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Mike Castle's Voting Records on Issue:
Issue
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- Abortion
- Abortion and Reproductive
- Agriculture and Food
- Animals and Wildlife
- Arts, Entertainment, and History
- Business and Consumers
- Campaign Finance and Elections
- Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
- Constitution
- Crime
- Death Penalty
- Defense
- Drugs
- Economy and Fiscal
- Education
- Employment and Affirmative Action
- Energy
- Entitlements and the Safety Net
- Environment
- Executive Branch
- Federal, State and Local Relations
- Finance and Banking
- Food Processing and Sales
- Foreign Affairs
- Foreign Aid
- Gambling and Gaming
- Government Budget and Spending
- Government Operations
- Guns
- Health and Health Care
- Health Insurance
- Higher Education
- Housing and Property
- Immigration
- Indigenous Peoples
- Infrastructure
- Judicial Branch
- K-12 Education
- Labor Unions
- Legal
- Legislative Branch
- Marijuana Legalization
- Marriage
- Marriage, Family, and Children
- Military Personnel
- Minors and Children
- Monetary Policy
- National Security
- Natural Resources and Energy
- Oil and Gas
- Religion
- Science
- Senior Citizens
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Stem Cell Research
- Taxes
- Technology and Communication
- Trade
- Transportation
- Unemployed and Low-Income
- Veterans
- Women
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National Key Votes
| Date | Bill No. | Bill Title | Outcome | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 27, 2008 | HR 7081 | United States - India Nuclear Agreement | Bill Passed - House (298 - 117) |
Yea |
| May 20, 2008 | HR 6074 | Prohibiting Foreign States or Associations from Forming a Group to Control Oil | Bill Passed - House (324 - 84) |
Yea |
| Sept. 25, 2007 | HR 1400 | Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007 | Bill Passed - House (397 - 16) |
Yea |
| July 20, 2005 | HR 2601 | State Department FY 2006/2007 Authorization Bill | Bill Passed - House (351 - 78) |
Yea |
| July 14, 2005 | HR 3100 | East Asia Security Act of 2005 | Bill Failed - House (215 - 203) |
Yea |
| June 15, 2005 | H Amdt 270 | Bans Use of Funds to Enforce Cuba Regulations Amendment | Amendment Rejected - House (210 - 216) |
Yea |
| Oct. 16, 2003 | H Res 198 | Iraq's Reconstruction Resolution | Resolution Passed - House (394 - 31) |
Yea |
| July 26, 2001 | HR 1954 | Iran and Libya Sanctions | Bill Passed - House (409 - 6) |
Yea |
| July 25, 2001 | H Amdt 241 | Substitute Amendment to Treasury Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2002 | Amendment Adopted - House (240 - 186) |
Yea |
| July 19, 2001 | H J Res 50 | China Trade Relations bill | Joint Resolution Failed - House (169 - 259) |
Nay |
| July 20, 2000 | H Amdt 1023 | Cuban Economic Embargo Amendment | Amendment Rejected - House (174 - 241) |
Nay |
| July 20, 2000 | H Amdt 1029 | Cuban Travel Embargo Amendment | Amendment Adopted - House (232 - 186) |
Yea |
| May 18, 2000 | H Amdt 723 | School of the Americas Amendment | Amendment Rejected - House (204 - 214) |
Nay |
| Oct. 5, 1999 | HR 2606 | Foreign Operations FY2000 Appropriations bill | Conference Report Adopted - House (214 - 211) |
Yea |
| Aug. 3, 1999 | HR 2606 | Foreign Operations FY2000 Appropriations bill | Bill Passed - House (385 - 35) |
Yea |
| April 28, 1999 | HR 1569 | Military Operations in Yugoslavia Limitation Act | Bill Passed - House (249 - 180) |
Yea |
| April 28, 1999 | S Con Res 21 | Kosovo Resolution | Resolution Failed - House (213 - 213) |
Yea |
| March 11, 1999 | H Con Res 42 | Kosovo Peacekeeping Operations Resolution | Resolution Passed - House (219 - 191) |
Yea |
| Sept. 17, 1998 | H Amdt 907 | US Army School of the Americas Amendment | Amendment Rejected - House (201 - 212) |
Nay |
| Sept. 17, 1998 | HR 4569 | Appropriations Bill FY99, Foreign Operations | Bill Passed - House (255 - 161) |
Nay |
| June 22, 1998 | HR 4059 | Military Construction FY99 Appropriations bill | Bill Passed - House (396 - 10) |
Yea |
| June 4, 1998 | H Con Res 285 | Tiananmen Square Resolution | Resolution Passed - House (305 - 116) |
Yea |
| May 14, 1998 | HR 2431 | Religious Freedom | Bill Passed - House (375 - 41) |
Yea |
| March 18, 1998 | H Con Res 227 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U.S. Troop Removal Resolution | Resolution Failed - House (193 - 225) |
Nay |
| March 17, 1998 | H Res 364 | Human Rights in China | Resolution Passed - House (397 - 0) |
Yea |
| Nov. 13, 1997 | H Con Res 137 | Iraq War Crimes Tribunal | Resolution Passed - House (396 - 2) |
Yea |
| Nov. 7, 1997 | HR 2647 | PLA Monitoring bill | Bill Passed - House (408 - 10) |
Yea |
| Nov. 5, 1997 | HR 2358 | China Political Freedom bill | Bill Passed - House (416 - 5) |
Yea |
| Sept. 4, 1997 | H Amdt 314 | Army School of the Americas amendment | Amendment Rejected - House (210 - 217) |
Nay |
| July 22, 1997 | H Res 175 | Republic of Congo Elections | Resolution Failed - House (279 - 147) |
Yea |
| June 4, 1997 | H Amdt 138 | U.S. Withdrawal from the U.N. Amendment | Amendment Rejected - House (54 - 369) |
Nay |
| May 15, 1996 | H Amdt 1057 | Cooperative Threat Reduction Program Amendment | Amendment Rejected - House (202 - 220) |
Nay |
| May 15, 1996 | H Amdt 1058 | Former Soviet Union Defense Conversion Amendment | Amendment Adopted - House (249 - 171) |
Yea |
| April 30, 1996 | HR 1561 | Authorization bill, FY96-97, Foreign Relations | Veto Override Failed - House (234 - 188) |
Yea |
| March 12, 1996 | HR 1561 | Authorization bill, FY96-97, Foreign Relations | Conference Report Adopted - House (226 - 172) |
Yea |
| March 6, 1996 | HR 927 | Cuba Sanctions Bill | Conference Report Adopted - House (336 - 86) |
Yea |
| Dec. 13, 1995 | HR 2770 | Troop Deployment in Bosnia Bill | Bill Failed - House (210 - 218) |
Nay |
| Nov. 17, 1995 | HR 2606 | U.S. Troops in Bosnia Funding Bill | Bill Passed - House (243 - 171) |
Yea |
| Oct. 31, 1995 | HR 1868 | Appropriations bill, FY96, Foreign Relations | Conference Report Adopted - House (351 - 71) |
Yea |
| Oct. 30, 1995 | H Res 247 | Bosnia Troop Deployment Resolution | Resolution Passed - House (315 - 103) |
Yea |
| July 11, 1995 | HR 1868 | Appropriations bill, FY96, Foreign Relations | Bill Passed - House (333 - 89) |
Yea |
| June 28, 1995 | H Amdt 477 | Abortion Funding Ban Amendment | Amendment Adopted - House (243 - 187) |
Nay |
| June 8, 1995 | HR 1561 | Authorization bill, FY96-97, Foreign Relations | Bill Passed - House (222 - 192) |
Yea |
| Feb. 16, 1995 | HR 7 | Limiting U.S. Monetary and Troop Assistance to the United Nations | Bill Passed - House (241 - 181) |
Yea |
| Nov. 29, 1994 | HR 5110 | Uruguay Round Agreements Act | Bill Passed - House (288 - 146) |
Yea |
| Aug. 4, 1994 | HR 4426 | Foreign Operations FY95 Appropriations bill | Conference Report Adopted - House (341 - 85) |
Yea |
| June 9, 1994 | H Amdt 574 | U.S. Policy on Haiti Amendment | Amendment Rejected - House (195 - 226) |
Yea |
| May 25, 1994 | HR 4426 | Foreign Operations FY95 Appropriations bill | Bill Passed - House (337 - 87) |
Yea |
| May 24, 1994 | H Amdt 575 | U.S. Policy on Haiti Substitute Amendment | Amendment Rejected - House (191 - 236) |
Nay |
| June 22, 1993 | HR 2333 | State Department FY94-95 Authorization Bill | Bill Passed - House (273 - 144) |
Nay |
About the Selection and Description of Key Votes
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:
- The vote should be helpful in portraying how a member stands on a particular issue
- The vote should be clear for any person to understand
- The vote has received media attention
- The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin
- 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. The summary does not necessarily reflect the content of the final version of the bill. Summaries are written by Vote Smart's staff and interns, who adhere to the project's strict policies and procedures in order to guarantee absolute impartiality and accuracy. Each key vote selection is reviewed by the project's community of advisors, who are political scientists and journalists from all fifty states.
