The U.S. Congress Votes Database

Members of Congress / Amy Klobuchar / Votes Against Party

DateVotePositionGOP opinionDEM opinion
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
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
9/16/09 Vote 281: H R 3288: Gregg Amdt. No. 2361; To prohibit the use of stimulus funds for self-congratulatory signage that allows lawmakers to promote their spending of taxpayer dollars on stimulus projects. 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
8/6/09 Vote 268: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Section 201, S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress re: Isakson Amdt. No. 2306; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an income tax credit for certain home purchases, and to transfer to the Treasury unobligated funds made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in the amount of the reduction in revenue resulting from such credit. Yes Yes 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 244: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA re: Alexander Amdt. No. 1862; To limit disbursement of additional funds under the Troubled Asset Relief Program to certain automobile manufacturers, to impose fiduciary duties on the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to shareholders of such automobile manufacturers, to require the issuance of shares of common stock to eligible taxpayers which represent the common stock holdings of the United States Government in such automobile manufacturers, and for other purposes. 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
7/8/09 Vote 220: H R 2892: DeMint Amdt. No. 1399; To require the completion of at least 700 miles of reinforced fencing along the southwest border by December 31, 2010. Yes Yes No
7/8/09 Vote 219: On the Motion: Motion to Table Sessions Amdt. No. 1371; To make the pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation for aliens permanent and to improve verification of immigration status of employees. No No Yes
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
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
5/6/09 Vote 183: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Sect. 202, S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress, Coburn Amdt. No. 1042; To establish a pilot program for the expedited disposal of Federal real property. 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
4/2/09 Vote 151: S CON RES 13: DeMint Amdt. No. 964; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect small and home businesses from the burdensome and impractical requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008. 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 144: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA re: Cornyn Amdt. No. 934; To increase transparency by requiring five days of public review of legislation before passage by the Senate. Yes Yes No
4/2/09 Vote 140: S CON RES 13: Sanders Amdt. No. 811; To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund to establish a national usury law, and for other purposes. No No Yes
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
4/1/09 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 119: S CON RES 13: Alexander Amdt. No. 747; To create runaway debt point of order against consideration of a budget resolution that projects the ratio of public debt to GDP for any fiscal year in excess of 90% to ensure the continued viability of US dollar and prevent doubling or tripling the debt burden on future generations. Yes Yes No
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 93: H R 1105: Motion To Table Sessions Amdt. No. 604; To extend the pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation established in title IV of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1966 for 6 years. 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
3/4/09 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 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
3/3/09 Vote 76: On the Motion: Hutchison Motion to Commit with Instructions re: H.R. 1105; Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 Yes Yes No
1/28/09 Vote 23: H R 2: Murkowski Amdt. No. 77; To provide for the development of best practice recommendations and to ensure coverage of low income children. Yes Yes No
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
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
5/7/08 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 118: S 2284: Vitter Amdt. No. 4722; To increase maximum coverage limits. Yes No No
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
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 67: S CON RES 70: Brownback Amdt. No. 4284; To provide funds for a Commission on Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies. Yes Yes No
3/13/08 Vote 60: S CON RES 70: Sessions Amdt. No. 4231; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for border security, immigration enforcement, and criminal alien removal programs. Yes Yes No
2/12/08 Vote 17: S 2248: Specter Amdt. No. 3927; To provide for the substitution of the United States in certain civil actions. No No Yes
12/13/07 Vote 428: H R 2419: Brown Amdt. No. 3819; To increase funding for critical Farm Bill programs and improve crop insurance. No No Yes
12/13/07 Vote 427: H R 2419: Tester Amdt. No. 3666; To modify the provisions relating to unlawful practices under the Packers and Stockyards Act. No No Yes
12/4/07 Vote 413: H R 3688: H.R. 3688; United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act No Yes Yes
10/16/07 Vote 367: H R 3093: Motion to Table Ensign Amdt. No.3295; To increase funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program and offset the increase by reducing NASA funding. No Yes 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
9/26/07 Vote 349: H R 1585: Kyl Amdt. No. 3017 as Modified; To express the sense of the Senate regarding Iran. 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
8/3/07 Vote 309: S 1927: S.1927 as Amended; A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide additional procedures for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence information and for other purposes. 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
7/26/07 Vote 279: H R 2638: Motion to Table Alexander Amdt. No. 2405, as Modified; To make $300,000,000 available for grants to States to carry out the REAL ID Act of 2005. No No Yes
7/19/07 Vote 266: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Cornyn Amdt No. 2339; To provide interim relief for shortages in employment-based visas for aliens with extraordinary ability and advanced degrees and for nurses. Yes Yes No
7/19/07 Vote 263: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Ensign Amdt. No. 2355; To reduce document fraud, prevent identity theft, and preserve the integrity of the Social Security system, by ensuring that individuals are not able to receive Social Security benefits as a result of unlawful activity. Yes Yes No
6/27/07 Vote 234: S 1639: Motion to Table Div. VII, Amdt. No.1934 as Modified; Of a perfecting nature. Yes Yes No
6/20/07 Vote 221: H R 6: Kyl Amdt. No. 1800; To disallow the credit for renewable diesel for fuel that is coprocessed with petroleum. 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
6/6/07 Vote 198: S 1348: Inhofe Amdt. No. 1151; To amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the national language of the Government of the United States, and for other purposes. Yes Yes No
6/6/07 Vote 192: S 1348: Sessions Amdt. No. 1234; To save American taxpayers up to $24 billion in the 10 years after passage of this Act, by preventing the earned income tax credit, which is, according to the Congressional Research Service, the largest anti-poverty entitlement program of the Federal Government, from being claimed by Y temporary workers or illegal aliens given status by this Act until they adjust to legal permanent resident status. Yes Yes No
6/6/07 Vote 190: S 1348: Cornyn Amdt. No. 1250; To address documentation of employment and to make an amendment with respect to mandatory disclosure of information. Yes 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. No No Yes
5/22/07 Vote 174: S 1348: Dorgan Amdt. No. 1153; To strike the Y nonimmigrant guestworker program. No No Yes
4/11/07 Vote 128: S 30: S. 30; HOPE Act Yes Yes No
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
3/13/07 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
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