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Judd Gregg'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 24, 2009 | HR 3590 | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | Bill Passed - Senate (60 - 39) |
Nay |
| Dec. 23, 2009 | HR 3590 | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | Cloture Invoked - Senate (60 - 39) |
Nay |
| Dec. 22, 2009 | S Amdt 3276 | Senate Health Care Bill Amendments | Amendment Adopted - Senate (60 - 39) |
Nay |
| Dec. 8, 2009 | S Amdt 2962 | Prohibiting Federally Funded Abortion Services | Amendment Tabled - Senate (54 - 45) |
Nay |
| Feb. 26, 2008 | S 1200 | Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2008 | Bill Passed - Senate (83 - 10) |
Nay |
| Feb. 26, 2008 | S Amdt 3896 | Prohibiting the Funds in S 1200 from Being Used for Abortions | Amendment Adopted - Senate (52 - 42) |
Yea |
| Oct. 18, 2007 | S Amdt 3330 | Prohibiting Funds for Groups that Perform Abortions | Amendment Rejected - Senate (41 - 52) |
Yea |
| Sept. 6, 2007 | S Amdt 2707 | Prohibiting U.S. Assistance for Groups that Support Coercive Abortion | Amendment Adopted - Senate (48 - 45) |
Yea |
| July 25, 2006 | S 403 | Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act | Bill Passed - Senate (65 - 34) |
Yea |
| Oct. 21, 2003 | S 3 | Prohibit Partial-Birth/Late Term Abortion bill | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (64 - 34) |
Yea |
| June 21, 2002 | S Amdt 3927 | Military Abortion Amendment | Amendment Adopted - Senate (52 - 40) |
Nay |
| June 20, 2000 | S Amdt 3252 | Military Abortions Amendment | Amendment Tabled - Senate (50 - 49) |
Yea |
| Oct. 21, 1999 | S 1692 | Ban on Partial-Birth/Late Term Abortion | Bill Passed - Senate (63 - 34) |
Did Not Vote |
| Oct. 21, 1999 | S Amdt 2321 | Expressing Support for Roe v. Wade Decision | Amendment Adopted - Senate (51 - 47) |
Did Not Vote |
| May 26, 1999 | S Amdt 397 | Overseas Military Abortions Amendment | Amendment Tabled - Senate (51 - 49) |
Yea |
| Sept. 18, 1998 | HR 1122 | Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion bill | Veto Override Failed - Senate (64 - 36) |
Yea |
| June 25, 1998 | S Amdt 2794 | Overseas Military Hospital Abortions Amendment | Amendment Rejected - Senate (44 - 49) |
Nay |
| Sept. 4, 1997 | S Amdt 1077 | Fetal Tissue Research Amendment | Amendment Rejected - Senate (38 - 60) |
Yea |
| July 22, 1997 | S Amdt 936 | Abortion Funding Amendment | Amendment Adopted - Senate (54 - 45) |
Yea |
| July 10, 1997 | S Amdt 593 | Abortions at Overseas Military Facilities | Amendment Rejected - Senate (48 - 51) |
Nay |
| May 20, 1997 | HR 1122 | Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion bill | Bill Passed - Senate (64 - 36) |
Yea |
| Sept. 26, 1996 | HR 1833 | Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion Ban | Veto Override Failed - Senate (58 - 40) |
Yea |
| June 19, 1996 | S Amdt 4059 | Overseas Abortion Amendment | Amendment Not Tabled - Senate (45 - 51) |
Yea |
| March 19, 1996 | S Amdt 3513 | Medical Professionals Amendment | Amendment Adopted - Senate (63 - 37) |
Yea |
| Dec. 7, 1995 | HR 1833 | Partial-Birth/Late-Term Abortion Ban Act of 1995 | Bill Passed - Senate (54 - 44) |
Yea |
| May 12, 1994 | S 636 | Abortion Clinic Access bill | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (69 - 30) |
Nay |
| Oct. 18, 1993 | HR 2518 | Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Bill | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (80 - 15) |
Nay |
| Sept. 29, 1993 | HR 2518 | Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Bill | Bill Passed - Senate (82 - 17) |
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.
