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Edward Kennedy, Sr.'s Voting Records

Deceased

See Edward Kennedy, Sr.'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.

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Selected Sponsorships
Bill No. S Amdt 44
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 03/03/2005
Bill No. HR 420
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 01/26/2005
Bill No. S Res 356
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 05/10/2004
Bill No. S Amdt 3114
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 05/04/2004
Bill No. S 2329
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 04/21/2004
Bill No. S Amdt 865
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 06/09/2003
Bill No. S Amdt 272
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 03/18/2003
Bill No. S 23
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 01/07/2003
Bill No. S 1052
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 06/14/2001
Bill No. S 625
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 03/27/2001
Bill No. S 565
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 03/19/2001
Bill No. S Amdt 3473
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 06/19/2000
Bill No. S Amdt 2751
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 11/08/1999
Bill No. S Amdt 2763
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 11/08/1999
Bill No. S Amdt 397
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 05/26/1999
Bill No. H Amdt 907
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 09/17/1998
Bill No. S Amdt 2438
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 05/21/1998
Bill No. S Amdt 2417
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 05/18/1998
Bill No. S Amdt 2175
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 03/30/1998
Bill No. S Amdt 2165
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 03/27/1998
Bill No. S Amdt 593
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 07/07/1997
Bill No. S Amdt 527
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 06/26/1997
Bill No. S 2056
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 09/05/1996
Bill No. S Amdt 4435
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 07/08/1996
Bill No. H Amdt 1183
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 06/19/1996
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