# Objective, non-artisan information wanted on Kerry's voting record **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 26, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objective-non-artisan-information-wanted-on-kerrys-voting-record/261619 "2004-08-26T16:29:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objective-non-artisan-information-wanted-on-kerrys-voting-record/261619/1 "2004-08-26T16:29:40Z")
I’ve searched Senator Kerry’s campaign website, as well as doing a search on the US Senate site. A Google search only pulls up partisan sites. I’m looking for a straightforward, objective record of Kerry’s voting record in the Senate, as well as any legislation he may have been involved with. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objective-non-artisan-information-wanted-on-kerrys-voting-record/261619/2 "2004-08-26T16:44:41Z")
I am a non-artisan. Never was any good at the creative arts. Couldn’t draw hands for squat. Don’t even ask me about pottery… Anyway, the Straight Dope for all things re: Capitol Hill is Congressional Quarterly. Some of it is pay, but in an election year, I’ll bet you will find much of what you are looking for for free. I can’t get it to pull up right now. (Can’t get this to post, either.) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objective-non-artisan-information-wanted-on-kerrys-voting-record/261619/3 "2004-08-26T16:49:46Z")
[C-Span vote search](http://capwiz.com/c-span/dbq/issuesdbq/votesearch.dbq?command=member) can tell you how anyone voted on anything. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objective-non-artisan-information-wanted-on-kerrys-voting-record/261619/4 "2004-08-26T17:03:12Z")
> [@Lamar Mundane](#): > > I am a non-artisan. Never was any good at the creative arts. Couldn’t draw hands for squat. Don’t even ask me about pottery… :smack: :o Thanks for the links, guys. I wish we could preview titles to threads too! ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objective-non-artisan-information-wanted-on-kerrys-voting-record/261619/5 "2004-08-26T18:03:24Z")
Yeah, I was gonna ask if you were interested in what the farmers, merchants and other non-artisan classes had to say! 🙂 Another excellent resource is [http://www.vote-smart.org](http://www.vote-smart.org) – not only gives you the votes, but tells you how each senator/congressperson/presidential candidate is “rated” among various lobbyist groups. This can be highly informative to know if a candidate scores very low by the Association of Americans for Everything that’s Good and Noble, while ranking high with the National Alliance of Puppy Kickers. ---
**Author:** ![Renob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8c91f0/32.png) [@Renob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renob)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objective-non-artisan-information-wanted-on-kerrys-voting-record/261619/6 "2004-08-26T18:12:19Z")
The Senate has a record of roll call votes, but they are broken out by vote, not by Senator. You can go here to see every roll call vote and then look to see whether or not Kerry voted “yea”,“nay”, or he wasn’t present: [http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/a\_three\_sections\_with\_teasers/votes.htm](http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/a_three_sections_with_teasers/votes.htm) If you go here you can search for all the bills that Kerry sponsored or co-sponsored: [http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d108query.html](http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d108query.html) Each of these pages is broken up by Congress (108th, 107th, etc.), so to get Kerry’s complete record you’ll have to do some searching, but it’s all there. You can also search the Congressional record for any speeches he made.