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Jim Whelan's Voting Records

Deceased

See Jim Whelan'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.

Selected Sponsorships
Bill No. S 988
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 02/04/2016
Bill No. A 457
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 01/27/2016
Bill No. A 3981
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 12/15/2014
Bill No. A 4018
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 12/15/2014
Bill No. S 1593
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 02/27/2014
Bill No. S 536
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 01/14/2014
Bill No. S 2535
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 01/28/2013
Bill No. S 2364
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 11/29/2012
Bill No. A 2578
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 02/16/2012
Bill No. A 578
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 01/10/2012
Bill No. S2636
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 01/10/2011
Bill No. S 2576
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 12/20/2010
Bill No. ACR 151
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 11/08/2010
Bill No. S 2139
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 06/21/2010
Bill No. S 29
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 06/21/2010
Bill No. S 2036
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 06/10/2010
Bill No. SCR 108
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 06/10/2010
Bill No. A 2215
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 02/11/2010
Bill No. A 1678
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 01/12/2010
Bill No. A4141
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 06/22/2009
Bill No. A 4048
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 06/11/2009
Bill No. S 1557
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 04/07/2008
Bill No. A 339
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - House
Date 01/08/2008
Bill No. S 119
Outcome HERE!!!!!!!!!! Introduced - Senate
Date 01/08/2008
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