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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 434
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (76 - 19)
Date 11/03/1999
Bill No. HR 3064
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (49 - 48)
Date 11/02/1999
Bill No. S 1692
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (63 - 34)
Date 10/21/1999
Bill No. S Amdt 2321
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (51 - 47)
Date 10/21/1999
Bill No. HR 2684
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (93 - 5)
Date 10/15/1999
Bill No. HR 1906
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (74 - 26)
Date 10/13/1999
Bill No. Treaty Doc. 105-28
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage - Treaty Ratification Passed - Senate (48 - 51)
Date 10/13/1999
Bill No. HR 2606
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (51 - 49)
Date 10/06/1999
Bill No. PN 49
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Confirmation Vote - Nomination Rejected - Senate (45 - 54)
Date 10/05/1999
Bill No. S 1692
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 10/05/1999
Bill No. HR 2084
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (88 - 3)
Date 10/04/1999
Bill No. HR 2605
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (96 - 3)
Date 09/28/1999
Bill No. HR 2466
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (89 - 10)
Date 09/23/1999
Bill No. S 1059
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (93 - 5)
Date 09/22/1999
Bill No. HR 2490
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (54 - 38)
Date 09/16/1999
Bill No. HR 2587
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (52 - 39)
Date 09/16/1999
Bill No. S J Res 33
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage - Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (95 - 2)
Date 09/14/1999
Bill No. HR 2488
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Conference Report Vote - Conference Report Adopted - Senate (50 - 49)
Date 08/05/1999
Bill No. PN 100
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Confirmation Vote - Nomination Confirmed - Senate (81 - 16)
Date 08/05/1999
Bill No. S Amdt 1569
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Tabling Vote - Amendment Tabled - Senate (80 - 16)
Date 08/05/1999
Bill No. S Amdt 1569
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 08/05/1999
Bill No. S Amdt 1499
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (89 - 8)
Date 08/04/1999
Bill No. S 1429
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage - Bill Passed - Senate (57 - 43)
Date 07/30/1999
Bill No. S 1344
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Passage With Amendment - Bill Passed - Senate (53 - 47)
Date 07/15/1999
Bill No. S Amdt 1250
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Amendment Vote - Amendment Adopted - Senate (53 - 47)
Date 07/15/1999
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