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National Key Votes

Date Bill No. Bill Title Outcome Vote
May 9, 2013 HR 807 Full Faith and Credit Act Bill Passed - House
(221 - 207)
Nay
May 8, 2013 HR 1406 Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013 Bill Passed - House
(223 - 204)
Nay
April 18, 2013 HR 624 Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act Bill Passed - House
(288 - 127)
Yea
April 15, 2013 HR 249 Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act of 2013 Bill Failed - House
(250 - 159)
Nay
April 12, 2013 HR 1120 Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act Bill Passed - House
(219 - 209)
Nay
March 21, 2013 HR 933 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 Concurrence Vote Passed - House
(318 - 109)
Nay
March 21, 2013 H Con Res 25 Establishing the Budget for the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2014 and Setting Forth Appropriate Budgetary Levels for Fiscal Years 2015 Through 2023 Joint Resolution Passed - House
(221 - 207)
Nay
March 15, 2013 HR 803 SKILLS Act Bill Passed - House
(215 - 202)
Nay
March 13, 2013 HR 890 Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare Programs Act of 2013 Bill Passed - House
(246 - 181)
Nay
March 6, 2013 HR 933 Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 Bill Passed - House
(267 - 151)
Nay
Feb. 28, 2013 S 47 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 Bill Passed - House
(286 - 138)
Yea
Feb. 28, 2013 H Amdt 23 Reauthorizes the Violence Against Women Act Bill Failed - House
(166 - 257)
Nay
Feb. 15, 2013 HR 273 Eliminates the 2013 Statutory Pay Adjustment for Federal Employees Bill Passed - House
(261 - 154)
Nay
Jan. 23, 2013 HR 325 To Ensure the Complete and Timely Payment of the Obligations of the United States Government Until May 19, 2013 Bill Passed - House
(285 - 144)
Nay
Jan. 15, 2013 HR 152 Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 Bill Passed - House
(241 - 180)
Yea
Jan. 15, 2013 H Amdt 4 Offsets Cost of Disaster Relief Appropriations Through Discretionary Budget Cuts Amendment Rejected - House
(162 - 258)
Nay

New York Key Votes

Date Bill No. Bill Title Outcome Vote
June 21, 2012 S 7722A Authorizes Special Education Tuition Reimbursement Bill Passed - House
(93 - 50)
Did Not Vote
June 19, 2012 A 1157B Requires Firearms to Have Microstamping Technology Bill Passed - House
(85 - 60)
Did Not Vote
May 15, 2012 A 9148 Increases Minimum Wage Bill Passed - House
(98 - 49)
Yea
April 30, 2012 A 5039 Prohibits Discrimination Based on Gender Identity or Expression Bill Passed - House
(81 - 59)
Did Not Vote
March 15, 2012 S 6735 Amends the Public Employee Retirement System Bill Passed - House
(92 - 46)
Nay
March 14, 2012 A 9556 Authorizes Casino Gambling Amendment Adopted - House
(96 - 45)
Yea
March 14, 2012 A 9525 State Legislative Redistricting Bill Passed - House
(98 - 44)
Nay
June 23, 2011 A 8514 Health Benefit Exchange Act Bill Passed - House
(95 - 43)
Yea
June 20, 2011 A 6698A Freelance Wage Protection Bill Passed - House
(84 - 58)
Yea
June 15, 2011 A 8354 Marriage Equality Enactment Bill Passed - House
(80 - 63)
Yea
April 11, 2011 A 2674 Rent Regulation Bill Passed - House
(92 - 54)
Yea
April 11, 2011 A 6130 Prohibiting Discrimination in Wages Based on Gender, Race or National Origin Bill Passed - House
(93 - 53)
Yea
April 4, 2011 A 4578 Authorizing an Intercity Bus Permit System Bill Passed - House
(92 - 46)
Yea
Nov. 29, 2010 S 8129B Suspending Hydraulic Fracturing for the Extraction of Natural Gas Bill Passed - House
(93 - 43)
Yea
July 1, 2010 S 1523 Allowing Unmarried Partners to Adopt a Child Bill Passed - House
(95 - 44)
Did Not Vote
July 1, 2010 A 9710D 2010-2011 Budget Financing Bill Passed - House
(88 - 57)
Did Not Vote
July 1, 2010 S 3890 Divorce Law Amendments Bill Passed - House
(120 - 20)
Did Not Vote
July 1, 2010 A10163 Establishing the Wage Theft Prevention Act Bill Passed - House
(88 - 49)
Did Not Vote
June 29, 2010 S 5620 Reducing Drug Penalties for Offenders with Hypodermic Syringes Bill Passed - House
(93 - 52)
Yea
June 28, 2010 A 9703 2010-2011 Education, Labor, and Family Assistance Budget Bill Passed - House
(111 - 34)
Did Not Vote
June 18, 2010 A 9705 2010-2011 Transportation, Economic Development, and Environmental Conservation Budget Bill Passed - House
(82 - 51)
Did Not Vote
June 18, 2010 A 9709 Omnibus Appropriations Bill Passed - House
(79 - 52)
Did Not Vote
June 16, 2010 A 11410 Emergency Housing Rent Control Extension Bill Passed - House
(94 - 41)
Yea
June 14, 2010 S 8167 Emergency Appropriation Extension Bill Passed - House
(93 - 51)
Yea
June 7, 2010 S 8089 Emergency Appropriation Extension Bill Passed - House
(90 - 44)
Yea
June 7, 2010 S 8088 Requiring Prior Approval of Health Insurance Premium Rates Bill Passed - House
(117 - 17)
Yea
May 28, 2010 A 11308 Emergency State Parks Appropriations Bill Passed - House
(86 - 47)
Yea
May 28, 2010 A 11310 Education Law Amendments Concerning Charter Schools Bill Passed - House
(93 - 42)
Yea
May 17, 2010 S 7846 Emergency Appropriations Bill Passed - House
(92 - 50)
Yea
May 10, 2010 S 7777 Emergency Appropriations Bill Passed - House
(83 - 56)
Did Not Vote
March 24, 2010 E 1153 2010-2011 Executive Budget Proposals Resolution Passed - House
(91 - 51)
Yea
March 16, 2010 A 7575 Prohibiting Domestic Violence Offenders from Possessing Firearms Bill Passed - House
(89 - 53)
Did Not Vote
March 2, 2010 A 5710 Prohibiting Gender Identity Discrimination Bill Passed - House
(100 - 43)
Yea
Jan. 20, 2010 A 9544 Election and Campaign Finance Ethics Amendments Bill Passed - House
(139 - 2)
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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