Votes Against Party

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
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
4/16/08	Vote 104: On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit: Motion to Table DeMint Motion to Recommit H.R. 1195, with Instructions; A bill to amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to make technical corrections, and for other purposes.	No	Yes	Yes
4/10/08	Vote 100: S 2739: Coburn Amdt. 4519; To require the transfer of certain funds to be used by the Director of the National Park Service to dispose of assets described in the candidate asset disposition list of the National Park Service.	Yes	No	No
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 80: S CON RES 70: Boxer Amdt. No. 4379; To facilitate coverage of pregnant women in SCHIP.	Yes	No	Yes
3/13/08	Vote 75: On the Motion: Motion to Waive C.B.A. DeMint Amdt No. 4347; To establish an earmark moratorium for fiscal year 2009.	Yes	No	No
2/14/08	Vote 26: S 1200: Coburn Amdt. No. 4036; To prioritize scarce resources to basic medical services for Indians.	Yes	No	No
2/5/08	Vote 6: On the Motion: Motion to Instruct Sgt. At Arms; Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act of 2008	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
10/25/07	Vote 395: S 294: Sununu Amdt. No. 3453; To prohibit Federal subsidies in excess of specified amounts on any Amtrak train route.	No	Yes	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
10/18/07	Vote 376: H R 3043: Brown Amdt. No.3348; To provide funding for the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program.	No	Yes	Yes
10/18/07	Vote 375: H R 3043: Byrd Amdt. No.3362; To increase funding for the Mine Safety and Health Administration.	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
9/12/07	Vote 336: H R 3074: H.R.3074 as Amended; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008	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
9/11/07	Vote 330: H R 3074: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 2810; To prohibit funds appropriated under title I from being used for earmarks until all structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridges have been repaired, with limited exceptions.	No	Yes	Yes
9/6/07	Vote 325: H R 2764: H.R. 2764 as Amended; Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008	No	Yes	Yes
9/5/07	Vote 312: H R 2642: Motion to Table DeMint Amdt No. 2686; To strike section 225, relating to a prohibition on the disposal of Department of Veterans Affairs lands and improvements at West Los Angeles Medical Center, California.	Yes	No	Yes
8/2/07	Vote 303: H R 976: Hutchison Amdt No. 2620; To increase access to health insurance for low-income children based on actual need, as adjusted for cost-of-living.	Yes	No	No
8/2/07	Vote 294: On the Motion: 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
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
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
6/19/07	Vote 215: H R 6: Kohl Amdt. No. 1519; To amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal.	No	Yes	Yes
6/5/07	Vote 183: S 1348: Durbin Amdt. No. 1231; To ensure that employers make efforts to recruit American workers.	No	Yes	Yes
5/23/07	Vote 175: S 1348: Bingaman Amdt. No. 1169; No Statement of Purpose on File.	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
5/9/07	Vote 155: S 1082: Grassley Amdt. No. 998; To provide for the application of stronger civil penalties for violations of approved risk evaluation and mitigation strategies.	Yes	No	Yes
4/25/07	Vote 142: S 761: DeMint Amdt. No. 930; To prohibit congressional earmarks of funds appropriated pursuant to authorizations in the bill.	Yes	No	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 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 96: S CON RES 21: Thomas Amdt. No. 498; To strike the reserve funds.	No	Yes	No
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
3/6/07	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.	No	Yes	No
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
1/25/07	Vote 25: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Re: DeMint Amdt. No. 158; To increase the Federal minimum wage by an amount that is based on applicable State minimum wages.	Yes	No	No
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
8/3/06	Vote 230: H R 4: H.R.4; A bill to provide economic security for all Americans, and for otherpurposes.	No	Yes	Yes
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
6/21/06	Vote 180: S 2766: Enzi Amdt. No. 4376; To promote job creation and small business preservation in the adjustment of the Federal minimum wage.	No	Yes	No
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 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.	Yes	No	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
5/2/06	Vote 105: H R 4939: Coburn Amdt. No. 3641 "Div IV"; To perfect the bill.	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
3/29/06	Vote 81: S 2349: Ensign Amdt. No. 2980; To include Federal entities in the definition of earmarks.	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
2/9/06	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
2/2/06	Vote 9: H R 4297: Menendez Amdt. No. 2705; To express the sense of the Senate that protecting middle-class families from the alternative minimum tax should be a higher priority for Congress in 2006 than extending a tax cut that does not expire until the end of 2008.	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 350: On the Motion: Durbin Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: H.R. 3010; Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006	Yes	No	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 334: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Cantwell Amdt. No. 2612; To improve the Federal Trade Commission's ability to protect consumers from price-gouging during energy emergencies, and for other purposes.	Yes	No	Yes
11/3/05	Vote 291: S 1932: Bingaman Amdt. No. 2365, As Modified; To prevent a severe reduction in the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for a State for fiscal year 2006 and to extend rebates for prescription drugs to enrollees in Medicaid managed care organizations.	Yes	No	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
11/3/05	Vote 285: On the Motion: Motion To Waive CBA Re: Lincoln Amdt. No. 2356; To provide emergency health care and other relief for survivors of Hurricane Katrina.	Yes	No	Yes
11/3/05	Vote 284: On the Motion: Motion To Waive CBA Re: Ensign Amdt. No. 2404; To provide assistance for elementary and secondary schools and students, and institutions of higher education, affected by Hurricane Katrina.	No	Yes	No
10/26/05	Vote 274: H R 3010: Coburn Amdt. No. 2232; To increase funding for the AIDS drug assistance program.	Yes	No	No
10/19/05	Vote 258: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Enzi Amdt. No. 2115; To promote job creation, and small business preservation in the adjustment of the Federal minimum wage.	No	Yes	No
10/5/05	Vote 249: H R 2863: McCain Amdt. No. 1977; Relating to persons under the detention, custody, or control of the United States Government.	No	Yes	Yes
10/5/05	Vote 247: Whether the Amendment is Germane: Is the Amendment No. 1955, as modified, germane to H.R.2863?; To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.	Yes	No	Yes
9/20/05	Vote 237: H R 2744: Ensign Amdt. No. 1753, As Modified; To prohibit the use of appropriated funds to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to inspect horses under certain authority or guidelines.	No	Yes	Yes
7/29/05	Vote 220: H R 3: Conference Report H. R. 3; Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2005	No	Yes	Yes
7/29/05	Vote 212: On the Motion: Motion To Waive CBA Re: Conference Report To Accompany H. R. 6; Energy Policy Act of 2005	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
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
7/12/05	Vote 175: H R 2360: Collins Amdt. No. 1142; To provide for homeland security grant coordination and simplification, and for other purposes.	No	Yes	Yes
6/28/05	Vote 160: H R 2361: Coburn Amdt. No. 1003; To require conference report inclusion of limitations, directives, and earmarks.	Yes	No	None
6/23/05	Vote 154: H R 6: Schumer Amdt. No. 810; To strike a provision relating to medical isotope production.	Yes	No	Yes
5/17/05	Vote 125: H R 3: H.R. 3 As Amended; Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2005	No	Yes	Yes
5/17/05	Vote 124: H R 3: Sessions Amdt. No. 646 As Modified; To reduce funding for certain programs.	Yes	No	No
5/12/05	Vote 122: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Amdt. No. 605 to H.R.3; To provide a complete substitute.	No	Yes	Yes
5/11/05	Vote 118: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Amdt. No. 605 and H.R. 3; Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2005	No	Yes	Yes
4/26/05	Vote 110: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 3; Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2005	No	Yes	Yes
4/20/05	Vote 106: H R 1268: Warner Amdt. No. 498; Relating to the aircraft carriers of the Navy.	Yes	No	Yes
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
4/19/05	Vote 101: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Mikulski Amdt. No. 387; To revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission of information regarding H-2B nonimmigrants.	No	Yes	Yes
4/13/05	Vote 92: On the Motion: Motion to Table Kerry Amdt. No. 334; To increase the military death gratuity to $100,000, effective with respect to any deaths of members of the Armed Forces on active duty after October 7, 2001.	Yes	No	No
3/17/05	Vote 67: S CON RES 18: Cochran Amdt. No. 208; To modify the designation authority for an emergency requirement.	No	Yes	Yes
3/7/05	Vote 27: S 256: Santorum Amdt. No. 128; To promote job creation, family time, and small business preservation in the adjustment of the Federal minimum wage.	No	Yes	No
10/7/04	Vote 201: S RES 445: McCain Amdt. No. 4000; To ensure that the Committee has jurisdiction over the Transportation Security Administration.	Yes	No	No
10/5/04	Vote 197: On the Cloture Motion: Motion To Invoke Cloture On S. 2845; Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004	No	Yes	Yes
10/4/04	Vote 196: S 2845: Motion to Table Stevens Amdt. No. 3903, As Modified; To modify the provisions relating to the availability to the public of intelligence funding information.	Yes	No	Yes
9/14/04	Vote 183: H R 4567: Motion To Table Clinton Amdt. No. 3631; To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to allocate formula-based grants to State and local governments based on an assessment of threats and vulnerabilities and other factors that the Secretary considers appropriate, in accordance with the recommendation of the 9/11 Commission.	No	Yes	No
6/24/04	Vote 147: H R 4613: Byrd Amdt. No. 3502; To express the sense of the Senate on budgeting and funding of ongoing military operations overseas.	No	Yes	Yes
6/2/04	Vote 105: S 2400: Graham (SC) Amdt. No. 3258; To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand certain authorities to provide health care benefits for Reserves and their families, and for other purposes.	No	Yes	Yes
4/29/04	Vote 74: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Domenici Amdt. No. 3051; To enhance energy conservation and research and development and to provide for security and diversity in the energy supply for the American people.	No	Yes	No
4/27/04	Vote 72: S 150: Motion to Table Hutchison Amdt. No. 3049; To change the definition of Internet access service.	No	Yes	None
3/30/04	Vote 64: H R 4: Snowe Amdt. No. 2937; To provide additional funding for child care.	No	Yes	Yes
2/12/04	Vote 11: S 1072: Hutchinson Amdt. No. 2388; To provide for the distribution of funds under the infrastructure performance and maintenance program.	Yes	No	No

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