Votes Against Party

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
5/8/08	Vote 121: On the Motion: Motion to Waive S. Con. Res. 21, 110th, Sect. 201, re: Dodd Amdt. No. 4707; In the nature of a substitute.	No	Yes	Yes
4/10/08	Vote 99: S 2739: Coburn Amdt. No. 4520; To ensure that all individuals who reside, or own property that is located, in a proposed National Heritage Area are informed of the designation of the National Heritage Area.	No	Yes	No
4/10/08	Vote 97: S 2739: Coburn Amdt. No. 4522; To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to determine on an annual basis the quantity of land that is owned by the Federal Government and the cost to taxpayers of the ownership of the land.	No	Yes	No
3/13/08	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.	No	Yes	No
3/13/08	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.	No	Yes	No
3/13/08	Vote 67: S CON RES 70: Brownback Amdt. No. 4284; To provide funds for a Commission on Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies.	No	Yes	No
3/13/08	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.	No	Yes	No
3/13/08	Vote 65: S CON RES 70: DeMint Amdt. No. 4328; To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for Social Security reform.	No	Yes	No
3/13/08	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.	No	Yes	No
3/13/08	Vote 54: S CON RES 70: Dorgan Amdt. No. 4198; To increase the Indian Health Service by $1 billion in FY 2009.	Yes	No	Yes
2/26/08	Vote 31: S 1200: Smith Amdt. No. 3897; To modify a provision relating to development of innovative approaches.	No	Yes	Yes
2/14/08	Vote 25: S 1200: Coburn Amdt. No. 4034; To allow tribal members to make their own health care choices.	No	Yes	No
2/6/08	Vote 8: On the Cloture Motion: Motion To Invoke Cloture On The Reid Amdt No. 3983; Of a perfecting nature.	Yes	No	Yes
12/12/07	Vote 421: H R 2419: Alexander Amdt.; No. 3553; To limit the tax credit for small wind energy property expenditures to property placed in service in connection with a farm or rural small business.	Yes	No	No
12/12/07	Vote 418: H R 2419: Gregg Amdt. No. 3671; To strike the section requiring the establishment of a Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network.	No	Yes	No
12/11/07	Vote 417: H R 2419: Lugar Amdt. No. 3711; Relative to traditional payments and loans.	Yes	No	No
11/1/07	Vote 403: H R 3963: H.R.3963; Support for Injured Servicemembers Act	Yes	No	Yes
11/1/07	Vote 402: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R.3963; Support for Injured Servicemembers Act	Yes	No	Yes
10/31/07	Vote 401: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R.3963; Support for Injured Servicemembers Act	Yes	No	Yes
10/30/07	Vote 399: S 294: DeMint Amdt. No.3467; To require Amtrak to disclose the Federal subsidy of every ticket sold for transportation on Amtrak.	No	Yes	No
10/25/07	Vote 396: S 294: Sununu Amdt. No. 3456 as Modified; To remove the limitation on the number of Amtrak routes available for competitive bid.	No	Yes	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 385: H R 3043: Motion To Table DeMint Amdt. 3387; To replace non-competitive earmarks for the AFL-CIO with competitive grants.	Yes	No	Yes
10/18/07	Vote 373: H R 3043: DeMint Amdt. No.3338; To provide a limitation on funds with respect to the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service.	No	Yes	No
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
10/16/07	Vote 367: H R 3093: Motion to Table Ensign Amdt. No.3295; To increase funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program and offset the increase by reducing NASA funding.	No	Yes	Yes
9/27/07	Vote 353: On the Motion: Motion to Concur in the Amendments of the House to the Amendments of the Senate to H.R.976; Support for Injured Servicemembers Act	Yes	No	Yes
9/27/07	Vote 352: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur with House Amendments to the Senate Amendments to H.R.976; Support for Injured Servicemembers Act	Yes	No	Yes
9/12/07	Vote 335: H R 3074: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No.2812 Amdt. No.2813 Amdt. No.2814; To prohibit the use of funds for the construction of a baseball facility in Billings, Montana, and to reduce the amounts made available for the Economic Development Initiative and the Community Development Fund.	Yes	No	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
9/10/07	Vote 329: H R 3074: Murray Amdt. No. 2792; To expand the extension of authority of the Secretary of Transportation and provide additional obligation authority for the highway bridge program.	Yes	No	Yes
9/6/07	Vote 317: H R 2764: Ensign Amdt. No. 2700; To strike the provision in section 113 that increases the limit on the United States' share for United Nations peacekeeping operations during fiscal year 2008 from 25 percent to 27.1 percent so that the United States does not pay more than its fair share for United States peacekeeping.	No	Yes	No
9/6/07	Vote 315: H R 2642: Brown Amdt. No. 2673; To limit the cases in which funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to convert to contractor performance an activity or function of the Department of Veterans Affairs that is performed by more than 10 Federal employees.	Yes	No	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 307: H R 976: H.R.976 As Amended; Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007	Yes	No	Yes
8/2/07	Vote 306: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA on Baucus Amdt. No. 2530; In the nature of a substitute.	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 300: H R 976: Coburn Amdt. No.2627; To ensure that children and pregnant women whose family income exceeds 200 percent of the poverty line and who have access to employer-sponsored coverage receive premium assistance.	No	Yes	No
8/2/07	Vote 299: H R 976: Kyl Amdt. No. 2537; To minimize the erosion of private health coverage.	No	Yes	No
8/2/07	Vote 297: H R 976: Ensign Amdt. No. 2540; To prohibit a State from using SCHIP funds to provide coverage for nonpregnant adults until the State first demonstrates that it has adequately covered targeted low-income children who reside in the State.	No	Yes	No
8/2/07	Vote 296: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Graham Amdt. No 2558 As Modified; To sunset the increase in the tax on tobacco products on September 30, 2012.	No	Yes	No
8/1/07	Vote 291: H R 976: Lott Amdt No. 2593 as Modified; To provide a perfecting amendment.	No	Yes	No
8/1/07	Vote 290: H R 976: Motion to Table Bunning Amdt No. 2547; To eliminate the exception for certain States to cover children under SCHIP whose income exceeds 300 percent of the Federal poverty level.	Yes	No	Yes
8/1/07	Vote 289: H R 976: Dole Amdt No. 2554; To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for a 60-vote point of order against legislation that includes a Federal excise tax rate increase which disproportionately affects taxpayers with earned income of less than 200 percent of the Federal poverty level.	No	Yes	No
8/1/07	Vote 288: H R 976: Gregg Amdt. No. 2587; To limit the matching rate for coverage other than for low-income children or pregnant women covered through a waiver and to prohibit any new waivers for coverage of adults other than pregnant women.	No	Yes	No
7/31/07	Vote 286: H R 976: Allard amendment No. 2536; To standardize the determination of income for purposes of eligibility for SCHIP.	No	Yes	No
7/26/07	Vote 283: H R 1: DeMint Motion to Recommit H.R. 1 to Conference, with Instructions; Improving America's Security Act of 2007	No	Yes	No
7/19/07	Vote 262: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Stabenow Amdt. No 2358; Relative to illegal aliens qualifying for Social Security benefits.	Yes	No	Yes
7/19/07	Vote 257: H R 2669: Sessions Amdt. No. 2333; To strike the provisions relating to loan forgiveness for public service employees.	No	Yes	No
7/19/07	Vote 256: H R 2669: Nelson (NE) Amdt. No. 2337; To amend the special allowance payments.	No	Yes	No
6/26/07	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.	Yes	No	Yes
6/21/07	Vote 226: H R 6: H.R. 6, As Amended; CLEAN Energy Act of 2007	Yes	No	Yes
6/21/07	Vote 224: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Reid Amdt. No. 1502; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	No	Yes
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.	No	Yes	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
6/7/07	Vote 202: S 1348: Coburn Amdt. No. 1311, As Modified; To require the enforcement of existing border security and immigration laws and Congressional approval before amnesty can be granted.	No	Yes	No
6/6/07	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.	No	Yes	No
6/6/07	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.	No	Yes	No
6/6/07	Vote 197: S 1348: Salazar Amdt. No. 1384; To preserve and enhance the role of the English language.	Yes	No	Yes
6/6/07	Vote 188: S 1348: DeMint Amdt. No. 1197; To require health care coverage for holders of Z nonimmigrant visas.	No	Yes	No
6/6/07	Vote 187: S 1348: Cornyn Amdt. No. 1184, As Modified; To establish a permanent bar for gang members, terrorists, and other criminals.	No	Yes	No
6/6/07	Vote 186: S 1348: Kennedy Amdt. No. 1333, as Modified; To increase the immigration-related penalties associated with various criminal activities.	Yes	No	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
5/24/07	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.	No	Yes	No
5/23/07	Vote 175: S 1348: Bingaman Amdt. No. 1169; No Statement of Purpose on File.	No	Yes	Yes
5/15/07	Vote 166: H R 1495: Kerry Amdt. No. 1094; To require the consideration of certain factors relating to global climate change.	Yes	No	Yes
4/25/07	Vote 143: S 761: Coburn Amdt. No. 918; To provide a sunset date.	No	Yes	No
4/24/07	Vote 140: S 761: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 917; To express the sense of the Senate that Congress has a moral obligation to offset the cost of new Government programs and initiatives.	Yes	No	Yes
4/18/07	Vote 134: S 378: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 891; To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should offset the cost of new spending.	Yes	No	Yes
3/28/07	Vote 121: H R 1591: Coburn Amdt. No. 648; To remove $100 million in funding for the Republican and Democrat party conventions in 2008.	No	Yes	No
3/23/07	Vote 104: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Allard Amendment No. 521; To improve the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of Federal programs and reduce the Federal debt by eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse.	No	Yes	No
3/23/07	Vote 99: S CON RES 21: DeMint Amdt. No. 513; To provide for true deficit reduction in appropriation bills.	No	Yes	No
3/22/07	Vote 98: S CON RES 21: Coleman Amdt. No. 577; To provide budget levels to extend through 2012 the production tax credit for electricity produced from renewable resources, the Clean Renewable Energy Bonds, and energy tax provisions for energy efficient buildings and power plants.	No	Yes	No
3/22/07	Vote 97: S CON RES 21: Conrad Amdt. No. 598; To create a deficit-neutral reserve fund for extending certain energy tax incentives.	Yes	No	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 91: S CON RES 21: Cornyn Amdt. No. 511; To provide a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) that will cover kids first.	No	Yes	No
3/22/07	Vote 90: S CON RES 21: Allard Amdt. No. 491; To pay down the Federal debt and eliminate government waste by reducing spending on programs rated ineffective by the Program Assessment Rating Tool.	No	Yes	No
3/13/07	Vote 71: S 4: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 325; To ensure the fiscal integrity of grants awarded by the Department of Homeland Security.	Yes	No	Yes
3/9/07	Vote 69: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Reid Amdt. No. 275, As Amended; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	No	Yes
3/7/07	Vote 66: S 4: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 345; To authorize funding for the Emergency Communications and Interoperability Grants program, to require the Secretary to examine the possibility of allowing commercial entities to develop public safety communications networks, and for other purposes.	Yes	No	Yes
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
2/28/07	Vote 54: S 4: Inouye Amdt. No. 285; To specify the criminal offenses that disqualify an applicant from the receipt of a transportation security card.	Yes	No	Yes
2/13/07	Vote 46: On the Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.J.Res. 20; Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007	Yes	No	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
1/24/07	Vote 24: H R 2: Allard Amdt. No. 116; To afford States the rights and flexibility to determine minimum wage.	No	Yes	No
1/11/07	Vote 6: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA DeMint Amdt. No. 13; To prevent government shutdowns.	No	Yes	No
1/11/07	Vote 5: S 1: Motion to Table DeMint Amdt. No. 11; To strengthen earmark reform.	Yes	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.	Yes	No	Yes
1/10/07	Vote 3: S 1: Motion to Table Vitter Amdt. No. 5; To modify the application of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to Indian tribes.	Yes	No	Yes
12/5/06	Vote 271: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA "Emergency Designation" Re: Conrad Amdt. No. 5205; To provide emergency agricultural disaster assistance.	Yes	No	Yes
7/18/06	Vote 207: S 728: Specter Amdt. No. 4680; To modify a provision relating to Federal hopper dredges.	Yes	No	Yes
6/8/06	Vote 165: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 147; Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005	Yes	No	Yes
5/25/06	Vote 157: S 2611: S. 2611 As Amended; Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006	Yes	No	Yes
5/25/06	Vote 156: S 2611: Specter Amdt. No. 4188; To improve the bill.	Yes	No	Yes
5/25/06	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.	No	Yes	No
5/25/06	Vote 154: S 2611: Sessions Amdt. No. 4108; To limit the application of the Earned Income Tax Credit.	No	Yes	No
5/24/06	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.	Yes	No	Yes
5/24/06	Vote 148: S 2611: Hutchison Amdt. No. 4101; To enhance border security by creating a pilot SAFE Visa Program to grant visas to authorized nationals of a NAFTA or CAFTA-DR country who receive employment offers in job areas in the United States that have been certified by the Secretary of Labor as having a shortage of workers.	No	Yes	No
5/24/06	Vote 145: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: S. 2611; Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006	Yes	No	Yes
5/22/06	Vote 136: S 2611: Motion to Table Chambliss Amdt. No. 4009; To modify the wage requirements for employers seeking to hire H-2A and blue card agricultural workers.	Yes	No	Yes

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