Votes Against Party

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
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 61: On the Motion: Motion to Waive C.B.A. Cornyn Amdt. No. 4242; To protect the family budget by providing for a budget point of order against legislation that increases income taxes on taxpayers, including hard-working middle-income families, entrepreneurs, and college students.	Yes	Yes	No
2/12/08	Vote 20: S 2248: S.2248 as Amended; FISA Amendments Act of 2007	Yes	Yes	No
2/12/08	Vote 19: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture Re. S. 2248; FISA Amendments Act of 2007	Yes	Yes	No
2/12/08	Vote 15: S 2248: Dodd Amdt. No. 3907; To strike the provisions providing immunity from civil liability to electronic communication service providers for certain assistance provided to the Government.	No	No	Yes
10/23/07	Vote 383: H R 3043: Enzi Amdt. No. 3437; To prohibit the use of funds to modify certain HIV/AIDS funding formulas.	Yes	Yes	No
10/2/07	Vote 360: H R 3222: Motion to Table Boxer Amdt. No. 3126 as Modified; To prohibit waivers for enlistment in the Armed Forces of individuals with certain felony offenses.	Yes	Yes	No
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
9/20/07	Vote 344: H R 1585: Cornyn Amdt. No. 2934; To express the sense of the Senate that General David H. Petraeus, Commanding General, Multi-National Force-Iraq, deserves the full support of the Senate and strongly condemn personal attacks on the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all members of the United States Armed Forces.	Yes	Yes	No
8/1/07	Vote 292: H R 976: Kerry Amdt. No. 2602 As Modified; To provide sufficient funding and incentives to increase the enrollment of uninsured children.	No	No	Yes
6/27/07	Vote 234: S 1639: Motion to Table Div. VII, Amdt. No.1934 as Modified; Of a perfecting nature.	Yes	Yes	No
6/19/07	Vote 216: H R 6: Cardin Amdt. No. 1610; To provide for the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas terminals.	No	No	Yes
5/22/07	Vote 174: S 1348: Dorgan Amdt. No. 1153; To strike the Y nonimmigrant guestworker program.	No	No	Yes
5/15/07	Vote 165: H R 1495: Feingold Amdt. No. 1086; To establish a Water Resources Commission to prioritize water resources projects in the United States.	Yes	No	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.	No	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.	No	No	Yes
3/23/07	Vote 101: S CON RES 21: Nelson (NE) Amdt. No. 626; To reform the estate tax to avoid subjecting thousands of families, family businesses, and family farms and ranches to the estate tax, and to promote continued economic growth and job creation.	Yes	No	No
3/21/07	Vote 84: S CON RES 21: Cornyn Amdt. No. 477; To provide for a budget point of order against legislation that increases income taxes on taxpayers, including hard-working middle-income families, entrepreneurs, and college students.	Yes	Yes	No
3/13/07	Vote 72: S 4: Motion to Table Biden Amdt. No. 383; To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop regulations regarding the transportation of high hazard materials, and for other purposes.	No	Yes	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.	Yes	Yes	No
1/18/07	Vote 18: S 1: Lieberman Amdt No. 30; To establish a Senate Office of Public Integrity.	Yes	No	No
11/16/06	Vote 269: S 3709: Boxer Amdt. No. 5187; To make the waiver authority of the President contingent upon a certification that India has agreed to suspend military-to-military cooperation with Iran, including training exercises, until such time as Iran is no longer designated as a state sponsor of terrorism.	No	No	Yes
11/16/06	Vote 268: S 3709: Feingold Amdt. No. 5183; To require as a precondition to United States-India peaceful atomic energy cooperation determinations by the President that United States nuclear cooperation with India does nothing to assist, encourage, or induce India to manufacture or acquire nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices.	No	No	Yes
11/16/06	Vote 266: S 3709: Dorgan Amdt. No. 5178 As Modified; To declare that it is the policy of the United States to continue to support implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1172 (1998).	No	No	Yes
11/16/06	Vote 265: S 3709: Bingaman Amdt. No. 5174; To limit the waiver authority of the President.	No	No	Yes
8/1/06	Vote 219: S 3711: S. 3711; Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006	Yes	Yes	No
7/31/06	Vote 218: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 3711; Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006	Yes	Yes	No
7/25/06	Vote 216: S 403: S. 403, As Amended; Child Custody Protection Act	Yes	Yes	No
6/22/06	Vote 184: S 2766: Chambliss Amdt. No. 4261; To authorize multiyear procurement of F-22A fighter aircraft and F-119 engines.	No	Yes	Yes
5/25/06	Vote 158: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to be U.S. Circuit Judge	Yes	Yes	No
5/23/06	Vote 141: S 2611: Motion to Table Kennedy Amdt. No. 4106; To enhance the enforcement of labor protections for United States workers and guest workers.	Yes	Yes	No
5/2/06	Vote 105: H R 4939: Coburn Amdt. No. 3641 "Div IV"; To perfect the bill.	Yes	Yes	No
4/27/06	Vote 100: H R 4939: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 3641 "Div. II"; To perfect the bill.	No	No	Yes
4/7/06	Vote 91: On the Nomination: Confirmation Dorrance Smith, to be Assistant Secretary of Defense	Yes	Yes	No
3/29/06	Vote 81: S 2349: Ensign Amdt. No. 2980; To include Federal entities in the definition of earmarks.	No	Yes	Yes
3/28/06	Vote 79: On the Cloture Motion: Upon Reconsideration, Motion to Invoke Cloture on S.2349; Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006	No	Yes	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
2/28/06	Vote 23: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 2271; USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006	Yes	Yes	No
2/14/06	Vote 21: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: S. 852; Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2005	Yes	Yes	No
1/30/06	Vote 1: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture On The Nomination of Samuel A. Alito, Jr. of New Jersey, To Be An Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court	Yes	Yes	No
11/10/05	Vote 317: S 1042: Talent Amdt. No. 2477; To modify the multiyear procurement authority for C-17 aircraft.	No	Yes	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 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.	No	No	Yes
10/27/05	Vote 280: H R 3010: Ensign Amdt. No. 2300; To prohibit funding for the support, development, or distribution of the Department of Education's e-Language Learning System (ELLS).	Yes	Yes	No
10/6/05	Vote 253: H R 2863: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 2005; To curtail waste under the Department of Defense web-based travel system.	No	Yes	Yes
10/5/05	Vote 247: Whether the Amendment is Germane: Is the Amendment No. 1955, as modified, germane to H.R.2863?; To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.	No	No	Yes
9/29/05	Vote 245: On the Nomination: Confirmation of John G. Roberts, Jr., of Maryland, to be Chief Justice of the United States	Yes	Yes
7/29/05	Vote 219: S 397: Passage of S. 397, As Amended; Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act	Yes	Yes	No
7/29/05	Vote 214: S 397: Craig Amdt. No. 1644; To protect the rights of children who are victimized by crime to secure compensation from those who participate in the arming of criminals.	Yes	Yes	No
7/29/05	Vote 212: On the Motion: Motion To Waive CBA Re: Conference Report To Accompany H. R. 6; Energy Policy Act of 2005	No	Yes	Yes
7/26/05	Vote 206: On the Cloture Motion: Motion To Invoke Cloture On The Motion To Proceed To S. 397; Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act	Yes	Yes	No
7/19/05	Vote 192: H R 3057: Coburn Amdt. No 1242; To prohibit any funds from being used by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to approve a loan or a loan guarantee related to a nuclear project in China.	No	No	Yes
6/23/05	Vote 157: H R 6: Durbin Amdt. No. 902; To amend title 49, United States Code, to improve the system for enhancing automobile fuel efficiency, and for other purposes.	No	No	Yes
6/23/05	Vote 156: H R 6: Bond Amdt. No. 925; To impose additional requirements for improving automobile fuel economy and reducing vehicle emissions.	Yes	Yes	No
6/22/05	Vote 146: H R 6: Motion to Table Feinstein Amdt. No. 841; To prohibit the Commission from approving an application for the authorization of the siting, construction, expansion, or operation of facilities located onshore or in State waters for the import of natural gas from a foreign country or the export of natural gas to a foreign country without the approval of the Governor of the State in which the facility would be located.	Yes	Yes	No
6/14/05	Vote 137: H R 6: Motion to Table Boxer Amdt. No. 781; To ensure that ethanol is treated like all other motor vehicle fuels and that taxpayers and local governments do not have to pay for environmental damage caused by ethanol.	Yes	Yes	No
6/14/05	Vote 136: On the Nomination: Confirmation Thomas B. Griffith, of Utah, to be U.S. Circuit Judge	Yes	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
5/11/05	Vote 120: H R 3: Lautenberg Amdt. No. 625; To provide funding for motorcycle safety programs in States without universal helmet laws.	No	No	Yes
4/20/05	Vote 106: H R 1268: Warner Amdt. No. 498; Relating to the aircraft carriers of the Navy.	No	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
4/19/05	Vote 100: On the Motion: Motion to Recess, As Modified; Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005	Yes	Yes	No
3/17/05	Vote 79: S CON RES 18: Dayton Amdt. No. 202;	No	No	Yes
3/10/05	Vote 44: S 256: S. 256 As Amended; Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005	Yes	Yes	No
3/10/05	Vote 42: S 256: Talent Amdt. No. 121; To deter corporate fraud and prevent the abuse of State self-settled trust law.	Yes	Yes	No
3/8/05	Vote 29: On the Cloture Motion: Motion To Invoke Cloture On Bill S. 256; Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005	Yes	Yes	No
3/3/05	Vote 20: S 256: Dayton Amdt. No. 31.; To limit the amount of interest that can be charged on any extension of credit to 30 percent.	No	No	Yes
3/1/05	Vote 12: S 256: Sessions Amdt. No. 23; To clarify the safe harbor with respect to debtors who have serious medical conditions or who have been called or ordered to active duty in the Armed Forces and low income veterans.	Yes	Yes	No
2/10/05	Vote 9: S 5: S. 5; Class Action Fairness Act of 2005	Yes	Yes	No
2/10/05	Vote 8: S 5: Feingold Amdt. No. 12; To establish time limits for action by Federal district courts on motions to remand cases that have been removed to Federal court.	No	No	Yes
2/9/05	Vote 7: S 5: Feinstein Amdt. No. 4; To clarify the application of State law in certain class actions, and for other purposes.	No	No	Yes
2/9/05	Vote 6: S 5: Kennedy Amdt. No. 2; To amend the definition of class action in title 28, United States Code, to exclude class actions relating to civil rights or the payment of wages.	No	No	Yes
2/9/05	Vote 5: S 5: Motion to Table Pryor Amdt. No. 5; To exempt class action lawsuits brought by the attorney general of any State from the modified civil procedures required by this Act.	Yes	Yes	No
11/19/04	Vote 214: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 1047; Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004	No	Yes	Yes
10/11/04	Vote 211: H R 4520: H.R. 4520 Conference Report; American Jobs Creation Act of 2004	Present	Yes	Yes
10/10/04	Vote 210: On the Cloture Motion: Motion To Invoke Cloture On The Conference Report To Accompany H. R. 4520; American Jobs Creation Act of 2004	Present	Yes	Yes
10/4/04	Vote 195: S 2845: Motion To Table Byrd Amdt. No. 3845; To enhance the role of Congress in the oversight of the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government.	No	Yes	Yes
9/14/04	Vote 183: H R 4567: Motion To Table Clinton Amdt. No. 3631; To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to allocate formula-based grants to State and local governments based on an assessment of threats and vulnerabilities and other factors that the Secretary considers appropriate, in accordance with the recommendation of the 9/11 Commission.	Yes	Yes	No
7/15/04	Vote 156: H R 4759: H.R. 4759; United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act	No	Yes	Yes
6/24/04	Vote 152: On the Nomination: Confirmation Diane S. Sykes, of Wisconsin, To Be U.S. Circuit Judge	Yes	Yes	No
6/23/04	Vote 137: S 2400: McConnell Amdt. No. 3472; To require a report on the stabilization of Iraq.	Yes	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.	No	No	Yes
5/11/04	Vote 90: S 1637: Hollings Amdt. No. 3134; To strike the international tax provisions that are unrelated to the FSC/ETI repeal and eliminate the phase-in of the deduction for qualified production activities income.	Yes	No	No
4/29/04	Vote 76: S 150: Motion To Table Feinstein Amdt. No. 3052; To extend the grandfather clauses for the term of the moratorium extension.	Yes	Yes	No
2/12/04	Vote 14: S 1072: S. 1072: As Amended; Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2004	No	Yes	Yes
2/12/04	Vote 12: On the Point of Order: Motion To Waive C.B.A. Re: Inhofe Amdt No 2285 and S. 1072; To provide a complete substitute.	No	Yes	Yes
2/12/04	Vote 11: S 1072: Hutchinson Amdt. No. 2388; To provide for the distribution of funds under the infrastructure performance and maintenance program.	Yes	No	No
2/12/04	Vote 10: On the Cloture Motion: Motion To Invoke Cloture On The Inhofe Amdt. No. 2285 To S.1072; To provide a complete substitute.	No	Yes	Yes
2/11/04	Vote 9: S 1072: Motion To Table Warner Amdt. No 2286, as Modified; To provide a highway safety improvement program that includes incentives to States to enact primary safety belt laws.	Yes	Yes	No
2/2/04	Vote 7: On the Cloture Motion: Motion To Invoke Cloture On The Motion To Proceed To Consider S. 1072; Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2004	No	Yes	Yes
11/24/03	Vote 457: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 1; Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003	Yes	Yes	No
11/6/03	Vote 442: H R 2673: Leahy Amdt. No. 2119; To restrict the use of funds for certain conservation programs.	No	No	Yes
11/5/03	Vote 440: On the Motion: Motion To Waive CBA Dayton AMDT. No. 2089 (RE: Emergency Designation); To provide emergency disaster assistance to agricultural producers.	No	No	Yes
10/30/03	Vote 425: H R 1904: Motion to Table Murray Amdt. No. 2030; To ensure protection of old-growth stands.	Yes	Yes	No
10/22/03	Vote 403: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed: Motion To Invoke Cloture On The Motion To Proceed To Consider S. 1751; Class Action Fairness Act of 2003	Yes	Yes	No
10/17/03	Vote 395: S 1689: Motion to Table Corzine Amdt. No. 1882; To establish a National Commission on the Development and Use of Intelligence Related to Iraq.	Yes	Yes	No
9/10/03	Vote 342: H R 2660: Durbin Amdt. No. 1611; To prohibit funds appropriated in this Act from being used by the Department of Education to enforce any requirement under section 1116 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, or to implement penalties or sanctions under part A of title I of such Act, if the amount appropriated to carry out such part A for fiscal year 2004 is less than $18,500,000,000.	No	No	Yes
7/29/03	Vote 310: S 14: Bond AMDT. No. 1386 As Modified And Amended.; To impose additional requirements for improving automobile fuel economy and reducing vehicle emissions.	Yes	Yes	No
7/29/03	Vote 309: S 14: Durbin AMDT. No. 1385; To amend title 49, United States Code, to improve the system for enhancing automobile fuel efficiency.	No	No	Yes
7/15/03	Vote 277: H R 2658: Motion to table Byrd Amendment No. 1244; To prohibit excessive deployments overseas of members of the Guard and Reserves.	Yes	Yes	No

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