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Term Start	Term End	Role	State	Party
2003	2008	Senator	OR	Republican
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Recent Voting History

The votes below were taken by roll call, a voting procedure that records a vote from every Senator or Representative on the bill under consideration. This Member of Congress may have voted on other bills by the process known as "voice vote", but these votes are not recorded.

Bill	Voted
H.R.7005 Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008 On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 7005. )	Abstain (against party) December 11, 2008
H.R.6867 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 6867 )	Aye (with party) November 20, 2008
H.R.1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 On Passage of the Bill (H. R. 1424 As Amended )	Aye (with party) October 01, 2008

Voting Trends Analysis

The information below is an initial analysis of voting trends for this Member of Congress, calculated by cross-referencing all of this member's votes from the 110th Congress (Jan. 2007 - Dec. 2008). The results are intended to offer some helpful context for the place that this Member of Congress occupies in the Congressional landscape. In the next steps of site development, OpenCongress will incorporate more detailed analyses of voting trends to give you a comprehensive snapshot of every Member of Congress.

Most often votes with: Norm Coleman
Least often votes with: Sen. Russell Feingold [D, WI]
Democrat most often votes with: Sen. Ben Nelson [D, NE]
Republican least often votes with: Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]
Votes with party: 73%
Abstains: 1%

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Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR] [67] Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D, OR-3] [27] Rep. David Wu [D, OR-1] [18] Rep. Peter DeFazio [D, OR-4] [18] Rep. Greg Walden [R, OR-2] [17]	S.2433 Global Poverty Act of 2007 [10] S.2544 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Exten... [6] H.Res.333 H.Res.333 [5] S.2248 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of ... [5] H.R.5749 Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensat... [5]	Abortion [4] Civil liberties [3] Civil rights [3] Intellectual property [3] Oregon [3]

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Gordon Smith in the News

December 29, 2008 The Best Senate Campaign of 2008

...In an election cycle where Republican senators in blue states were an endangered species (John Sununu in New Hampshire, Gordon Smith in Oregon, Norm Coleman -- maybe -- in Minnesota), Collins was never seriously challenged by Rep. Tom Allen. Allen did

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December 29, 2008 Senator-Elect Focuses on Jobs

Although Merkley may still be processing the fact that he trounced Gordon Smith on Nov. 4, a two-term incumbent Republican who significantly outspent him, ...

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Source: Portland Observer, OR

December 28, 2008 Oregon 2008: a mix of the tragic and the offbeat

US Sen. Gordon Smith was upset in his bid for a third term by Oregon House Speaker Jeff Merkley, leaving Oregon with no statewide elected Republican in a ...

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December 31, 2008 Feds accuse Portland man in bomb case - Portland News | Oregon ...

He has a criminal history dating back 10 years, which includes a 2006 criminal mischief conviction for breaking a large window at a downtown Portland building that housed U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith's offices. Numerous calls to the Pentagon ...

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December 31, 2008 Mary Lyon: The "Bush Effect" - Hopefully for a Third and LAST Time

Gordon Smith Ted Stevens Wayne Allard Michelle Bachmann Lincoln Chafee Chuck Hagel John Warner John Sununu (the younger) Pete Domenici Heather Wilson Elizabeth Dole Norm Coleman Jim Gilmore Fred Thompson Tommy Thompson Rudy Giuliani ...

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December 30, 2008 Public Policy Polling: Gender and the Colorado Vacancy

Senator: Jeff Merkley (D) 51 Gordon Smith (R) 43 Dave Brownlow (C) 4. Secretary of State: Kate Brown (D) 51 Rick Dancer (R) 40. Treasurer: Ben Westlund (D) 47 Allen Alley (R) 41. Colorado President: Barack Obama 54 John McCain 44 ...

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Campaign Contributions

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Top Funding Industry: Finance/Insur/RealEst
Top Contributor: Marriott International ($59,800)

Industry	Donation	% of total
Finance/Insur/RealEst	$1,674,055	20.6 %
Misc Business	$1,063,298	13.1 %
Health	$943,733	11.6 %
Lawyers & Lobbyists	$708,665	8.7 %
Communic/Electronics	$627,012	7.7 %
Other	$615,410	7.6 %
Ideology/Single-Issue	$606,099	7.5 %
Agribusiness	$547,635	6.7 %
Transportation	$473,837	5.8 %
Energy/Nat Resource	$397,479	4.9 %
Construction	$378,733	4.7 %
Labor	$70,600	0.9 %
Defense	$10,800	0.1 %
Total:	$8,117,356

Industry	Donation	% of total
Finance/Insur/RealEst	$1,067,383	19.1 %
Misc Business	$768,197	13.7 %
Agribusiness	$515,368	9.2 %
Communic/Electronics	$461,285	8.2 %
Health	$459,621	8.2 %
Lawyers & Lobbyists	$448,849	8.0 %
Transportation	$382,205	6.8 %
Ideology/Single-Issue	$374,887	6.7 %
Energy/Nat Resource	$359,083	6.4 %
Other	$357,265	6.4 %
Construction	$277,997	5.0 %
Labor	$121,500	2.2 %
Defense	$7,500	0.1 %
Total:	$5,601,140

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Gordon Smith in the News

December 29, 2008 The Best Senate Campaign of 2008

December 29, 2008 Senator-Elect Focuses on Jobs

December 28, 2008 Oregon 2008: a mix of the tragic and the offbeat

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Gordon Smith in the Blogs

December 31, 2008 Feds accuse Portland man in bomb case - Portland News | Oregon ...

December 31, 2008 Mary Lyon: The "Bush Effect" - Hopefully for a Third and LAST Time

December 30, 2008 Public Policy Polling: Gender and the Colorado Vacancy

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