2012 VOTE RATINGS

Key Votes Used to Calculate the Ratings

Updated: February 20, 2013 | 7:28 a.m.
February 19, 2013 | 8:30 a.m.

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199/HJRes117 Make continuing appropriations for fiscal 2013. Sept. 22. (62-30) L-2

206/S3254 Strike a section of a defense bill placing restrictions on the use of alternative fuels. Nov. 28. (62-37) L-3

211/S3254 Provide for treatment of autism-related disorders under the military health insurance program. Nov. 29. (66-29) L-2

225/S3637 Invoke cloture on a bill to extend a program that provides unlimited deposit insurance for non-interest-bearing transaction accounts. Dec. 11. (76-20; 60 votes required for cloture) L-2

231/HR1 Waive budget rules regarding a continuing appropriations bill. Dec. 21. (57-34; 60 votes required for passage) C-3

242/HR1 Require merit-based and competitive awards of disaster-recovery contracts. Dec. 28. (48-47; 60 votes required for passage) L-2

248/HR1 Provide disaster-relief funding for fiscal 2013. Dec. 28 (62-32) L-3

249/PN1354 Confirm William Joseph Baer to be an assistant attorney general. Dec. 30. (64-26) L-2

 

FOREIGN ISSUES (22 votes)

33/S1813 Bar the export of crude oil transported by the Keystone XL pipeline unless the ban is waived by the president. March 8. (33-65; 60 votes required for passage) C-2

52/HR3606 Invoke cloture on an amendment reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank of the United States. March 20. (55-44; 60 votes required for cloture) C-3

91/HR2072 Terminate the Export-Import Bank. May 15. (12-86; 60 votes required for passage) L-1

92/HR2072 Prohibit the Export-Import Bank from making loans in countries that hold debt instruments of the United States. May 15. (9-89; 60 votes required for passage) L-1

93/HR2072 Restrict the ability of the Export-Import Bank to make loans and require it to maintain a ratio of capital to the outstanding principal balance of loans and loan guarantees of not less than 10 percent. May 15. (36-62; 60 votes required for passage) L-3

94/HR2072 Restrict the ability of the Export-Import Bank to finance fossil-fuel projects overseas. May 15. (37-61; 60 votes required for passage) L-3

95/HR2072 Prohibit an increase in the lending authority of the Export-Import Bank until it initiates negotiations to eliminate export-financing programs. May 15. (35-63; 60 votes required for passage) L-3

96/HR2072 Send to the president a bill reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank. May 15. (78-20; 60 votes required for passage) L-2

121/PN267 Invoke cloture on the nomination of Mari Carmen Aponte to be ambassador to El Salvador. June 14. (62-37; 60 votes required for cloture) L-3

144/S3240 Prohibit assistance to North Korea under the Food for Peace Act unless the president issues a national-interest waiver. June 20. (59-40) L-3

145/S3240 Prohibit assistance to North Korea under the Food for Peace Act. June 20. (43-56) L-3

181/S3364 Invoke cloture on a bill providing tax breaks for relocating businesses from overseas to the United States. July 19. (56-42; 60 votes required for cloture) C-3

187/S3414 Invoke cloture on a bill to create voluntary cybersecurity standards for owners of vital computer networks. Aug. 2. (52-46; 60 votes required for cloture) C-3

196/S3576 Set limitations on aid to Egypt, Libya, Pakistan, and other nations. Sept. 22. (10-81; 60 votes required for passage) L-1

202/S3414 Invoke cloture on a bill dealing with the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications infrastructure of the United States. Nov. 14. (51-47; 60 votes required for cloture) C-3

205/Treaty Doc. 112-7 Proceed to consideration of the United Nations-approved Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities. Nov. 27. (61-36) L-3

210/S3254 Express the sense of Congress that U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan should end by Dec. 31, 2014. Nov. 29. (62-33) L-2

212/S3254 Prohibit the transfer of detainees at Guantánamo Bay to the United States. Nov. 29. (54-41) C-3

213/S3254 Make it unlawful to detain a U.S. citizen apprehended in the United States without a charge or trial. Nov. 29. (67-29) L-1

214/S3254 Ensure sufficient sizing of the civilian and contract-services workforces of the Defense Department. Nov. 30. (41-53) C-2

219/TReatyDoc.112-7 Ratify the United Nations-approved Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities. Dec. 4. (61-38; 66 votes required for passage) C-3

235/HR5949 Require a report on the impact of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 on the privacy of the people of the United States. Dec. 28. (43-52; 60 votes required for passage) C-1


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