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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 2330
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (92 - 7)
Date 11/15/2001
Bill No. HR 2500
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (98 - 1)
Date 11/15/2001
Bill No. HR 2620
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (87 - 7)
Date 11/08/2001
Bill No. HR 3061
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (89 - 10)
Date 11/06/2001
Bill No. HR 2311
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (96 - 2)
Date 11/01/2001
Bill No. HR 2590
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (83 - 15)
Date 11/01/2001
Bill No. HR 3162
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (98 - 1)
Date 10/25/2001
Bill No. HR 2217
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (95 - 3)
Date 10/17/2001
Bill No. S 1450
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (96 - 1)
Date 09/21/2001
Bill No. S J Res 23
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage - Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (98 - 0)
Date 09/14/2001
Bill No. S 1052
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (59 - 36)
Date 06/29/2001
Bill No. HR 1836
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (58 - 33)
Date 05/26/2001
Bill No. HR 1836
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (62 - 38)
Date 05/23/2001
Bill No. H Con Res 83
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (53 - 47)
Date 05/10/2001
Bill No. S 27
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (59 - 41)
Date 04/02/2001
Bill No. S Amdt 145
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (51 - 46)
Date 03/26/2001
Bill No. S Amdt 134
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (69 - 31)
Date 03/21/2001
Bill No. S Amdt 115
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (70 - 30)
Date 03/20/2001
Bill No. S J Res 6
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage - Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (56 - 44)
Date 03/06/2001
Bill No. PN 107
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Confirmation Vote - Nomination Confirmed - Senate (58 - 42)
Date 02/01/2001
Bill No. PN 96
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Confirmation Vote - Nomination Confirmed - Senate (75 - 24)
Date 01/30/2001
Bill No. HR 4811
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (65 - 27)
Date 10/25/2000
Bill No. S 2045
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (96 - 1)
Date 10/03/2000
Bill No. HR 4444
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (83 - 15)
Date 09/19/2000
Bill No. S Amdt 4132
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Tabling Vote - Amendment Tabled - Senate (65 - 32)
Date 09/13/2000
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