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Robert Byrd'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.

For more information about the legislative process, see here.

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National Key Votes
Bill No. S J Res 26
Outcome Motion Vote - Motion Rejected - Senate (47 - 53)
Date 06/10/2010
Bill No. S Amdt 4302
Outcome Tabling Vote - Amendment Not Tabled - Senate (38 - 61)
Date 06/09/2010
Bill No. S Amdt 4326
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (58 - 41)
Date 06/09/2010
Bill No. HR 4899
Outcome Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (67 - 28)
Date 05/27/2010
Bill No. S Amdt 4204
Outcome Introduced - Senate
Date 05/27/2010
Bill No. S Amdt 4204
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (18 - 80)
Date 05/27/2010
Bill No. S Amdt 4214
Outcome Motion Vote - Motion Rejected - Senate (51 - 46)
Date 05/27/2010
Bill No. HR 4173
Outcome Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (59 - 39)
Date 05/20/2010
Bill No. S Amdt 3746
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (35 - 60)
Date 05/19/2010
Bill No. S Amdt 4034
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (43 - 55)
Date 05/18/2010
Bill No. S Amdt 4051
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (47 - 50)
Date 05/18/2010
Bill No. S Amdt 4071
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (80 - 18)
Date 05/18/2010
Bill No. S Amdt 4072
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (75 - 21)
Date 05/18/2010
Bill No. S Amdt 4114
Outcome Tabling Vote - Amendment Tabled - Senate (57 - 38)
Date 05/18/2010
Bill No. S Amdt 3832
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (42 - 58)
Date 05/13/2010
Bill No. S Amdt 3987
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (40 - 55)
Date 05/13/2010
Bill No. S Amdt 3989
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (64 - 33)
Date 05/13/2010
Bill No. S Amdt 3991
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (64 - 35)
Date 05/13/2010
Bill No. S Amdt 3816
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (39 - 59)
Date 05/12/2010
Bill No. S Amdt 3955
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (42 - 57)
Date 05/12/2010
Bill No. S Amdt 3962
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (63 - 36)
Date 05/12/2010
Bill No. S Amdt 3760
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (37 - 62)
Date 05/11/2010
Bill No. S Amdt 3839
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (43 - 56)
Date 05/11/2010
Bill No. S Amdt 3938
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (63 - 36)
Date 05/11/2010
Bill No. S Amdt 3826
Outcome Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (38 - 61)
Date 05/06/2010
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