Votes Against Party

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
5/7/08	Vote 118: S 2284: Vitter Amdt. No. 4722; To increase maximum coverage limits.	Yes	No	No
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
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
3/14/08	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
3/5/08	Vote 39: S 2663: Motion To Table Cornyn Amdt. No. 4094 As Modified Further; To prohibit State attorneys general from entering into contingency fee agreements for legal or expert witness services in certain civil actions relating to Federal consumer product safety rules, regulations, standards, certification or labeling requirements, or orders.	Yes	No	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
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	Present	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 425: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment with an Amendment to H.R. 6; Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection, and Energy Efficiency Act of 2007	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
12/12/07	Vote 423: H R 2419: Sessions Amdt. No. 3596 As Modified; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a pilot program under which agricultural producers may establish and contribute to tax-exempt farm savings accounts in lieu of obtaining federally subsidized crop insurance or noninsured crop assistance, to provide for contributions to such accounts by the Secretary of Agriculture, to specify the situations in which amounts may be paid to producers from such accounts, and to limit the total amount of such distributions to a producer during a taxable year, and for other purposes.	No	Yes	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
10/24/07	Vote 394: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2205; A bill to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes.	Yes	No	Yes
10/18/07	Vote 378: H R 3043: Reid Amdt. No.3395; To clarify the application of current law.	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
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
9/18/07	Vote 339: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 1257; District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007	Yes	No	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
9/6/07	Vote 324: H R 2764: Coburn Amdt. No. 2704; To provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for "Contribution to the International Development Association" may be made available for the World Bank malaria control or prevention programs.	No	Yes	No
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 305: H R 976: DeMint Amdt. No. 2577; To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce.	No	Yes	No
8/2/07	Vote 301: H R 976: Vitter Amdt. No. 2596 as Modified; To require individuals who are eligible for SCHIP and employer-sponsored coverage to use the employer-sponsored coverage instead of SCHIP.	No	Yes	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 298: H R 976: Thune Amdt. No. 2579; To exclude individuals with alternative minimum tax liability from eligibility for SCHIP 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
8/1/07	Vote 287: H R 976: Ensign Amdt. No. 2538; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a Disease Prevention and Treatment Research Trust Fund.	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
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 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
6/6/07	Vote 193: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Menendez Amdt. No 1194; To modify the deadline for the family backlog reduction.	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
5/23/07	Vote 175: S 1348: Bingaman Amdt. No. 1169; No Statement of Purpose on File.	No	Yes	Yes
4/25/07	Vote 143: S 761: Coburn Amdt. No. 918; To provide a sunset date.	No	Yes	No
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
4/11/07	Vote 127: S 5: S. 5; Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007	Yes	No	Yes
3/23/07	Vote 110: S CON RES 21: Biden Amdt. No. 529; To increase funding for the COPS Program to $1.15 billion for FY 2008 to provide state and local law enforcement with critical resources necessary to prevent and respond to violent crime and acts of terrorism and is offset by an unallocated reduction to non-defense discretionary spending and/or reduction to administrative expenses.	Yes	No	Yes
3/23/07	Vote 105: S CON RES 21: Smith Amdt. No. 510 as Modified; To provide for the consideration of an increase in the tobacco products user fee rate, but only to the extent that such rate increase does not result in an increase of more than 61 cents per pack of cigarettes, with all revenue generated by such increase dedicated to the reauthorization and expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program.	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
3/20/07	Vote 79: S 214: Kyl Amdt. No. 459; To ensure that United States attorneys are promptly nominated by the President, and are appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.	No	Yes	No
3/15/07	Vote 76: S RES 107: S. Res. 107; A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that no action should be taken to undermine the safety of the Armed Forces of the United States or impact their ability to complete their assigned or future missions.	No	Yes	Yes
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
3/7/07	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 63: S 4: Leahy Amdt. No. 333; To increase the minimum allocation for States under the State Homeland Security Grant Program.	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
1/18/07	Vote 19: S 1: S.1 As Amended; A bill to provide greater transparency in the legislative process.	No	Yes	Yes
1/12/07	Vote 9: S 1: Vitter Amdt. No. 10; To increase the penalty for failure to comply with lobbying disclosure requirements.	No	Yes	Yes
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
8/3/06	Vote 227: H R 5631: Sessions Amdt. No. 4844; To make available from Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy, up to $77,000,000 for the Conventional Trident Modification Program.	No	Yes	No
8/3/06	Vote 223: H R 5631: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 4787; To limit the funds available to the Department of Defense for expenses relating to conferences.	Yes	No	No
7/18/06	Vote 207: S 728: Specter Amdt. No. 4680; To modify a provision relating to Federal hopper dredges.	Yes	No	Yes
7/18/06	Vote 206: H R 810: H.R.810; Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005	Yes	No	Yes
7/13/06	Vote 201: H R 5441: Sessions Amdt. No. 4660, As Modified; To appropriate an additional $85,670,000 to enable the Secretary of Homeland Security to hire 800 additional full time active duty investigators to investigate immigration laws violations and to offset such increase on a pro rata basis.	Yes	No	No
7/13/06	Vote 200: H R 5441: Sessions Amdt. No. 4659, As Modified; To appropriate an additional $1,829,400,000 to construct double-layered fencing and vehicle barriers along the southwest border and to offset such increase by reducing all other discretionary amounts on a prorata basis.	Yes	No	No
7/13/06	Vote 199: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA re: Schumer Amdt. No. 4600 "Emergency Designation"; To increase appropriations for disaster relief, and for other purposes.	Yes	No	Yes
5/25/06	Vote 152: S 2611: Bingaman Amdt. No. 4131; To limit the total number of aliens, including spouses and children, granted employment-based legal permanent resident status to 650,000 during any fiscal year.	No	Yes	No
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
5/22/06	Vote 137: S 2611: Ensign Amdt. No. 4076 as Modified; To authorize the use of the National Guard to secure the southern border of the United States.	No	Yes	Yes
5/3/06	Vote 107: H R 4939: Kennedy Amdt. No. 3688, As Modified; To provide funding to compensate individuals harmed by pandemic influenza vaccine.	Yes	No	Yes
5/2/06	Vote 104: H R 4939: McCain Amdt. No. 3617; To strike a provision providing $6 million to sugarcane growers in Hawaii, which was not included in the Administration's emergency supplemental request.	No	Yes	No
4/27/06	Vote 100: H R 4939: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 3641 "Div. II"; To perfect the bill.	Yes	No	Yes
3/15/06	Vote 52: S CON RES 83: Santorum Amdt. No. 3015; To provide an additional $550,000,000 for Amtrak for fiscal year 2007.	Yes	No	No
3/7/06	Vote 34: S 2320: Snowe Amdt. No. 2913; To improve the distribution of funds to States under there Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.	Yes	No	Yes
3/2/06	Vote 30: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: 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.	Yes	No	Yes
12/14/05	Vote 351: On the Motion: Carper Motion to Instruct Conferees on S. 1932; Personal Responsibility and Family Protection Act of 2005	Yes	No	Yes
11/16/05	Vote 327: S 1783: Akaka Amdt. No. 2583; To compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at age 60 for certain airline pilots.	Yes	No	Yes
11/3/05	Vote 290: On the Motion: Motion To Waive CBA Re: Grassley Amdt. No. 2359; To clarify certain payment limitations applicable to certain payments under title I of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 and section 1101 of the Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 2005 and to partially restore funding to programs reduced by section 1101, 1201, and 1202 of the Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 2005.	Yes	No	Yes
11/3/05	Vote 286: On the Motion: Motion To Waive CBA Re: Inhofe Amdt. No. 2355; To cap non-defense, non-trust-fund, discretionary spending at the previous fiscal year's level, beginning with fiscal year 2007.	No	Yes	No
9/21/05	Vote 238: H R 2744: Coburn Amdt. No. 1775; To require that any limitation, directive, or earmarking contained in either the House of Representatives or Senate report accompanying this bill be included in the conference report or joint statement accompanying the bill in order to be considered as having been approved by both House of Congress.	No	Yes	Yes
9/20/05	Vote 236: H R 2744: Nelson (NE) Amdt. No. 1732; To prohibit the use of funds for developing a final rule with respect to the importation of beef from Japan.	No	Yes	Yes
7/14/05	Vote 186: On the Motion: Motion To Waive CBA Shelby Amdt. No. 1205 As Modified; To allocate funds for certain terrorism prevention activities, including rail and transit security.	Yes	No	Yes
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
6/22/05	Vote 150: H R 6: Alexander Amdt. No. 961; To provide for local control for the sitting of windmills.	No	Yes	No
4/28/05	Vote 113: H R 3: Motion to Table Bond Amdt. No. 592; To strike the highway stormwater discharge mitigation program.	Yes	No	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 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
4/18/05	Vote 96: H R 1268: Byrd Amdt. No. 464; To express the sense of the Senate on future requests for funding for military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.	Yes	No	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
3/16/05	Vote 56: S CON RES 18: Specter Amdt. No. 173; To increase discretionary health and education funding by $2,000,000,000.	Yes	No	Yes
9/29/04	Vote 192: S 2845: Motion to Table Specter Amdt. No. 3706; To provide the National Intelligence Director with the authority to supervise, direct, and control all elements of the intelligence community performing national intelligence missions.	No	Yes	Yes
5/19/04	Vote 100: S 2400: Kyl Amdt. No. 3191 As Modified; To express the sense of the Senate regarding legislation to impose an excise tax on tobacco lawyer's fees that exceed $20,000 per hour in order to increase funding for equipment for the United States Armed Forces.	No	Yes	No
5/18/04	Vote 98: S 2400: Lott Amdt. No. 3158; To provide that the 2005 base closure round shall apply solely to military installations located outside the United States and to provide for expedited consideration by Congress of a proposal for a base closure round in 2007 on military installations located inside the United States.	Yes	No	Yes
2/12/04	Vote 13: S 1072: Kyl Amdt. No. 2473; To provide for a substitute to title V.	Yes	No	No
10/23/03	Vote 409: On the Motion: Motion To Waive RE: Dodd Amdt. No. 1928; To fund the Election Assistance Commission for fiscal year 2004.	Yes	No	Yes

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