Votes with narrow margins

See also: Votes with wide margins.

Margin	Vote
1	Session 1, roll call 113: On the Amendment Thune Amdt. No. 716; To express the sense of the Senate regarding the Federal income tax deduction for charitable giving.
1	Session 1, roll call 110: On the Motion Motion to Waive CBA Re: Crapo Amdt. No. 688; To increase the borrowing authority of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and for other purposes.
1	Session 1, roll call 179: On the Amendment Thune Amdt. No. 1030; To require the Secretary of the Treasury to use any amounts repaid by a financial institution that is a recipient of assistance under the Troubled Assets Relief Program to reduce the authorization level under the TARP.
2	Session 1, roll call 54: On the Amendment Grassley Amdt. No. 297; To provide the same temporary increase in the FMAP for all States and to permit States to choose the period through June 2011 for receiving the increase.
3	Session 1, roll call 92: On the Amendment Thune Amdt. No. 662; To prohibit the use of funds by the Federal Communications Commission to repromulgate the Fairness Doctrine.
3	Session 1, roll call 146: On the Amendment Lincoln Amdt. No. 873; To create a deficit-neutral reserve fund for estate tax relief.
3	Session 1, roll call 268: On the Motion Motion to Waive Section 201, S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress re: Isakson Amdt. No. 2306; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an income tax credit for certain home purchases, and to transfer to the Treasury unobligated funds made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in the amount of the reduction in revenue resulting from such credit.
3	Session 1, roll call 93: On the Motion to Table Motion To Table Sessions Amdt. No. 604; To extend the pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation established in title IV of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1966 for 6 years.
4	Session 1, roll call 23: On the Amendment Murkowski Amdt. No. 77; To provide for the development of best practice recommendations and to ensure coverage of low income children.
4	Session 1, roll call 218: On the Amendment McCain Amendment No. 1400; To eliminate the appropriation for the Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance, as recommended by the Administration.
4	Session 1, roll call 183: On the Motion Motion to Waive Sect. 202, S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress, Coburn Amdt. No. 1042; To establish a pilot program for the expedited disposal of Federal real property.
5	Session 1, roll call 265: On the Motion Motion To Waive CBA re: Gregg Amdt. No. 2302; To protect the generations of tomorrow from paying for new cars today.
6	Session 1, roll call 325: On the Cloture Motion Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 1776; A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the update under the Medicare physician fee schedule for years beginning with 2010 and to sunset the application of the sustainable growth rate formula, and for other purposes.
6	Session 1, roll call 174: On the Amendment Durbin Amdt. No. 1014; To prevent mortgage foreclosures and preserve home values.
6	Session 1, roll call 56: On the Amendment Vitter Amdt. No. 107; Prohibiting direct or indirect use of funds to fund the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).
6	Session 1, roll call 144: On the Motion Motion to Waive CBA re: Cornyn Amdt. No. 934; To increase transparency by requiring five days of public review of legislation before passage by the Senate.
7	Session 1, roll call 281: On the Amendment Gregg Amdt. No. 2361; To prohibit the use of stimulus funds for self-congratulatory signage that allows lawmakers to promote their spending of taxpayer dollars on stimulus projects.
7	Session 1, roll call 95: On the Motion to Table Motion To Table Vitter Amdt. No. 621; To repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
7	Session 1, roll call 34: On the Amendment Coburn Amdt. No. 109; To strike the $246 million tax earmark for Hollywood production companies.
8	Session 1, roll call 83: On the Amendment Inhofe Amdt. No. 613; To provide that no funds may be made available to make any assessed contribution or voluntary payment of the United Nations if the United Nations implements or imposes any taxation on any United States persons.
9	Session 1, roll call 40: On the Motion Motion to Waive CBA Re: McCain Amdt. No. 278; To reimplement Gramm-Rudman-Hollings to require deficit reduction and spending cuts upon 2 consecutive quarters of positive GDP growth.
9	Session 1, roll call 80: On the Amendment Coburn Amdt. No. 623 as Modified; To prohibit taxpayer dollars from being earmarked to 14 clients of a lobbying firm under Federal investigation for making campaign donations in exchange for political favors for the group's clients.
9	Session 1, roll call 338: On the Motion to Table Motion to Table Graham Amdt. No. 2669; To prohibit the use of funds for the prosecution in Article III courts of the United States of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
9	Session 1, roll call 219: On the Motion Motion to Table Sessions Amdt. No. 1371; To make the pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation for aliens permanent and to improve verification of immigration status of employees.
10	Session 1, roll call 25: On the Motion to Table Motion to Table Bunning Amdt. No. 74 as Modified; To eliminate any exceptions to the prohibition on States receiving an enhanced Federal matching rate for providing coverage to children whose family income exceeds 300 percent of the poverty line.