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Dirk Kempthorne's Voting Records

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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 3734
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (74 - 24)
Date 07/23/1996
Bill No. HR 743
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (53 - 46)
Date 07/10/1996
Bill No. S Amdt 4438
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (61 - 38)
Date 07/10/1996
Bill No. HR 3448
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (74 - 24)
Date 07/09/1996
Bill No. S 1936
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 07/09/1996
Bill No. S Amdt 4435
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (46 - 52)
Date 07/09/1996
Bill No. S 1219
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Cloture Vote - Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (54 - 46)
Date 06/25/1996
Bill No. PN 951
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Confirmation Vote - Nomination Confirmed - Senate (91 - 7)
Date 06/20/1996
Bill No. PN 953
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Confirmation Vote - Nomination Confirmed - Senate (57 - 41)
Date 06/20/1996
Bill No. S Amdt 4059
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Tabling Vote - Amendment Not Tabled - Senate (45 - 51)
Date 06/19/1996
Bill No. H Con Res 178
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (53 - 46)
Date 06/13/1996
Bill No. H J Res 1
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage - Joint Resolution Failed - Senate (64 - 35)
Date 06/06/1996
Bill No. HR 2202
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (97 - 3)
Date 05/02/1996
Bill No. S Amdt 3840
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (40 - 60)
Date 05/02/1996
Bill No. S Amdt 3752
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Tabling Vote - Amendment Tabled - Senate (54 - 46)
Date 05/01/1996
Bill No. S Amdt 3780
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (51 - 49)
Date 05/01/1996
Bill No. S Amdt 3820
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Amendment Vote - Amendment Rejected - Senate (46 - 53)
Date 04/30/1996
Bill No. HR 3019
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (88 - 11)
Date 04/25/1996
Bill No. S Amdt 3669
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Tabling Vote - Amendment Tabled - Senate (53 - 46)
Date 04/25/1996
Bill No. S Amdt 3670
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Tabling Vote - Amendment Tabled - Senate (53 - 47)
Date 04/25/1996
Bill No. S J Res 21
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Cloture Vote - Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (58 - 42)
Date 04/23/1996
Bill No. S Amdt 3677
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (52 - 46)
Date 04/18/1996
Bill No. S 735
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (91 - 8)
Date 04/17/1996
Bill No. HR 1561
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (52 - 44)
Date 03/28/1996
Bill No. HR 2854
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (74 - 26)
Date 03/28/1996
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