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  "BoTh sIdES aRe tHe SaMe!"
  Aside from the meat of this comment below, I'd definitely suggest people take a look at this website. There's more up-to-date information here.
  
  Net Neutrality
  House Vote for Net Neutrality
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  |Rep|  2|234
  |Dem|177|  6
   
  Senate Vote for Net Neutrality
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  |Rep|0|  46
  |Dem |52|  0
   
   
  Money in Elections and Voting
  Campaign Finance Disclosure Requirements
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  Rep|   0|39
  Dem|59|  0 
   
  DISCLOSE Act
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  Rep|  0|45
  Dem|53|  0
   
  Backup Paper Ballots - Voting Record
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  Rep|  20|170
  Dem |228|  0
   
  Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
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  Rep |  8| 38
  Dem | 51 |  3 
   
  Sets reasonable limits on the raising and spending of money by electoral candidates to influence elections (Reverse Citizens United)
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  Rep|  0|42
  Dem |54|  0
   
   
  The Economy/Jobs
  Limits Interest Rates for Certain Federal Student Loans 
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  Rep|  0|46
  Dem|46|  6
   
  Student Loan Affordability Act
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  Rep|  0|51
  Dem|45|  1
   
  Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Funding Amendment 
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  Rep|  1|41
  Dem|54|  0
   
  End the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection 
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  Rep|39|  1
  Dem|  1| 54
   
  Kill Credit Default Swap Regulations
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  Rep|38|   2 
  Dem|  18|36 
   
  Revokes tax credits for businesses that move jobs overseas 
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  Rep|  10|32
  Dem|53|  1
   
  Disapproval of President's Authority to Raise the Debt Limit
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  Rep|233|   1 
  Dem|  6|175 
   
  Disapproval of President's Authority to Raise the Debt Limit
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  Rep|42|   1 
  Dem|  2|51 
   
  Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
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  Rep|  3|173
  Dem|247|  4
   
  Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
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  Rep|  4|36
  Dem|57|  0
   
  Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Bureau Act 
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  Rep|  4 |39
  Dem|55|  2| 
   
  American Jobs Act of 2011 - $50 billion for infrastructure projects
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  Rep|  0|48
  Dem|50|  2
   
  Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension
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  Rep|  1|44
  Dem|54|  1
   
  Reduces Funding for Food Stamps
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  Rep|33|   13
  Dem|  0|52
   
  Minimum Wage Fairness Act
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  Rep|  1|41
  Dem|53|  1
   
  Paycheck Fairness Act
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  Rep|  0|40
  Dem|58|  1
   
   
  "War on Terror"
  Time Between Troop Deployments
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  Rep|  6|43
  Dem|50|  1
   
  Habeas Corpus for Detainees of the United States
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  Rep|  5|42
  Dem|50|  0
   
  Habeas Review Amendment
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  Rep|   3|50
  Dem|45|  1 
   
  Prohibits Detention of U.S. Citizens Without Trial
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  Rep|  5|42
  Dem|39|  12
   
  Authorizes Further Detention After Trial During Wartime
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  Rep|38|  2
  Dem|  9| 49
   
  Prohibits Prosecution of Enemy Combatants in Civilian Courts
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  Rep|46|  2
  Dem|  1|49
   
  Repeal Indefinite Military Detention
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  Rep|15|214
  Dem|176|  16
   
  Oversight of CIA Interrogation and Detention Amendment
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  Rep|   1|52
  Dem |45|   1
   
  Patriot Act Reauthorization
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  Rep|196|  31
  Dem |  54|122
   
  FISA Act Reauthorization of 2008
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  Rep|188|   1 
  Dem|  105|128
   
  FISA Reauthorization of 2012
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  Rep|227|   7 
  Dem|  74|111
   
  House Vote to Close the Guantanamo Prison
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  Rep|  2|228
  Dem |172|  21
   
  Senate Vote to Close the Guantanamo Prison
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  Rep|  3|32
  Dem | 52|  3
   
  Prohibits the Use of Funds for the Transfer or Release of Individuals Detained at Guantanamo
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  Rep|44|  0
  Dem|  9| 41
   
  Oversight of CIA Interrogation and Detention
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  Rep|   1|52
  Dem|45|  1 
   
   
  Civil Rights
  Same Sex Marriage Resolution 2006 
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  Rep|  6|47
  Dem|42|  2
   
  Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 
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  Rep|  1|41
  Dem|54|  0
   
  Exempts Religiously Affiliated Employers from the Prohibition on Employment Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity 
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  Rep|41|  3
  Dem|  2| 52
   
   
  Family Planning
  Teen Pregnancy Education Amendment
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  Rep|  4|50
  Dem|44|  1
   
  Family Planning and Teen Pregnancy Prevention
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  Rep|  3|51
  Dem|44|  1
   
  Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act The 'anti-Hobby Lobby' bill. 
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  Rep|  3|42
  Dem|53|  1
   
   
  Environment
  Stop "the War on Coal" Act of 2012
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  Rep|214|13
  Dem|  19|162
   
  EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2013
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  Rep|225|1
  Dem|  4|190
  Prohibit the Social Cost of Carbon in Agency Determinations
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  Rep|218|   2 
  Dem|  4|186
   
   
  Misc
  Prohibit the Use of Funds to Carry Out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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  Rep|45|   0 
  Dem|  0|52 
   
  Prohibiting Federal Funding of National Public Radio
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  Rep|228|   7 
  Dem|  0|185 
   
  Allow employers to penalize employees that don't submit genetic testing for health insurance (Committee vote)
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  Rep|22|   0 
  Dem|  0|17
context: This is welcome news.