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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232/HR5326 Bar the use of federal funds to conduct the Commerce Department’s American Community Survey. May 9. (232-190) C-3

235/HR5326 Bar the use of federal funds for activities that would violate the Defense of Marriage Act. May 9. (245-171) C-3

240/HR5326 Prohibit the Justice Department from using funds for activities that would violate the Fifth and 14th amendments. May 9. (193-232) C-3

258/HR4970 Reauthorize and modify the Violence Against Women Act. May 16. (222-205) C-3

267/HR4310 Bar government agencies from requiring or prohibiting federal contractors to enter into labor agreements. May 17. (211-209) C-3

299/HR3541 Bar discrimination against the unborn on the basis of race or sex. May 31. (246-168; 277 votes required for passage) L-3

302/HR5854 Strike a bill provision that prohibits the use of funds for construction-bid solicitations that require or prohibit project labor agreements. May 31. (218-198) L-3

303/HR5854 Prohibit the use of funds to implement prevailing-wage requirements under the Davis-Bacon Act. May 31. (180-237) L-3

338/HR5325 Prohibit the use of funds to enforce the Davis-Bacon Act. June 6. (184-235) L-3

345/HR5855 Increase funds for the Homeland Security Department’s Office of Civil Rights and Liberties by $3 million. June 6. (154-260) C-3

362/HR5855 Prohibit the use of funds to enforce an executive order directing federal agencies to provide foreign-language services to anyone who may seek to engage with the U.S. government. June 7. (224-189) C-3

363/HR5855 Prohibit the use of funds to relax deportation policies regarding illegal immigrants. June 7. (238-175) C-3

365/HR5855 Prohibit the use of funds to be used for Transportation Security Administration transportation-security officers or behavior-detection officers outside an airport. June 7. (204-210) L-2

539/HR3803 Ban abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks of pregnancy except when the life of the woman is endangered. July 31. (220-154; 250 votes required for passage) L-3

569/HR5949 Reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Sept. 12. (301-118) C-2

589/HJRES118 Bar the Health and Human Services Department from allowing states to waive work requirements set by the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. Sept. 20. (250-164) C-3

590/HR6429 Replace the Diversity Visa Program with a new visa program for foreign students. Sept. 20. (257-158; 277 votes required for passage) L-3

613/HR6429 Approve a bill to create a new visa program for foreign students and eliminate the Diversity Visa Program. Nov. 30. (245-139) C-3

636/HR6655 Establish a commission aimed at reducing fatalities stemming from child abuse and neglect. Dec. 19, (330-77) L-1

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