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Key Votes

Date	No.	Title	Status
6/07/11	HB 138	Parole Eligibility for Elderly Inmates	Bill Passed - House (65 - 25)
5/04/11	HB 52	Increasing New Orleans Traffic Court Costs	Bill Failed - House (49 - 22)
6/07/10	SB 731	Authorizing Attorney General Contingency Fee Contracts.	Bill Passed - Senate (21 - 16)
4/20/10	SB 731	A bill authorizing the attorney general to enter into certain contingency fee contracts
6/21/09	HB 866	Publishing Legal Records	Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 8)

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Public Statements

Date	Title	Speaker	Location
5/16/13	Hearing of the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular ...	Rep. John C. Fleming Jr.	Washington, DC
5/15/13	Water Resources Development Act of 2013	Sen. David B. Vitter	Washington, DC
5/15/13	Water Resources Development Act	Sen. David B. Vitter	Washington, DC
5/15/13	Sen. Landrieu Presses to End Horse Slaughter at 'Horses on ...	Sen. Mary L. Landrieu	Washington, DC
5/15/13	Vitter Gets WRDA Passed in Senate 83 to 14	Sen. David B. Vitter	Washington, DC

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Ballot Measures

Date	State	Title	Outcome
11/02/10	LA	Act No. 1053 - Criminal Defendants Trial by Jury Waiver	Passed

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