Votes Against Party

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
10/27/09	Vote 329: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 3548; Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009	No	Yes	Yes
10/20/09	Vote 323: H R 2892: Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2892; Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010	No	Yes	Yes
10/6/09	Vote 315: H R 3326: H.R. 3326 as Amended; Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010	No	Yes	Yes
10/6/09	Vote 313: H R 3326: Inouye Amdt. No. 2623; To provide full and open competition for congressionally directed spending items.	No	Yes	Yes
10/6/09	Vote 312: H R 3326: McCain Amdt. No. 2580; To strike amounts available for procurement of C-17 aircraft in excess of the amount requested by the President in the budget for fiscal year 2010.	Yes	No	No
9/30/09	Vote 303: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA McCain Amdt. No. 2558; To strike amounts available for procurement of C-17 aircraft in excess of the amount requested by the President in the budget for fiscal year 2010 and to make such amounts available instead for operation and maintenance in accordance with amounts requested by the President in that budget and for Operation and Maintenance, Army, for overseas contingent operations.	Yes	No	No
9/24/09	Vote 297: H R 2996: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 2483; To help preserve America's national parks and other public land treasures by reducing maintenance backlogs that threaten the health and safety of visitors.	No	Yes	Yes
9/8/09	Vote 271: On the Cloture Motion: Upon Reconsideration Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Dorgan Amdt. No. 1347; Of a perfecting nature.	No	Yes	Yes
8/4/09	Vote 261: H R 2997: H.R. 2997 As Amended; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010	No	Yes	Yes
8/3/09	Vote 255: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke cloture on the Kohl Amdt. No. 1908; In the nature of a substitute.	No	Yes	Yes
7/30/09	Vote 254: H R 3357: H.R. 3357; A bill to restore sums to the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes.	No	Yes	Yes
7/29/09	Vote 246: H R 3183: Dorgan Amdt. No. 1895; To provide requirements regarding the authority of the Department of Energy to enter into certain contracts.	No	Yes	Yes
7/23/09	Vote 242: S 1390: S.1390 As Amended; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010	No	Yes	Yes
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.	Yes	No	Yes
7/13/09	Vote 230: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Robert M. Groves, to be Director of the Census	No	Yes	Yes
6/18/09	Vote 210: H R 2346: Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2346; Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009	No	Yes	Yes
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 153: S CON RES 13: Vitter Amdt. No. 937; To require States to implement drug testing programs for applicants for and recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, which would encourage healthy, drug-free families instead of encouraging dependent behavior or on-going drug abuse.	Yes	No	No
4/2/09	Vote 131: S CON RES 13: Sanders Amdt. No. 875; To require information from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System about the use of emergency economic assistance.	No	Yes	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
2/6/09	Vote 55: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Cantwell Amdt. No. 274; To improve provisions relating to energy tax incentives and provisions relating manufacturing tax incentives for energy property.	No	Yes	Yes
2/3/09	Vote 36: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Sec. 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress Re: Boxer Amdt. No. 112; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction for dividends received from controlled foreign corporations for an additional year, and for other purposes.	No	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 30: H R 2: Hutchison Amdt. No. 93; To provide assistance for States with percentages of children with no health insurance coverage above the national average.	Yes	No	No
1/15/09	Vote 3: S 22: S.22 as Amended.; Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009	Yes	No	Yes
11/20/08	Vote 214: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 6867; Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008	No	Yes	Yes
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
10/1/08	Vote 210: On the Motion: Motion to Concur in the House Amdt. To the Senate Amdt. to H.R. 2095; Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
9/29/08	Vote 209: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the House Amdt. to the Senate Amdt. to H.R. 2095; Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
7/26/08	Vote 186: On the Motion: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to Senate Amendment to the House Amendments to the Senate Amendment to HR 3221; Housing Tax Credit Coordination Act of 2008	No	Yes	Yes
7/25/08	Vote 185: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to the House Amendments to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 3221; Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008	No	Yes	Yes
7/11/08	Vote 173: On the Motion: Motion to Disagree to the Amdts. of the House, Adding a New Title and Inserting a New Section, to the Amdt. of the Senate to H.R. 3221; Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008	No	Yes	Yes
7/10/08	Vote 170: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Disagree to the Amdts. of the House, Adding a New Title and Inserting a New Section, to the Amdt. of the Senate to H.R. 3221; Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008	No	Yes	Yes
7/7/08	Vote 163: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the Amendments of the House, Striking Title VI through XI, To the Senate Amendment to H.R. 3221; Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008	No	Yes	Yes
6/26/08	Vote 161: On the Motion: Motion To Waive CBH Re: Motion To Concur In House Amdts To Senate Amdt To House Amdt To Senate Amdt To H.R. 2642; Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008	No	Yes	Yes
6/25/08	Vote 157: On the Motion: Motion to Concur in the Amdt. of the House, Striking Section 1 through Title V and Inserting Certain Language, to the Senate Amdt. to H.R. 3221, with an Amdt No. 4983, as Amended; Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008	No	Yes	Yes
6/24/08	Vote 155: On the Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment striking sec. 1 through Title V and Inserting Language to the Senate Amdt. to H.R. 3221, with an Amdt.; Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008	No	Yes	Yes
6/19/08	Vote 153: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Bond Amdt. No. 4985; To strike provisions relating to the HOPE for Homeowners Program.	Yes	No	No
6/19/08	Vote 152: H R 3221: Bond Amdt. No. 4986 As Modified; To clarify that GSEs have no responsibility for funding housing entities under the Affordable Housing program.	Yes	No	No
6/2/08	Vote 141: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S.3036; Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008	No	Yes	Yes
5/22/08	Vote 137: On the Motion: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment No. 2 with Amdt. No. 4803; In the nature of substitute.	No	Yes	Yes
5/15/08	Vote 128: On the Motion: Motion to Waive S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress, sect. 203 re: Conference Report to accompany H.R. 2419; Food and Energy Security Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
5/8/08	Vote 122: S 2284: Durbin Amdt. No. 4715 as Modified; To provide that no changes in flood insurance status for any areas located in the St. Louis District of the Corps of Engineers can go into effect until the remapping process is completed for that entire District.	No	Yes	Yes
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
4/16/08	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 98: S 2739: Coburn Amdt. No. 4521; To require approval prior to the assumption of control by the Federal Government of State property.	Yes	No	No
4/10/08	Vote 96: H R 3221: H.R. 3221 As Amended; Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
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 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.	No	Yes	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
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
3/6/08	Vote 41: H R 4040: H.R. 4040 As Amended ; Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act	No	Yes	Yes
2/27/08	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.	No	Yes	Yes
2/26/08	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.	No	Yes	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 26: S 1200: Coburn Amdt. No. 4036; To prioritize scarce resources to basic medical services for Indians.	Yes	No	No
2/7/08	Vote 10: H R 5140: H.R. 5140 As Amended; Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act of 2008	No	Yes	Yes
12/18/07	Vote 441: On the Motion: Reid Motion to Concur in House Amdt. No. 1 to Senate Amdt. to H.R. 2764; Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008	No	Yes	Yes
12/13/07	Vote 430: On the Motion: Motion to Concur in the Amendment of the House to the Amendment of the Senate to the Text of H.R. 6, with an Amendment; Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection, and Energy Efficiency Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
12/13/07	Vote 427: H R 2419: Tester Amdt. No. 3666; To modify the provisions relating to unlawful practices under the Packers and Stockyards Act.	Yes	No	Yes
12/13/07	Vote 424: H R 2419: Dorgan Amdt. No. 3695 as Modified; To strengthen payment limitations and direct the savings to increase funding for certain programs.	Yes	No	Yes
12/11/07	Vote 417: H R 2419: Lugar Amdt. No. 3711; Relative to traditional payments and loans.	Yes	No	No
11/8/07	Vote 406: H R 1495: Shall H.R. 1495 Pass, the Objections of the President of the United States to the Contrary Notwithstanding?; Water Resources Development Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
10/30/07	Vote 400: S 294: S.294 as Amended; Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
10/30/07	Vote 398: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S.294; Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007	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
10/23/07	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
10/16/07	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 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 356: H R 1585: Coburn Amdt. No. 2196; To eliminate wasteful spending and improve the management of counter-drug intelligence.	Yes	No	No
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
9/24/07	Vote 347: H R 1495: H.R.1495 Conference Report; Water Resources Development Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
9/18/07	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.	No	Yes	No
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 332: H R 3074: Cornyn Amdt. No. 2842; To ensure that every motor carrier entering the United States through the cross-border motor carrier demonstration program is inspected and meets all applicable safety standards established for United States commercial motor vehicles.	No	Yes	No
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
9/6/07	Vote 313: H R 2642: Coleman Amdt. No. 2687; To provide funding for security associated with the national party conventions.	No	Yes	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
7/26/07	Vote 284: H R 1: H.R. 1, Conference Report; Improving America's Security Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
7/24/07	Vote 276: H J RES 44: H. J. Res. 44; A joint resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.	No	Yes	Yes
7/19/07	Vote 256: H R 2669: Nelson (NE) Amdt. No. 2337; To amend the special allowance payments.	No	Yes	No
6/27/07	Vote 234: S 1639: Motion to Table Div. VII, Amdt. No.1934 as Modified; Of a perfecting nature.	No	Yes	No
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
6/6/07	Vote 201: S 1348: Dorgan Amdt. No. 1316; To sunset the Y-1 nonimmigrant visa program after a 5-yer period.	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 181: On the Motion: This $120 billion dollar package was passed in the Senate by an 80-14 vote on May 24. The bill primarily focuses on funding for the Iraq war but also addresses other unrelated topics. A previous war funding bill was vetoed by the president because it included troop withdrawal deadlines, which were largely supported by anti-war Democrats. Ten Democrats opposed this new bill with no withdrawal deadlines, while 37 supported its passage. Congress had to act to replace war funding that would have ended May 28. According to the Washington Post, this bill includes 18 “benchmarks that the Iraqi government must meet to continue receiving reconstruction aid.” One hundred billion dollars in funding is slated to support continuing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill says that the President and Congress must not take any action that will endanger the troops and that they provide any funds necessary for training, equipment and other types of support to ensure their safety and the effectiveness of their missions. The president is required to give a first report on the Iraqis' progress in meeting the benchmarks to Congress on July 15. Seventeen billion dollars in the package is for domestic spending. Out of this funding, $6.4 billion is for Gulf Coast hurricane relief efforts, $3 billion in emergency aid for farmers, $1 billion to upgrade port and mass transit security, $3 billion towards converting closing U.S. military bases to other uses, and $650 million to increase funding for children’s health care. A Congressional Research Service summary states that the “other domestic beneficiaries include state HIV grant programs, mine safety research, youth violence prevention activities, and pandemic flu protection.” Sens. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Hilary Clinton (N.Y.) were among the 14 who opposed the bill.	No	Yes	Yes
5/24/07	Vote 180: S 1348: Vitter Amdt. No. 1157; To strike title VI (related to Nonimmigrants in the United States Previously in Unlawful Status).	Yes	No	No
5/24/07	Vote 176: S 1348: Akaka Amdt. No. 1186; To exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the numerical limitations on immigrant visas.	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
4/24/07	Vote 139: S 761: Motion to Table DeMint Amdt. No. 928; To amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, with respect to smaller public company options regarding internal controls.	Yes	No	Yes
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
3/14/07	Vote 74: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. J. Res. 9; A joint resolution to revise United States policy on Iraq.	No	Yes	Yes
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.	Yes	No	Yes
2/14/07	Vote 48: H J RES 20: H.J.Res. 20; Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007	No	Yes	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

Older votes against party | More recent votes against party