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Edward Kennedy, Sr.'s Voting Records

Deceased

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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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National Key Votes
Bill No. HR 3435
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (60 - 37)
Date 08/06/2009
Bill No. PN 506
Outcome Confirmation Vote - Nomination Confirmed - Senate (68 - 31)
Date 08/06/2009
Bill No. S Amdt 1618
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (58 - 39)
Date 07/22/2009
Bill No. S Amdt 1469
Outcome Passage - Amendment Adopted - Senate (58 - 40)
Date 07/21/2009
Bill No. S Amdt 1399
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (54 - 44)
Date 07/08/2009
Bill No. HR 1256
Outcome Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (79 - 17)
Date 06/11/2009
Bill No. S Amdt 1067
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (67 - 29)
Date 05/12/2009
Bill No. S Con Res 13
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (53 - 43)
Date 04/29/2009
Bill No. PN 188
Outcome Confirmation Vote - Nomination Confirmed - Senate (65 - 31)
Date 04/28/2009
Bill No. S Amdt 739
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (43 - 54)
Date 03/31/2009
Bill No. HR 1388
Outcome Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (79 - 19)
Date 03/26/2009
Bill No. HR 146
Outcome Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (77 - 20)
Date 03/19/2009
Bill No. S 510
Outcome Introduced - Senate
Date 03/03/2009
Bill No. S 160
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (61 - 37)
Date 02/26/2009
Bill No. HR 1
Outcome Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (60 - 38)
Date 02/13/2009
Bill No. HR 1
Outcome Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (61 - 37)
Date 02/10/2009
Bill No. S Amdt 538
Outcome Motion Vote - Motion Rejected - Senate (35 - 61)
Date 02/06/2009
Bill No. S Amdt 279
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (31 - 65)
Date 02/04/2009
Bill No. S Amdt 109
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (52 - 45)
Date 02/03/2009
Bill No. HR 2
Outcome Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (66 - 32)
Date 01/29/2009
Bill No. PN 64-6
Outcome Confirmation Vote - Nomination Confirmed - Senate (60 - 34)
Date 01/26/2009
Bill No. S 181
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (61 - 36)
Date 01/22/2009
Bill No. S 22
Outcome Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (73 - 21)
Date 01/15/2009
Bill No. S J Res 5
Outcome Passage - Joint Resolution Failed - Senate (42 - 52)
Date 01/15/2009
Bill No. S 181
Outcome Introduced - Senate
Date 01/08/2009
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