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Bob Smith'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 5005
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (90 - 9)
Date 11/19/2002
Bill No. HR 3295
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (92 - 2)
Date 10/16/2002
Bill No. HR 5010
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (93 - 1)
Date 10/16/2002
Bill No. H J Res 114
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage - Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (77 - 23)
Date 10/11/2002
Bill No. HR 3009
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (64 - 34)
Date 08/01/2002
Bill No. HR 5010
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (95 - 3)
Date 08/01/2002
Bill No. S 812
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (78 - 21)
Date 07/31/2002
Bill No. HR 5121
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (85 - 14)
Date 07/25/2002
Bill No. HR 4775
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (92 - 7)
Date 07/24/2002
Bill No. HR 5011
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (96 - 3)
Date 07/18/2002
Bill No. S 2673
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (97 - 0)
Date 07/15/2002
Bill No. S Amdt 3927
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (52 - 40)
Date 06/21/2002
Bill No. S 2600
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (84 - 14)
Date 06/18/2002
Bill No. S 625
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Cloture Vote - Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (54 - 43)
Date 06/11/2002
Bill No. HR 2646
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (64 - 35)
Date 05/08/2002
Bill No. HR 4
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (88 - 11)
Date 04/25/2002
Bill No. S 565
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (99 - 1)
Date 04/11/2002
Bill No. HR 2356
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (60 - 40)
Date 03/20/2002
Bill No. S Amdt 2937
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Tabling Vote - Amendment Not Tabled - Senate (46 - 51)
Date 02/27/2002
Bill No. HR 2646
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (58 - 40)
Date 02/13/2002
Bill No. HR 1
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (87 - 10)
Date 12/18/2001
Bill No. S 1438
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (96 - 2)
Date 12/13/2001
Bill No. HR 2944
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (79 - 20)
Date 12/07/2001
Bill No. S Amdt 2336
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (78 - 21)
Date 12/07/2001
Bill No. HR 2299
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (97 - 2)
Date 12/04/2001
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