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Lincoln Chafee's Voting Records

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Vote Smart provides easy access to congressional and state voting records and maintains a collection of key votes grouped by issue. 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

Vote Smart provides a summary of the version of the bill text associated with each selected key vote. Our summaries are written by Vote Smart's staff and interns, who adhere to our strict policies and procedures in order to guarantee absolute impartiality and accuracy. They do not necessarily reflect the content of the final version of the bill, but rather the version voted on in that stage. While many procedural votes take place before a full chamber vote, our voting stages reflect the final reading of each chamber vote. Each key vote selection is reviewed by the project's community of advisors, who are political scientists and journalists from all fifty states.

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Executive Actions
Bill No. S 2153
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 07/15/2014
Bill No. H 7764
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 07/09/2014
Bill No. S 2677 A
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 07/08/2014
Bill No. H 7631 A
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 07/08/2014
Bill No. H 8071
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 07/03/2014
Bill No. H 7904
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 07/02/2014
Bill No. H 8072A
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 07/01/2014
Bill No. H 7194A
Outcome Executive
Date 07/01/2014
Bill No. S 2690A
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 06/30/2014
Bill No. H 7133AAA
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 06/19/2014
Bill No. H 7944A
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 05/02/2014
Bill No. SB 624
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 07/24/2013
Bill No. SB 207
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 07/17/2013
Bill No. HB 5404
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 07/17/2013
Bill No. SB 609
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 07/17/2013
Bill No. S 622A
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 07/17/2013
Bill No. HB 5394
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 07/16/2013
Bill No. SB 992
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 07/16/2013
Bill No. HB 5053
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 07/16/2013
Bill No. SB 298
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 07/16/2013
Bill No. HB 6295
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 07/16/2013
Bill No. SB 322
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 07/16/2013
Bill No. S 256
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 07/15/2013
Bill No. H 5140
Outcome Executive
Date 07/02/2013
Bill No. H 5015
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 05/02/2013
Bill No. H 7536
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 06/26/2012
Bill No. H 7415
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 06/25/2012
Bill No. S 3075
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 06/25/2012
Bill No. S 3051
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 06/25/2012
Bill No. H 7110
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 06/25/2012
Bill No. S 3074
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 06/25/2012
Bill No. H 7782
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 06/25/2012
Bill No. H 8205
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 06/25/2012
Bill No. S 2641
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 06/21/2012
Bill No. H 7868
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 06/21/2012
Bill No. S 2052
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 06/20/2012
Bill No. S 2427
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 06/20/2012
Bill No. S 2413
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 06/20/2012
Bill No. H 7606
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 06/20/2012
Bill No. H 8048
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 06/20/2012
Bill No. S 2374
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 06/20/2012
Bill No. H 7942
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 06/19/2012
Bill No. H 7909
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 06/18/2012
Bill No. H 7323
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 06/15/2012
Bill No. S 2253
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 06/13/2012
Bill No. H 7092
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 06/13/2012
Bill No. S 2086
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 06/12/2012
Bill No. H 7936
Outcome Vetoed - Executive
Date 06/12/2012
Bill No. H 7888 A
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 05/30/2012
Bill No. S 2555 A
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 05/22/2012
Bill No. S 2178
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 02/08/2012
Bill No. H 6319
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 11/18/2011
Bill No. H 6103
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 07/02/2011
Bill No. S 400
Outcome Signed - Executive
Date 07/02/2011

National Key Votes
Bill No. PN 1396
Outcome Confirmation Vote - Nomination Confirmed - Senate (80 - 11)
Date 12/07/2006
Bill No. PN 2191
Outcome Confirmation Vote - Nomination Confirmed - Senate (95 - 2)
Date 12/06/2006
Bill No. HR 6061
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (80 - 19)
Date 09/29/2006
Bill No. S 3930
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (65 - 34)
Date 09/28/2006
Bill No. S Amdt 5087
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (48 - 51)
Date 09/28/2006
Bill No. S Amdt 5095
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (46 - 53)
Date 09/28/2006
Bill No. S Amdt 5104
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (47 - 52)
Date 09/28/2006
Bill No. HR 5684
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (62 - 32)
Date 09/19/2006
Bill No. S Amdt 4936
Outcome Motion Vote - Motion Rejected - Senate (41 - 57)
Date 09/13/2006
Bill No. S Amdt 4999
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (43 - 55)
Date 09/13/2006
Bill No. S Amdt 4909
Outcome Tabling Vote - Bill Tabled - Senate (51 - 44)
Date 09/07/2006
Bill No. S Amdt 4882
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (30 - 70)
Date 09/06/2006
Bill No. HR 5970
Outcome Cloture Vote - Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (56 - 42)
Date 08/03/2006
Bill No. S Amdt 4775
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (94 - 3)
Date 08/02/2006
Bill No. S 3711
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (71 - 25)
Date 08/01/2006
Bill No. S 403
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (65 - 34)
Date 07/25/2006
Bill No. S Amdt 4689
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (48 - 51)
Date 07/25/2006
Bill No. HR 810
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (63 - 37)
Date 07/18/2006
Bill No. S Amdt 4615
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (84 - 16)
Date 07/13/2006
Bill No. S Amdt 4659
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (29 - 71)
Date 07/13/2006
Bill No. S Amdt 4553
Outcome Motion Vote - Motion Rejected - Senate (50 - 50)
Date 07/12/2006
Bill No. S Amdt 4587
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (50 - 50)
Date 07/12/2006
Bill No. S Amdt 4560
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (87 - 11)
Date 07/11/2006
Bill No. S Amdt 4563
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (32 - 66)
Date 07/11/2006
Bill No. S 3569
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (60 - 34)
Date 06/29/2006
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