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Ira Silverstein's Voting Records

See Ira Silverstein's Key Votes

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.

For more information about the legislative process, see here.

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Selected Sponsorships
Bill No. SB 3109
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 02/15/2018
Bill No. SB 1933
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 02/10/2017
Bill No. SB 1657
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 02/09/2017
Bill No. HB 1465
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 01/31/2017
Bill No. HB 1467
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 01/31/2017
Bill No. SB 337
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 01/24/2017
Bill No. SB 31
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 01/11/2017
Bill No. SB 3011
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 02/18/2016
Bill No. SB 250
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 01/28/2016
Bill No. HB 1336
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 02/04/2015
Bill No. HB 580
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 02/03/2015
Bill No. HB 5701
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 02/14/2014
Bill No. HB 5707
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 02/14/2014
Bill No. HB 3227
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 02/26/2013
Bill No. SB 2202
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 02/15/2013
Bill No. SB 741
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 01/24/2013
Bill No. HB 8
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 01/09/2013
Bill No. HB 5290
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 02/08/2012
Bill No. HB 4083
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 01/25/2012
Bill No. HB 3782
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 05/08/2011
Bill No. HB 1600
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 02/15/2011
Bill No. SB 2185
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 02/10/2011
Bill No. SB 1701
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 02/09/2011
Bill No. SB 744
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 02/08/2011
Bill No. SB 957
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 02/08/2011
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