Key Votes

The following list shows votes by Nancy Johnson on the most important bills, nominations and resolutions that have come before Congress. The list is based on an analysis of the potential impact of the legislation on policy and politics. Post editors have compiled these key votes from the 109th Congress onward.

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
9/29/06	Vote 508: S 3930: Military Commissions Act	Yes	Yes	No
9/28/06	Vote 502: H R 5825: Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act	Yes	Yes	No
9/14/06	Vote 446: H R 6061: Secure Fence Act of 2006	Yes	Yes	No
7/29/06	Vote 425: H R 5970: Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act	Yes	Yes	No
6/16/06	Vote 288: H RES 861: This vote pledged support for the War in Iraq and rejected a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops.	Yes	Yes	No
5/10/06	Vote 135: H R 4297: Extended the Bush tax cuts.	Yes	Yes	No
2/1/06	Vote 4: H RES 653: Cut nearly $40 billion from the federal budget by imposing substantial changes on welfare, child support and student lending programs.	Yes	Yes	No
12/16/05	Vote 661: H R 4437: This bill would clamp down on illegal immigration and toughen border security. It does not include any new avenue for current illegal immigrants to gain legal status.	Yes	Yes	No
12/14/05	Vote 630: H R 2863: Supported a ban on cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of detainees held by U.S. forces and to requires the military to follow the Army field manual for interrogations.	Yes	No	Yes
9/29/05	Vote 506: H R 3824: Would have forced the government to compensate property owners if development plans were stymied by attempts to protect endangered species and would have given political appointees more power to make decisions about which species and areas would be subject to government intervention aimed at protecting plant and wildlife.	No	Yes	No
7/28/05	Vote 445: H R 6: Offered tax breaks and incentives in what supporters said was an effort to spur oil and gas companies to provide innovative wasy to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil, conserve resources and reduce pollution.	Yes	Yes	No
7/28/05	Vote 443: H R 3045: Established a free trade zone between the United States, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Gautemala, Honduras and Nicaragua; a separate agreement with the Dominican Republican was also included in the measure.	Yes	Yes	No
6/22/05	Vote 296: H J RES 10: This vote approved the proposal of a Constitutional amendment to ban the desecration of the American flag. The same bill was later defeated in the Senate.	Yes	Yes	No
6/15/05	Vote 258: H R 2862	No	No	Yes
5/24/05	Vote 204: H R 810: Would have repealed restrictions on federal spending on embryonic stem cell research.	Yes	No	Yes
3/21/05	Vote 90: S 686: Gave federal courts jurisdiction in the Terri Schiavo dispute.	Not Voting	Yes	No
1/4/05	Vote 6: H RES 5: Instituted a number of changes in the ethics rules that govern the conduct of individual members of Congress.	Yes	Yes	No