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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
Aug. 19, 2014 NC HB 1224 Amends Sales Tax Laws Conference Report Rejected - House (47 - 54)
Aug. 1, 2014 NC HB 1224 Amends Sales Tax Laws Conference Report Adopted - Senate (32 - 11)
July 30, 2014 National S 2569 Bring Jobs Home Act Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (54 - 42)
July 29, 2014 National S Amdt 3583 Appropriates Funds to the Highway Trust Fund Amendment Adopted - Senate (66 - 31)
July 29, 2014 National S Amdt 3584 Transportation Empowerment Act Amendment Rejected - Senate (28 - 69)
July 24, 2014 NC HB 1224 Amends Sales Tax Laws Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 16)
July 8, 2014 PA HB 1177 Authorizes Cigarette and Hotel Taxes Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (43 - 5)
July 2, 2014 PA HB 1177 Authorizes Cigarette and Hotel Taxes Concurrence Vote Passed - House (119 - 80)
July 1, 2014 PA HB 1177 Authorizes Cigarette and Hotel Taxes Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 12)
June 12, 2014 MI HB 5477 Increases Gasoline and Diesel Tax Bill Failed - Senate (17 - 20)
June 12, 2014 MA H 4111 Appropriates Funds for the Expansion of the Boston Convention Center Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 6)
June 11, 2014 National S 2432 Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (56 - 38)
June 11, 2014 MA Amdt 46 Establishes a Sales Tax Holiday Amendment Adopted - House (132 - 14)
May 28, 2014 MA H 4111 Appropriates Funds for the Expansion of the Boston Convention Center Bill Passed - House (131 - 19)
May 28, 2014 CA SB 1372 Amends the Corporate Tax Rate Bill Failed - Senate (19 - 17)
May 22, 2014 OK HB 2562 Restructures the Tax Rate for Oil and Gas Production Conference Report Adopted - Senate (30 - 14)
May 22, 2014 OK HB 2562 Restructures the Tax Rate for Oil and Gas Production Conference Report Adopted - House (61 - 34)
May 19, 2014 OK HB 3297 Transfers Authority of Compressed Natural Gas Administration to the Department of Labor Concurrence Vote Passed - House (69 - 19)
May 15, 2014 IL HB 6021 2014-2015 Education Budget Bill Passed - House (61 - 55)
May 14, 2014 MO HJR 68 Increases Sales Tax Concurrence Vote Passed - House (105 - 43)
May 14, 2014 OK HB 3143 Requires Vendors on Military Bases to Collect Sales Tax Concurrence Vote Passed - House (51 - 42)
May 14, 2014 OH HB 375 Restructures the Tax on Oil and Gas Drilling Operations Bill Passed - House (55 - 38)
May 12, 2014 MO SB 841 Establishes Regulations for Alternative Nicotine and Vapor Products Bill Passed - House (127 - 19)
May 9, 2014 National HR 4438 American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2014 Bill Passed - House (274 - 131)
May 6, 2014 MO SB 509 Reduces State Income Tax Rates Veto Override Passed - House (109 - 46)
Date No. Title Outcome
8/19 HB 1224 Amends Sales Tax Laws Conference Report Rejected - House (47 - 54)
8/01 HB 1224 Amends Sales Tax Laws Conference Report Adopted - Senate (32 - 11)
7/30 S 2569 Bring Jobs Home Act Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (54 - 42)
7/29 S Amdt 3583 Appropriates Funds to the Highway Trust Fund Amendment Adopted - Senate (66 - 31)
7/29 S Amdt 3584 Transportation Empowerment Act Amendment Rejected - Senate (28 - 69)
7/24 HB 1224 Amends Sales Tax Laws Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 16)
7/08 HB 1177 Authorizes Cigarette and Hotel Taxes Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (43 - 5)
7/02 HB 1177 Authorizes Cigarette and Hotel Taxes Concurrence Vote Passed - House (119 - 80)
7/01 HB 1177 Authorizes Cigarette and Hotel Taxes Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 12)
6/12 HB 5477 Increases Gasoline and Diesel Tax Bill Failed - Senate (17 - 20)
6/12 H 4111 Appropriates Funds for the Expansion of the Boston Convention Center Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 6)
6/11 S 2432 Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (56 - 38)
6/11 Amdt 46 Establishes a Sales Tax Holiday Amendment Adopted - House (132 - 14)
5/28 H 4111 Appropriates Funds for the Expansion of the Boston Convention Center Bill Passed - House (131 - 19)
5/28 SB 1372 Amends the Corporate Tax Rate Bill Failed - Senate (19 - 17)
5/22 HB 2562 Restructures the Tax Rate for Oil and Gas Production Conference Report Adopted - Senate (30 - 14)
5/22 HB 2562 Restructures the Tax Rate for Oil and Gas Production Conference Report Adopted - House (61 - 34)
5/19 HB 3297 Transfers Authority of Compressed Natural Gas Administration to the Department of Labor Concurrence Vote Passed - House (69 - 19)
5/15 HB 6021 2014-2015 Education Budget Bill Passed - House (61 - 55)
5/14 HJR 68 Increases Sales Tax Concurrence Vote Passed - House (105 - 43)
5/14 HB 3143 Requires Vendors on Military Bases to Collect Sales Tax Concurrence Vote Passed - House (51 - 42)
5/14 HB 375 Restructures the Tax on Oil and Gas Drilling Operations Bill Passed - House (55 - 38)
5/12 SB 841 Establishes Regulations for Alternative Nicotine and Vapor Products Bill Passed - House (127 - 19)
5/09 HR 4438 American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2014 Bill Passed - House (274 - 131)
5/06 SB 509 Reduces State Income Tax Rates Veto Override Passed - House (109 - 46)

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