Votes Against Party

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
11/5/09	Vote 338: H R 2847: 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.	No	No	Yes
9/16/09	Vote 280: H R 3288: Vitter Amendment Number 2376; To affirm the continuing existence of the community service requirements under section 12(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937.	No	Yes	Yes
7/23/09	Vote 240: S 1390: Bayh Amdt. No. 1767; To provide for the continued development of a competitive propulsion system for the Joint Strike Fighter program and additional amounts, with an offset, for UH-1Y/AH-1Z rotary wing aircraft and Joint Strike Fighter program management reserves.	Yes	No	No
7/21/09	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.	No	No	Yes
7/9/09	Vote 228: H R 2892: Sanders Amdt. No. 1430; To increase funding for firefighter assistance grants and recruitment and retention grants.	No	No	Yes
5/19/09	Vote 195: On the Nomination: Confirmation of Gary Gensler, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission	No	Yes	Yes
5/13/09	Vote 191: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Sanders Amdt. No. 1062; To establish a national consumer credit usury rate.	No	No	Yes
5/5/09	Vote 179: S 896: 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.	Yes	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 146: S CON RES 13: Lincoln Amdt. No. 873; To create a deficit-neutral reserve fund for estate tax relief.	Yes	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 140: S CON RES 13: Sanders Amdt. No. 811; To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund to establish a national usury law, and for other purposes.	No	No	Yes
4/2/09	Vote 135: S CON RES 13: Graham Amdt. No. 910; To protect middle-income taxpayers from a national energy tax.	Yes	Yes	No
4/1/09	Vote 126: S CON RES 13: Johanns Amdt. No. 735; To prohibit the use of reconciliation in the Senate for climate change legislation involving a cap and trade system.	Yes	Yes	No
4/1/09	Vote 125: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA re: Whitehouse Amdt. No. 869; Relative to a deficit-neutral reserve fund to invest in clean energy and preserve the environment.	No	No	Yes
3/25/09	Vote 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.	Yes	Yes	No
3/9/09	Vote 86: H R 1105: McCain Amdt. No. 593; To prohibit the use of funds provided in the bill.	Yes	Yes	No
2/5/09	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.	Yes	Yes	No
2/3/09	Vote 35: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Sec. 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress Re: Mikulski Amdt. 104; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction against individual income tax for interest on indebtedness and for State sales and excise taxes with respect to the purchase of certain motor vehicles.	No	Yes	Yes
1/29/09	Vote 27: H R 2: DeMint Amdt. No. 85; To provide an above-the-line Federal income tax deduction for health care costs of certain children in an amount comparable to the average federal share of the benefit provided to any non-citizen child for medical assistance or child health assistance.	Yes	Yes	No
1/15/09	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.	Yes	Yes	No
10/1/08	Vote 213: H R 1424: H. R. 1424 As Amended; Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
10/1/08	Vote 212: H R 1424: Dodd Amdt. No. 5685; In the nature of a substitute.	No	Yes	Yes
6/25/08	Vote 158: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 6304; Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978	No	Yes	Yes
5/15/08	Vote 135: On the Motion: Gregg Motion to Instruct Conferees (Discretionary Spending) re: S. Con. Res. 70; 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.	Yes	Yes	No
5/7/08	Vote 120: S 2284: Landrieu Amdt. No. 4705 As Further Modified; To require the Comptroller General to conduct a study regarding mandatory purchasing requirements.	Yes	No	No
5/7/08	Vote 119: S 2284: Vitter Amdt. No. 4723; To allow for a reasonable 5-year phase-in period for adjusted premiums.	Yes	No	No
5/7/08	Vote 118: S 2284: Vitter Amdt. No. 4722; To increase maximum coverage limits.	Yes	No	No
3/13/08	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.	No	No	Yes
3/13/08	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.	Yes	Yes	No
12/17/07	Vote 435: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2248; FISA Amendments Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
12/13/07	Vote 428: H R 2419: Brown Amdt. No. 3819; To increase funding for critical Farm Bill programs and improve crop insurance.	No	No	Yes
12/12/07	Vote 423: H R 2419: Sessions Amdt. No. 3596 As Modified; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a pilot program under which agricultural producers may establish and contribute to tax-exempt farm savings accounts in lieu of obtaining federally subsidized crop insurance or noninsured crop assistance, to provide for contributions to such accounts by the Secretary of Agriculture, to specify the situations in which amounts may be paid to producers from such accounts, and to limit the total amount of such distributions to a producer during a taxable year, and for other purposes.	Yes	Yes	No
9/26/07	Vote 349: H R 1585: Kyl Amdt. No. 3017 as Modified; To express the sense of the Senate regarding Iran.	No	Yes	Yes
7/19/07	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.	Yes	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.	Yes	Yes	No
6/20/07	Vote 218: On the Motion: Motion to Waive C.B.A. re: Gregg Amdt. No. 1718; To strike the provision extending the additional duty on ethanol and for other purposes.	Yes	Yes	No
6/19/07	Vote 214: H R 6: Tester Amdt. No. 1614; To establish a program to provide loans for projects to produce syngas from coal and other feedstocks while simultaneously reducing greenhouse gas emissions and reliance of the United States on petroleum and natural gas.	No	No	Yes
6/6/07	Vote 201: S 1348: Dorgan Amdt. No. 1316; To sunset the Y-1 nonimmigrant visa program after a 5-yer period.	No	No	Yes
5/24/07	Vote 178: S 1348: Dorgan Amdt. No. 1181; To sunset the Y-1 nonimmigrant visa program after a 5-year period.	No	No	Yes
5/22/07	Vote 174: S 1348: Dorgan Amdt. No. 1153; To strike the Y nonimmigrant guestworker program.	No	No	Yes
5/7/07	Vote 151: S 1082: Cochran Amdt. No. 1010; To protect the health and safety of the public.	Yes	Yes	No
3/22/07	Vote 94: S CON RES 21: Sanders Amdt. No. 545 as Modified; To restore the top marginal tax rate to pre-2001 levels on taxable income in excess of $1 million and use the increased revenue to increase funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Act.	No	No	Yes
3/21/07	Vote 84: S CON RES 21: Cornyn Amdt. No. 477; To provide for a budget point of order against legislation that increases income taxes on taxpayers, including hard-working middle-income families, entrepreneurs, and college students.	Yes	Yes	No
3/6/07	Vote 63: S 4: Leahy Amdt. No. 333; To increase the minimum allocation for States under the State Homeland Security Grant Program.	No	No	Yes
3/6/07	Vote 61: S 4: Motion to Table Feinstein Amdt. No. 335; To improve the allocation of grants through the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.	No	Yes	Yes
3/1/07	Vote 56: S 4: Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 298; To strengthen the security of cargo containers.	Yes	Yes	No
1/18/07	Vote 18: S 1: Lieberman Amdt No. 30; To establish a Senate Office of Public Integrity.	Yes	No	No
1/11/07	Vote 5: S 1: Motion to Table DeMint Amdt. No. 11; To strengthen earmark reform.	No	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.	No	No	Yes
11/16/06	Vote 266: S 3709: Dorgan Amdt. No. 5178 As Modified; To declare that it is the policy of the United States to continue to support implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1172 (1998).	No	No	Yes
9/29/06	Vote 262: H R 6061: H.R. 6061; Secure Fence Act of 2006	No	Yes	Yes
9/19/06	Vote 250: H R 5684: H.R. 5684; United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act	Yes	Yes	No
9/14/06	Vote 248: H R 4954: Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 4930; To improve maritime container security by ensuring that foreign ports participating in the Container Security Initiative scan all containers shipped to the United States for nuclear and radiological weapons before loading.	Yes	Yes	No
7/13/06	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
7/11/06	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
6/29/06	Vote 190: S 3569: S.3569; A bill to implement the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement.	Yes	Yes	No
6/20/06	Vote 177: S 2766: McConnell Amdt. No. 4272 As Modified; To affirm the Iraqi Government position of no amnesty for terrorists who have attacked U.S. forces.	Yes	Yes	No
5/26/06	Vote 160: On the Nomination: Confirmation General Michael V. Hayden, U.S. Air Force, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency	No	Yes	Yes
5/24/06	Vote 150: S 2611: Dorgan Amdt. No. 4095; To sunset the H-2C visa program after the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.	No	No	Yes
5/24/06	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
5/18/06	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
5/17/06	Vote 126: S 2611: Sessions Amdt. No. 3979; To increase the amount of fencing and improve vehicle barriers installed along the southwest border of the United States.	No	Yes	Yes
5/2/06	Vote 105: H R 4939: Coburn Amdt. No. 3641 "Div IV"; To perfect the bill.	Yes	Yes	No
4/26/06	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
3/29/06	Vote 81: S 2349: Ensign Amdt. No. 2980; To include Federal entities in the definition of earmarks.	No	Yes	Yes
3/1/06	Vote 28: On the Cloture Motion: Upon Reconsideration - Cloture on The Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 3199; USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005	No	Yes	Yes
3/1/06	Vote 27: H R 3199: Motion to Reconsider the Vote by Which Cloture was Not Invoked on the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 3199 (RCV 358).; USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005	No	Yes	Yes
3/1/06	Vote 26: On the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Proceed to Consider the Motion to Reconsider the Vote by which the Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 3199 was Not Agreed To (RCV 358).; USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005	No	Yes	Yes
3/1/06	Vote 24: S 2271: First Amdt. No. 2895 As Amended; To establish the enactment date of the Act.	No	Yes	Yes
2/2/06	Vote 10: H R 4297: H.R. 4297 As Amended; Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act of 2005	Yes	Yes	No
1/30/06	Vote 1: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture On The Nomination of Samuel A. Alito, Jr. of New Jersey, To Be An Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court	Yes	Yes	No
12/19/05	Vote 361: On the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Proceed to Conference Report to Accompany S. 1932; Work, Marriage, and Family Promotion Reconciliation Act of 2005	No	Yes	Yes
11/18/05	Vote 347: S 2020: S. 2020, As Amended; Tax Relief Act of 2005	Yes	Yes	No
11/17/05	Vote 341: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Schumer Amdt. No. 2635; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a temporary windfall profit tax on crude oil and to use the proceeds of the tax collected to provide a nonrefundable tax credit of $100 for every personal exemption claimed for taxable years beginning in 2005.	No	No	Yes
11/17/05	Vote 338: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Kennedy Amdt. No. 2588; To eliminate child poverty.	No	No	Yes
11/17/05	Vote 333: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Feinstein Amdt. No. 2610; To reinstate for millionaires a top individual income tax rate of 39.6 percent, the pre-May 2003 rates of tax on capital gains and dividends, and to repeal the reduction and termination of the phase out of personal exemptions and overall limitation on itemized deductions, until the Federal budget deficit is eliminated.	No	No	Yes
11/17/05	Vote 331: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Dorgan Amdt. No. 2587; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a temporary windfall profit tax on crude oil and to rebate the tax collected back to the American consumer, and for other purposes.	No	No	Yes
11/8/05	Vote 308: S 1042: Snowe Amdt. No. 2436 As Modified; To require the Secretary of Defense, subject to a national security exception, to offer to transfer to local redevelopment authorities for no consideration real property and personal property located at military installations that are closed or realigned as part of the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment, and to clarify that the requirement does not affect certain property interests.	Yes	No	No
10/6/05	Vote 253: H R 2863: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 2005; To curtail waste under the Department of Defense web-based travel system.	No	Yes	Yes
9/29/05	Vote 245: On the Nomination: Confirmation of John G. Roberts, Jr., of Maryland, to be Chief Justice of the United States	No	Yes
9/15/05	Vote 232: H R 2862: Dorgan Amdt. No. 1665; To prohibit weakening any law that provides safeguards from unfair foreign trade practices.	No	No	Yes
7/29/05	Vote 214: S 397: Craig Amdt. No. 1644; To protect the rights of children who are victimized by crime to secure compensation from those who participate in the arming of criminals.	Yes	Yes	No
7/28/05	Vote 209: H R 3045: H. R. 3045; Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act	Yes	Yes	No
7/19/05	Vote 192: H R 3057: Coburn Amdt. No 1242; To prohibit any funds from being used by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to approve a loan or a loan guarantee related to a nuclear project in China.	No	No	Yes
7/18/05	Vote 190: On the Nomination: Confirmation Lester M. Crawford, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs	No	Yes	Yes
7/12/05	Vote 176: H R 2360: Feinstein Amdt. No. 1215, As Modified; To improve the allocation of grants through the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.	Yes	No	No
6/30/05	Vote 170: S 1307: S. 1307; Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act	Yes	Yes	No
6/29/05	Vote 169: On the Motion to Proceed: Motion To Proceed To Consider S. 1307; Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act	Yes	Yes	No
6/22/05	Vote 147: H R 6: Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 805 As Modified; To express the sense of the Senate regarding management of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to lower the burden of gasoline prices on the economy of the United States and circumvent the efforts of OPEC to reap windfall profits.	Yes	Yes	No
5/24/05	Vote 127: On the Cloture Motion: Motion To Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Priscilla Richman Owen, of Texas, to be U.S. Circuit Judge	No	Yes	Yes
4/13/05	Vote 94: H R 1268: Cornyn Amdt. No. 372; To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should not delay enactment of critical appropriations necessary to ensure the well-being of the men and women of the United States Armed Forces fighting in Iraq and elsewhere around the world, by attempting to conduct a debate about immigration reform while the supplemental appropriations bill is pending on the floor of the United States Senate.	Yes	Yes	No
4/13/05	Vote 93: H R 1268: Byrd Amdt. No. 367; To reduce by $36,000,000 the amount appropriated for "Military Construction, Army", with the amount of the reduction to be allocated to funds available under that heading for the Camp 6 Detention Facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.	No	No	Yes
4/6/05	Vote 86: S 600: Motion To Table Schumer Amdt. No. 309; To authorize appropriate action if the negotiations with the People's Republic of China regarding China's undervalued currency are not successful.	Yes	No	No
3/17/05	Vote 63: S CON RES 18: Dorgan Amdt. No. 210; To repeal the tax subsidy for certain domestic companies which move manufacturing operations and American jobs offshore.	No	No	Yes
3/10/05	Vote 42: S 256: Talent Amdt. No. 121; To deter corporate fraud and prevent the abuse of State self-settled trust law.	Yes	Yes	No
3/3/05	Vote 20: S 256: Dayton Amdt. No. 31.; To limit the amount of interest that can be charged on any extension of credit to 30 percent.	No	No	Yes
2/10/05	Vote 9: S 5: S. 5; Class Action Fairness Act of 2005	Yes	Yes	No
2/10/05	Vote 8: S 5: Feingold Amdt. No. 12; To establish time limits for action by Federal district courts on motions to remand cases that have been removed to Federal court.	No	No	Yes
10/7/04	Vote 200: S RES 445: McCain Amdt. No. 3999; To strike section 402 and vest intelligence appropriations jurisdiction in the Select Committee on Intelligence.	Yes	No	No
9/14/04	Vote 179: On the Motion: Motion To Waive CBA Byrd Amdt. No. 3649; To provide funds for the Transportation Security Administration, United States Coast Guard, and the Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness.	No	No	Yes
6/24/04	Vote 152: On the Nomination: Confirmation Diane S. Sykes, of Wisconsin, To Be U.S. Circuit Judge	Yes	Yes	No

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