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Members of Congress / Patrick Leahy / Missed Votes

DateVotePositionGOP opinionDEM opinion
11/2/09 Vote 332: On the Motion: Motion to invoke cloture on the Baucus Amdt. No. 2712 to H.R. 3548.; In the nature of a substitute. Not Voting Yes Yes
10/27/09 Vote 328: On the Nomination: Confirmation Irene Cornelia Berger of West Virginia to be U.S. District Judge. Not Voting Yes Yes
7/9/09 Vote 229: H R 2892: H.R. 2892 As Amended; Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010 Not Voting Yes Yes
7/9/09 Vote 228: H R 2892: Sanders Amdt. No. 1430; To increase funding for firefighter assistance grants and recruitment and retention grants. Not Voting 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. Not Voting Yes No
5/13/09 Vote 191: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Sanders Amdt. No. 1062; To establish a national consumer credit usury rate. Not Voting No Yes
5/13/09 Vote 190: H R 627: Vitter Amdt. No. 1066; To specify acceptable forms of identification for the opening of credit card accounts. Not Voting Yes 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 Not Voting 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 Not Voting Yes Yes
3/13/08 Vote 70: S CON RES 70: Boxer Amdt. No. 4368 as Modified; To increase funding for the Department of Justice for the vigorous enforcement of laws protecting children. Not Voting Yes Yes
3/5/07 Vote 59: On the Nomination: Confirmation Carl J. Artman, of Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior Not Voting Yes Yes
1/26/07 Vote 33: On the Nomination: Confirmation Lt. Gen. David H. Petraeus, U.S. Army, to be General Not Voting Yes Yes
6/29/06 Vote 190: S 3569: S.3569; A bill to implement the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement. Not Voting Yes No
10/7/05 Vote 254: H R 2863: H.R. 2863 As Amended; Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006 Not Voting Yes Yes
3/14/05 Vote 45: S CON RES 18: Bingaman Amdt. No. 143; To restore funding for education programs that are cut and reduce debt by closing corporate tax loopholes. Not Voting No Yes
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 Not Voting Yes Yes
11/17/04 Vote 213: S 2986: S. 2986; A bill to amend title 31 of the United States Code to increase the public debt limit. Not Voting Yes No
10/11/04 Vote 211: H R 4520: H.R. 4520 Conference Report; American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 Not Voting 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 Not Voting Yes Yes
10/8/04 Vote 205: On the Motion for Attendance: Motion To Instruct SGT At Arms; Intelligence Reorganization bill Not Voting Yes Yes
10/8/04 Vote 204: On the Cloture Motion: Motion To Invoke Cloture On The McConnell Amdt. No. 3981; To implement the congressional oversight recommendations of the 9-11 Commission. Not Voting Yes Yes
6/15/04 Vote 113: S 2400: Kennedy Amdt. No. 3263; To prohibit the use of funds for the support of new nuclear weapons development under the Stockpile Services Advanced Concepts Initiative or for the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP). Not Voting No Yes
6/14/04 Vote 112: S 2400: Dodd Amdt. No. 3312, as Modified.; To require the Secretary of Defense to provide reimbursement for certain protective, safety, or health equipment purchased by or on behalf of members of the Armed Forces for deployment in connection wih Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom, or Operation Iraqi Freedom. Not Voting Yes Yes
9/16/03 Vote 348: S J RES 17: S. J. Res. 17; FCC Media Ownership bill Not Voting No Yes
7/22/03 Vote 291: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA re: Byrd Amdt. No. 1317; To fulfill Homeland Security promises. Not Voting No Yes
6/20/03 Vote 232: S 1: Dorgan Amdt. No. 946 as amended; To provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals. Not Voting No Yes
6/20/03 Vote 231: S 504: S. 504 as amended; American History and Civics Education Act of 2003 Not Voting Yes Yes
2/13/03 Vote 34: H J RES 2: Conference Report, H.J.Res.2; Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 Not Voting Yes Yes
9/3/02 Vote 208: On the Nomination: Confirmation Terrence F. McVerry, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge Not Voting Yes Yes
8/1/02 Vote 203: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 3009; Trade Act of 2002 Not Voting Yes No
12/3/01 Vote 345: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Amendment No. 2170; To modernize the financing of the railroad retirement system and to provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries. Not Voting Yes Yes
12/3/01 Vote 344: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Lott Amendment No. 2171; To enhance energy conservation, research and development, and to provide for security and diversity in the energy supply for the American people, and for other purposes. Not Voting No No
11/8/01 Vote 334: H R 2620: Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2620; Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 Not Voting Yes Yes
5/26/01 Vote 170: H R 1836: H.R.1836, Conference Report; Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 Not Voting Yes No
5/22/01 Vote 143: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA re: Carper Amdt. No. 747; To provide responsible tax relief for all income taxpayers, by way of a $1,200,000,000,000 tax cut, and to make available an additional $150,000,000,000 for critical investments in education, particularly for meeting the Federal Government's commitments under IDEA, Head Start, and the bipartisan education reform and ESEA reauthorization bill. Not Voting No Yes
5/1/01 Vote 88: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed: Cloture Motion on the Motion to Proceed to S.1; Better Education for Students and Teachers Act Not Voting Yes Yes
12/5/00 Vote 296: On the Cloture Motion: Motion To Invoke Cloture On Conf. Rept. To H.R. 2415, Upon Reconsideration; Admiral James W. Nance Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 Not Voting Yes No
12/5/00 Vote 295: H J RES 126: H. J. Res. 126; Continuing Appropriation FY2001 (Seventeenth) Not Voting Yes Yes
11/1/00 Vote 294: On the Cloture Motion: Motion To Invoke Cloture On The Conference Report To Accompany H.R. 2415; Admiral James W. Nance Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 Not Voting Yes No
10/30/00 Vote 293: H J RES 120: H. J. Res. 120; Continuing Appropriation FY2001 (Tenth) Not Voting Yes Yes
10/29/00 Vote 292: H J RES 119: H.J.RES.119; Continuing Appropriation FY2001 (Ninth) Not Voting Yes Yes
7/10/00 Vote 172: On the Nomination: Madelyn R Creedon, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, N.N.S.A. Not Voting No Yes
6/30/00 Vote 171: H R 4577: H.R. 4577, as amended; Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001 Not Voting Yes No
6/30/00 Vote 170: On the Motion: Motion To Waive CBA Harkin Amdt. No. 3699; To fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Not Voting No Yes
6/30/00 Vote 169: H R 4577: Motion To Table Helms Amdt. No. 3697; To prohibit the expenditure of certain appropriated funds for the distribution or provision of, or the provision of a prescription for, postcoital emergency contraception. Not Voting No Yes
6/30/00 Vote 168: H R 4577: Motion To Table Wellstone Amendment No. 3698; To provide for a limitation on the use of funds for certain agreements involving the conveyance or licensing of a drug. Not Voting Yes No
6/29/00 Vote 167: H R 4577: Dorgan Amdt. No. 3693; To require a Federal floor with respect to protections for individuals enrolled in health plans. Not Voting No Yes
6/29/00 Vote 166: H R 4577: Nickles Amdt. No. 3694; To increase access to health care and to protect consumers in managed care plans and in other health coverage. Not Voting Yes No
6/29/00 Vote 165: H R 4577: Jeffords Amdt. No. 3691; To prohibit health discrimination on the basis of genetic information or genetic services. Not Voting Yes No
6/29/00 Vote 164: H R 4577: Daschle Amdt. No. 3688; To prohibit health insurance companies form using genetic information to discriminate against enrollees, and to prohibit employers from using such information to discriminate in the workplace. Not Voting No Yes
6/29/00 Vote 163: H R 4577: Ashcroft Amdt. 3689; To protect the Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms. Not Voting Yes No
6/16/00 Vote 133: S 761: Conference Report To Accompany S. 761; Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act Not Voting Yes Yes
11/8/99 Vote 355: S 625: Grassley Amdt. No. 1730 as modified; To amend title 11, United States Code, to provide for health care and employee benefits, and for other purposes. Not Voting Yes Yes
9/27/99 Vote 294: S RES 187: S.RES.187; A resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding education funding. Not Voting No Yes
9/27/99 Vote 293: S RES 186: S.Res.186; A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Not Voting Yes No
7/22/99 Vote 220: S 1217: Motion to Table Boxer Amdt. No. 1306; To ensure that parties to the tuna convention pay their fair share of the expenses of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission before they are allowed to export tuna to the United States. Not Voting Yes No
6/21/99 Vote 177: S 886: Sarbanes Amdt. No. 689 as modified; To revise the deadlines with respect to the retention of records of disciplinary actions and the filing of grievances within the Foreign Service. Not Voting Yes Yes
4/15/99 Vote 87: H R 1376: H.R. 1376; A bill to extend the tax benefits available with respect to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia/Montenegro) and certain other areas, and for other purposes. Not Voting Yes Yes
9/8/98 Vote 261: S 2237: motion to table Jeffords amdt no. 3541; To earmark funds for the acquisition and preservation of Civil War battlefields. Not Voting No No
6/22/98 Vote 166: On the Nomination: Nomination - Susan Oki Mollway U.S. Dist. Judge Central Dist. Hawaii Not Voting No Yes
3/9/98 Vote 24: S 1668: Passage; An original bill to encourage the disclosure to Congress of certain classified and related information. Not Voting Yes Yes
9/30/97 Vote 263: S 1156: byrd amendments no. sp1267, sp1268, sp1269 en bloc; To prohibit alcoholic beverage advertisements on billboards, signs, posters, and other forms of advertising in certain publicly visible locations in the District of Columbia where children are likely to walk to school or play. Not Voting Yes Yes
9/30/97 Vote 262: H R 2203: conference report on h.r.2203; Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1998 Not Voting Yes Yes
9/30/97 Vote 261: H J RES 94: h.j.res.94; A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1998, and for other purposes. Not Voting Yes Yes
9/30/97 Vote 260: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to invoke cloture - Coats Amdt. No. 1249; To provide scholarship assistance for District of Columbia elementary and secondary school students. Not Voting Yes No
9/9/97 Vote 222: S RES 120: s.res.120; A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the occasion of the death of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Not Voting Yes Yes
9/8/97 Vote 221: S 1061: reed amendment no. 1096; To provide funding for grants to States for State Student Incentives under subpart 4 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Not Voting Yes Yes
2/13/97 Vote 11: S RES 55: s.res.55; A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the need to address immediately the decline in milk prices. Not Voting Yes Yes
10/3/96 Vote 306: H R 3539: H.R.3539, CONFERENCE REPORT; Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996 Not Voting Yes Yes
10/3/96 Vote 305: On the Decision of the Chair: shall the decision of the chair stand? Re: conf. rept. to H.R. 3539; Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996 Not Voting No Yes
10/3/96 Vote 304: On the Cloture Motion: motion to invoke cloture on conference report on H.R.3539; Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996 Not Voting Yes No
7/11/96 Vote 192: On the Motion for Attendance: MOTION TO INSTRUCT SGT. AT ARMS; Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 Not Voting Yes Yes
5/9/96 Vote 111: On the Cloture Motion: motion to invoke cloture re: Dole amdt. no. 3960; To provide for the repeal of the 4.3 cent increase in fuel tax rates enacted by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, to clarify that an employer may establish and participate in worker-management cooperative organizations to address matters of mutual interest to employers and employees, and to provide for an increase in the minimum wage rate. Not Voting Yes No
5/8/96 Vote 110: On the Cloture Motion: motion to invoke cloture on h.r.2937; A bill for the reimbursement of legal expenses and related fees incurred by former employees of the White House Travel Office with respect to the termination of their employment in that Office on May 19, 1993. Not Voting Yes No
5/7/96 Vote 109: On the Cloture Motion: motion to invoke cloture re: h.r.2937; A bill for the reimbursement of legal expenses and related fees incurred by former employees of the White House Travel Office with respect to the termination of their employment in that Office on May 19, 1993. Not Voting Yes No
3/29/96 Vote 60: H J RES 170: h.j.res.170; A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes. Not Voting Yes No
6/5/95 Vote 234: S 735: Feinstein amdt. no. 1202; To amend the bill to authorize requirements for tagging of explosive materials, and other purposes. Not Voting Yes Yes
5/26/95 Vote 233: S 735: motion to table amdt. no.1200; To amend the bill with respect to emergency wiretap authority. Not Voting Yes No
4/3/95 Vote 126: On the Cloture Motion: cloture motion re: conference report on h.r. 831; A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, to repeal the provision permitting nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the Federal Communications Commission, and for other purposes. Not Voting Yes Yes
1/19/95 Vote 36: S 1: Motion To Table Comm. Amdt On Page 34, Line 10; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 Not Voting Yes No
1/19/95 Vote 35: S 1: Motion To Table Comm. Amdt. No. On Page 33, Line 11; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 Not Voting Yes No
1/19/95 Vote 34: S 1: Motion To Table Comm. Amdt. On Page 27, Line 9; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 Not Voting Yes No
1/19/95 Vote 33: S 1: Motion To Table Modified Comm. Amdt On Page 25, Line 11; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 Not Voting Yes No
1/19/95 Vote 32: S 1: Motion To Table Gorton Amdt. No. 31; To prevent the adoption of certain national history standards. Not Voting Yes No
1/19/95 Vote 31: S 1: Motion To Table Wellstone Amdt No. 171; To prohibit the consideration of legislation reported by a Congressional committee which does not contain an analysis of the probable impact of the legislation on children. Not Voting Yes No
1/19/95 Vote 30: S 1: Levin Amdt. No. 170; To include gender in the statutory rights prohibiting discrimination to which the Act shall not apply. Not Voting Yes Yes
1/19/95 Vote 29: S 1: Motion To Table Lieberman Amdt. No. 151; To exclude laws and regulations applying equally to governmental entities and the private sector. Not Voting Yes No
1/6/95 Vote 5: S 2: MOTION TO TABLE SIMON AMDT NO. 7; To express the sense of the Senate regarding the Bridgestone/Firestone dispute. Not Voting Yes No
1/6/95 Vote 4: On the Motion: motion to waive cba re: amdt no. 6, as modified; To establish Congressional enforcement of a balanced budget. Not Voting No Yes
1/6/95 Vote 3: S 2: Motion to Table Wellstone Amdt. No. 5; To restrict political contributions by lobbyists. Not Voting Yes Yes
1/5/95 Vote 2: S 2: Motion to Table Levin Amdt No. 3; To provide for the reform of the disclosure of lobbying activities intended to influence the Federal Government and for gift reform. Not Voting Yes No
1/5/95 Vote 1: S RES 14: Motion to Table Harkin Amdt No. 1; To amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to permit cloture to be invoked by a decreasing majority vote of Senators down to a majority of all Senators duly chosen and sworn. Not Voting Yes Yes
10/26/93 Vote 329: On the Cloture Motion: motion to invoke cloture re: conference report to H.R.2520; Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994 Not Voting No Yes
10/26/93 Vote 328: On the Motion: motion to waive CBA re: h.r.3167; Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1993 Not Voting No Yes
10/26/93 Vote 327: On the Motion: motion to waive CBA re: Hutchison amdt no. 1081; To repeal the retroactive application of the income, estate, and gift tax rates made by the budget reconciliation act and reduce administrative expenses for agencies by $3,000,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996. Not Voting Yes No
7/23/93 Vote 212: H R 2348: H.R. 2348; Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1994 Not Voting Yes Yes
7/23/93 Vote 211: H R 2348: Motion to table Mack amdt. no. 629.; To restrict the use of the franking privilege by members and offices of the Senate. Not Voting No Yes
5/25/93 Vote 123: S 3: wellstone andt no.370; To reduce the individual contribution limit to $100 per Senate election cycle. Not Voting No No
3/5/93 Vote 25: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed: Cloture Motion On Motion To Proceed To S.460; National Voter Registration Act of 1993 Not Voting No Yes
10/8/92 Vote 270: H R 11: Conference report; Revenue Act of 1992 Taxpayer Bill of Rights Social Security Amendments of 1992 Not Voting Yes Yes

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