Votes Against Party

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
7/16/08	Vote 182: H R 5501: H.R. 5501 As Amended; Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008	No	Yes	Yes
7/15/08	Vote 177: H R 6331: Shall H.R. 6331 Pass, the objections of the President of the United States to the contrary notwithstanding?; Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008	Yes	No	Yes
7/15/08	Vote 176: S 2731: Bunning Amdt. No. 5073; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	No	No
7/15/08	Vote 175: S 2731: Motion to Table DeMint Amdt. No. 5068; To limit the countries to which Federal financial assistance may be targeted under this Act.	Yes	No	Yes
7/9/08	Vote 169: On the Cloture Motion: Upon Reconsideration, Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 6331; Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008	Yes	No	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
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
5/7/08	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
5/7/08	Vote 118: S 2284: Vitter Amdt. No. 4722; To increase maximum coverage limits.	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 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
3/14/08	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 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 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 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
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
12/12/07	Vote 420: H R 2419: Alexander Amdt. No. 3551; To increase funding for the Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems, with an offset.	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
10/30/07	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
10/16/07	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 354: H J RES 43: H.J.Res.43; A joint resolution increasing the statutory limit on the public debt.	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
9/11/07	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
9/6/07	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
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 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
8/1/07	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
6/20/07	Vote 221: H R 6: Kyl Amdt. No. 1800; To disallow the credit for renewable diesel for fuel that is coprocessed with petroleum.	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
6/20/07	Vote 219: H R 6: Bingaman Amdt. No. 1693; To ensure that the renewable fuel standard does not harm the environment.	Yes	No	Yes
6/7/07	Vote 205: On the Motion: Motion to Instruct Sgt. at Arms; Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007	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 189: S 1348: Bingaman Amdt. No. 1267 As Modified; To remove the requirement that Y-1 nonimmigrant visa holders leave the United States before they are able to renew their visa.	Yes	No	Yes
6/5/07	Vote 185: S 1348: Feingold Amdt. No. 1176; To establish commissions to review the facts and circumstances surrounding injustices suffered by European Americans, European Latin Americans, and Jewish refugees during World War II.	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
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
5/15/07	Vote 164: H R 1495: Coburn Amdt. No. 1089; To prioritize Federal spending to ensure the needs of Louisiana residents who lost their homes as a result of Hurricane Katrina and Rita are met before spending money to design or construct a nonessential visitors center.	Yes	No	No
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
5/9/07	Vote 154: S 1082: Grassley Amdt. No. 1039; To clarify the authority of the Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology with respect to postmarket drug safety pursuant to recommendations by the Institute of Medicine.	Yes	No	Yes
4/25/07	Vote 143: S 761: Coburn Amdt. No. 918; To provide a sunset date.	No	Yes	No
4/11/07	Vote 127: S 5: S. 5; Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007	Yes	No	Yes
3/29/07	Vote 125: Whether the Amendment is Germane: Is Section 431 of the Senate Language to H.R. 1591 Germane?; In the nature of a substitute.	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
3/22/07	Vote 96: S CON RES 21: Thomas Amdt. No. 498; To strike the reserve funds.	No	Yes	No
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
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
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
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
1/12/07	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 6: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA DeMint Amdt. No. 13; To prevent government shutdowns.	No	Yes	No
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
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 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
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 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
7/12/06	Vote 194: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Biden Amdt. No. 4553; To increase amounts for the rail and transit security programs, and for other purposes.	Yes	No	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
5/24/06	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 145: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: S. 2611; Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006	Yes	No	Yes
5/3/06	Vote 110: H R 4939: Inouye Amdt. No. 3601; To provide assistance relating to assessments and monitoring of waters in the State of Hawaii.	Yes	No	Yes
5/3/06	Vote 108: H R 4939: McCain Amdt. No. 3616; To strike a provision that provides $74.5 million to states based on their production of certain types of crops, livestock and or diary products, which was not included in the Administration's emergency supplemental request.	No	Yes	No
5/2/06	Vote 105: H R 4939: Coburn Amdt. No. 3641 "Div IV"; To perfect the bill.	No	Yes	No
3/16/06	Vote 62: S CON RES 83: Cornyn Amdt No. 3100; To provide for reconciliation instructions to the Committee on Finance to reduce mandatory spending.	No	Yes	No
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
3/15/06	Vote 50: S CON RES 83: Snowe Amdt. No. 3004; To ensure that any savings associated with legislation that authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to use the collective purchasing power of 40,000,000 Medicare beneficiaries to negotiate the best possible prices for prescription drugs provided through part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act in fallback plans, by private drug plans (if asked) and in other circumstances, but not permitting a uniform formulary or price setting, is reserved for deficit reduction of to improve the Medicare drug benefit.	Yes	No	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 5: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Nelson (FL) Amdt. No. 2730; To provide for necessary beneficiary protections in order to ensure access to coverage under the Medicare part D prescription drug program.	Yes	No	Yes
2/2/06	Vote 4: H R 4297: Grassley Amdt. No. 2731; To express the sense of the Senate regarding the Medicare part D prescription drug program.	No	Yes	No
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
11/18/05	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
11/17/05	Vote 344: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Kerry Amdt. No. 2616; To accelerate marriage penalty relief for the earned income tax credit, to extend the election to include combat pay in earned income, and to make modifications of effective dates of leasing provisions of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004.	Yes	No	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
11/16/05	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
11/8/05	Vote 308: S 1042: Snowe Amdt. No. 2436 As Modified; To require the Secretary of Defense, subject to a national security exception, to offer to transfer to local redevelopment authorities for no consideration real property and personal property located at military installations that are closed or realigned as part of the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment, and to clarify that the requirement does not affect certain property interests.	Yes	No	No
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 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
10/20/05	Vote 263: H R 3058: Stevens Amdt. No. 2181; To ensure reconstruction of the Twin Spans Bridge.	No	Yes	No
9/21/05	Vote 239: H R 2744: Bingaman Amdt. No. 1797; To increase funds to implement and administer Team Nutrition programs, with an offset.	Yes	No	Yes
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
7/28/05	Vote 207: S 397: Kohl Amdt. No. 1626; To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require the provision of a child safety lock in connection with the transfer of a handgun.	Yes	No	Yes
7/14/05	Vote 180: On the Motion: Motion To Waive CBA RE: Schumer Amdt. No. 1189; To provide that certain air cargo security programs are implemented, and for other purposes.	Yes	No	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
6/29/05	Vote 167: On the Motion: Motion to Suspend the Rules Relative to the Dorgan Amdt. No. 1059; To facilitate family travel to Cuba in humanitarian circumstances.	Yes	No	Yes
6/29/05	Vote 162: H R 2361: Boxer Amdt. No. 1023; To prohibit the use of funds by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to accept, consider, or rely on third-party intentional dosing human studies for pesticides or to conduct intentional dosing human studies for pesticides.	Yes	No	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
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

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