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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
March 23, 2007 National HR 1591 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill of 2007 with Iraq Withdrawal Timeline Bill Passed - House (218 - 212)
March 22, 2007 ND SB 2347 In-State Tuition Grants Bill Failed - House (28 - 65)
March 22, 2007 ND HB 1420 Animal Feedlot Regulation Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 11)
March 22, 2007 IN HB 1237 Seat Belt Requirement Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 17)
March 22, 2007 FL HB 7033 Privatization of Toll Roads Bill Passed - House (74 - 40)
March 22, 2007 MN SF 1989 2008-2009 Higher Education Budget Bill Passed - Senate (64 - 2)
March 21, 2007 SC H 3355 Pre-Abortion Ultrasound Bill Passed - House (91 - 23)
March 21, 2007 VT H 44 Life Ending Prescriptions for Terminally Ill Patients Bill Failed - House (63 - 82)
March 20, 2007 ND SB 2309 High School Graduation Requirements Bill Passed - House (59 - 32)
March 20, 2007 GA SB 174 Physical Fitness Standards for State Employees Bill Passed - Senate (48 - 1)
March 20, 2007 GA HCS HB 77 Red Light Camera Law Bill Passed - House (110 - 60)
March 20, 2007 NV AJR 5 Lottery Constitutional Amendment Joint Resolution Passed - House (29 - 13)
March 20, 2007 GA SB 148 Umbilical Cord Blood and Stem Cell Banks Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 15)
March 20, 2007 OR HJM 9 Iraq Troop Withdrawal Joint Resolution Passed - House (33 - 25)
March 19, 2007 GA HCS HB 147 Pre-Abortion Ultrasound Requirement Bill Passed - House (116 - 54)
March 16, 2007 MD HB 754 Tobacco Tax to Fund Health Care Bill Passed - House (102 - 37)
March 15, 2007 SC Amendment No. 178 Property Tax Credits for Schools Amendment Tabled - House (73 - 36)
March 15, 2007 SC Amendment No. 178 Property Tax Credits for Schools Amendment Tabled - House (73 - 36)
March 15, 2007 NH SB 18 Raising the Compulsory School Age Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 7)
March 15, 2007 KS HB 2530 Physician Liability Exemption Bill Passed - House (109 - 14)
March 15, 2007 National S J Res 9 United States Policy in Iraq Resolution of 2007 Joint Resolution Failed - Senate (48 - 50)
March 15, 2007 OK HCS HB 1317 Ban on State Participation Regarding Abortion Bill Passed - House (85 - 13)
March 15, 2007 KS Amend HB 2542 Expand Children's Health Care Amendment Rejected - House (55 - 67)
March 14, 2007 MD Amendment 643129/1 2008-2009 Budget Amendment Amendment Rejected - House (29 - 110)
March 14, 2007 MI Sub HB 4441 Property Transfer Tax Increase Bill Passed - House (58 - 50)
Date No. Title Outcome
3/23 HR 1591 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill of 2007 with Iraq Withdrawal Timeline Bill Passed - House (218 - 212)
3/22 SB 2347 In-State Tuition Grants Bill Failed - House (28 - 65)
3/22 HB 1420 Animal Feedlot Regulation Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 11)
3/22 HB 1237 Seat Belt Requirement Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 17)
3/22 HB 7033 Privatization of Toll Roads Bill Passed - House (74 - 40)
3/22 SF 1989 2008-2009 Higher Education Budget Bill Passed - Senate (64 - 2)
3/21 H 3355 Pre-Abortion Ultrasound Bill Passed - House (91 - 23)
3/21 H 44 Life Ending Prescriptions for Terminally Ill Patients Bill Failed - House (63 - 82)
3/20 SB 2309 High School Graduation Requirements Bill Passed - House (59 - 32)
3/20 SB 174 Physical Fitness Standards for State Employees Bill Passed - Senate (48 - 1)
3/20 HCS HB 77 Red Light Camera Law Bill Passed - House (110 - 60)
3/20 AJR 5 Lottery Constitutional Amendment Joint Resolution Passed - House (29 - 13)
3/20 SB 148 Umbilical Cord Blood and Stem Cell Banks Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 15)
3/20 HJM 9 Iraq Troop Withdrawal Joint Resolution Passed - House (33 - 25)
3/19 HCS HB 147 Pre-Abortion Ultrasound Requirement Bill Passed - House (116 - 54)
3/16 HB 754 Tobacco Tax to Fund Health Care Bill Passed - House (102 - 37)
3/15 Amendment No. 178 Property Tax Credits for Schools Amendment Tabled - House (73 - 36)
3/15 Amendment No. 178 Property Tax Credits for Schools Amendment Tabled - House (73 - 36)
3/15 SB 18 Raising the Compulsory School Age Bill Passed - Senate (17 - 7)
3/15 HB 2530 Physician Liability Exemption Bill Passed - House (109 - 14)
3/15 S J Res 9 United States Policy in Iraq Resolution of 2007 Joint Resolution Failed - Senate (48 - 50)
3/15 HCS HB 1317 Ban on State Participation Regarding Abortion Bill Passed - House (85 - 13)
3/15 Amend HB 2542 Expand Children's Health Care Amendment Rejected - House (55 - 67)
3/14 Amendment 643129/1 2008-2009 Budget Amendment Amendment Rejected - House (29 - 110)
3/14 Sub HB 4441 Property Transfer Tax Increase Bill Passed - House (58 - 50)

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