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Tom Petri's Voting Records on Issue:
Issue
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- Business and Consumers
- Campaign Finance and Elections
- Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
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- Defense
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- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2013 | H Amdt 75 | Requires All Oil and Refined Fuels Transported Through the Keystone XL Pipeline to be Used Only in The United States | Amendment Rejected - House (162 - 255) |
Nay |
| Nov. 16, 2012 | HR 6156 | Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 | Bill Passed - House (365 - 43) |
Yea |
| May 9, 2012 | HR 2072 | Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012 | Bill Passed - House (330 - 93) |
Nay |
| Oct. 12, 2011 | HR 3078 | Trade Promotion Agreement with Colombia | Bill Passed - House (262 - 167) |
Yea |
| Oct. 12, 2011 | HR 3079 | Trade Promotion Agreement with Panama | Bill Passed - House (300 - 129) |
Yea |
| Oct. 12, 2011 | HR 3080 | Free Trade Agreement with Korea | Bill Passed - House (278 - 151) |
Yea |
| July 21, 2010 | HR 4380 | Temporary Tariff Suspensions and Reductions | Bill Passed - House (378 - 43) |
Yea |
| June 19, 2008 | HR 2642 | Funding for Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (416 - 12) |
Yea |
| May 21, 2008 | HR 2419 | Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007 (Farm Bill) | Veto Override Passed - House (316 - 108) |
Nay |
| May 14, 2008 | HR 2419 | Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007 (Farm Bill) | Conference Report Adopted - House (318 - 106) |
Nay |
| April 10, 2008 | H Res 1092 | Postponing the Consideration of the Trade Agreement with Colombia | Resolution Passed - House (224 - 195) |
Nay |
| Nov. 14, 2007 | HR 3074 | Appropriations for the Department of Transportation and the Department of Housing and Urban Development | Conference Report Adopted - House (270 - 147) |
Yea |
| Nov. 8, 2007 | HR 3688 | United States-Peru Trade Agreement | Bill Passed - House (285 - 132) |
Yea |
| Oct. 31, 2007 | HR 3920 | Trade and Globalization Act of 2007 | Bill Passed - House (264 - 157) |
Yea |
| Aug. 2, 2007 | H Amdt 734 | Prescription Drug Imports | Amendment Rejected - House (146 - 283) |
Nay |
| July 27, 2007 | HR 2419 | Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007 (Farm Bill) | Bill Passed - House (231 - 191) |
Nay |
| July 11, 2007 | HR 556 | Foreign Investment Oversight | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (370 - 45) |
Nay |
| June 27, 2007 | HR 1830 | Andean Trade Preference Act Extension | Bill Passed - House (365 - 59) |
Yea |
| May 22, 2007 | HR 2264 | Preventing the Organization of Petroleum Export Groups | Bill Passed - House (345 - 72) |
Yea |
| Jan. 5, 2007 | H Res 6 | Pay-As-You-Go Rule | Resolution Passed - House (280 - 152) |
Yea |
| July 26, 2006 | HR 5682 | U.S.and India Nuclear Cooperation Act of 2006 | Bill Passed - House (359 - 68) |
Yea |
| July 20, 2006 | HR 5684 | U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation | Bill Passed - House (221 - 205) |
Yea |
| July 28, 2005 | HR 3045 | CAFTA Implementation Bill | Bill Passed - House (217 - 215) |
Yea |
| July 20, 2005 | HR 2601 | State Department FY 2006/2007 Authorization Bill | Bill Passed - House (351 - 78) |
Yea |
| June 15, 2005 | H Amdt 270 | Bans Use of Funds to Enforce Cuba Regulations Amendment | Amendment Rejected - House (210 - 216) |
Nay |
| June 9, 2005 | H J Res 27 | Withdrawing Approval from the WTO Agreement | Joint Resolution Failed - House (86 - 338) |
Nay |
| Oct. 7, 2004 | HR 4520 | JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Strength) | Conference Report Adopted - House (280 - 141) |
Yea |
| July 24, 2003 | HR 2738 | U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act | Bill Passed - House (270 - 156) |
Yea |
| July 24, 2003 | HR 2739 | U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act | Bill Passed - House (272 - 155) |
Yea |
| July 27, 2002 | HR 3009 | Andean Trade Preference Act Extension | Conference Report Adopted - House (215 - 212) |
Yea |
| Dec. 6, 2001 | HR 3005 | Fast Track Trade Authority bill | Bill Passed - House (215 - 214) |
Yea |
| July 19, 2001 | H J Res 50 | China Trade Relations bill | Joint Resolution Failed - House (169 - 259) |
Nay |
| June 21, 2000 | H J Res 90 | WTO Withdrawal resolution | Joint Resolution Failed - House (56 - 363) |
Nay |
| May 24, 2000 | HR 4444 | U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 | Bill Passed - House (237 - 197) |
Yea |
| May 4, 2000 | HR 434 | Africa Free Trade bill | Conference Report Adopted - House (309 - 110) |
Yea |
| Aug. 3, 1999 | H J Res 58 | Economic Assistance to Vietnam | Joint Resolution Failed - House (130 - 297) |
Nay |
| July 27, 1999 | H J Res 57 | China Trade resolution | Joint Resolution Failed - House (170 - 260) |
Nay |
| March 17, 1999 | HR 975 | Steel Import Limitation bill | Bill Passed - House (289 - 141) |
Yea |
| Sept. 25, 1998 | HR 2621 | Reciprocal Trade Agreement Bill | Bill Failed - House (180 - 243) |
Yea |
| July 30, 1998 | H J Res 120 | Vietnam Trade Waiver Disapproval resolution | Joint Resolution Failed - House (163 - 260) |
Nay |
| July 22, 1998 | H J Res 121 | Disapproval of 'Normal Trade Relations' Status with China | Joint Resolution Failed - House (166 - 264) |
Nay |
| March 11, 1998 | HR 1432 | African Growth bill | Bill Passed - House (233 - 186) |
Yea |
| Nov. 4, 1997 | HR 2644 | United States-Caribbean Trade Partnership Act | Bill Failed - House (182 - 234) |
Yea |
| June 24, 1997 | H J Res 79 | China Most-Favored-Nation Resolution | Joint Resolution Failed - House (173 - 259) |
Nay |
| March 6, 1996 | HR 927 | Cuba Sanctions Bill | Conference Report Adopted - House (336 - 86) |
Yea |
| Nov. 29, 1994 | HR 5110 | Uruguay Round Agreements Act | Bill Passed - House (288 - 146) |
Yea |
| June 9, 1994 | H Amdt 611 | Lifting Arms Embargo on Bosnia Amendment | Amendment Adopted - House (244 - 178) |
Nay |
| Nov. 17, 1993 | HR 3450 | North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Implementation Act | Bill Passed - House (234 - 200) |
Yea |
| July 21, 1993 | H J Res 208 | China's Most Favored Nation Status | Joint Resolution Failed - House (105 - 318) |
Nay |
| June 22, 1993 | HR 1876 | GATT Uruguay Round Bill | Bill Passed - House (295 - 126) |
Yea |
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.
