Votes Against Party

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
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
10/14/09	Vote 321: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 3183; Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 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
10/6/09	Vote 309: H R 3326: Bond Amdt. No. 2596; To limit the early retirement of tactical aircraft.	No	Yes	Yes
10/6/09	Vote 306: On the Nomination: Nomination of Thomas E. Perez, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General	Yes	No	Yes
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
9/9/09	Vote 272: S 1023: S.1023 As Amended; Travel Promotion Act of 2009	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
7/30/09	Vote 251: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Bond Amdt. No. 1904; To repeal a certain provision of the SAFETEA-LU.	No	Yes	No
7/29/09	Vote 248: H R 3183: H.R. 3183 as Amended; Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010	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
7/21/09	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
6/11/09	Vote 207: H R 1256: H.R. 1256 As Amended; Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act	No	Yes	Yes
5/19/09	Vote 194: H R 627: H.R. 627 As Amended; Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2009	No	Yes	Yes
5/19/09	Vote 193: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Dodd Amdt. No. 1058; In the nature of a substitute.	No	Yes	Yes
5/13/09	Vote 189: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of David J. Hayes, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior	Yes	No	Yes
4/28/09	Vote 171: S 386: S. 386 as Amended; FERA	No	Yes	Yes
4/27/09	Vote 170: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Committee Substitute to S. 386; FERA	No	Yes	Yes
4/22/09	Vote 161: S 386: Isakson Amdt. No. 995; To establish the Financial Markets Commission, and for other purposes.	No	Yes	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 137: S CON RES 13: Boxer Amdt. No. 953, as Modified; To add a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers afterschool program.	No	Yes	Yes
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.	No	Yes	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
3/26/09	Vote 115: H R 1388: H.R. 1388 As Amended; GIVE Act	No	Yes	Yes
3/23/09	Vote 108: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 1388; GIVE Act	No	Yes	Yes
3/19/09	Vote 107: On the Nomination: Confirmation Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be Solicitor General	Yes	No	Yes
3/19/09	Vote 106: H R 146: H.R. 146 as Amended; Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act	No	Yes	Yes
3/18/09	Vote 102: H R 146: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 679; To provide for the future energy needs of the United States and eliminate restrictions on the development of renewable energy.	Yes	No	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
3/12/09	Vote 98: On the Nomination: Confirmation Thomas John Perrelli, Of Virginia, To be Associate Attorney General	Yes	No	Yes
3/12/09	Vote 97: On the Nomination: Confirmation David W. Ogden, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney General	Yes	No	Yes
2/25/09	Vote 68: S 160: Coburn Amdt. No. 581; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	No	No
2/24/09	Vote 66: On the Nomination: Confirmation Hilda L. Solis of California, to be Secretary of Labor	No	Yes	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 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
2/2/09	Vote 32: On the Nomination: Confirmation Eric H. Holder, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Attorney General	Yes	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.	No	Yes	No
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
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 202: H R 6049: Baucus Amdt. No. 5633; In the nature of a substitute.	No	Yes	Yes
7/31/08	Vote 194: H R 4137: H.R. 4137 Conference Report; College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2008	No	Yes	Yes
7/31/08	Vote 193: H R 4040: H.R. 4040 Conference Report; CPSC Reform Act	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
7/16/08	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 176: S 2731: Bunning Amdt. No. 5073; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	No	No
7/11/08	Vote 174: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2731; Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization 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 162: On the Motion: 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
6/26/08	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
6/18/08	Vote 151: H R 6124: Upon Reconsideration Shall H.R. 6124 Pass, the Objections of the President to the Contrary Notwithstanding?; Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008	No	Yes	Yes
6/5/08	Vote 144: H R 6124: H.R. 6124; Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008	No	Yes	Yes
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 140: H R 2419: Upon Reconsideration Shall the Bill H.R. 2419 Pass, the Objections of the President of the United States to the Contrary Not Withstanding?; Food and Energy Security Act of 2007	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 130: H R 2419: Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2419; Food and Energy Security Act of 2007	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
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
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 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 96: H R 3221: H.R. 3221 As Amended; Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
4/10/08	Vote 95: H R 3221: Ensign Amdt. No. 4419; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the limited continuation of clean energy production incentives and incentives to improve energy efficiency in order to prevent a downturn in these sectors that would result from a lapse in the tax law.	No	Yes	Yes
4/10/08	Vote 94: H R 3221: Alexander Amdt. No. 4429; To provide a longer extension of the renewable energy production tax credit and to encourage all emerging renewable sources of electricity, and for other purposes.	Yes	No	No
4/8/08	Vote 93: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Dodd Amdt. No. 4387; In the nature of a substitute.	No	Yes	Yes
4/4/08	Vote 92: On the Motion: Motion to Waive S. Con. Res. 21, sec. 204. Re: Landrieu Amdt. No. 4389, As Further Modified; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow use of amended income tax returns to take into account receipt of certain hurricane-related casualty loss grants by disallowing previously taken casualty loss deductions and to waive the deadline on the construction of GO Zone property which is eligible for bonus depreciation.	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 53: S CON RES 70: Specter Amdt. No. 4203; To increase funding for the National Institutes of Health and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.	No	Yes	Yes
3/6/08	Vote 41: H R 4040: H.R. 4040 As Amended ; Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act	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
2/7/08	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
2/5/08	Vote 6: On the Motion: Motion to Instruct Sgt. At Arms; Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act of 2008	No	Yes	Yes
12/14/07	Vote 434: H R 2419: H.R. 2419 as Amended; Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
12/14/07	Vote 432: S 2338: S. 2338 as Amended; FHA Modernization Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
12/13/07	Vote 431: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Harkin Amdt. No. 3500 to H.R. 2419; In the nature of a substitute.	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 426: H R 2419: Klobuchar Amdt. No. 3810; To improve the adjusted gross income limitation and use the savings to provide additional funding for certain programs and reduce the Federal deficit.	Yes	No	Yes
12/12/07	Vote 421: H R 2419: Alexander Amdt.; No. 3553; To limit the tax credit for small wind energy property expenditures to property placed in service in connection with a farm or rural small business.	Yes	No	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
12/11/07	Vote 417: H R 2419: Lugar Amdt. No. 3711; Relative to traditional payments and loans.	Yes	No	No
12/4/07	Vote 413: H R 3688: H.R. 3688; United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act	No	Yes	Yes
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 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 382: H R 3043: Menendez Amdt. No. 3347 as Modified; To provide funding for the activities under the Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2005.	No	Yes	Yes

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