| Full Name: | Kent Conrad |
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| Gender: | Male |
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| Family: | Wife: Lucy Calautti; 1 Child: Jessamyn |
| Birth Date: | 03/12/1948 |
| Birth Place: | Bismarck, ND |
| Home City: | Bismarck, ND |
| Religion: | Unitarian |
Key Votes
Kent Conrad's Voting Records
Issue
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- Abortion
- Abortion and Reproductive
- Agriculture and Food
- Animals and Wildlife
- Arts, Entertainment, and History
- Budget, Spending and Taxes
- Business and Consumers
- Campaign Finance and Elections
- Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
- Conservative
- Crime
- Death Penalty
- Defense
- Drugs
- Education
- Employment and Affirmative Action
- Energy
- Environment
- Executive Branch
- Federal, State and Local Relations
- Foreign Affairs
- Gambling and Gaming
- Government Operations
- Guns
- Health and Health Care
- Housing and Property
- Immigration
- Indigenous Peoples
- Judicial Branch
- Labor Unions
- Legislative Branch
- Liberal
- Marriage, Family, and Children
- Military Personnel
- National Security
- Science
- Senior Citizens
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Social
- Stem Cell Research
- Technology and Communication
- Trade
- Transportation
- Unemployed and Low-Income
- Veterans
- Women
National Key Votes
| Date | Bill No. | Bill Title | Outcome | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 1997 | S Amdt 357 | Violent Crime Victims Amendment | Amendment Adopted - Senate (51 - 49) |
Nay |
| May 22, 1997 | S Amdt 301 | Budget Deficit Amendment | Amendment Tabled - Senate (52 - 47) |
Yea |
| May 20, 1997 | HR 1122 | Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion bill | Bill Passed - Senate (64 - 36) |
Yea |
| April 30, 1997 | PN 82 | Alexis M. Herman, Secretary of Labor | Nomination Confirmed - Senate (85 - 13) |
Yea |
| April 24, 1997 | S Res 75 | Chemical Weapons Convention bill | Resolution Passed - Senate (74 - 26) |
Yea |
| April 17, 1997 | S 495 | Chemical and Biological Weapons Threat Reduction Act | Bill Passed - Senate (53 - 44) |
Nay |
| April 16, 1997 | HR 1003 | Assisted Suicide Bill | Bill Passed - Senate (99 - 0) |
Yea |
| April 15, 1997 | S 104 | Nuclear Waste Disposal bill | Bill Passed - Senate (65 - 34) |
Nay |
| April 15, 1997 | S Amdt 31 | Yucca Mountain Alternate Sites amendment | Amendment Tabled - Senate (59 - 39) |
Nay |
| March 20, 1997 | S Amdt 25 | U.S.- Mexico Drug Trafficking Prevention Amendment | Amendment Adopted - Senate (94 - 5) |
Yea |
| March 4, 1997 | S J Res 1 | Balanced Budget amendment | Joint Resolution Failed - Senate (66 - 34) |
Nay |
| Oct. 3, 1996 | HR 3539 | Federal Aviation Authorization Act of 1996 | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (92 - 2) |
Yea |
| Sept. 26, 1996 | HR 1833 | Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion Ban | Veto Override Failed - Senate (58 - 40) |
Yea |
| Sept. 17, 1996 | S Amdt 5353 | Federal Land Grazing Fee Amendment | Amendment Not Tabled - Senate (50 - 50) |
Yea |
| Sept. 17, 1996 | HR 3816 | Appropriations bill FY97, Energy and Water Development | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (92 - 8) |
Yea |
| Sept. 10, 1996 | S 2056 | Employment Nondiscrimination Act of 1996 | Bill Failed - Senate (49 - 50) |
Yea |
| Sept. 10, 1996 | HR 3230 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (73 - 26) |
Yea |
| Sept. 10, 1996 | HR 3396 | Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) | Bill Passed - Senate (85 - 14) |
Yea |
| Aug. 2, 1996 | HR 3448 | Minimum Wage Increase bill | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (76 - 22) |
Yea |
| Aug. 2, 1996 | HR 3103 | Health Insurance Portability bill | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (98 - 0) |
Yea |
| Aug. 2, 1996 | S 1316 | Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1995 | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (98 - 0) |
Yea |
| Aug. 1, 1996 | HR 3734 | Welfare Reform Act of 1996 | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (78 - 21) |
Yea |
| July 31, 1996 | S 1936 | Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1996 | Bill Passed - Senate (63 - 37) |
Nay |
| July 23, 1996 | HR 3734 | Welfare Reform Act of 1996 | Bill Passed - Senate (74 - 24) |
Yea |
| July 10, 1996 | S Amdt 4438 | Teamwork for Employees and Managers Act of 1995 | Amendment Adopted - Senate (61 - 38) |
Nay |
| July 10, 1996 | HR 743 | Teamwork for Employees and Managers Act of 1995 | Bill Passed - Senate (53 - 46) |
Nay |
| July 9, 1996 | HR 3448 | Minimum Wage Increase bill | Bill Passed - Senate (74 - 24) |
Yea |
| July 9, 1996 | S Amdt 4435 | Minimum Wage Increase Amendment | Amendment Rejected - Senate (46 - 52) |
Yea |
| June 25, 1996 | S 1219 | Campaign Finance Reform bill | Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (54 - 46) |
Yea |
| June 20, 1996 | PN 953 | Alice M. Rivlin, Federal Reserve Vice-Chair | Nomination Confirmed - Senate (57 - 41) |
Yea |
| June 20, 1996 | PN 951 | Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve Chairman | Nomination Confirmed - Senate (91 - 7) |
Nay |
| June 19, 1996 | S Amdt 4059 | Overseas Abortion Amendment | Amendment Not Tabled - Senate (45 - 51) |
Nay |
| June 13, 1996 | H Con Res 178 | Fiscal Year 1997 Budget Resolution | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (53 - 46) |
Nay |
| June 6, 1996 | H J Res 1 | Balanced Budget Proposed Constitutional Amendment | Joint Resolution Failed - Senate (64 - 35) |
Nay |
| May 2, 1996 | S Amdt 3840 | Public Assistance to Legal Immigrants Amendment | Amendment Rejected - Senate (40 - 60) |
Yea |
| May 2, 1996 | HR 2202 | Immigration Reform bill | Bill Passed - Senate (97 - 3) |
Yea |
| May 1, 1996 | S Amdt 3780 | Asylum Seeker Amendment | Amendment Adopted - Senate (51 - 49) |
Nay |
| May 1, 1996 | S Amdt 3752 | Citizen Verification Pilot Program Amendment | Amendment Tabled - Senate (54 - 46) |
Yea |
| April 30, 1996 | S Amdt 3820 | Legal Immigrants Assistance Eligibility Amendment | Amendment Rejected - Senate (46 - 53) |
Yea |
| April 25, 1996 | HR 3019 | Appropriations bill FY96, Omnibus | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (88 - 11) |
Yea |
| April 25, 1996 | S Amdt 3669 | Foreign Student Public Education Amendment | Amendment Tabled - Senate (53 - 46) |
Nay |
| April 25, 1996 | S Amdt 3670 | Foreign Student Program Amendment | Amendment Tabled - Senate (53 - 47) |
Nay |
| April 23, 1996 | S J Res 21 | Term Limits bill | Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (58 - 42) |
Nay |
| April 18, 1996 | S Amdt 3677 | Deletion of Medical Savings Accounts Amendment | Amendment Adopted - Senate (52 - 46) |
Yea |
| April 17, 1996 | S 735 | Comprehensive Terrorism Prevention Act | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (91 - 8) |
Yea |
| March 28, 1996 | HR 2854 | Agricultural Market Transition Act | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (74 - 26) |
Nay |
| March 28, 1996 | HR 1561 | Authorization bill, FY96-97, Foreign Relations | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (52 - 44) |
Nay |
| March 27, 1996 | S 4 | Line-Item Veto bill | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (69 - 31) |
Nay |
| March 21, 1996 | HR 956 | Product Liability bill | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (59 - 40) |
Nay |
| March 21, 1996 | S 1459 | Public Rangelands Management Act of 1996 | Bill Passed - Senate (50 - 47) |
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:
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- The vote should be clear for any person to understand
- The vote has received media attention
- The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin
- 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.
