Members of Congress / Lamar Alexander / Votes Against Party
| Date | Vote | Position | GOP opinion | DEM opinion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote 349: On the Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of David F. Hamilton, of Indiana, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit. | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 345: On the Motion: Coburn Motion to Commit H.R. 3082 to the Committee on Appropriations; Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 340: H R 2847: H.R. 2847 As Amended.; Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 339: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Sec. 302(F) of CBA Ensign Amdt. No. 2648 as modified.; To provide additional funds for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program by reducing corporate welfare programs. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 336: H R 2847: Coburn Amdt. No 2631.; To redirect funding of the National Science Foundation toward practical scientific research | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 331: H R 2996: Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2996; Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 319: H R 2847: Ensign Motion to Recommit to H.R. 2847 to the Committee of Appropriations; Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 318: H R 2997: Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2997; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 313: H R 3326: Inouye Amdt. No. 2623; To provide full and open competition for congressionally directed spending items. | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 312: H R 3326: McCain Amdt. No. 2580; To strike amounts available for procurement of C-17 aircraft in excess of the amount requested by the President in the budget for fiscal year 2010. | Yes | No | No | |
| Vote 311: H R 3326: Coburn Amdt. No. 2566; To restore $166,000,000 for the Armed Forces to prepare for and conduct combat operations, by eliminating low-priority congressionally directed spending items for all operations and maintenance accounts. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 310: H R 3326: Coburn Amdt. No. 2565; To ensure transparency and accountability by providing that each member of Congress and the Secretary of Defense has the ability to review $1,500,000,000 in taxpayer funds allocated to the National Guard and Reserve components of the Armed Forces. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 306: On the Nomination: Nomination of Thomas E. Perez, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 303: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA McCain Amdt. No. 2558; To strike amounts available for procurement of C-17 aircraft in excess of the amount requested by the President in the budget for fiscal year 2010 and to make such amounts available instead for operation and maintenance in accordance with amounts requested by the President in that budget and for Operation and Maintenance, Army, for overseas contingent operations. | Yes | No | No | |
| Vote 296: H R 2996: Motion to Table Ensign Motion to Recommit H.R. 2996 to the Committee on Appropriations; Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 294: H R 2996: Motion to Table McCaskill Amdt. No. 2514; To strike the earmarks for the Save America's Treasure program and to provide criteria for the distribution of grants under that program. | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 292: On the Motion: Motion to Table the DeMint Motion to Recommit to Committee on Appropriations; Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 291: H R 2996: McCain Amdt. No. 2461; To prohibit the use of appropriated funds for the Des Moines Art Center in the State of Iowa. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 287: H R 3288: H.R. 3288 as amended; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 285: H R 3288: McCain Amdt. No. 2403 As Modified; To prohibit the use of funds to carry out the Brownsfields Economic Development Initiative program administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 282: On the Motion: Ensign Motion To Recommit Bill H.R. 3288 to the Committee on Appropriations; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 278: H R 3288: Coburn Amdt. No. 2372; To fully provide for the critical surface transportation needs of the United States by prohibiting funds from being used on lower-priority projects, such as transportation museums. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 276: On the Motion: Motion To Table McCain Amdt. No. 2375; To provide that all amounts in the bill provided for congressional earmarks shall be made available for NextGen and NextGen programs. | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 270: H R 3435: H.R. 3435; A bill making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Program. | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 262: On the Nomination: Confirmation Sonia Sotomayor, of New York, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 259: On the Motion: Coburn Motion To Commit To The Committee on Appropriations ; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 253: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: H.R. 3357; A bill to restore sums to the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes. | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 247: H R 3183: Coburn Amdt. No. 1884; To prohibit no bid contracts by requiring the use of competitive procedures to award contracts and grants funded under this Act. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 245: H R 3183: Coburn Amdt. No. 1879; To reduce the appropriation for Departmental Administration of the Department of Energy so that the Department can set an example for all Americans by reducing unnecessary energy usage. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 243: H R 3183: McCain Amdt. No. 1814; To prohibit the use of funds to carry out any project or site-specific location identified in the committee report unless the project is specifically authorized or to carry out an unauthorized appropriation. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 238: S 1390: Kerry Amdt. No. 1761; To express the sense of the Senate that the United States should fully enforce existing sanctions, and should explore additional sanctions, with respect to North Korea and to require a review to determine whether North Korea should be re-listed as a state sponsor of terrorism. | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 235: S 1390: Levin Amdt. No. 1469; To strike $1,750,000,000 in Procurement, Air Force funding for F-22A aircraft procurement, and to restore operation and maintenance, military personnel, and other funding in divisions A and B that was reduced in order to authorize such appropriation. | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 227: H R 2892: Coburn Amdt. No. 1434; To prohibit no bid contracts by requiring the use of competitive procedures to award contracts and grants funded under this Act. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 226: H R 2892: Murray Amdt. No. 1468; To prohibit certain funds from being used for certain efforts. | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 224: H R 2892: McCain Amdt. No. 1378; To strike the appropriation for the Advanced Training Center. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 223: H R 2892: Kyl Amdt. No. 1432; To strike the earmark for the City of Whitefish Emergency Operations Center. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 222: H R 2892: McCain Amdt. No. 1406; To strike the provision relating to the Loran-C signal, as recommended by the Administration. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 221: H R 2892: Feingold Amdt. No. 1402; To require grants for Emergency Operations Centers and financial assistance for the predisaster mitigation program to be awarded without regard to earmarks. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 218: H R 2892: McCain Amendment No. 1400; To eliminate the appropriation for the Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance, as recommended by the Administration. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 217: H R 2918: H.R. 2918 As Amended; Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010 | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 214: On the Motion: Motion to Table Motion to Commit H.R. 2918 to the Committee on Appropriations with Instructions; Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010 | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 212: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Harold Hongju Koh, of Connecticut, to be Legal Counsel of the Department of State | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 207: H R 1256: H.R. 1256 As Amended; Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 201: H R 2346: DeMint Amdt. No. 1138; To strike the provisions relating to increased funding for the International Monetary Fund. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 194: H R 627: H.R. 627 As Amended; Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2009 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 190: H R 627: Vitter Amdt. No. 1066; To specify acceptable forms of identification for the opening of credit card accounts. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 188: H R 627: Coburn Amdt. No. 1067; To protect innocent Americans from violent crime in national parks and refuges. | No | Yes | None | |
| Vote 184: S 896: Grassley Amdt. No. 1021 As Modified ; To amend chapter 7 of title 31, United States Code, to provide the Comptroller General additional audit authorities relating to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and for other purposes. | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 176: S 896: Vitter Amdt. No. 1016; To authorize and remove impediments to the repayment of funds received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 159: On the Nomination: Confirmation of Christopher R. Hill, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 149: On the Motion: Motion To Waive CBA DeMint Amdt. No. 967; To implement President Obama's earmark reforms. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 148: S CON RES 13: DeMint Amdt. No. 965; To prevent taxpayer-funded bailouts for auto manufacturers. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 136: S CON RES 13: Landrieu Amdt. No. 931; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for outer Continental Shelf oil and natural gas leasing revenues. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 134: S CON RES 13: Vitter Amdt. No. 787; To end $272 billion in spending on bailouts under TARP and reduce record deficits and levels of debt. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 131: S CON RES 13: Sanders Amdt. No. 875; To require information from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System about the use of emergency economic assistance. | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 130: S CON RES 13: Dodd Amdt. No. 913; To provide for enhanced oversight of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System concerning the use of emergency economic assistance. | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 105: H R 146: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 683; To prohibit funding for congressional earmarks for wasteful and parochial pork projects. | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 104: H R 146: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 677; To require Federal agencies to determine on an annual basis the quantity of land that is owned by each Federal agency and the cost to taxpayers of the ownership of the land. | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 103: H R 146: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 675; To prohibit the use of eminent domain and to ensure that no American has their property forcibly taken from them by authorities granted under this Act. | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 102: H R 146: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 679; To provide for the future energy needs of the United States and eliminate restrictions on the development of renewable energy. | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 98: On the Nomination: Confirmation Thomas John Perrelli, Of Virginia, To be Associate Attorney General | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 97: On the Nomination: Confirmation David W. Ogden, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney General | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 96: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R. 1105; Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 86: H R 1105: McCain Amdt. No. 593; To prohibit the use of funds provided in the bill. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 84: On the Motion: Motion to Waive the CBA re: Thune Amdt. No. 635 as Modified; To provide funding for the Emergency Fund for Indian Safety and Health, with an offset. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 79: H R 1105: Coburn Amdt. No. 610; To prohibit funding for congressional earmarks for wasteful and parochial pork projects. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 74: H R 1105: McCain Amdt. No. 592; In the nature of a substitute. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 46: H R 1: Feingold Amdt. No. 140; To provide greater accountability of taxpayers' dollars by curtailing congressional earmarking and requiring disclosure of lobbying by recipients of Federal funds. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 41: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Inhofe Amdt. No. 262; To appropriate, with an offset, $5,232,000,000 for procurement for the Department of Defense to reconstitute military units to an acceptable readiness rating and to restock prepositioned assets and war reserve material. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 32: On the Nomination: Confirmation Eric H. Holder, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Attorney General | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 31: H R 2: H.R. 2 as Amended; Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 11: S 181: Motion to Table DeMint Amdt. No. 31; To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities. | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 5: S J RES 5: S.J.Res. 5; A joint resolution relating to the disapproval of obligations under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 4: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S.181; Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 3: S 22: S.22 as Amended.; Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 208: On the Motion: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R.2638; Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 194: H R 4137: H.R. 4137 Conference Report; College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2008 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 177: H R 6331: Shall H.R. 6331 Pass, the objections of the President of the United States to the contrary notwithstanding?; Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 169: On the Cloture Motion: Upon Reconsideration, Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 6331; Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 137: On the Motion: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment No. 2 with Amdt. No. 4803; In the nature of substitute. | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 129: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Rule XLIV, 8(a) re: H.R. 2419 Conference Report; Food and Energy Security Act of 2007 | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 99: S 2739: Coburn Amdt. No. 4520; To ensure that all individuals who reside, or own property that is located, in a proposed National Heritage Area are informed of the designation of the National Heritage Area. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 97: S 2739: Coburn Amdt. No. 4522; To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to determine on an annual basis the quantity of land that is owned by the Federal Government and the cost to taxpayers of the ownership of the land. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 95: H R 3221: Ensign Amdt. No. 4419; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the limited continuation of clean energy production incentives and incentives to improve energy efficiency in order to prevent a downturn in these sectors that would result from a lapse in the tax law. | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 94: H R 3221: Alexander Amdt. No. 4429; To provide a longer extension of the renewable energy production tax credit and to encourage all emerging renewable sources of electricity, and for other purposes. | Yes | No | No | |
| Vote 80: S CON RES 70: Boxer Amdt. No. 4379; To facilitate coverage of pregnant women in SCHIP. | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 75: On the Motion: Motion to Waive C.B.A. DeMint Amdt No. 4347; To establish an earmark moratorium for fiscal year 2009. | Yes | No | No | |
| Vote 72: On the Motion: Motion to Waive C.B.A. DeMint Amdt. No. 4340; To create a point of order against bills that would raise gasoline prices. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 66: S CON RES 70: Allard Amdt. No. 4232; To pay down the Federal debt and eliminate government waste by reducing spending 5 percent on programs rated (as mandated under the Government Performance and Results Act (Public Law 103-62)) ineffective by the Office of Management and Budget Program Assessment Rating Tool. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 26: S 1200: Coburn Amdt. No. 4036; To prioritize scarce resources to basic medical services for Indians. | Yes | No | No | |
| Vote 6: On the Motion: Motion to Instruct Sgt. At Arms; Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act of 2008 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 429: H R 2419: Craig Amdt. No. 3640; To prohibit the involuntary acquisition of farmland and grazing land by Federal, State, and local governments for parks, open space, or similar purposes. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 428: H R 2419: Brown Amdt. No. 3819; To increase funding for critical Farm Bill programs and improve crop insurance. | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 421: H R 2419: Alexander Amdt.; No. 3553; To limit the tax credit for small wind energy property expenditures to property placed in service in connection with a farm or rural small business. | Yes | No | No | |
| Vote 420: H R 2419: Alexander Amdt. No. 3551; To increase funding for the Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems, with an offset. | Yes | No | No | |
| Vote 403: H R 3963: H.R.3963; Support for Injured Servicemembers Act | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 402: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R.3963; Support for Injured Servicemembers Act | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 401: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R.3963; Support for Injured Servicemembers Act | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Vote 399: S 294: DeMint Amdt. No.3467; To require Amtrak to disclose the Federal subsidy of every ticket sold for transportation on Amtrak. | No | Yes | No | |
| Vote 378: H R 3043: Reid Amdt. No.3395; To clarify the application of current law. | Yes | No | Yes |
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