Votes Against Party

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
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 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 54: S CON RES 70: Dorgan Amdt. No. 4198; To increase the Indian Health Service by $1 billion in FY 2009.	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 372: H R 3093: H.R. 3093, As Amended; Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008	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
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
8/2/07	Vote 301: H R 976: Vitter Amdt. No. 2596 as Modified; To require individuals who are eligible for SCHIP and employer-sponsored coverage to use the employer-sponsored coverage instead of SCHIP.	No	Yes	No
8/2/07	Vote 294: On the Motion: Motion to Concur in the Amendment of the House to S.1; A bill to provide greater transparency in the legislative process.	No	Yes	Yes
8/2/07	Vote 293: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the Amendment of the House to S.1; A bill to provide greater transparency in the legislative process.	No	Yes	Yes
7/20/07	Vote 272: H R 2669: H.R. 2669 as Amended; College Cost Reduction Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
7/19/07	Vote 262: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Stabenow Amdt. No 2358; Relative to illegal aliens qualifying for Social Security benefits.	Yes	No	Yes
6/28/07	Vote 235: On the Cloture Motion: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.	Yes	No	Yes
6/26/07	Vote 228: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S.1639; A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.	Yes	No	Yes
6/7/07	Vote 206: On the Cloture Motion: Upon Reconsideration, Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Kennedy Amdt. No. 1150, As Amended; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	No	Yes
6/6/07	Vote 199: S 1348: Vitter Amdt. No. 1339; To require that the U.S. VISIT system- the biometric border check-in/check-out system first required by Congress in 1996 that is already well past its already postponed 2005 implementation due date- be finished as part of the enforcement trigger.	No	Yes	No
6/6/07	Vote 196: S 1348: Ensign Amdt. No. 1374; To improve the criteria and weights of the merit-based evaluation system.	No	Yes	No
6/6/07	Vote 188: S 1348: DeMint Amdt. No. 1197; To require health care coverage for holders of Z nonimmigrant visas.	No	Yes	No
6/6/07	Vote 187: S 1348: Cornyn Amdt. No. 1184, As Modified; To establish a permanent bar for gang members, terrorists, and other criminals.	No	Yes	No
6/6/07	Vote 186: S 1348: Kennedy Amdt. No. 1333, as Modified; To increase the immigration-related penalties associated with various criminal activities.	Yes	No	Yes
4/11/07	Vote 127: S 5: S. 5; Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007	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
2/8/07	Vote 45: On the Nomination: Confirmation Gen. George W. Casey to be Chief of Staff, U.S. Army	No	Yes	Yes
1/18/07	Vote 18: S 1: Lieberman Amdt No. 30; To establish a Senate Office of Public Integrity.	Yes	No	No
1/11/07	Vote 7: On the Motion: Motion to Instruct Sgt. at Arms; A bill to provide greater transparency in the legislative process.	No	Yes	Yes
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
7/19/06	Vote 211: S 728: Inhofe Amt. No. 4683; To modify a section relating to a fiscal transparency and prioritization report.	No	Yes	No
7/19/06	Vote 210: S 728: McCain Amdt. No. 4684; To provide for a water resources construction project prioritization report.	Yes	No	No
7/19/06	Vote 209: S 728: Inhofe Amdt. No. 4682; To modify a section relating to independent reviews.	No	Yes	No
7/19/06	Vote 208: S 728: Feingold Amdt. No. 4681; To modify a section relating to independent peer review of water resources projects.	Yes	No	Yes
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
7/11/06	Vote 191: H R 5441: Vitter Amdt. No. 4548, As Modified; To prohibit the United States Customs and Border Protection from preventing an individual not in the business of importing a prescription drug from importing an FDA-approved prescription drug.	Yes	No	Yes
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
6/20/06	Vote 178: S 2766: Nelson (FL) Amdt. No. 4265; To express the sense of Congress that the Government of Iraq should not grant amnesty to persons known to have attacked, killed, or wounded members of the Armed Forces of the United States.	No	Yes	Yes
6/15/06	Vote 172: S 2766: Santorum Amdt. No. 4234; To authorize, with an offset, assistance for prodemocracy programs and activities inside and outside Iran, to make clear that the United States supports the ability of the people of Iran to exercise self-determination over their form of government, and to make enhancements to the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act of 1996.	No	Yes	No
6/8/06	Vote 165: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 147; Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005	Yes	No	Yes
6/7/06	Vote 163: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to the Consideration of S. J. Res. 1; Marriage Protection Amendment	No	Yes	No
5/25/06	Vote 157: S 2611: S. 2611 As Amended; Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006	Yes	No	Yes
5/25/06	Vote 156: S 2611: Specter Amdt. No. 4188; To improve the bill.	Yes	No	Yes
5/25/06	Vote 155: S 2611: Ensign Amdt. No. 4136; To ensure the integrity of the Earned Income Tax Credit program by reducing the potential for fraud and to ensure that aliens who receive an adjustment of this status under this bill meet their obligation to pay back taxes without creating a burden on the American public.	No	Yes	No
5/25/06	Vote 154: S 2611: Sessions Amdt. No. 4108; To limit the application of the Earned Income Tax Credit.	No	Yes	No
5/25/06	Vote 153: S 2611: Feingold Amdt. No. 4083; To strike the provision prohibiting a court from staying the removal of an alien in certain circumstances.	Yes	No	Yes
5/25/06	Vote 152: S 2611: Bingaman Amdt. No. 4131; To limit the total number of aliens, including spouses and children, granted employment-based legal permanent resident status to 650,000 during any fiscal year.	No	Yes	No
5/25/06	Vote 151: S 2611: Cornyn Amdt. No. 4097; To modify the requirements for confidentiality certain information submitted by an alien seeking an adjustment of status under section 245B.	No	Yes	No
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 148: S 2611: Hutchison Amdt. No. 4101; To enhance border security by creating a pilot SAFE Visa Program to grant visas to authorized nationals of a NAFTA or CAFTA-DR country who receive employment offers in job areas in the United States that have been certified by the Secretary of Labor as having a shortage of workers.	No	Yes	No
5/24/06	Vote 147: S 2611: Gregg Amdt. No. 4114; To amend title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the diversity visa program and create a program that awards visas to aliens with an advanced degree in science mathematics, technology, or engineering.	No	Yes	No
5/24/06	Vote 146: S 2611: Byrd Amdt. No. 4127; To fund improvements in border and interior security by assessing a $500 supplemental fee under title VI.	No	Yes	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
5/23/06	Vote 140: S 2611: Grassley Amdt. No. 4177; To provide a substitute to title III.	Yes	No	Yes
5/18/06	Vote 135: S 2611: Motion to Table Kyl Amdt. No. 3969; To prohibit H-2C nonimmigrants from adjusting to lawful permanent resident status.	Yes	No	Yes
5/18/06	Vote 134: S 2611: Cornyn Amdt. No. 4038; To require aliens seeking adjustment of status under section 245B of the Immigration and Nationality Act or Deferred Mandatory Departure status under section 245C of such Act to pay a supplemental application fee, which shall be used to provide financial assistance to States for health and educational services for noncitizens.	No	Yes	No
5/18/06	Vote 132: S 2611: Salazar Amdt. No. 4073 As Modified; To declare that English is the common and unifying language of the United States, and to preserve and enhance the role of the English language.	Yes	No	Yes
5/18/06	Vote 130: S 2611: Motion to Table Ensign Amdt. No. 3985; To reduce document fraud, prevent identity theft, and preserve the integrity of the Social Security system, by ensuring that persons who receive an adjustment of status under this bill are not able to receive Social Security benefits as a result of unlawful activity.	Yes	No	Yes
5/18/06	Vote 129: S 2611: Kennedy Amdt. No. 4066; To modify the conditions under which an H-2C nonimmigrant may apply for adjustment of status.	Yes	No	Yes
5/17/06	Vote 128: S 2611: Cornyn Amdt. No. 3965 As Modified; To modify the conditions under which an H-2C nonimmigrant may apply for an employment-based immigrant visa.	No	Yes	No
5/17/06	Vote 127: S 2611: Vitter Amdt. No. 3963; To strike the provisions related to certain undocumented individuals.	No	Yes	No
5/16/06	Vote 124: S 2611: Motion to Table Bingaman Amdt. No. 3981; To reduce the number of H-2C nonimmigrants to 200,000 during any fiscal year.	Yes	No	No
5/4/06	Vote 112: H R 4939: H.R. 4939, As Amended; Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006	No	Yes	Yes
5/4/06	Vote 111: H R 4939: Thune Amdt. No. 3704; To provide, with an offset, $20,000,000 for the Department of Veterans Affairs for Medical Facilities.	No	Yes	No
4/26/06	Vote 99: H R 4939: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt No. 3641 "Div. I"; To perfect the bill.	No	Yes	No
4/26/06	Vote 98: H R 4939: Akaka Amdt. No. 3642 as Amended; To provide an additional $430,000,000 for the Department of Veteran Affairs for Medical Services for outpatient care and treatment for veterans.	No	Yes	Yes
4/26/06	Vote 97: H R 4939: Motion to Table Ensign Motion to Recommit H.R.4939 to the Committee on Appropriations; Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006	No	Yes	Yes
4/26/06	Vote 96: H R 4939: Motion to Table Thomas Amdt. No. 3515; To return the bill to the President's proposal.	No	Yes	Yes
4/7/06	Vote 90: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 2454; Securing America's Borders Act	No	Yes	No
3/29/06	Vote 82: S 2349: As Amended; Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006	No	Yes	Yes
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
3/28/06	Vote 77: S 2349: Collins Amdt. No. 3176; To establish the Senate Office of Public Integrity.	Yes	No	Yes
3/16/06	Vote 58: S CON RES 83: Specter Amdt No. 3048; To increase the advance appropriations allowance in order to fund health, education and training, and low-income programs.	No	Yes	Yes
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
3/15/06	Vote 48: S CON RES 83: Grassley Amdt. No. 3073; To establish a reserve fund to allow for deficit-neutral legislation that would provide for an extension of the Medicare part D enrollment period.	No	Yes	Yes
3/14/06	Vote 38: S CON RES 83: Conrad Amdt. No. 3013; To fully reinstate the pay-as-you-go requirement through 2011.	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
2/14/06	Vote 21: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: S. 852; Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2005	No	Yes	No
2/2/06	Vote 9: H R 4297: Menendez Amdt. No. 2705; To express the sense of the Senate that protecting middle-class families from the alternative minimum tax should be a higher priority for Congress in 2006 than extending a tax cut that does not expire until the end of 2008.	No	Yes	Yes
12/15/05	Vote 357: On the Motion: Reed Motion to Instruct Conferees on S. 1932; Medicaid Reconciliation Act of 2005	Yes	No	Yes
12/15/05	Vote 354: On the Motion: Dewine Motion to Instruct Conferees on S. 1932; Medicaid Reconciliation Act of 2005	No	Yes	Yes
11/18/05	Vote 349: On the Motion: Specter Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: H.R. 3010; Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006	No	Yes	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 340: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Feingold Amdt. No. 2650; To fully reinstate the pay-as-you-go requirement through 2010.	Yes	No	Yes
11/17/05	Vote 332: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Feinstein Amdt. No. 2609; To repeal certain tax benefits relating to oil and gas wells intangible drilling and development costs.	Yes	No	Yes
11/15/05	Vote 323: S 1042: Warner Amdt. No. 2518; To clarify and recommend changes to the policy of the United States on Iraq and to require reports on certain matters relating to Iraq.	No	Yes	Yes
11/10/05	Vote 317: S 1042: Talent Amdt. No. 2477; To modify the multiyear procurement authority for C-17 aircraft.	No	Yes	Yes
11/3/05	Vote 302: On the Motion: Motion To Waive CBA Re: Snowe Amdt. No. 2371; To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide the authority for negotiating fair prices for medicare prescription drugs.	Yes	No	Yes
11/3/05	Vote 299: S 1932: Schumer Amdt. No. 2348; To strike the provisions increasing the Medicaid rebate for generic drugs.	Yes	No	Yes
11/3/05	Vote 298: S 1932: Cantwell Amdt. No. 2400; To ensure the payment to the Treasury of the United States of 50 percent of revenues from oil and gas leasing and production on the Coastal Plain.	Yes	No	Yes
11/3/05	Vote 293: S 1932: McCain Amdt. No. 2370; To move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur.	Yes	No	No
11/3/05	Vote 289: S 1932: Wyden Amdt. No. 2362; To enhance the energy security of the United States by prohibiting the exportation of oil and gas produced under leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.	No	Yes	Yes
11/3/05	Vote 288: S 1932: Cantwell Amdt. No. 2358; To strike the title relating to the establishment of an oil and gas leasing program in the Coastal Plain.	Yes	No	Yes
11/3/05	Vote 283: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Conrad Amdt. No. 2351; To fully reinstate the pay-as-you-go requirement through 2010.	Yes	No	Yes
11/3/05	Vote 282: H R 2744: H.R. 2744 Conference Report; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006	No	Yes	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).	No	Yes	No
10/26/05	Vote 274: H R 3010: Coburn Amdt. No. 2232; To increase funding for the AIDS drug assistance program.	Yes	No	No
10/20/05	Vote 260: H R 3058: Motion To Table Coburn Amdt. No. 2093 As Modified; To prohibit any funds under the Act from being used for a parking facility as part of the Joslyn Art Museum Master Plan, in Omaha, Nebraska.	No	Yes	Yes
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.	Yes	No	Yes

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