senate
(50 - 49)		 Yea
Oct. 1, 1992 HR 5318 Conditional Extension of Most-Favored-Nation Trade Status to China Veto Override Failed - Senate
(59 - 40)		 Yea

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