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Key Votes

Date	No.	Title	Status
5/08/13	HR 1406	Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013	Bill Passed - House (223 - 204)
4/15/13	HR 249	Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act of 2013	Bill Failed - House (250 - 159)
7/31/12	HR 828	Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act of 2012	Bill Passed - House (263 - 114)
6/05/12	S 3220	Paycheck Fairness Act	Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (52 - 47)
4/25/12	S 1789	United States Postal Service Amendments	Bill Passed - Senate (62 - 37)

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Public Statements

Date	Title	Speaker	Location
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
6/17/13	USDA Celebrates National Small Business Week with Continued Investments to ...	Thomas James 'Tom' Vilsack	Washington, DC
6/17/13	Hanoi Medical University	Kathleen Sebelius	Hanoi, Vietnam
6/17/13	Remarks by President Obama and Mrs. Obama in Town Hall ...	Pres. Barack Hussein Obama II	Belfast, Northern Ireland

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Ratings

Year(s)	Name
2000	American Benefits Council - Positions
2001	American Benefits Council - Positions
2002	American Benefits Council - Positions
2012	American Civil Liberties Union - ACLU Liberty Watch: Report Card on Women's Issues - Family Medical Leave Act/Paid Sick Leave
2008	Latin America Working Group - Positions

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Ballot Measures

Date	State	Title	Outcome
11/05/13	NJ	Constitutional Amendment to Set a State Minimum Wage with Annual ...	Pending
11/06/12	SD	An Education Reform Act to Establish a Teacher Scholarship Program; ...	Failed
11/06/12	OK	Constitutional Amendment Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Race or Sex in ...	Passed
11/02/10	AZ	Proposed Amendment to the Constitution by the Legislature Relating to ...	Passed
11/02/10	AR	To Amend Amendment 82 of the Arkansas Constitution to Authorize ...	Passed

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