Votes Against Party

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
11/19/09	Vote 351: S 1963: Coburn Amdt. No. 2785; To transfer funding for the United Nations contributions to offset costs of providing assistance to family caregivers of disabled veterans.	No	Yes	No
11/17/09	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
11/16/09	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
11/5/09	Vote 340: H R 2847: H.R. 2847 As Amended.; Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010	Yes	No	Yes
11/5/09	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
11/5/09	Vote 336: H R 2847: Coburn Amdt. No 2631.; To redirect funding of the National Science Foundation toward practical scientific research	No	Yes	No
10/29/09	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
10/22/09	Vote 327: H R 2647: Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2647; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010	Yes	No	Yes
10/22/09	Vote 326: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2647; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010	Yes	No	Yes
10/8/09	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
10/8/09	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
10/8/09	Vote 317: H R 2847: McCain Amdt. No. 2626; To eliminate funding for Public Telecommunications Facilities, Planning and Construction.	No	Yes	No
10/6/09	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
10/6/09	Vote 308: H R 3326: Franken Amdt. No. 2588; To prohibit the use of funds for any Federal contract with Halliburton Company, KBR, Inc., any of their subsidiaries or affiliates, or any other contracting party if such contractor or a subcontractor at any tier under such contract requires that employees or independent contractors sign mandatory arbitration clauses regarding certain claims.	Yes	No	Yes
10/6/09	Vote 307: H R 3326: Barrasso Amdt. No. 2567; To prohibit the use of funds for the Center on Climate Change and National Security of the Central Intelligence Agency.	No	Yes	No
10/6/09	Vote 306: On the Nomination: Nomination of Thomas E. Perez, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General	Yes	No	Yes
9/30/09	Vote 302: H R 2918: Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2918; Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010	Yes	No	Yes
9/30/09	Vote 301: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Budget Act Points of Order Re: H.R. 2918 Conference Report; Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010	Yes	No	Yes
9/24/09	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
9/23/09	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
9/22/09	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
9/22/09	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
9/17/09	Vote 287: H R 3288: H.R. 3288 as amended; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010	Yes	No	Yes
9/17/09	Vote 286: On the Motion: Kyl Motion to Recommit H.R. 3288 to the Committee on Appropriations; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010	No	Yes	No
9/17/09	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
9/17/09	Vote 283: H R 3288: Vitter Amdt. No. 2359.; To prohibit the use of funds for households that include convicted drug dealing or domestic violence offenders or members of violent gangs that occupy rebuilt public housing in New Orleans.	No	Yes	No
9/16/09	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
9/16/09	Vote 277: H R 3288: Coburn Amdt. No. 2371; To remove an unnecessary and burdensome mandate on the States, by allowing them to opt out of a provision that requires States to spend 10 percent of their surface transportation funds on enhancement projects such as road-kill reduction and highway beautification.	No	Yes	No
9/15/09	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
9/10/09	Vote 274: On the Nomination: Confirmation of Cass R. Sunstein, of MA, to be Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget	Yes	No	Yes
9/9/09	Vote 273: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Cass R. Sunstein, to be Administrator of the Office of Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget	Yes	No	Yes
8/6/09	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
8/6/09	Vote 269: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Sec. 403(e)(1), S. Con. Res. 13 of 111th Congress re: H.R. 3435; A bill making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Program.	Yes	No	Yes
8/6/09	Vote 266: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA re: Coburn Amdt. No. 2304; To provide assistance to charities and families in need.	No	Yes	No
8/6/09	Vote 264: H R 3435: Kyl Amdt. No. 2301 As Modified; In the nature of a substitute.	No	Yes	No
8/6/09	Vote 263: H R 3435: Motion to Table Harkin Amdt. No. 2300; To limit the provision of vouchers to individuals with adjusted gross income of less than $50,000 or joint filers with adjusted gross incomes of less than $75,000.	Yes	No	Yes
8/6/09	Vote 262: On the Nomination: Confirmation Sonia Sotomayor, of New York, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court	Yes	No	Yes
8/4/09	Vote 260: On the Motion: Motion to Waive the CBA Sanders Amdt. No. 2276; To modify the amount made available for the Farm Service Agency.	Yes	No	Yes
8/4/09	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
8/4/09	Vote 258: H R 2997: Coburn Amdt. No. 2244; To support the proposal of the President to eliminate funding in the bill for digital conversion efforts of the Department of Agriculture that are duplicative of existing Federal efforts.	No	Yes	No
8/3/09	Vote 256: H R 2997: McCain Amdt. No. 1910; To strike a setaside for certain grants authorized under the Rural Electrification Act.	No	Yes	No
7/30/09	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
7/30/09	Vote 252: H R 3357: Sessions Amdt. No. 2223; To restore sums to the Highway Trust Fund.	No	Yes	No
7/30/09	Vote 250: H R 3357: Ensign Amdt. No. 1905 as Modified; To offset the appropriation of funds to replenish the Unemployment Trust Fund with unobligated nonveterans funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.	No	Yes	No
7/29/09	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
7/29/09	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
7/28/09	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
7/22/09	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
7/16/09	Vote 233: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Leahy Amdt. No. 1511; To provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes.	Yes	No	Yes
7/16/09	Vote 231: S 1390: Hatch Amdt. No. 1611; To prevent duplication in the Federal government.	No	Yes	No
7/9/09	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
7/9/09	Vote 226: H R 2892: Murray Amdt. No. 1468; To prohibit certain funds from being used for certain efforts.	Yes	No	Yes
7/9/09	Vote 225: H R 2892: Vitter Amdt. No. 1467; To prevent funds from being used to prevent individuals from importing prescription drugs under certain circumstances.	Yes	No	Yes
7/9/09	Vote 224: H R 2892: McCain Amdt. No. 1378; To strike the appropriation for the Advanced Training Center.	No	Yes	No
7/8/09	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
7/8/09	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
7/8/09	Vote 220: H R 2892: DeMint Amdt. No. 1399; To require the completion of at least 700 miles of reinforced fencing along the southwest border by December 31, 2010.	No	Yes	No
7/6/09	Vote 217: H R 2918: H.R. 2918 As Amended; Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010	Yes	No	Yes
7/6/09	Vote 216: On the Point of Order: Is it in order to offer the Amendment (SA 1365) to the Bill; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	No	Yes
7/6/09	Vote 215: H R 2918: McCain Amdt. No. 1366; To strike the earmark for the Durham Museum in Omaha, Nebraska.	No	Yes	No
6/25/09	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
6/25/09	Vote 213: On the Nomination: Nomination of Harold Hongju Koh, of Connecticut, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State	Yes	No	Yes
6/24/09	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
6/18/09	Vote 209: On the Motion: Motion to Waive All Applicable Points of Order Under Rule 44 on Conference Report on H.R. 2346; Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009	Yes	No	Yes
6/10/09	Vote 206: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R. 1256; Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act	Yes	No	Yes
6/9/09	Vote 205: H R 1256: Burr Amdt. No. 1246; In the nature of a substitute.	No	Yes	No
6/8/09	Vote 204: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Amdt. 1247 ; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	No	Yes
5/21/09	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
5/13/09	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
5/5/09	Vote 178: S 896: Corker Amdt. No. 1019; To address safe harbor for certain servicers.	No	Yes	No
4/28/09	Vote 172: On the Nomination: Confirmation Kathleen Sebelius, of Kansas, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services	Yes	No	Yes
4/23/09	Vote 166: On the Motion: Sessions Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res. 13; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.	No	Yes	No
4/23/09	Vote 163: On the Motion: Stabenow Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res. 13; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.	Yes	No	Yes
4/23/09	Vote 162: S 386: Kyl Amdt. No. 986; To limit the amount that may be deducted from proceeds due to the United States under the False Claims Act for purposes of compensating private intervenors to the greater of $50,000,000 or 300 percent of the expenses and costs of the intervenor.	No	Yes	No
4/21/09	Vote 159: On the Nomination: Confirmation of Christopher R. Hill, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq	Yes	No	Yes
4/2/09	Vote 152: S CON RES 13: Coburn Amdt. No. 828; To protect the freedom of conscience for patients and the right of health care providers to serve patients without violating their moral and religious convictions.	No	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 151: S CON RES 13: DeMint Amdt. No. 964; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect small and home businesses from the burdensome and impractical requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008.	No	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 150: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA re: Sessions Amdt. No. 969; To provide for a point of order against any appropriations bill that fails fully fund the construction of the Southwest border fence.	No	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 149: On the Motion: Motion To Waive CBA DeMint Amdt. No. 967; To implement President Obama's earmark reforms.	No	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 145: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA re: Wicker Amdt. No. 798; To ensure that law abiding Amtrak passengers are allowed to securely transport firearms in their checked baggage.	No	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 141: S CON RES 13: Stabenow Amdt. No. 879; To modify the authorization for climate change legislation.	Yes	No	Yes
4/2/09	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
4/2/09	Vote 129: S CON RES 13: McCain Amdt. No. 882, as Modified; In the nature of a substitute.	No	Yes	No
4/1/09	Vote 120: S CON RES 13: Sessions Amdt. No. 772, As Modified; To restore the budget discipline of the Federal Government by freezing nondefense discretionary spending for fiscal years 2010 and 2011, and limiting the growth of nondefense discretionary spending to one percent annually for fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014.	No	Yes	No
3/25/09	Vote 111: H R 1388: Motion to Table Ensign Amdt. No. 715 As Modified; To clarify that nonprofit organizations assisted under the Nonprofit Capacity Building Program include certain crisis pregnancy centers, and organizations that serve battered women or victims of rape or incest.	Yes	No	Yes
3/19/09	Vote 107: On the Nomination: Confirmation Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be Solicitor General	Yes	No	Yes
3/19/09	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
3/18/09	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
3/18/09	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
3/16/09	Vote 99: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 146; Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act	Yes	No	Yes
3/12/09	Vote 98: On the Nomination: Confirmation Thomas John Perrelli, Of Virginia, To be Associate Attorney General	Yes	No	Yes
3/12/09	Vote 97: On the Nomination: Confirmation David W. Ogden, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney General	Yes	No	Yes
3/9/09	Vote 86: H R 1105: McCain Amdt. No. 593; To prohibit the use of funds provided in the bill.	No	Yes	No
3/5/09	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
3/5/09	Vote 81: H R 1105: Wicker Amdt. No. 607 as Modified; To require that amounts appropriated for the United Nations Population Fund are not used by organizations which support coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.	No	Yes	No
3/4/09	Vote 79: H R 1105: Coburn Amdt. No. 610; To prohibit funding for congressional earmarks for wasteful and parochial pork projects.	No	Yes	No
3/4/09	Vote 77: H R 1105: Coburn Amdt. No. 596; To require the use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements funded under this Act.	No	Yes	No
3/3/09	Vote 75: On the Motion: Ensign Motion to Commit with Instructions re: H.R. 1105; Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009	No	Yes	No
3/3/09	Vote 74: H R 1105: McCain Amdt. No. 592; In the nature of a substitute.	No	Yes	No
2/26/09	Vote 73: S 160: S. 160 As Amended; District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009	Yes	No	Yes

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