Members of Congress / Robert Byrd / Votes Against Party
| Date | Vote | Position | GOP opinion | DEM opinion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | No | No | Yes | |
| 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 88: H R 3221: Motion to Table Durbin Amdt. No. 4388; To address the treatment of primary mortgages in bankruptcy, and for other purposes. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 30: S 1200: Vitter Amdt. No. 3896; To modify a section relating to limitation on use of funds appropriated to the Service. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 1: H R 4986: H.R.4986; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 433: H R 1585: H.R. 1585 Conference Report; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 428: H R 2419: Brown Amdt. No. 3819; To increase funding for critical Farm Bill programs and improve crop insurance. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 416: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the House Amdts. to the Senate Amdts. to H.R. 6; Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection, and Energy Efficiency Act of 2007 | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 413: H R 3688: H.R. 3688; United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 394: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2205; A bill to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 393: On the Nomination: Confirmation Leslie Southwick, of Mississippi, to be U.S. Circuit Judge | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 392: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Leslie Southwick, of Mississippi, to be U.S. Circuit Judge | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 359: H R 1585: H.R. 1585 as Amended; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 349: H R 1585: Kyl Amdt. No. 3017 as Modified; To express the sense of the Senate regarding Iran. | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 292: H R 976: Kerry Amdt. No. 2602 As Modified; To provide sufficient funding and incentives to increase the enrollment of uninsured children. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 273: S 1642: Brown Amdt. No. 2376; To provide for a Federal supplemental loan program. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 270: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Kerry Amdt. No. 2364.; A sense of the Senate relative to the Alternative Minimum Tax. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 267: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Landrieu Amdt. No. 2363; A sense of the Senate relative to the adoption tax credit | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 262: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Stabenow Amdt. No 2358; Relative to illegal aliens qualifying for Social Security benefits. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 259: H R 2669: McConnell Amdt. No. 2351; To express the sense of the Senate on the detainees of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 248: H R 1585: Cornyn Amdt. No. 2100; To express the sense of the Senate that it is in the national security interest of the United States that Iraq not become a failed state and a safe haven for terrorists. | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 236: On the Nomination: Confirmation Lt. Gen. Douglas E. Lute, to be Lt. Gen. US Army under title 10, U.S.C., section 601 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 235: On the Cloture Motion: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 234: S 1639: Motion to Table Div. VII, Amdt. No.1934 as Modified; Of a perfecting nature. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 233: S 1639: Motion to Table Div. VI of Amdt. No.1934 as Modified; Of a perfecting nature. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 232: S 1639: Motion to Table Div. IV, Amdt. No.1934 as Modified; Of a perfecting nature. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 231: S 1639: Motion to Table Div. III of Amdt. No.1934, as Modified; Of a perfecting nature. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 228: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S.1639; A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 206: On the Cloture Motion: Upon Reconsideration, Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Kennedy Amdt. No. 1150, As Amended; In the nature of a substitute. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 204: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 1348; Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 203: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Kennedy Amdt. No. 1150, As Amended; In the nature of a substitute. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 199: S 1348: Vitter Amdt. No. 1339; To require that the U.S. VISIT system- the biometric border check-in/check-out system first required by Congress in 1996 that is already well past its already postponed 2005 implementation due date- be finished as part of the enforcement trigger. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 198: S 1348: Inhofe Amdt. No. 1151; To amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the national language of the Government of the United States, and for other purposes. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 197: S 1348: Salazar Amdt. No. 1384; To preserve and enhance the role of the English language. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 195: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Clinton Amdt. No. 1183, As Further Modified; To reclassify the spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents as immediate relatives. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 193: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Menendez Amdt. No 1194; To modify the deadline for the family backlog reduction. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 192: S 1348: Sessions Amdt. No. 1234; To save American taxpayers up to $24 billion in the 10 years after passage of this Act, by preventing the earned income tax credit, which is, according to the Congressional Research Service, the largest anti-poverty entitlement program of the Federal Government, from being claimed by Y temporary workers or illegal aliens given status by this Act until they adjust to legal permanent resident status. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 190: S 1348: Cornyn Amdt. No. 1250; To address documentation of employment and to make an amendment with respect to mandatory disclosure of information. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 189: S 1348: Bingaman Amdt. No. 1267 As Modified; To remove the requirement that Y-1 nonimmigrant visa holders leave the United States before they are able to renew their visa. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 188: S 1348: DeMint Amdt. No. 1197; To require health care coverage for holders of Z nonimmigrant visas. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 187: S 1348: Cornyn Amdt. No. 1184, As Modified; To establish a permanent bar for gang members, terrorists, and other criminals. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 182: S 1348: Allard Amdt. No. 1189; To eliminate the preference given to people who entered the United States illegally over people seeking to enter the country legally in the merit-based evaluation system for visas. | Yes | None | No | |
| 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 | |
| Vote 177: S 1348: Coleman Amdt. No. 1158; To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to facilitate information sharing between federal and local law enforcement officials related to an individual's immigration status. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 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 | |
| Vote 168: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Warner Amdt. No. 1134; Relative to the President's strategy in Iraq. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 166: H R 1495: Kerry Amdt. No. 1094; To require the consideration of certain factors relating to global climate change. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 156: S 1082: Durbin Amdt. No. 1034; To reduce financial conflict of interest in FDA Advisory Panels. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 145: S 761: Coburn Amdt. No. 922; To promote transparency at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 128: S 30: S. 30; HOPE Act | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 101: S CON RES 21: Nelson (NE) Amdt. No. 626; To reform the estate tax to avoid subjecting thousands of families, family businesses, and family farms and ranches to the estate tax, and to promote continued economic growth and job creation. | Yes | No | No | |
| Vote 77: S CON RES 20: S. Con. Res. 20; A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that no funds should be cut off or reduced for American Troops in the field which would result in undermining their safety or their ability to complete their assigned mission. | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 72: S 4: Motion to Table Biden Amdt. No. 383; To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop regulations regarding the transportation of high hazard materials, and for other purposes. | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 62: S 4: Motion to Table Obama Amdt. No. 338; To require consideration of high-risk qualifying criteria in allocating funds under the State Homeland Security Grant Program. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 56: S 4: Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 298; To strengthen the security of cargo containers. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 270: H R 5682: H.R. 5682 As Amended; Henry J. Hyde United States and India Nuclear Cooperation Promotion Act of 2006 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 263: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in House Amendment to S.403; Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 260: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R. 6061; Secure Fence Act of 2006 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 229: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R.5970; Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 226: H R 5631: Coburn Amdt. No. 4848; To require notice to Congress and the public on earmarks of funds available to the Department of Defense. | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 218: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 3711; Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 216: S 403: S. 403, As Amended; Child Custody Protection Act | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 213: On the Nomination: Confirmation Jerome A. Holmes, of Oklahoma, to be US Circuit Judge | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 209: S 728: Inhofe Amdt. No. 4682; To modify a section relating to independent reviews. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 198: H R 5441: Menendez Amdt. No. 4634; To provide that appropriations under this Act may not be used for the purpose of providing certain grants, unless all such grants meet certain conditions for allocation. | Yes | No | No | |
| Vote 193: H R 5441: Clinton Amdt No. 4563; To establish the Federal Emergency Management Agency as an independent agency, and for other purposes. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 174: S 2766: Motion to Table McConnell Amdt. 4269; To require the withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from Iraq and urge the convening of an Iraq summit. | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 163: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to the Consideration of S. J. Res. 1; Marriage Protection Amendment | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 159: On the Nomination: Confirmation Brett M. Kavanaugh of Maryland to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 158: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to be U.S. Circuit Judge | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 157: S 2611: S. 2611 As Amended; Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 156: S 2611: Specter Amdt. No. 4188; To improve the bill. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 155: S 2611: Ensign Amdt. No. 4136; To ensure the integrity of the Earned Income Tax Credit program by reducing the potential for fraud and to ensure that aliens who receive an adjustment of this status under this bill meet their obligation to pay back taxes without creating a burden on the American public. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 154: S 2611: Sessions Amdt. No. 4108; To limit the application of the Earned Income Tax Credit. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 153: S 2611: Feingold Amdt. No. 4083; To strike the provision prohibiting a court from staying the removal of an alien in certain circumstances. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 152: S 2611: Bingaman Amdt. No. 4131; To limit the total number of aliens, including spouses and children, granted employment-based legal permanent resident status to 650,000 during any fiscal year. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 151: S 2611: Cornyn Amdt. No. 4097; To modify the requirements for confidentiality certain information submitted by an alien seeking an adjustment of status under section 245B. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 149: S 2611: Motion to Table Chambliss Amdt. No. 4084; To modify the eligible requirements for blue card status and to increase the fines to be paid by aliens granted such status or legal permanent resident status. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 147: S 2611: Gregg Amdt. No. 4114; To amend title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the diversity visa program and create a program that awards visas to aliens with an advanced degree in science mathematics, technology, or engineering. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 145: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: S. 2611; Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 144: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 2611; Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 142: S 2611: Motion to Table Durbin Amdt. No. 4142; To authorize the waiver of certain grounds of inadmissibility or removal where denial of admission or removal would result in hardship for a spouse, parent, or child who is a citizen or permanent resident alien. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 138: S 2611: Feinstein Amdt. No. 4087; To modify the conditions under which aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States are granted legal status. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 135: S 2611: Motion to Table Kyl Amdt. No. 3969; To prohibit H-2C nonimmigrants from adjusting to lawful permanent resident status. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 134: S 2611: Cornyn Amdt. No. 4038; To require aliens seeking adjustment of status under section 245B of the Immigration and Nationality Act or Deferred Mandatory Departure status under section 245C of such Act to pay a supplemental application fee, which shall be used to provide financial assistance to States for health and educational services for noncitizens. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 133: S 2611: Clinton Amdt. No. 4072; To establish a grant program to provide financial assistance to States and local governments for the costs of providing health care and educational services to noncitizens, and to provide additional funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 131: S 2611: Inhofe Amdt. No. 4064; To amend title 4 United States Code, to declare English as the national language of the United States and to promote the patriotic integration of prospective US citizens. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 130: S 2611: Motion to Table Ensign Amdt. No. 3985; To reduce document fraud, prevent identity theft, and preserve the integrity of the Social Security system, by ensuring that persons who receive an adjustment of status under this bill are not able to receive Social Security benefits as a result of unlawful activity. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 129: S 2611: Kennedy Amdt. No. 4066; To modify the conditions under which an H-2C nonimmigrant may apply for adjustment of status. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 128: S 2611: Cornyn Amdt. No. 3965 As Modified; To modify the conditions under which an H-2C nonimmigrant may apply for an employment-based immigrant visa. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 127: S 2611: Vitter Amdt. No. 3963; To strike the provisions related to certain undocumented individuals. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 123: S 2611: Motion to Table Dorgan Amdt. No. 4017; To prohibit aliens who are currently outside the United States from participating in the H-2C guestworker visa program. | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 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 | |
| Vote 121: S 2611: Isakson Amdt. No. 3961; To prohibit the granting of legal status, or adjustment of current status, to any individual who enters or entered the United States in violation of Federal law unless the border security measures authorized under Title I and section 233 are fully completed and fully operational. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 105: H R 4939: Coburn Amdt. No. 3641 "Div IV"; To perfect the bill. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 99: H R 4939: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt No. 3641 "Div. I"; To perfect the bill. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 94: H R 4939: Gregg Amdt. No. 3594, as Modified; To provide, with an offset, emergency funding for border security efforts. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 90: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 2454; Securing America's Borders Act | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 89: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Commit S. 2454 to the Committee on the Judiciary; Securing America's Borders Act | No | No | Yes |
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