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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
April 2, 2007 IA SF 485 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 20)
March 30, 2007 ND SB 2397 Oil Well Tax Cut Bill Passed - House (63 - 26)
March 26, 2007 MN HF 946 Transportation Funding and Gas Tax Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 24)
March 24, 2007 MN HF 946 Transportation Funding and Gas Tax Bill Passed - House (83 - 46)
March 23, 2007 CO HB 1341 Oil and Gas Commission Reconfiguration Bill Passed - House (37 - 27)
March 23, 2007 MN SF 1986 Transportation Taxes and Appropriations Bill Passed - Senate (42 - 24)
Feb. 21, 2007 VA H Sub to Sub SB 1416 Regulation of Electric Utilities Bill Passed - House (82 - 16)
Feb. 15, 2007 ND SB 2397 Oil Well Tax Cut Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 13)
Feb. 5, 2007 KS HB 2038 Tax Exemption for Nuclear Power Facilities Bill Passed - House (95 - 28)
Jan. 18, 2007 National HR 6 Energy Act of 2007 Bill Passed - House (264 - 163)
Aug. 1, 2006 National S 3711 Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 Bill Passed - Senate (71 - 25)
July 26, 2006 National HR 5682 U.S.and India Nuclear Cooperation Act of 2006 Bill Passed - House (359 - 68)
June 29, 2006 National HR 4761 Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2006 Bill Passed - House (232 - 187)
June 29, 2006 CA SB 1 Solar Energy Bill Passed - House (49 - 19)
June 23, 2006 MD SB 1 Electricity Rates Veto Override Passed - House (87 - 37)
June 15, 2006 MD SB 1 Electricity Rates Bill Passed - House (109 - 26)
June 14, 2006 LA Amendment #B-635 Ethanol Amendment Amendment Adopted - House (67 - 28)
June 14, 2006 MD SB 1 Electricity Rates Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 11)
June 8, 2006 AK CCS SB 2001 Oil and Gas Tax (Special Session) Conference Report Adopted - Senate (14 - 6)
June 8, 2006 AK CCS SB 2001 Oil and Gas Tax (Special Session) Conference Report Rejected - House (13 - 25)
June 6, 2006 AK HCS CS SB 2001 Oil and Gas Tax (Special Session) Concurrence Vote Failed - Senate (8 - 12)
June 4, 2006 AK HCS CS SB 2001 Oil and Gas Tax (Special Session) Bill Passed - House (28 - 12)
May 30, 2006 LA HB 685 Minimum Ethanol and Bio-Diesel Standards Concurrence Vote Passed - House (53 - 34)
May 30, 2006 CA AB 1970 Energy Conservation Bill Bill Passed - House (44 - 35)
May 22, 2006 AK CSSB 2001 Oil and Gas Tax Bill Passed - Senate (15 - 4)
Date No. Title Outcome
4/02 SF 485 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 20)
3/30 SB 2397 Oil Well Tax Cut Bill Passed - House (63 - 26)
3/26 HF 946 Transportation Funding and Gas Tax Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 24)
3/24 HF 946 Transportation Funding and Gas Tax Bill Passed - House (83 - 46)
3/23 HB 1341 Oil and Gas Commission Reconfiguration Bill Passed - House (37 - 27)
3/23 SF 1986 Transportation Taxes and Appropriations Bill Passed - Senate (42 - 24)
2/21 H Sub to Sub SB 1416 Regulation of Electric Utilities Bill Passed - House (82 - 16)
2/15 SB 2397 Oil Well Tax Cut Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 13)
2/05 HB 2038 Tax Exemption for Nuclear Power Facilities Bill Passed - House (95 - 28)
1/18 HR 6 Energy Act of 2007 Bill Passed - House (264 - 163)
8/01 S 3711 Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 Bill Passed - Senate (71 - 25)
7/26 HR 5682 U.S.and India Nuclear Cooperation Act of 2006 Bill Passed - House (359 - 68)
6/29 HR 4761 Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2006 Bill Passed - House (232 - 187)
6/29 SB 1 Solar Energy Bill Passed - House (49 - 19)
6/23 SB 1 Electricity Rates Veto Override Passed - House (87 - 37)
6/15 SB 1 Electricity Rates Bill Passed - House (109 - 26)
6/14 Amendment #B-635 Ethanol Amendment Amendment Adopted - House (67 - 28)
6/14 SB 1 Electricity Rates Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 11)
6/08 CCS SB 2001 Oil and Gas Tax (Special Session) Conference Report Adopted - Senate (14 - 6)
6/08 CCS SB 2001 Oil and Gas Tax (Special Session) Conference Report Rejected - House (13 - 25)
6/06 HCS CS SB 2001 Oil and Gas Tax (Special Session) Concurrence Vote Failed - Senate (8 - 12)
6/04 HCS CS SB 2001 Oil and Gas Tax (Special Session) Bill Passed - House (28 - 12)
5/30 HB 685 Minimum Ethanol and Bio-Diesel Standards Concurrence Vote Passed - House (53 - 34)
5/30 AB 1970 Energy Conservation Bill Bill Passed - House (44 - 35)
5/22 CSSB 2001 Oil and Gas Tax Bill Passed - Senate (15 - 4)

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