Votes Against Party

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
11/5/09	Vote 337: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Section 302(F) of CBA re: Coburn Amdt. No. 2667; To reduce waste and abuse at the Department of Commerce.	Yes	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	No	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	No	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	No	No	Yes
10/21/09	Vote 325: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 1776; A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the update under the Medicare physician fee schedule for years beginning with 2010 and to sunset the application of the sustainable growth rate formula, and for other purposes.	No	No	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 314: H R 3326: McCain Amdt. No. 2583; To strike funding for the MARIAH Hypersonic Wind Tunnel Development Program.	Yes	Yes	No
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
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.	Yes	Yes	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
9/30/09	Vote 302: H R 2918: Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2918; Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010	No	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	No	No	Yes
9/30/09	Vote 300: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Rule XXVIII Re: H.R. 2918 Conference Report; Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010	No	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.	No	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.	Yes	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.	Yes	Yes	No
9/17/09	Vote 284: H R 3288: DeMint Amdt. No. 2410; To limit the use of funds for the John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport.	Yes	Yes	No
9/16/09	Vote 279: H R 3288: Wicker Amdt. No. 2366 As Modified; To permit Amtrak passengers to safely transport firearms and ammunition in their checked baggage.	Yes	Yes	No
9/16/09	Vote 278: H R 3288: Coburn Amdt. No. 2372; To fully provide for the critical surface transportation needs of the United States by prohibiting funds from being used on lower-priority projects, such as transportation museums.	Yes	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.	Yes	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.	No	No	Yes
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.	Yes	Yes	No
8/4/09	Vote 257: H R 2997: McCain Amdt. No. 1912; To strike a provision relating to certain watershed and flood prevention operations.	Yes	None	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.	Yes	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.	Yes	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.	Yes	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.	Yes	Yes	No
7/23/09	Vote 242: S 1390: S.1390 As Amended; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010	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
7/22/09	Vote 237: S 1390: Thune Amdt. No. 1618; To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to allow citizens who have concealed carry permits from the State in which they reside to carry concealed firearms in another State that grants concealed carry permits, if the individual complies with the laws of the State.	Yes	Yes	No
7/21/09	Vote 236: S 1390: Lieberman Amdt. No. 1528; To provide authority to increase Army active-duty end strengths for fiscal year 2010 as well as fiscal year 2011 and 2012.	No	Yes	Yes
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.	Yes	Yes	No
7/9/09	Vote 224: H R 2892: McCain Amdt. No. 1378; To strike the appropriation for the Advanced Training Center.	Yes	Yes	No
7/9/09	Vote 223: H R 2892: Kyl Amdt. No. 1432; To strike the earmark for the City of Whitefish Emergency Operations Center.	Yes	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.	Yes	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.	Yes	Yes	No
7/7/09	Vote 218: H R 2892: McCain Amendment No. 1400; To eliminate the appropriation for the Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance, as recommended by the Administration.	Yes	Yes	No
7/6/09	Vote 215: H R 2918: McCain Amdt. No. 1366; To strike the earmark for the Durham Museum in Omaha, Nebraska.	Yes	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	No	No	Yes
6/18/09	Vote 210: H R 2346: Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2346; Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009	No	Yes	Yes
5/21/09	Vote 202: H R 2346: HR 2346 As Amended ; Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009	No	Yes	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.	Yes	Yes	No
5/21/09	Vote 200: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R. 2346; Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009	No	Yes	Yes
5/13/09	Vote 192: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Gregg Amdt. No. 1085; To enhance public knowledge regarding the national debt by requiring the publication of the facts about the national debt on IRS instructions, Federal websites, and in new legislation.	Yes	Yes	No
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
4/23/09	Vote 169: On the Motion: Vitter 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	Yes	No
4/23/09	Vote 167: On the Motion: Cornyn 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	Yes
4/2/09	Vote 149: On the Motion: Motion To Waive CBA DeMint Amdt. No. 967; To implement President Obama's earmark reforms.	Yes	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.	Yes	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 142: S CON RES 13: Bond Amdt. No. 926; To protect workers from significant job loss by providing a point of order against climate change or similar legislation that raises Federal revenues to such an extent that it causes significant job loss in manufacturing- or coal-dependent U.S. regions such as the Midwest, Great Plains or South.	Yes	Yes	No
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
4/2/09	Vote 134: S CON RES 13: Vitter Amdt. No. 787; To end $272 billion in spending on bailouts under TARP and reduce record deficits and levels of debt.	Yes	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 133: S CON RES 13: Reed Amdt. No. 949; To provide for the expenditure of the remaining Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for the benefit of consumers.	No	No	Yes
4/1/09	Vote 127: S CON RES 13: Kyl Amdt. No. 793; To protect all patients by prohibiting the use of data obtained from comparative effectiveness research to deny coverage of items or services under Federal health care programs and to ensure that comparative effectiveness research accounts for advancements in genomics and personalized medicine, the unique needs of health disparity populations, and differences in the treatment response and the treatment preferences of patients.	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
4/1/09	Vote 122: S CON RES 13: Cornyn Amdt. No. 806; To protect small businesses from higher taxes.	No	Yes	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
3/19/09	Vote 105: H R 146: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 683; To prohibit funding for congressional earmarks for wasteful and parochial pork projects.	No	No	Yes
3/10/09	Vote 96: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R. 1105; Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009	No	No	Yes
3/10/09	Vote 95: H R 1105: Motion To Table Vitter Amdt. No. 621; To repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.	No	No	Yes
3/10/09	Vote 92: H R 1105: Thune Amdt. No. 662; To prohibit the use of funds by the Federal Communications Commission to repromulgate the Fairness Doctrine.	Yes	Yes	No
3/9/09	Vote 88: H R 1105: Kyl Amdt. No. 631; To require the Secretary of State to certify that funds made available for reconstruction efforts in Gaza will not be diverted to Hamas or entities controlled by Hamas.	Yes	Yes	No
3/9/09	Vote 87: H R 1105: Kyl Amdt. No. 630; To require a report on counter-smuggling efforts in Gaza.	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
3/5/09	Vote 85: H R 1105: Kyl Amdt. No. 634; To prohibit the expenditure of amounts made available under this Act in a contract with any company that has a business presence in Iran's energy sector.	Yes	Yes	No
3/5/09	Vote 83: H R 1105: Inhofe Amdt. No. 613; To provide that no funds may be made available to make any assessed contribution or voluntary payment of the United Nations if the United Nations implements or imposes any taxation on any United States persons.	Yes	Yes	No
3/4/09	Vote 80: H R 1105: Coburn Amdt. No. 623 as Modified; To prohibit taxpayer dollars from being earmarked to 14 clients of a lobbying firm under Federal investigation for making campaign donations in exchange for political favors for the group's clients.	Yes	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.	Yes	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.	Yes	Yes	No
2/26/09	Vote 72: S 160: Ensign Amdt. No. 575; To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.	Yes	Yes	No
2/6/09	Vote 54: H R 1: Grassley Amdt. No. 297; To provide the same temporary increase in the FMAP for all States and to permit States to choose the period through June 2011 for receiving the increase.	Yes	Yes	No
2/6/09	Vote 53: H R 1: Graham Amdt. No. 501 As Modified; To limit wasteful spending, to fund a systematic program of foreclosure prevention, to be administered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and for other purposes.	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 34: H R 1: Coburn Amdt. No. 109; To strike the $246 million tax earmark for Hollywood production companies.	Yes	Yes	No
1/26/09	Vote 15: On the Nomination: Confirmation Timothy F. Geithner, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury	No	No	Yes
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
1/14/09	Vote 2: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S.22.; Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009	No	No	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 211: H R 7081: H.R. 7081; United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act	No	Yes	Yes
9/27/08	Vote 208: On the Motion: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R.2638; Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008	No	Yes	Yes
9/27/08	Vote 207: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the House Amdt. to the Senate Amdt. to H.R.2638; Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008	No	Yes	Yes
9/23/08	Vote 204: On the Motion: Motion to Waive C.B.A. Baucus Amdt. No.5635; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.	No	Yes	Yes
9/17/08	Vote 201: S 3001: S. 3001 As Amended; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009	No	Yes	Yes
9/16/08	Vote 200: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 3001; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009	No	No	Yes
7/16/08	Vote 179: S 2731: Gregg Amdt. No. 5081; To strike the provision requiring the development of coordinated oversight plans and to establish an independent Inspector General at the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator.	Yes	Yes	No
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
5/22/08	Vote 138: On the Motion: Motion to Concur in the House Amdt. No. 1 to the Senate Amdt. to HR 2642, with an Amdt. No. 4817; In the nature of a substitute.	No	No	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
5/15/08	Vote 129: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Rule XLIV, 8(a) re: H.R. 2419 Conference Report; Food and Energy Security Act of 2007	No	No	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
4/17/08	Vote 106: H R 1195: Coburn Amdt. No. 4538; To create a bipartisan, bicameral special committee to investigate the improper insertion of an earmark for Coconut Road into the conference report of the 2005 highway bill after both chambers of Congress had approved identical versions of the conference report.	Yes	Yes	No
4/17/08	Vote 105: H R 1195: Boxer Amdt. No. 4539, as Modified; To call for a review by the Department of Justice of allegations of violations of Federal criminal law.	No	No	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
3/13/08	Vote 76: S CON RES 70: Landrieu Amdt. No. 4378; To protect family businesses and farmers without increasing our nation's debt by providing for an estate tax that sets the exemption at $5 million and the rate at 35 percent, with the benefits of the exemption recaptured for estates over $100 million, paid for by closing tax loopholes that allow offshore deferral of compensation and transactions entered into solely for the purpose of avoiding taxation.	Yes	No	No
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

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