Robert Dole

Former senator for Kansas · Republican; served until June 11, 1996

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Seats held

Senator for KS, 1969–1996 (27 years, 5 months)
Representative for KS-1, 1963–1969 (5 years, 11 months)
Representative for KS-6, 1961–1963 (2 years)

In Congress 35 years, 4 months in all.

Kansas has about 3 million residents, represented by two senators.

Votes compared with what constituents said

None of this member's votes on the site were on proposals that independent surveys asked people about. Their full voting record is on the interactive page.

Attendance

In the 104th Congress, Robert Dole missed 16 of 771 Senate votes (2.1%). On votes where most of their party voted one way, they voted with their party 95.9% of the time.

Most recent votes

Vote	Date	Their vote
H.J.Res. 1: A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. On the Joint Resolution · Joint Resolution Defeated	June 6, 1996	Yea
S. 1635: A bill to establish a United States policy for the deployment of a national missile defense system, and for other purposes. On the Cloture Motion · Cloture Motion Rejected	June 4, 1996	Yea
H.Con.Res. 178: A concurrent resolution establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1997 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. On the Concurrent Resolution · Concurrent Resolution Agreed to	May 23, 1996	Did not vote
S.Con.Res. 57: To improve our water and sewer systems, national parks and Everglades, to be offset by closing corporate loopholes and changes in tax expenditures. On the Amendment · Amendment Rejected	May 23, 1996	Nay
S.Con.Res. 57: To express the sense of the Senate regarding the funding of Amtrak. On the Amendment · Amendment Agreed to	May 23, 1996	Nay
S.Con.Res. 57: To adjust the fiscal year 1997 non-defense discretionary allocation to the Appropriations Committee by $5 billion in budget authority and $4 billion in outlays to sustain 1996 post-OCRA policy. On the Amendment · Amendment Agreed to	May 23, 1996	Yea
S.Con.Res. 57: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. On the Decision of the Chair · Decision of Chair Sustained	May 23, 1996	Yea
S.Con.Res. 57: To eliminate the tax cut. On the Motion to Table · Motion to Table Agreed to	May 23, 1996	Yea
S.Con.Res. 57: In the nature of a substitute. On the Amendment · Amendment Rejected	May 23, 1996	Did not vote
S.Con.Res. 57: To express the sense of the Senate on long term entitlement reforms. On the Motion to Table · Motion to Table Agreed to	May 23, 1996	Did not vote
S.Con.Res. 57: To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit sense of the Senate amendments from being offered to the budget resolution. On the Motion · Motion Rejected	May 23, 1996	Did not vote
S.Con.Res. 57: To restore common sense to the budget rules by eliminating the defense firewalls. On the Motion to Table · Motion to Table Agreed to	May 23, 1996	Did not vote
S. 1357: To strike the deep water regulatory relief provision. On the Motion to Table · Motion to Table Agreed to	May 22, 1996	Yea
S.Con.Res. 57: To express the sense of the Senate regarding corporate subsidies and to provide a rule that would prohibit the scoring of proceeds from asset sales that would lead to a financial loss by the Federal Government. On the Amendment · Amendment Agreed to	May 22, 1996	Yea
S.Con.Res. 57: To provide that the first reconciliation bill not include medicaid reform, focusing mainly on welfare reform by shifting medicaid changes from the first to the second reconciliation bill. On the Motion to Table · Motion to Table Agreed to	May 22, 1996	Yea

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