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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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Date State Bill No. Title Outcome
May 20, 2026 National HR 3234 Keeping Deposits Local Act Bill Passed - House (405 - 0)
May 20, 2026 National HR 5317 Community Bank Deposit Access Act of 2025 Bill Passed - House (393 - 16)
May 20, 2026 National HR 4544 American Access to Banking Act Bill Passed - House (405 - 4)
May 20, 2026 National HR 1993 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act Bill Passed - House (415 - 0)
May 12, 2026 National HR 2071 To require the United States Executive Directors at the international financial institutions to oppose certain projects involving shrimp production (Save Our Shrimpers Act) Bill Passed - House (391 - 18)
March 10, 2026 NY S 8830 Amends New York's Coerced Debt Law to Provide Corrections and Exemptions Bill Passed - House (95 - 48)
Date No. Title Outcome
5/20 HR 3234 Keeping Deposits Local Act Bill Passed - House (405 - 0)
5/20 HR 5317 Community Bank Deposit Access Act of 2025 Bill Passed - House (393 - 16)
5/20 HR 4544 American Access to Banking Act Bill Passed - House (405 - 4)
5/20 HR 1993 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act Bill Passed - House (415 - 0)
5/12 HR 2071 To require the United States Executive Directors at the international financial institutions to oppose certain projects involving shrimp production (Save Our Shrimpers Act) Bill Passed - House (391 - 18)
3/10 S 8830 Amends New York's Coerced Debt Law to Provide Corrections and Exemptions Bill Passed - House (95 - 48)

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