Members of Congress / Robert Byrd / Missed Votes
| Date | Vote | Position | GOP opinion | DEM opinion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote 92: On the Motion: Motion to Waive S. Con. Res. 21, sec. 204. Re: Landrieu Amdt. No. 4389, As Further Modified; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow use of amended income tax returns to take into account receipt of certain hurricane-related casualty loss grants by disallowing previously taken casualty loss deductions and to waive the deadline on the construction of GO Zone property which is eligible for bonus depreciation. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 91: H R 3221: Voinovich Amdt. No. 4406 As Modified; To protect families most vulnerable to foreclosure due to a sudden loss of income by extending the depreciation incentive to loss companies that have accumulated alternative minimum tax and research and development tax credits. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 90: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Kyl Amdt. No. 4407; No Statement of Purpose on File. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 89: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Murray Amdt. No. 4397; To increase funding for housing counseling resources. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 85: S CON RES 70: S. Con. Res. 70 as Amended; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| 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. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| 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. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 82: S CON RES 70: DeMint Amdt. No. 4339; To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for providing an above the line Federal income tax deduction for individuals purchasing health insurance outside the workplace. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 81: S CON RES 70: Allard Amdt. No. 4233; To require that legislation to reauthorize SCHIP include provisions codifying the unborn child regulation. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 80: S CON RES 70: Boxer Amdt. No. 4379; To facilitate coverage of pregnant women in SCHIP. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 78: S CON RES 70: Grassley Amdt. No. 4276 as Modified; To exempt from pay-as-you-go enforcement modifications to the individual alternative minimum tax (AMT) that prevent millions of additional taxpayers from having to pay the AMT. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 77: S CON RES 70: Kyl Amdt. No. 4372; To protect small businesses, family ranches and farms from the Death Tax by providing a $5 million exemption, a low rate for smaller estates and a maximum rate no higher than 35%. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 74: S CON RES 70: Kyl Amdt. No. 4348; To provide certainty to taxpayers by extending expiring tax provisions such as the R&D Tax Credit that helps US companies innovate, combat pay exclusion for our soldiers in the field, the education deduction to make colleges more affordable and the alternative energy incentives to make the environment cleaner through the end of 2009. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| 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. | Not Voting | Yes | 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. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 71: S CON RES 70: Ensign Amdt. No. 4335; To increase funding for the Department of Justice for the vigorous enforcement of a prohibition against taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions consistent with the Child Custody Protection Act, which passed the Senate by a bipartisan vote of 65-34, with an offset. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 70: S CON RES 70: Boxer Amdt. No. 4368 as Modified; To increase funding for the Department of Justice for the vigorous enforcement of laws protecting children. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 69: S CON RES 70: Motion to Table Vitter Amdt. No. 4309; To create a reserve fund to ensure that Federal assistance does not go to sanctuary cities that ignore the immigration laws of the United States and create safe havens for illegal aliens and potential terrorists. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| 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. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 67: S CON RES 70: Brownback Amdt. No. 4284; To provide funds for a Commission on Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies. | Not Voting | 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. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 65: S CON RES 70: DeMint Amdt. No. 4328; To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for Social Security reform. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 64: S CON RES 70: Sanders Amdt. No. 4218; To put children ahead of millionaires and billionaires by restoring the pre-2001 top income tax rate for people earning over $1 million, and use this revenue to invest in LIHEAP; IDEA; Head Start; Child Care; nutrition; school construction and deficit reduction. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 63: S CON RES 70: Ensign Amdt. No. 4240; To require wealthy Medicare beneficiaries to pay a greater share of their Medicare Part D premiums. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 62: S CON RES 70: Allard Amdt. No. 4246; To raise taxes by an unprecedented $1.4 trillion for the purpose of fully funding 111 new or expanded federal spending programs. | Not Voting | No | No | |
| Vote 61: On the Motion: Motion to Waive C.B.A. Cornyn Amdt. No. 4242; To protect the family budget by providing for a budget point of order against legislation that increases income taxes on taxpayers, including hard-working middle-income families, entrepreneurs, and college students. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 60: S CON RES 70: Sessions Amdt. No. 4231; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for border security, immigration enforcement, and criminal alien removal programs. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 59: S CON RES 70: Menendez Amdt. No. 4259; To establish a reserve fund for immigration reform and enforcement. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 58: S CON RES 70: Alexander Amdt. No. 4222; To take $670,000 used by the EEOC in bringing actions against employers that require their employees to speak English, and instead use the money to teach English to adults through the Department of Education's English Literacy/Civics Education State Grant program. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 57: S CON RES 70: Kennedy Amdt. No. 4350; To increase funding for the Department of Education's English Literacy-Civics Education State Grant program, with an offset. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 56: S CON RES 70: Alexander Amdt. No. 4207 as Modified; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve energy efficiency and production. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 51: S CON RES 70: Conrad Amdt. No. 4204; To add a deficit-neutral reserve fund for repealing the 1993 increase in the income tax on Social Security benefits. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 79: S CON RES 70: DeMint Amdt. No. 4380; To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for transferring funding for Berkeley, CA earmarks to the Marine Corps. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 41: H R 4040: H.R. 4040 As Amended ; Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 40: S 2663: Motion To Table Vitter Amdt. No. 4097; To allow the prevailing party in certain civil actions related to consumer product safety rules to recover attorney fees. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 39: S 2663: Motion To Table Cornyn Amdt. No. 4094 As Modified Further; To prohibit State attorneys general from entering into contingency fee agreements for legal or expert witness services in certain civil actions relating to Federal consumer product safety rules, regulations, standards, certification or labeling requirements, or orders. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 38: S 2663: Klobuchar Amdt. No. 4105 As Modified; To authorize appropriations for necessary or appropriate travel, subsistence, and related expenses, and for other purposes. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 37: S 2663: Motion To Table DeMint Amdt. No. 4095; In the nature of a substitute. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 36: On the Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2663; A bill to reform the Consumer Product Safety Commission to provide greater protection for children's products, to improve the screening of noncompliant consumer products, to improve the effectiveness of consumer product recall programs, and for other purposes. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 35: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R.3221; New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act and the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007 | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 34: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2634; A bill to require a report setting forth the global strategy of the United States to combat and defeat al Qaeda and its affiliates. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 33: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2633; A bill to provide for the safe redeployment of United States troops from Iraq. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 5: On the Cloture Motion: Motion To Invoke Cloture On The Motion To Proceed To Consider H.R. 5140; Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act of 2008 | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 339: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 1257; District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007 | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 338: H R 1124: H.R. 1124 as Amended; A bill to extend the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 337: H R 1124: Coburn Amdt. No. 2888; To prohibit the Federal Government from favoring public colleges and universities over private colleges and universities under the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 265: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Sununu Amdt. No. 2341; No Statement of Purpose on File. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 266: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Cornyn Amdt No. 2339; To provide interim relief for shortages in employment-based visas for aliens with extraordinary ability and advanced degrees and for nurses. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 264: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Schumer Amdt. No. 2361; A sense of the Senate relative to tax policy. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 251: On the Motion: Motion to Instruct Sgt. At Arms; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 250: On the Motion: Motion to Instruct the Sgt. at Arms; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 249: On the Motion: Motion to Instruct the Sgt. At Arms; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 2: S 1: Vitter Amdt No. 7; To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to establish criminal penalties for knowingly and willfully falsifying or failing to file or report certain information required to be reported under that Act, and for other purposes. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 83: S 2454: First Amdt. No. 3191; To require the Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to collect statistics, and prepare reports describing the statistics, relating to deaths occurring at the border between the United States and Mexico. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 82: S 2349: As Amended; Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006 | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 81: S 2349: Ensign Amdt. No. 2980; To include Federal entities in the definition of earmarks. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 80: S 2349: Feingold Amdt. No. 2962; To clarify the application of the gift rule to lobbyists. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 79: On the Cloture Motion: Upon Reconsideration, Motion to Invoke Cloture on S.2349; Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006 | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| 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. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 77: S 2349: Collins Amdt. No. 3176; To establish the Senate Office of Public Integrity. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 76: On the Nomination: Confirmation Dennis R. Spurgeon of Florida To Be An Assistant Secretary of Energy | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 35: S 2349: Reid Amdt. No. 2932; To provide additional transparency in the legislative process. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 34: S 2320: Snowe Amdt. No. 2913; To improve the distribution of funds to States under there Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 321: H R 2419: H.R. 2419 Conference Report; Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2006 | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 246: H J RES 68: Harking Amdt. No. 1921; To continue funding for the Community Services Block Grant at no less than last year's level. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 196: H R 3057: Chambliss Amdt. No. 1271; To prevent funds from being made available to provide assistance to a country which has refused to extradite certain individuals to the United States. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 195: H R 3057: Landrieu Amdt. No. 1245; To express the sense of the Senate regarding the use of funds for orphans, and displaced and abandoned children. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 160: H R 2361: Coburn Amdt. No. 1003; To require conference report inclusion of limitations, directives, and earmarks. | Not Voting | No | None | |
| Vote 159: On the Motion: Motion to Waive C.B.A. re: Coburn Amdt. No. 1019; To transfer funding to the Special Diabetes Program for Indians and the Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program within the Indian Health Service from funding for federal land acquisition. | Not Voting | No | No | |
| Vote 106: H R 1268: Warner Amdt. No. 498; Relating to the aircraft carriers of the Navy. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 154: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 2062; Class Action Fairness Act of 2004 | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 40: S CON RES 95: Nelson Amdt. No. 2745; To create a reserve fund to allow for an increase in Veterans' medical care by $1.8 billion by eliminating abusive tax loopholes. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 39: S CON RES 95: Baucus Amdt. No. 2751; To strike the outlay reconciliation instruction to the Committee on Finance. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 389: S 1689: Bayh Amdt. No. 1871; To require that funds for reconstruction in Iraq be used for certain purposes. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 388: S 1689: Nickles Amdt. No. 1876; To express the sense of the Senate that all countries that hold debt from the former Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein should be urged to forgive their debt. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 225: H R 2115: H.R. 2115; Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 224: S 824: Lott Amdt. No. 914; To require the Administrator of the FAA to conduct a study of safety standards at foreign repair stations. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 199: H J RES 51: Motion To Table Kennedy Amdt. No. 832; To extend the Temporary Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, to provide additional weeks of temporary extended unemployment compensation, and to make extended unemployment benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act temporarily available for employees. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 198: H J RES 51: Motion To Table Daschle Amdt. No. 834; To express the sense of the Senate that Social Security cost-of-living adjustments should not be reduced. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 197: H J RES 51: Baucus Amdt. No. 833; To reduce the amount by which the statutory limit on the public debt is increased. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 183: H R 1298: Dodd Amdt. No. 685; To add CARICOM Countries and the Dominican Republic to Priority List of HIV/AIDS Coordinator. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 182: H R 1298: Boxer Amdt. No. 684; To require a specific plan to help AIDS orphans. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 181: H R 1298: Kennedy Amdt. No. 681; To provide for the procurement of certain pharmaceuticals at the lowest possible price for products of assured quality. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 180: H R 1298: Feinstein Amdt. No. 682; To modify provisions relating to the distribution of funding. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 156: S 1054: Grassley Amdt. No. 594; To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services in rural areas under the medicare program. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 125: S 762: S.762, As Amended; Supplemental Appropriations Act to Support Department of Defense Operations in Iraq for Fiscal Year 2003 | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 124: S 762: Kohl Amdt. No. 455; To provide humanitarian food assistance in connection with U.S. activities in Iraq. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 41: S RES 71: Levin Amdt. No. 252 As Modified; To provide an additional condition requiring notice and consultations prior to withdrawal from, or extension of, the Treaty. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 37: On the Motion for Attendance: Motion To Instruct Sergeant At Arms | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 36: On the Motion for Attendance: Motion To Instruct Sergeant At Arms | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 35: S 151: S. 151, As Amended; PROTECT Act | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 69: On the Nomination: Confirmation: Lance M. Africk, of Louisiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 23: S 1731: Motion to Table Grassley Amdt. No. 2837; To make it unlawful for a packer to own, feed, or control livestock intended for slaughter. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 30: S 280: Motion to Table Wellstone Amdt no. 32; To preserve accountability for funds under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 29: S RES 7: S. Res. 7 As Amended; Y2K Committee Funding resolution | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 239: On the Cloture Motion: motion to invoke cloture on committee substitute to s.830; Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 | Not Voting | Yes | Yes |
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