Votes

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
3/26/09	Vote 114: H R 1388: Motion to Table Vitter Amdt. No. 705; To prohibit ACORN, or organizations affiliated or co-located with ACORN, from receiving assistance under this Act.	No	No	Yes
3/26/09	Vote 113: H R 1388: Thune Amdt. No. 716; To express the sense of the Senate regarding the Federal income tax deduction for charitable giving.	Yes	Yes	No
3/26/09	Vote 112: H R 1388: Baucus Amdt. No. 721; To express the sense of the Senate regarding the Federal income tax charitable giving.	No	No	Yes
3/25/09	Vote 111: H R 1388: Motion to Table Ensign Amdt. No. 715 As Modified; To clarify that nonprofit organizations assisted under the Nonprofit Capacity Building Program include certain crisis pregnancy centers, and organizations that serve battered women or victims of rape or incest.	No	No	Yes
3/25/09	Vote 110: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Crapo Amdt. No. 688; To increase the borrowing authority of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and for other purposes.	Yes	Yes	No
3/25/09	Vote 109: On the Nomination: Confirmation David S. Kris, of Maryland, to be Assistant Attorney General	Yes	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	Yes	Yes	Yes
3/19/09	Vote 107: On the Nomination: Confirmation Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be Solicitor General	No	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
3/19/09	Vote 105: H R 146: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 683; To prohibit funding for congressional earmarks for wasteful and parochial pork projects.	No	No	Yes
3/19/09	Vote 104: H R 146: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 677; To require Federal agencies to determine on an annual basis the quantity of land that is owned by each Federal agency and the cost to taxpayers of the ownership of the land.	No	No	Yes
3/18/09	Vote 103: H R 146: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 675; To prohibit the use of eminent domain and to ensure that no American has their property forcibly taken from them by authorities granted under this Act.	No	No	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.	No	No	Yes
3/18/09	Vote 101: H R 146: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 680; To ensure that the general public has full access to our national parks and to promote the health and safety of all visitors and employees of the National Park Service.	No	Yes	Yes
3/18/09	Vote 100: On the Nomination: Confirmation Ronald Kirk, of Texas, to be U.S. Trade Representative	Yes	Yes	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	No	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
3/10/09	Vote 96: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R. 1105; Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009	No	No	Yes
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 94: H R 1105: Ensign Amdt. No. 615; To strike the restrictions on the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program.	Yes	Yes	No
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
3/10/09	Vote 91: H R 1105: Cornyn Amdt. No. 674; To prohibit the use of funds to implement an Executive Order relating to employee notice of rights under Federal labor laws.	Yes	Yes	No
3/10/09	Vote 90: H R 1105: Cornyn Amdt. No. 673; To prevent collection of excessive contingency legal fees by lawyers hired to protect the public interest.	Yes	Yes	No
3/9/09	Vote 89: H R 1105: Enzi Amdt. No. 668; To prohibit the use of funds to modify certain HIV/AIDS funding formulas.	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
3/9/09	Vote 87: H R 1105: Kyl Amdt. No. 630; To require a report on counter-smuggling efforts in Gaza.	Yes	Yes	No
3/9/09	Vote 86: H R 1105: McCain Amdt. No. 593; To prohibit the use of funds provided in the bill.	Yes	Yes	No
3/5/09	Vote 85: H R 1105: Kyl Amdt. No. 634; To prohibit the expenditure of amounts made available under this Act in a contract with any company that has a business presence in Iran's energy sector.	Yes	Yes	No
3/5/09	Vote 84: On the Motion: Motion to Waive the CBA re: Thune Amdt. No. 635 as Modified; To provide funding for the Emergency Fund for Indian Safety and Health, with an offset.	Yes	Yes	No
3/5/09	Vote 83: H R 1105: Inhofe Amdt. No. 613; To provide that no funds may be made available to make any assessed contribution or voluntary payment of the United Nations if the United Nations implements or imposes any taxation on any United States persons.	Yes	Yes	No
3/5/09	Vote 82: H R 1105: Murkowski Amdt. No. 599; To modify a provision relating to the repromulgation of final rules by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce.	Yes	Yes	No
3/5/09	Vote 81: H R 1105: Wicker Amdt. No. 607 as Modified; To require that amounts appropriated for the United Nations Population Fund are not used by organizations which support coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.	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 79: H R 1105: Coburn Amdt. No. 610; To prohibit funding for congressional earmarks for wasteful and parochial pork projects.	Yes	Yes	No
3/4/09	Vote 78: H R 1105: Coburn Amdt. No. 608; To provide funds for the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act from funds already provided for the Weed and Seed Program.	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
3/3/09	Vote 75: On the Motion: Ensign Motion to Commit with Instructions re: H.R. 1105; Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009	Yes	Yes	No
3/3/09	Vote 74: H R 1105: McCain Amdt. No. 592; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	Yes	No
2/26/09	Vote 73: S 160: S. 160 As Amended; District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009	No	No	Yes
2/26/09	Vote 72: S 160: Ensign Amdt. No. 575; To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.	Yes	Yes	No
2/26/09	Vote 71: S 160: DeMint Amdt. No. 573; To prevent the Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine.	Yes	Yes	Yes
2/26/09	Vote 70: S 160: Durbin Amdt. No. 591; To encourage and promote diversity in communication media ownership, and to ensure that the public airwaves are used in the public interest.	No	No	Yes
2/26/09	Vote 69: S 160: Kyl Amdt. No. 585; To provide for the retrocession of the District of Columbia to the State of Maryland, and for other purposes.	Yes	Yes	No
2/25/09	Vote 68: S 160: Coburn Amdt. No. 581; In the nature of a substitute.	No	No	No
2/25/09	Vote 67: S 160: Is The Constitutional Point of Order Well Taken?; District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009	Yes	Yes	No
2/24/09	Vote 66: On the Nomination: Confirmation Hilda L. Solis of California, to be Secretary of Labor	Yes	Yes	Yes
2/24/09	Vote 65: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 160; District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009	No	No	Yes
2/13/09	Vote 64: H R 1: Conference Report; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009	No	No	Yes
2/13/09	Vote 63: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Sec. 201(a)(5)(A) of S.Con.Res. 21, 110th Congress; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009	No	No	Yes
2/11/09	Vote 62: On the Nomination: Confirmation William J. Lynn, III, of Virginia, to the Deputy Secretary of Defense	Yes	Yes	Yes
2/10/09	Vote 61: H R 1: H.R. 1 as Amended; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009	No	No	Yes
2/10/09	Vote 60: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Sec. 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress Re: Amdt. No. 570; In the nature of a substitute.	No	No	Yes
2/9/09	Vote 59: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Collins-Nelson (NE) Amdt. No. 570 to H.R. 1; In the nature of a substitute.	No	No	Yes
2/6/09	Vote 58: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Sec. 201, S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress Thune Amdt. No. 538; To replace all spending and tax provisions with a direct rebate to all Americans filing a tax return.	Yes	Yes	No
2/6/09	Vote 57: H R 1: Bunning Amdt. No. 531; To temporarily increase the limitations on offsetting ordinary income with capital losses and to strike the 5-year carry back of general business credits.	Yes	Yes	No
2/6/09	Vote 56: H R 1: Vitter Amdt. No. 107; Prohibiting direct or indirect use of funds to fund the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).	Yes	Yes	No
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.	Yes	Yes	Yes
2/6/09	Vote 54: H R 1: Grassley Amdt. No. 297; To provide the same temporary increase in the FMAP for all States and to permit States to choose the period through June 2011 for receiving the increase.	Yes	Yes	No
2/6/09	Vote 53: H R 1: Graham Amdt. No. 501 As Modified; To limit wasteful spending, to fund a systematic program of foreclosure prevention, to be administered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and for other purposes.	Yes	Yes	No
2/6/09	Vote 52: H R 1: Coburn Amdt. No. 176; To require the use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements funded under this Act.	Yes	Yes	Yes
2/6/09	Vote 51: H R 1: Coburn Amdt. No. 309; To ensure that taxpayer money is not lost on wasteful and non-simulative projects.	Yes	Yes	Yes
2/5/09	Vote 50: On the Motion: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 176; To require the use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements funded under this Act.	No	No	No
2/5/09	Vote 49: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Thune Amdt. No. 197; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	Yes	No
2/5/09	Vote 48: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Ensign Amdt. No. 353; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	Yes	No
2/5/09	Vote 47: H R 1: DeMint Amdt. No. 189; To allow the free exercise of religion at institutions of higher education that receive funding under section 803 of division A.	Yes	Yes	No
2/5/09	Vote 46: H R 1: Feingold Amdt. No. 140; To provide greater accountability of taxpayers' dollars by curtailing congressional earmarking and requiring disclosure of lobbying by recipients of Federal funds.	Yes	Yes	No
2/5/09	Vote 45: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA McCain Amdt. No. 364 As Modified; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	Yes	No
2/4/09	Vote 44: H R 1: McCain Amdt. No. 279; To prohibit the applicability of Buy American requirements in the Act to the utilization of funds provided by the Act.	Yes	Yes	No
2/4/09	Vote 43: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Section 201, S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress, Bunning Amdt. No. 242; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend for 2009 the 1993 income tax increase on Social Security benefits, and for other purposes.	Yes	Yes	No
2/4/09	Vote 42: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Sec. 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress, Re: Cornyn Amdt. No. 277; To reduce income taxes for all working taxpayers.	Yes	Yes	No
2/4/09	Vote 41: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Inhofe Amdt. No. 262; To appropriate, with an offset, $5,232,000,000 for procurement for the Department of Defense to reconstitute military units to an acceptable readiness rating and to restock prepositioned assets and war reserve material.	Yes	Yes	No
2/4/09	Vote 40: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: McCain Amdt. No. 278; To reimplement Gramm-Rudman-Hollings to require deficit reduction and spending cuts upon 2 consecutive quarters of positive GDP growth.	Yes	Yes	No
2/4/09	Vote 39: H R 1: Thune Amdt. No. 238; To ensure that the $1 trillion spending bill is not used to expand the scope of the Federal Government by adding new spending programs.	Yes	Yes	No
2/4/09	Vote 38: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Sec. 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress, Re: DeMint Amdt. No. 168; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	Yes	No
2/4/09	Vote 37: H R 1: Vitter Amdt. No. 179; To eliminate unnecessary spending.	Yes	Yes	No
2/3/09	Vote 36: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Sec. 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress Re: Boxer Amdt. No. 112; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction for dividends received from controlled foreign corporations for an additional year, and for other purposes.	Yes	Yes	No
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.	Yes	Yes	Yes
2/3/09	Vote 34: H R 1: Coburn Amdt. No. 109; To strike the $246 million tax earmark for Hollywood production companies.	Yes	Yes	No
2/3/09	Vote 33: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Murray Amdt. No. 110 Emergency Designation; To strengthen the infrastructure investments made by the bill.	No	No	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
1/29/09	Vote 31: H R 2: H.R. 2 as Amended; Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009	No	No	Yes
1/29/09	Vote 30: H R 2: Hutchison Amdt. No. 93; To provide assistance for States with percentages of children with no health insurance coverage above the national average.	No	No	No
1/29/09	Vote 29: H R 2: Bingaman Amdt. No. 63 as Modified; To clarify that new paperwork and enrollment barriers are not created in the Express Lane Enrollment option and that income may be determined by Express Lane agencies based on State income tax records or returns.	No	No	Yes
1/29/09	Vote 28: H R 2: Coburn Amdt. No. 86; To ensure that American children have high-quality health coverage that fits their individual needs.	Yes	Yes	No
1/29/09	Vote 27: H R 2: DeMint Amdt. No. 85; To provide an above-the-line Federal income tax deduction for health care costs of certain children in an amount comparable to the average federal share of the benefit provided to any non-citizen child for medical assistance or child health assistance.	No	Yes	No
1/29/09	Vote 26: H R 2: Hatch Amdt. No. 80; To codify regulations specifying that an unborn child is eligible for child health assistance.	Yes	Yes	No
1/29/09	Vote 25: H R 2: Motion to Table Bunning Amdt. No. 74 as Modified; To eliminate any exceptions to the prohibition on States receiving an enhanced Federal matching rate for providing coverage to children whose family income exceeds 300 percent of the poverty line.	No	No	Yes
1/29/09	Vote 24: H R 2: Coburn Amdt. No. 47; To ensure that children do not lose their private insurance and that uninsured children can get access to private insurance.	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
1/28/09	Vote 22: H R 2: Kyl Amdt. No. 46; To reinstate the crowd out policy agreed to in section 116 of H.R. 3963 (CHIPRA II), as agreed to and passed by the House and Senate.	Yes	Yes	No
1/28/09	Vote 21: H R 2: Roberts Amdt. No. 75; To prohibit CHIP coverage for higher income children and to prohibit any payments to a State from its CHIP allotments for any fiscal year quarter in which the State Medicaid income eligibility level for children is greater than the income eligibility level for children under CHIP.	Yes	Yes	No
1/28/09	Vote 20: H R 2: Motion to Table Cornyn Amdt. No. 67; To ensure redistributed funds go towards coverage of low-income children or outreach and enrollment of low-income children, rather than to States that will use the funds to cover children from higher income families.	No	No	Yes
1/28/09	Vote 19: H R 2: Martinez Amdt. No. 65; To restore the prohibition on funding of nongovernmental organizations that promote abortion as a method of birth control (the "Mexico City Policy").	Yes	Yes	No
1/28/09	Vote 18: H R 2: McConnell Amdt. No. 40; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	Yes	No
1/27/09	Vote 17: On the Nomination: Confirmation Daniel K. Tarullo, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System	Yes	Yes	Yes
1/27/09	Vote 16: H R 2: Motion to Table Demint Amdt. No. 43; To require States to impose cost-sharing for any individual enrolled in a State child health plan whose income exceeds 200 percent of the poverty line.	No	No	Yes
1/26/09	Vote 15: On the Nomination: Confirmation Timothy F. Geithner, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury	No	No	Yes

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