Major Votes in the Senate
RSS| July 25, 2012 | S.3412Allows Tax Rates to Rise for Earnings Over $250,000
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief to middle-class families.
Bill Passed in the Senate by 1 voteS.3412Rejects Tax Plan to Extended All Bush-era Tax Cuts for One Year
In the nature of a substitute.
Amendment Rejected in the Senate by 5 votes |
| June 29, 2012 | H.R.4348Passes Transportation Bill
Amended during conference: "An act to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes."
Conference Report Agreed to in the Senate by 14 votes |
| June 21, 2012 | S.3240Senate Passes Farm Bill
An original bill to reauthorize agricultural programs through 2017, and for other purposes.
Bill Passed in the Senate by 4 votes |
| June 7, 2012 | S.3240Passes Farm Bill
An original bill to reauthorize agricultural programs through 2017, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to in the Senate by 30 votes |
| June 5, 2012 | S.3220Blocks Pay Equity Bill
A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected in the Senate by 8 votes |
| May 24, 2012 | S.3187Passes the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act
A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices, to establish user-fee programs for generic drugs and biosimilars, and for other purposes.
Bill Passed in the Senate by 47 votes |
| May 17, 2012 | Confirms Fed Board Nominee
Jeremy C. Stein, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the unexpired term of fourteen years from February 1, 2004
Nomination Confirmed in the Senate by 10 votes |
| May 15, 2012 | H.R.2072Approves Extension of Export-Import Bank
A bill to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and for other purposes.
Bill Passed in the Senate by 18 votes |
| May 8, 2012 | S.2343Blocks Consideration of Student Loan Bill
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected in the Senate by 8 votes |
| April 26, 2012 | S.1925Passes Reauthorization of Violence Against Women Act
A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.
Bill Passed in the Senate by 18 votes |
| April 25, 2012 | S.1789Overhauls Postal Service Finances
A bill to improve, sustain, and transform the United States Postal Service.
Bill Passed in the Senate by 2 votes |
| April 24, 2012 | S.1789Blocks Bid to Overhaul Postal Service
In the nature of a substitute.
Motion Agreed to in the Senate by 2 votes |
| April 16, 2012 | S.2230Blocks Debate on 'Buffett Rule'
A bill to reduce the deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected in the Senate by 9 votes |
| March 22, 2012 | S.2038Passes Ethics Bill
An original bill to prohibit Members of Congress and employees of Congress from using nonpublic information derived from their official positions for personal benefit, and for other purposes.
Cloture Motion Agreed to in the Senate by 36 votesH.R.3606Senate Passes Start-Ups Bill
A bill to increase American job creation and economic growth by improving access to the public capital markets for emerging growth companies.
Bill Passed in the Senate by 23 votes |
| March 14, 2012 | S.1813Senate Passes Transport Bill
A bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes.
Bill Passed in the Senate by 25 votes |
| March 1, 2012 | S.1813Rejects Changes To Contraception Coverage Policy
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to protect rights of conscience with regard to requirements for coverage of specific items and services.
Motion to Table Agreed to in the Senate by 1 vote |
| Feb. 17, 2012 | H.R.3630Passes Payroll Tax Cut Extension
A bill to extend the payroll tax holiday, unemployment compensation, Medicare physician payment, provide for the consideration of the Keystone XL pipeline, and for other purposes.
Conference Report Agreed to in the Senate by 11 votes |
| Feb. 2, 2012 | S.2038Approves Ban on Insider Trading
An original bill to prohibit Members of Congress and employees of Congress from using nonpublic information derived from their official positions for personal benefit, and for other purposes.
Bill Passed in the Senate by 46 votes |
| Jan. 30, 2012 | S.2038Prohibits Insider Trading by Members of Congress
An original bill to prohibit Members of Congress and employees of Congress from using nonpublic information derived from their official positions for personal benefit, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to in the Senate by 33 votes |
| Jan. 26, 2012 | H.J.RES.98Approves Debt Limit Increase
A joint resolution relating to the disapproval of the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit, as submitted under section 3101A of title 31, United States Code, on January 12, 2012.
Motion to Proceed Rejected in the Senate by 5 votesTop Senate Voting Against Party
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