Votes Against Party

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
5/8/08	Vote 122: S 2284: Durbin Amdt. No. 4715 as Modified; To provide that no changes in flood insurance status for any areas located in the St. Louis District of the Corps of Engineers can go into effect until the remapping process is completed for that entire District.	No	Yes	Yes
4/17/08	Vote 105: H R 1195: Boxer Amdt. No. 4539, as Modified; To call for a review by the Department of Justice of allegations of violations of Federal criminal law.	Yes	No	Yes
4/10/08	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
4/10/08	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
4/10/08	Vote 96: H R 3221: H.R. 3221 As Amended; Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
4/10/08	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
4/10/08	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
4/8/08	Vote 93: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Dodd Amdt. No. 4387; In the nature of a substitute.	No	Yes	Yes
4/1/08	Vote 86: On the Cloture Motion: Upon Reconsideration Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 3221; Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
3/14/08	Vote 84: S CON RES 70: Vitter Amdt. No. 4299; Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the need for comprehensive legislation to legalize the importation of prescription drugs from highly industrialized countries with safe pharmaceutical infrastructures.	No	Yes	Yes
3/14/08	Vote 83: S CON RES 70: Biden Amdt. No. 4245; To restore full funding for the international affairs budget, in support of the reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, nuclear nonproliferation, foreign assistance, fighting global AIDS, promoting sustainable development, and other efforts, with an offset.	No	Yes	Yes
3/13/08	Vote 73: On the Motion: Motion to Waive C.B.A. Cornyn Amdt. No. 4313; To protect the family budget from runaway Government spending by increasing the number of Senators necessary to waive the PAYGO Point of Order from 60 to 100.	No	Yes	No
3/13/08	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
3/13/08	Vote 68: S CON RES 70: Kohl Amdt. No. 4197; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for a 3-year extension of the pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers.	No	Yes	Yes
3/6/08	Vote 41: H R 4040: H.R. 4040 As Amended ; Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act	No	Yes	Yes
2/26/08	Vote 31: S 1200: Smith Amdt. No. 3897; To modify a provision relating to development of innovative approaches.	No	Yes	Yes
12/12/07	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
12/12/07	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
12/11/07	Vote 417: H R 2419: Lugar Amdt. No. 3711; Relative to traditional payments and loans.	Yes	No	No
10/30/07	Vote 400: S 294: S.294 as Amended; Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
10/30/07	Vote 398: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S.294; Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
10/30/07	Vote 397: S 294: Coburn Amdt. No.3474; To require Amtrak to regularly report to Congress on the profits or losses relating to the provision of food and beverage service and to limit such service on Amtrak rail lines that incur losses.	Yes	No	No
10/23/07	Vote 391: H R 3043: H.R. 3043 as Amended; Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008	No	Yes	Yes
10/22/07	Vote 381: H R 3043: Motion to Table Allard Amdt. No. 3369; To reduce the total amount appropriated to any program that is rated ineffective by the Office of Management and Budget through the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART).	No	Yes	Yes
10/16/07	Vote 372: H R 3093: H.R. 3093, As Amended; Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008	No	Yes	Yes
10/16/07	Vote 368: H R 3093: Motion to Table Thune Amdt. No.3317; To provide, in a fiscally responsible manner, additional funding for United States attorneys to prosecute violent crimes in Indian country.	Yes	No	Yes
9/27/07	Vote 356: H R 1585: Coburn Amdt. No. 2196; To eliminate wasteful spending and improve the management of counter-drug intelligence.	Yes	No	No
9/27/07	Vote 354: H J RES 43: H.J.Res.43; A joint resolution increasing the statutory limit on the public debt.	No	Yes	Yes
9/26/07	Vote 348: H R 1585: Biden Amdt. No. 2997 as Modified; To express the sense of Congress on federalism in Iraq.	No	Yes	Yes
9/11/07	Vote 333: H R 3074: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 2811; To prohibit the use of funds made available under this Act for bicycle paths so that the funds can be used to improve bridge and road safety.	No	Yes	Yes
9/11/07	Vote 331: H R 3074: Dorgan Amdt. No. 2797; To prohibit the establishment of a program that allows Mexican truck drivers to operate beyond the commercial zones near the Mexican border.	No	Yes	Yes
9/7/07	Vote 326: H R 2669: H.R. 2669 Conference Report; College Cost Reduction Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
9/6/07	Vote 313: H R 2642: Coleman Amdt. No. 2687; To provide funding for security associated with the national party conventions.	No	Yes	Yes
8/2/07	Vote 301: H R 976: Vitter Amdt. No. 2596 as Modified; To require individuals who are eligible for SCHIP and employer-sponsored coverage to use the employer-sponsored coverage instead of SCHIP.	No	Yes	No
8/2/07	Vote 293: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the Amendment of the House to S.1; A bill to provide greater transparency in the legislative process.	No	Yes	Yes
7/20/07	Vote 272: H R 2669: H.R. 2669 as Amended; College Cost Reduction Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
7/13/07	Vote 247: H R 1585: Dorgan Amdt. No. 2135, as Amended; Relative to bringing Osama bin Laden and other leaders of al Qaeda to justice.	No	Yes	Yes
7/9/07	Vote 240: On the Nomination: Confirmation Janet T. Neff, of Michigan, to be U.S. District Judge	No	Yes	Yes
6/27/07	Vote 234: S 1639: Motion to Table Div. VII, Amdt. No.1934 as Modified; Of a perfecting nature.	No	Yes	No
6/20/07	Vote 221: H R 6: Kyl Amdt. No. 1800; To disallow the credit for renewable diesel for fuel that is coprocessed with petroleum.	No	Yes	No
6/20/07	Vote 220: On the Motion: Motion to Waive C.B.A. re: Inhofe Amdt. No. 1666; To ensure agricultural equity with respect to the renewable fuels standard.	Yes	No	No
6/6/07	Vote 201: S 1348: Dorgan Amdt. No. 1316; To sunset the Y-1 nonimmigrant visa program after a 5-yer period.	Yes	No	Yes
6/6/07	Vote 193: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Menendez Amdt. No 1194; To modify the deadline for the family backlog reduction.	Yes	No	Yes
5/24/07	Vote 180: S 1348: Vitter Amdt. No. 1157; To strike title VI (related to Nonimmigrants in the United States Previously in Unlawful Status).	Yes	No	No
5/24/07	Vote 176: S 1348: Akaka Amdt. No. 1186; To exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the numerical limitations on immigrant visas.	No	Yes	Yes
5/21/07	Vote 173: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S.1348; Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
5/15/07	Vote 164: H R 1495: Coburn Amdt. No. 1089; To prioritize Federal spending to ensure the needs of Louisiana residents who lost their homes as a result of Hurricane Katrina and Rita are met before spending money to design or construct a nonessential visitors center.	Yes	No	No
5/15/07	Vote 163: H R 1495: Coburn Amdt. No. 1090; To prioritize Federal spending to ensure the residents of the city of Sacramento are protected from the threat of floods before spending money to add sand to beaches in San Diego.	Yes	No	No
5/10/07	Vote 162: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R.1495; Water Resources Development Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
4/25/07	Vote 143: S 761: Coburn Amdt. No. 918; To provide a sunset date.	No	Yes	No
3/28/07	Vote 120: H R 1591: Coburn Amdt. No. 657; To provide farm assistance in a fiscally responsible manner.	Yes	No	No
3/28/07	Vote 119: H R 1591: Burr Amdt. No. 716, As Modified; To reauthorize the secure rural schools and community self-determination program and to provide funding for the payments in lieu of taxes program.	Yes	No	No
3/28/07	Vote 118: H R 1591: Wyden Amdt. No. 709; To reauthorize the secure rural schools and community self-determination program and to provide funding for the payments in lieu of taxes program.	No	Yes	Yes
3/22/07	Vote 92: S CON RES 21: Cornyn Amdt. No. 525 as Modified; To provide reconciliation instructions of $33.8 billion to make provider payments more accurate, to improve Medicare Part B income relation provisions, expand those provisions to Medicare Part D and reduce the deficit.	Yes	No	No
3/14/07	Vote 74: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. J. Res. 9; A joint resolution to revise United States policy on Iraq.	No	Yes	Yes
3/13/07	Vote 70: S 4: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 294; To provide that the provisions of the Act shall cease to have any force or effect on and after December, 31, 2012, to ensure congressional review and oversight of the Act.	Yes	No	Yes
3/7/07	Vote 66: S 4: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 345; To authorize funding for the Emergency Communications and Interoperability Grants program, to require the Secretary to examine the possibility of allowing commercial entities to develop public safety communications networks, and for other purposes.	Yes	No	Yes
3/7/07	Vote 65: S 4: Collins Amdt. No. 342; To provide certain employment rights and an employee engagement mechanism for passenger and property screeners, and for other purposes.	No	Yes	No
2/13/07	Vote 46: On the Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.J.Res. 20; Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007	Yes	No	Yes
2/8/07	Vote 45: On the Nomination: Confirmation Gen. George W. Casey to be Chief of Staff, U.S. Army	No	Yes	Yes
1/11/07	Vote 5: S 1: Motion to Table DeMint Amdt. No. 11; To strengthen earmark reform.	Yes	No	Yes
1/10/07	Vote 4: S 1: Motion to Table Vitter Amdt. No. 6; to prohibit authorized committees and leadership PACs from employing the spouse or immediate family members of any candidate or Federal office holder connected to the committee.	Yes	No	Yes
12/9/06	Vote 279: On the Motion: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 6111; A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the Tax Court may review claims for equitable innocent spouse relief and to suspend the running on the period of limitations while such claims are pending.	No	Yes	Yes
12/9/06	Vote 278: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the House Amdt. to Senate Amdt. to H.R. 6111; A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the Tax Court may review claims for equitable innocent spouse relief and to suspend the running on the period of limitations while such claims are pending.	No	Yes	Yes
12/9/06	Vote 277: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Motion to Concur in House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R.6111.; A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the Tax Court may review claims for equitable innocent spouse relief and to suspend the running on the period of limitations while such claims are pending.	No	Yes	Yes
12/6/06	Vote 272: On the Nomination: Confirmation: Robert M. Gates, of Texas, to be Secretary of Defense	No	Yes	Yes
11/16/06	Vote 267: S 3709: Ensign Amdt. No. 5181; To ensure that IAEA inspection equipment is not used for espionage purposes.	Yes	No	No
7/13/06	Vote 201: H R 5441: Sessions Amdt. No. 4660, As Modified; To appropriate an additional $85,670,000 to enable the Secretary of Homeland Security to hire 800 additional full time active duty investigators to investigate immigration laws violations and to offset such increase on a pro rata basis.	Yes	No	No
7/13/06	Vote 200: H R 5441: Sessions Amdt. No. 4659, As Modified; To appropriate an additional $1,829,400,000 to construct double-layered fencing and vehicle barriers along the southwest border and to offset such increase by reducing all other discretionary amounts on a prorata basis.	Yes	No	No
7/11/06	Vote 192: H R 5441: Collins Amdt. No. 4560; To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the United States Emergency Management Authority.	No	Yes	Yes
6/20/06	Vote 178: S 2766: Nelson (FL) Amdt. No. 4265; To express the sense of Congress that the Government of Iraq should not grant amnesty to persons known to have attacked, killed, or wounded members of the Armed Forces of the United States.	No	Yes	Yes
5/24/06	Vote 148: S 2611: Hutchison Amdt. No. 4101; To enhance border security by creating a pilot SAFE Visa Program to grant visas to authorized nationals of a NAFTA or CAFTA-DR country who receive employment offers in job areas in the United States that have been certified by the Secretary of Labor as having a shortage of workers.	No	Yes	No
5/24/06	Vote 144: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 2611; Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006	No	Yes	Yes
5/16/06	Vote 122: S 2611: Salazar Amdt. No. 3994; To prohibit implementation of title IV and title VI until the President determines that implementation of such titles will strengthen the national security of the United States.	No	Yes	Yes
5/4/06	Vote 112: H R 4939: H.R. 4939, As Amended; Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006	No	Yes	Yes
5/4/06	Vote 111: H R 4939: Thune Amdt. No. 3704; To provide, with an offset, $20,000,000 for the Department of Veterans Affairs for Medical Facilities.	No	Yes	No
4/26/06	Vote 99: H R 4939: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt No. 3641 "Div. I"; To perfect the bill.	No	Yes	No
4/26/06	Vote 97: H R 4939: Motion to Table Ensign Motion to Recommit H.R.4939 to the Committee on Appropriations; Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006	No	Yes	Yes
4/26/06	Vote 96: H R 4939: Motion to Table Thomas Amdt. No. 3515; To return the bill to the President's proposal.	No	Yes	Yes
4/3/06	Vote 84: S 2454: Bingaman Amdt. No. 3210, as modified; To provide financial aid to local law enforcement officials along the Nation's borders, and for other purposes.	No	Yes	Yes
3/28/06	Vote 79: On the Cloture Motion: Upon Reconsideration, Motion to Invoke Cloture on S.2349; Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006	No	Yes	Yes
3/28/06	Vote 78: S 2349: Wyden Amdt. No. 2944; To establish as a standing order of the Senate a requirement that a Senator publicly disclose a notice of intent to object to proceeding to any measure or matter.	No	Yes	Yes
3/16/06	Vote 58: S CON RES 83: Specter Amdt No. 3048; To increase the advance appropriations allowance in order to fund health, education and training, and low-income programs.	No	Yes	Yes
3/7/06	Vote 33: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 2320; A bill to make available funds included in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program for fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes.	No	Yes	Yes
2/14/06	Vote 21: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: S. 852; Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2005	No	Yes	No
2/9/06	Vote 13: S 852: Motion to Table Cornyn Amdt. No. 2748; To provide a new system by which to resolve claims for bodily injury caused by asbestos exposure, and for other purposes.	No	Yes	Yes
12/15/05	Vote 355: On the Motion: Kohl Motion to Instruct Conferees on S. 1932; Medicaid Reconciliation Act of 2005	No	Yes	Yes
12/14/05	Vote 352: On the Motion: Baucus Motion to Instruct Conferees on S. 1932; Personal Responsibility and Family Protection Act of 2005	No	Yes	Yes
11/18/05	Vote 349: On the Motion: Specter Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: H.R. 3010; Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006	No	Yes	Yes
11/17/05	Vote 335: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Lott Amdt. No. 2633; To clarify treatment of outside income and expenses in the Senate.	No	Yes	No
11/15/05	Vote 323: S 1042: Warner Amdt. No. 2518; To clarify and recommend changes to the policy of the United States on Iraq and to require reports on certain matters relating to Iraq.	No	Yes	Yes
11/3/05	Vote 289: S 1932: Wyden Amdt. No. 2362; To enhance the energy security of the United States by prohibiting the exportation of oil and gas produced under leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.	No	Yes	Yes
10/27/05	Vote 280: H R 3010: Ensign Amdt. No. 2300; To prohibit funding for the support, development, or distribution of the Department of Education's e-Language Learning System (ELLS).	No	Yes	No
9/21/05	Vote 238: H R 2744: Coburn Amdt. No. 1775; To require that any limitation, directive, or earmarking contained in either the House of Representatives or Senate report accompanying this bill be included in the conference report or joint statement accompanying the bill in order to be considered as having been approved by both House of Congress.	No	Yes	Yes
9/20/05	Vote 236: H R 2744: Nelson (NE) Amdt. No. 1732; To prohibit the use of funds for developing a final rule with respect to the importation of beef from Japan.	No	Yes	Yes
7/21/05	Vote 200: S 1042: Lugar Amdt. No. 1380; To improve authorities to address urgent nonproliferation crises and United States nonproliferation operations.	No	Yes	Yes
6/23/05	Vote 153: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Domenici Amdt. No. 891;	No	Yes	Yes
6/21/05	Vote 144: H R 6: Hagel Amdt. No. 817; To provide for the conduct of activities that promote the adoption of technologies that reduce greenhouse gas intensity in the United States and in developing countries and to provide credit-based financial assistance and investment protection for projects that employ advanced climate technologies or systems in the United States.	No	Yes	No
4/20/05	Vote 105: H R 1268: Byrd Amdt. No. 516; To increase funding for border security.	Yes	No	Yes
4/20/05	Vote 104: H R 1268: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 471; To reduce appropriations for the Iraqi embassy to reduce outlays expected to occur in fiscal year 2007 or later.	No	Yes	Yes

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