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Key Votes

Date	No.	Title	Status
5/22/13	H Amdt 71	Repeals Requirement that 1 Specifically Named Company to Never Receive Oversight Through the Permit Process in Perpetuity and Authorizes a Construction Permit Fast-Track	Amendment Rejected - House (182 - 234)
5/22/13	H Amdt 67	Requires That a Finding be Added to the Bill That "Reliance on Oil Sands Crudes for Transportation Fuels Would Likely Result in an Increase in Incremental Greehouse Gas Emissions"	Amendment Rejected - House (146 - 269)
5/08/13	HR 1406	Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013	Bill Passed - House (223 - 204)
5/06/13	S 743	Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013	Bill Passed - Senate (69 - 27)
4/25/13	S 743	Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013	Cloture Invoked - Senate (63 - 30)

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Public Statements

Date	Title	Speaker	Location
6/19/13	Remarks by President Obama and German Chancellor Merkel in Joint ...	Pres. Barack Hussein Obama II	Berlin, Germany
6/19/13	Remarks by President Obama at the Brandenburg Gate	Pres. Barack Hussein Obama II	Berlin, Germany
6/18/13	G-8 Leaders Communique	Pres. Barack Hussein Obama II	Lough Erne, Northern Ireland
6/18/13	Joint Statement on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict by Barack Obama, President ...	Pres. Barack Hussein Obama II	Unknown
6/18/13	Remarks by President Obama after a Bilateral Meeting with President ...	Pres. Barack Hussein Obama II	Lough Erne, Northern Ireland

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Ratings

Year(s)	Name
2003-2004	American Forest and Paper Association - Positions
2005-2006	American Forest and Paper Association - Positions
2007-2008	American Forest and Paper Association - Forest Products Advocacy Score
2011	National Retail Federation - Positions
2007	AeA - Positions

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Ballot Measures

Date	State	Title	Outcome
11/06/12	ND	Relating to Prohibiting Smoking in Public Places and Worksites	Passed
11/06/12	CA	Tax Treatment for Multistate Businesses. Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency ...	Passed
11/06/12	MT	Montana Marijuana Act	Passed
11/06/12	SD	An Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution Regarding Certain Provisions ...	Failed
11/06/12	OK	This Measure Would Exempt all Intangible Personal Property from Ad ...	Passed

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