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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
Feb. 1, 2011 ID S 1006 Right to Work Law Amendments Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 7)
Jan. 27, 2011 AR SB 113 Prohibit Abortion Health Care Coverage Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 8)
Jan. 25, 2011 WI AB 3 Tax Incentives for Job Creation Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 9)
Jan. 25, 2011 WI AB 7 Small Business Tax Credit Bill Passed - House (60 - 33)
Jan. 24, 2011 ND HB 1255 Lifting the Ban on Bottle Rocket Sales Bill Failed - House (39 - 52)
Jan. 20, 2011 WI AB 3 Tax Incentives for Job Creation Bill Passed - House (82 - 12)
Jan. 18, 2011 MT HB 71 Excludes Undocumented Immigrants from Workers' Compensation Bill Passed - House (60 - 40)
Jan. 7, 2011 ND HB 1189 Corporate Income Tax Reductions
Date No. Title Outcome
2/01 S 1006 Right to Work Law Amendments Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 7)
1/27 SB 113 Prohibit Abortion Health Care Coverage Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 8)
1/25 AB 3 Tax Incentives for Job Creation Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 9)
1/25 AB 7 Small Business Tax Credit Bill Passed - House (60 - 33)
1/24 HB 1255 Lifting the Ban on Bottle Rocket Sales Bill Failed - House (39 - 52)
1/20 AB 3 Tax Incentives for Job Creation Bill Passed - House (82 - 12)
1/18 HB 71 Excludes Undocumented Immigrants from Workers' Compensation Bill Passed - House (60 - 40)
1/07 HB 1189 Corporate Income Tax Reductions

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