Head-to-Head Voting Comparison

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Kelly Ayotte

Kelly Ayotte

State: NH
Party: Republican
Abstains: 0%
Votes with Party: 87%
OpenCongress Users' Approval Rating: 33%

Daniel Akaka

Daniel Akaka

State:
Party: Democrat
Abstains: 0%
Votes with Party: 0%
OpenCongress Users' Approval Rating: 27%

Voting Similarity

Kelly Ayotte and Daniel Akaka have voted together 247 times on roll call votes since January, 2007 in votes where neither abstained, representing a voting similarity of 46%. 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 senators in different parties. The line indicates where Kelly Ayotte and Daniel Akaka fall with their calculated voting similarity of 46%. Democrat and Republican senators average 46% voting similarity.

Shared Committees

Kelly Ayotte and Daniel Akaka 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 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Nay
hot bill S.1 Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 293 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
hot bill S.5 Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007 127 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
hot bill H.R.6 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 226 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
hot bill H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act of 2007 227 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
hot bill H.R.976 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 307 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
hot bill H.R.1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Wall Street bailout bill) 213 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
hot bill S.Amdt.2011 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (restoring habeas corpus for all U.S. detainees) 357 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
hot bill H.R.1591 Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007 (Iraq war funding bill including a withdrawal timeline ) 126 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
hot bill S.1257 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007 339 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka 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 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
hot bill S.Amdt.1151 Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (To amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the national language of the Government of the United States, and for other purposes) 198 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Nay
hot bill H.R.2419 Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007 434 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
hot bill H.R.2831 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007 110 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
hot bill S.1927 Protect America Act of 2007 309 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Nay
hot bill H.R.4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act 41 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
hot bill H.R.5140 Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act of 2008 10 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
hot bill S.Amdt.4347 Budget resolution FY2009 (establishing a one year earmark moratorium) 75 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Nay
hot bill H.R.6049 Energy and Tax Extenders Act of 2008 205 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
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 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
hot bill S.Amdt.5064 FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (Striking telco immunity form the FISA bill) 164 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
hot bill H.R.6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 169 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
hot bill S.Amdt.109 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (removing a film production tax credit from the bill.) 34 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Nay
hot bill H.R.847 James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2009 (Cloture on 9/11 responders bill.) 269 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
hot bill S.Amdt.4697 FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (earmark moratorium for the 112th Congress) 255 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Nay
hot bill S.Amdt.1014 Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009 (Dubrin cramdown amendment) 174 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
hot bill S.Amdt.3301 Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Amendment to end the TARP program) 2 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Nay
hot bill H.R.2847 HIRE Act (Passage of Senate Jobs Bill) 25 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
hot bill S.Amdt.4676 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (reducing non-security spending by 5%) 245 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Nay
hot bill S.Amdt.1469 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (removing funding for additional F-22 jets) 235 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Nay
hot bill S.Amdt.2793 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Dorgan amendment to allow drug imports) 377 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Nay
hot bill S.Amdt.4727 Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act (extending Bush tax cuts for income up to $250,000.) 258 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
hot bill S.Amdt.3746 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 (allowing states to set credit card interest rate limits) 159 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
hot bill S.3454 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (DoD bill with repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell") 270 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
hot bill S.3992 Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 (Cloture on DREAM Act) 268 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
hot bill S.Amdt.115 Patent Reform Act of 2011 (expressing support for a Balanced Budget amdt.) 30 Ayotte Aye Akaka Nay
hot bill S.365 Budget Control Act of 2011 (Debt ceiling and deficit bill) 123 Ayotte Nay Akaka Aye
hot bill S.Amdt.392 Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011 (delaying swipe fee reform) 86 Ayotte Aye Akaka Aye
hot bill H.Con.Res.34 Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2012 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2013 through 2021. (Paul Ryan Budget) 77 Ayotte Aye Akaka Nay
hot bill S.990 PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 (4-year extension of PATRIOT Act surveillance) 84 Ayotte Aye Akaka Nay
hot bill S.Amdt.1107 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (striking the indefinite military detention provision) 210 Ayotte Nay Akaka Aye
H.R.2 Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 42 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
S.1 Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 19 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
S.4 911 Modernization Act 73 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
S.214 Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007 81 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 113 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
S.294 Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 400 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
S.378 Court Security Improvement Act of 2007 135 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.1124 To extend the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999. 338 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.Con.Res.67 Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate. 52 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.1195 SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008 108 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
S.761 PACE-Energy Act 146 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.1495 Water Resources Development Act of 2007 170 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.1585 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 359 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
S.30 Hope Offered through Principled and Ethical Stem Cell Research Act 128 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
S.1082 Medical Device User Fee Amendments of 2007 157 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
S.1200 Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2007 32 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
S.1315 Disabled Veterans Insurance Improvement Act of 2007 112 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.2638 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 282 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.2642 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 316 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.2669 College Cost Reduction Act of 2007 272 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.2764 Omnibus Appropriations bill 325 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
S.1642 Higher Education Amendments of 2007 275 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.3043 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 391 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.3074 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 336 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.3093 Department 372 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.3121 Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2008 125 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.3221 Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 96 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
S.2011 A bill entitled "The Protect America Act of 2007". 310 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.3688 United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act 413 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Nay
H.R.3963 SCHIP Extension bill 403 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
S.2248 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 20 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Nay
H.R.3996 Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007 415 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
S.2338 FHA Modernization Act of 2007 432 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.4986 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 1 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 182 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
S.2739 Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 101 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
S.3001 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 201 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.6124 Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 144 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.7081 United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act 211 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Nay
S.22 Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008 3 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
S.386 FERA 171 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
S.454 Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 186 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
S.896 Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009 185 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.2346 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 202 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
S.1023 Travel Promotion Act of 2009 272 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.2892 Homeland Security and and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 229 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.2918 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010 217 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.2996 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 298 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.3082 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2010 348 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.3081 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 247 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
S.1390 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 242 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.3183 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 248 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.3288 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 287 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.3357 To restore sums to the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes. 254 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.3435 Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Program 270 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.3548 Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 334 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
S.1963 Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2009 352 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.4314 To permit continued financing of Government operations. 397 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.4691 Temporary Extension Act of 2010 32 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.4851 Continuing Extension Act of 2010 117 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.4899 Disaster Relief and Summer Jobs Act of 2010 176 Ayotte Not Voting Akaka Aye
H.R.4 Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011 49 Ayotte Aye Akaka Nay
S.23 Patent Reform Act of 2011 35 Ayotte Aye Akaka Aye
S.223 FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act 25 Ayotte Aye Akaka Aye
H.R.674 3% Withholding Repeal and Job Creation Act 204 Ayotte Aye Akaka Aye
S.679 Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011 101 Ayotte Nay Akaka Aye
H.R.2055 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 115 Ayotte Aye Akaka Aye
H.R.2072 Securing American Jobs Through Exports Act of 2011 96 Ayotte Aye Akaka Aye
H.R.2112 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 194 Ayotte Nay Akaka Aye
H.R.2832 Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 150 Ayotte Nay Akaka Aye
H.R.2887 Surface and Air Transportation Programs Extension Act of 2011 138 Ayotte Aye Akaka Aye
S.1789 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2011 82 Ayotte Nay Akaka Nay
S.1813 MAP-21 48 Ayotte Nay Akaka Aye
S.1867 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 218 Ayotte Aye Akaka Aye
S.1925 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012 87 Ayotte Aye Akaka Aye
H.R.3672 Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2012 233 Ayotte Nay Akaka Aye
S.2038 STOCK Act 14 Ayotte Aye Akaka Aye
S.2343 Stop the Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act of2012 113 Ayotte Nay Akaka Aye
S.3187 Synthetic Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 2012 111 Ayotte Aye Akaka Aye
S.3240 Farm bill 164 Ayotte Nay Akaka Aye
S.3254 Wartime Contracting Reform Act of 2012 221 Ayotte Aye Akaka Aye
H.R.5949 FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2012 236 Ayotte Aye Akaka Nay
S.3412 Middle Class Tax Cut Act 184 Ayotte Nay Akaka Aye
H.R.6156 Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 223 Ayotte Aye Akaka Aye
H.R.8 "Fiscal cliff" bill 251 Ayotte Aye Akaka Aye
S.3576 A bill to provide limitations on United States assistance, and for other purposes. 196 Ayotte Nay Akaka Nay
H.R.152 Hurricane Sandy relief bill 4 Ayotte Nay Akaka Not Voting
H.R.325 No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 11 Ayotte Aye Akaka Not Voting
S.47 VAWA bill 19 Ayotte Aye Akaka Not Voting
H.R.933 Science Appropriations Act, 2013 44 Ayotte Nay Akaka Not Voting
S.601 Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2013 124 Ayotte Nay Akaka Not Voting
S.743 Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 113 Ayotte Nay Akaka Not Voting
S.954 Farm bill 145 Ayotte Nay Akaka Not Voting



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