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Larry Craig'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2008 | HR 4040 | Consumer Product Safety Commission Bill | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (89 - 3) |
Yea |
| April 23, 2008 | HR 2831 | Equal Pay Bill | Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (56 - 42) |
Nay |
| March 13, 2008 | S Amdt 4259 | Immigration Enforcement and Employer Sanctions Amendment | Amendment Adopted - Senate (53 - 45) |
Nay |
| March 6, 2008 | HR 4040 | Consumer Product Safety Commission Bill | Bill Passed - Senate (79 - 13) |
Yea |
| May 24, 2007 | HR 2206 | Emergency Departmental Supplemental Appropriations Bill of 2007 | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (80 - 14) |
Yea |
| Aug. 3, 2006 | HR 5970 | Death/Estate Tax and Minimum Wage Bill | Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (56 - 42) |
Yea |
| June 21, 2006 | S Amdt 4322 | Minimum Wage Adjustment Amendment | Amendment Adopted - Senate (52 - 46) |
Nay |
| June 21, 2006 | S Amdt 4376 | Increasing Minimum Wage Amendment | Amendment Rejected - Senate (45 - 53) |
Yea |
| May 23, 2006 | S Amdt 4177 | Employer Verification Amendment | Amendment Adopted - Senate (59 - 39) |
Nay |
| March 7, 2005 | S Amdt 128 | Minimum Wage Amendment | Amendment Rejected - Senate (38 - 61) |
Yea |
| March 7, 2005 | S Amdt 44 | Minimum Wage Amendment | Amendment Rejected - Senate (46 - 49) |
Nay |
| April 8, 2004 | HR 3108 | Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004 | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (78 - 19) |
Yea |
| March 6, 2001 | S J Res 6 | Ergonomics Regulations Resolution | Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (56 - 44) |
Yea |
| Feb. 2, 2000 | HR 833 | Bankruptcy Reform bill | Bill Passed - Senate (83 - 14) |
Yea |
| Nov. 9, 1999 | S Amdt 2547 | Three Year Minimum Wage Increase Amendment | Amendment Adopted - Senate (54 - 44) |
Yea |
| Nov. 9, 1999 | S Amdt 2751 | Two Year Minimum Wage Increase Amendment | Amendment Tabled - Senate (50 - 48) |
Yea |
| July 23, 1998 | S Amdt 3258 | Temporary Farm Workers Amendment | Amendment Adopted - Senate (68 - 31) |
Yea |
| May 18, 1998 | S Amdt 2417 | U.S. Citizen Recruitment Amendment | Amendment Tabled - Senate (59 - 39) |
Yea |
| March 6, 1998 | S Amdt 1708 | Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Amendment | Amendment Tabled - Senate (58 - 37) |
Nay |
| Sept. 10, 1996 | S 2056 | Employment Nondiscrimination Act of 1996 | Bill Failed - Senate (49 - 50) |
Nay |
| Aug. 2, 1996 | HR 3103 | Health Insurance Portability bill | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (98 - 0) |
Yea |
| Aug. 2, 1996 | HR 3448 | Minimum Wage Increase bill | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (76 - 22) |
Nay |
| July 10, 1996 | HR 743 | Teamwork for Employees and Managers Act of 1995 | Bill Passed - Senate (53 - 46) |
Yea |
| July 10, 1996 | S Amdt 4438 | Teamwork for Employees and Managers Act of 1995 | Amendment Adopted - Senate (61 - 38) |
Yea |
| July 9, 1996 | HR 3448 | Minimum Wage Increase bill | Bill Passed - Senate (74 - 24) |
Nay |
| July 9, 1996 | S Amdt 4435 | Minimum Wage Increase Amendment | Amendment Rejected - Senate (46 - 52) |
Nay |
| May 1, 1996 | S Amdt 3752 | Citizen Verification Pilot Program Amendment | Amendment Tabled - Senate (54 - 46) |
Nay |
| July 12, 1994 | S 55 | Striker Replacement | Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (53 - 47) |
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.
