Head-to-Head Voting Comparison

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Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton

State:
Party: Democrat
Abstains: 0%
Votes with Party: 0%
OpenCongress Users' Approval Rating: 33%

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

State:
Party: Democrat
Abstains: 0%
Votes with Party: 0%
OpenCongress Users' Approval Rating: 37%

Voting Similarity

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have voted together 322 times on roll call votes since January, 2007 in votes where neither abstained, representing a voting similarity of 96%. The list below highlights how their voting records compare on passage of bills and editorially-selected "hot" votes on amendments.

The graph to the right shows the voting similarties of representatives in the democratic party. The line indicates where Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama fall with their calculated voting similarity of 96%. Democrat representatives average 94% voting similarity.

Shared Committees

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are not on any common committees.

Roll Call Comparision

Bills Roll Call    
hot bill H.R.1 Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007 283 Clinton Nay Obama Abstain
hot bill S.1 Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 293 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
hot bill S.5 Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007 127 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
hot bill H.R.6 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 226 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
hot bill H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act of 2007 227 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
hot bill H.R.976 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 307 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
hot bill H.R.1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Wall Street bailout bill) 213 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
hot bill S.Amdt.2022 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (To restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States.) 340 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
hot bill H.R.1591 Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007 (Iraq war funding bill including a withdrawal timeline ) 126 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
hot bill S.1257 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007 339 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
hot bill H.R.2206 U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (Iraq war funding bill with no withdrawal timeline ) 181 Clinton Nay Obama Nay
hot bill S.1348 Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (includes a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants) 204 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
hot bill S.Amdt.3695 Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007 (Limiting farm subsidies) 424 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
hot bill H.R.2831 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007 110 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
hot bill S.1927 Protect America Act of 2007 309 Clinton Nay Obama Nay
hot bill H.R.4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act 41 Clinton Abstain Obama Abstain
hot bill H.R.5140 Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act of 2008 10 Clinton Abstain Obama Abstain
hot bill S.Amdt.4347 Budget resolution FY2009 (establishing a one year earmark moratorium) 75 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
hot bill H.R.6049 Energy and Tax Extenders Act of 2008 205 Clinton Aye Obama Abstain
hot bill S.Amdt.4825 Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 (An amendment to establish a cap-and-trade program designed to reducing carbon emissions by 70 percent by 2050.) 145 Clinton Abstain Obama Abstain
hot bill S.Amdt.5064 FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (Striking telco immunity form the FISA bill) 164 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
hot bill H.R.6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 169 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
H.R.2 Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 42 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
S.1 Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 19 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
S.4 911 Modernization Act 73 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
S.214 Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007 81 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
H.R.493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 113 Clinton Abstain Obama Abstain
S.294 Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 400 Clinton Abstain Obama Abstain
S.378 Court Security Improvement Act of 2007 135 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
H.R.1124 To extend the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999. 338 Clinton Aye Obama Abstain
H.Con.Res.67 Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate. 52 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
H.R.1195 SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008 108 Clinton Abstain Obama Abstain
S.761 PACE-Energy Act 146 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
H.R.1495 Water Resources Development Act of 2007 170 Clinton Aye Obama Abstain
H.R.1585 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 359 Clinton Abstain Obama Abstain
S.30 Hope Offered through Principled and Ethical Stem Cell Research Act 128 Clinton Nay Obama Nay
S.1082 Medical Device User Fee Amendments of 2007 157 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
S.1200 Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2007 32 Clinton Abstain Obama Abstain
S.1315 Disabled Veterans Insurance Improvement Act of 2007 112 Clinton Aye Obama Abstain
H.R.2638 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 282 Clinton Aye Obama Abstain
H.R.2642 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 316 Clinton Aye Obama Abstain
H.R.2669 College Cost Reduction Act of 2007 272 Clinton Aye Obama Abstain
H.R.2764 Omnibus Appropriations bill 325 Clinton Abstain Obama Abstain
S.1642 Higher Education Amendments of 2007 275 Clinton Aye Obama Abstain
H.R.3043 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 391 Clinton Abstain Obama Abstain
H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 336 Clinton Abstain Obama Aye
H.R.3093 Department 372 Clinton Abstain Obama Abstain
H.R.3121 Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2008 125 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
H.R.3221 Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 96 Clinton Abstain Obama Abstain
S.2011 A bill entitled "The Protect America Act of 2007". 310 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
H.R.3688 United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act 413 Clinton Abstain Obama Abstain
H.R.3963 SCHIP Extension bill 403 Clinton Abstain Obama Abstain
S.2248 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 20 Clinton Abstain Obama Abstain
H.R.3996 Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007 415 Clinton Abstain Obama Abstain
S.2338 FHA Modernization Act of 2007 432 Clinton Abstain Obama Abstain
H.R.4986 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 1 Clinton Abstain Obama Abstain
H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 182 Clinton Aye Obama Abstain
S.2739 Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 101 Clinton Abstain Obama Abstain
S.3001 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 201 Clinton Aye Obama Abstain
H.R.6124 Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 144 Clinton Abstain Obama Abstain
H.R.7081 United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act 211 Clinton Aye Obama Aye
S.22 Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008 3 Clinton Aye Obama Not Voting



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