Votes Against Party

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
4/17/08	Vote 105: H R 1195: Boxer Amdt. No. 4539, as Modified; To call for a review by the Department of Justice of allegations of violations of Federal criminal law.	Yes	No	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 98: S 2739: Coburn Amdt. No. 4521; To require approval prior to the assumption of control by the Federal Government of State property.	Yes	No	No
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
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 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
2/14/08	Vote 26: S 1200: Coburn Amdt. No. 4036; To prioritize scarce resources to basic medical services for Indians.	Yes	No	No
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
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
10/22/07	Vote 381: H R 3043: Motion to Table Allard Amdt. No. 3369; To reduce the total amount appropriated to any program that is rated ineffective by the Office of Management and Budget through the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART).	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 356: H R 1585: Coburn Amdt. No. 2196; To eliminate wasteful spending and improve the management of counter-drug intelligence.	Yes	No	No
9/12/07	Vote 335: H R 3074: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No.2812 Amdt. No.2813 Amdt. No.2814; To prohibit the use of funds for the construction of a baseball facility in Billings, Montana, and to reduce the amounts made available for the Economic Development Initiative and the Community Development Fund.	Yes	No	Yes
9/11/07	Vote 331: H R 3074: Dorgan Amdt. No. 2797; To prohibit the establishment of a program that allows Mexican truck drivers to operate beyond the commercial zones near the Mexican border.	No	Yes	Yes
9/10/07	Vote 329: H R 3074: Murray Amdt. No. 2792; To expand the extension of authority of the Secretary of Transportation and provide additional obligation authority for the highway bridge program.	Yes	No	Yes
9/7/07	Vote 326: H R 2669: H.R. 2669 Conference Report; College Cost Reduction Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
9/6/07	Vote 324: H R 2764: Coburn Amdt. No. 2704; To provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for "Contribution to the International Development Association" may be made available for the World Bank malaria control or prevention programs.	No	Yes	No
9/6/07	Vote 317: H R 2764: Ensign Amdt. No. 2700; To strike the provision in section 113 that increases the limit on the United States' share for United Nations peacekeeping operations during fiscal year 2008 from 25 percent to 27.1 percent so that the United States does not pay more than its fair share for United States peacekeeping.	No	Yes	No
7/20/07	Vote 272: H R 2669: H.R. 2669 as Amended; College Cost Reduction Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
6/27/07	Vote 230: S 1639: Motion to Table Div. II, Amdt. No.1934 as Modified; Of a perfecting nature.	No	Yes	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
6/20/07	Vote 218: On the Motion: Motion to Waive C.B.A. re: Gregg Amdt. No. 1718; To strike the provision extending the additional duty on ethanol and for other purposes.	No	Yes	No
5/24/07	Vote 180: S 1348: Vitter Amdt. No. 1157; To strike title VI (related to Nonimmigrants in the United States Previously in Unlawful Status).	Yes	No	No
4/25/07	Vote 143: S 761: Coburn Amdt. No. 918; To provide a sunset date.	No	Yes	No
4/18/07	Vote 134: S 378: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 891; To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should offset the cost of new spending.	Yes	No	Yes
3/28/07	Vote 121: H R 1591: Coburn Amdt. No. 648; To remove $100 million in funding for the Republican and Democrat party conventions in 2008.	No	Yes	No
3/28/07	Vote 120: H R 1591: Coburn Amdt. No. 657; To provide farm assistance in a fiscally responsible manner.	Yes	No	No
3/28/07	Vote 119: H R 1591: Burr Amdt. No. 716, As Modified; To reauthorize the secure rural schools and community self-determination program and to provide funding for the payments in lieu of taxes program.	Yes	No	No
3/23/07	Vote 110: S CON RES 21: Biden Amdt. No. 529; To increase funding for the COPS Program to $1.15 billion for FY 2008 to provide state and local law enforcement with critical resources necessary to prevent and respond to violent crime and acts of terrorism and is offset by an unallocated reduction to non-defense discretionary spending and/or reduction to administrative expenses.	Yes	No	Yes
3/22/07	Vote 92: S CON RES 21: Cornyn Amdt. No. 525 as Modified; To provide reconciliation instructions of $33.8 billion to make provider payments more accurate, to improve Medicare Part B income relation provisions, expand those provisions to Medicare Part D and reduce the deficit.	Yes	No	No
3/13/07	Vote 71: S 4: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 325; To ensure the fiscal integrity of grants awarded by the Department of Homeland Security.	Yes	No	Yes
3/9/07	Vote 69: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Reid Amdt. No. 275, As Amended; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	No	Yes
3/6/07	Vote 63: S 4: Leahy Amdt. No. 333; To increase the minimum allocation for States under the State Homeland Security Grant Program.	Yes	No	Yes
2/13/07	Vote 46: On the Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.J.Res. 20; Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007	Yes	No	Yes
1/25/07	Vote 25: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Re: DeMint Amdt. No. 158; To increase the Federal minimum wage by an amount that is based on applicable State minimum wages.	Yes	No	No
11/16/06	Vote 267: S 3709: Ensign Amdt. No. 5181; To ensure that IAEA inspection equipment is not used for espionage purposes.	Yes	No	No
8/3/06	Vote 223: H R 5631: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 4787; To limit the funds available to the Department of Defense for expenses relating to conferences.	Yes	No	No
7/13/06	Vote 201: H R 5441: Sessions Amdt. No. 4660, As Modified; To appropriate an additional $85,670,000 to enable the Secretary of Homeland Security to hire 800 additional full time active duty investigators to investigate immigration laws violations and to offset such increase on a pro rata basis.	Yes	No	No
6/27/06	Vote 189: S J RES 12: S.J.Res.12 as Amended; A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.	No	Yes	No
6/27/06	Vote 188: S J RES 12: Durbin Amdt. No. 4543; To provide a complete substitute.	Yes	No	Yes
5/25/06	Vote 157: S 2611: S. 2611 As Amended; Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006	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
5/24/06	Vote 145: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: S. 2611; Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006	Yes	No	Yes
5/16/06	Vote 122: S 2611: Salazar Amdt. No. 3994; To prohibit implementation of title IV and title VI until the President determines that implementation of such titles will strengthen the national security of the United States.	No	Yes	Yes
4/27/06	Vote 100: H R 4939: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 3641 "Div. II"; To perfect the bill.	Yes	No	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
3/28/06	Vote 78: S 2349: Wyden Amdt. No. 2944; To establish as a standing order of the Senate a requirement that a Senator publicly disclose a notice of intent to object to proceeding to any measure or matter.	No	Yes	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
2/9/06	Vote 13: S 852: Motion to Table Cornyn Amdt. No. 2748; To provide a new system by which to resolve claims for bodily injury caused by asbestos exposure, and for other purposes.	No	Yes	Yes
12/15/05	Vote 355: On the Motion: Kohl Motion to Instruct Conferees on S. 1932; Medicaid Reconciliation Act of 2005	No	Yes	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
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
9/21/05	Vote 239: H R 2744: Bingaman Amdt. No. 1797; To increase funds to implement and administer Team Nutrition programs, with an offset.	Yes	No	Yes
9/20/05	Vote 236: H R 2744: Nelson (NE) Amdt. No. 1732; To prohibit the use of funds for developing a final rule with respect to the importation of beef from Japan.	No	Yes	Yes
9/14/05	Vote 230: On the Motion: Motion To Table Coburn Amdt. No. 1648; To eliminate the funding for the Advanced Technology Program and increase the funding available for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, community oriented policing service, and State and local law enforcement assistance.	No	Yes	Yes
7/28/05	Vote 207: S 397: Kohl Amdt. No. 1626; To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require the provision of a child safety lock in connection with the transfer of a handgun.	Yes	No	Yes
6/23/05	Vote 153: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Domenici Amdt. No. 891;	No	Yes	Yes
5/11/05	Vote 118: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Amdt. No. 605 and H.R. 3; Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2005	No	Yes	Yes
4/19/05	Vote 101: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Mikulski Amdt. No. 387; To revise certain requirements for H-2B employers and require submission of information regarding H-2B nonimmigrants.	No	Yes	Yes
4/13/05	Vote 92: On the Motion: Motion to Table Kerry Amdt. No. 334; To increase the military death gratuity to $100,000, effective with respect to any deaths of members of the Armed Forces on active duty after October 7, 2001.	Yes	No	No
4/6/05	Vote 86: S 600: Motion To Table Schumer Amdt. No. 309; To authorize appropriate action if the negotiations with the People's Republic of China regarding China's undervalued currency are not successful.	Yes	No	No
3/17/05	Vote 72: S CON RES 18: Talent Amdt. No. 225; To provide the flexibility to consider all available transportation funding options.	No	Yes	Yes
10/7/04	Vote 202: S RES 445: Hatch Amdt. No. 4037; To retain jurisdiction over the Secret Service in the Committee on the Judiciary.	No	Yes	Yes
6/2/04	Vote 105: S 2400: Graham (SC) Amdt. No. 3258; To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand certain authorities to provide health care benefits for Reserves and their families, and for other purposes.	No	Yes	Yes
3/30/04	Vote 64: H R 4: Snowe Amdt. No. 2937; To provide additional funding for child care.	No	Yes	Yes
3/11/04	Vote 56: S CON RES 95: Specter Amdt. No. 2741 as modified; Increase discretionary health funding by $2,000,000,000.	No	Yes	Yes
3/4/04	Vote 32: S 1637: Dodd Amdt. No. 2660, as modified and amended; To protect United States workers from competition of foreign workforces for performance of Federal and State contracts.	Yes	No	Yes
2/12/04	Vote 14: S 1072: S. 1072: As Amended; Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2004	No	Yes	Yes
10/28/03	Vote 413: On the Motion: Motion to Suspend Rule XVI re: Lugar Amdt. No. 1974; To authorize appropriations for Foreign Relations and for Foreign Assistance, and to authorize Millennium Challenge Assistance.	No	Yes	No
10/23/03	Vote 409: On the Motion: Motion To Waive RE: Dodd Amdt. No. 1928; To fund the Election Assistance Commission for fiscal year 2004.	Yes	No	Yes
7/11/03	Vote 272: H R 2657: Motion To Table Sessions Amdt. No. 1202; To eliminate the additional amount for programs under the National and Community Service Act of 1990.	No	Yes	Yes
6/26/03	Vote 260: S 1: Hagel Amdt. No. 1026 As Modified; To provide Medicare beneficiaries with a drug discount card that ensures access to affordable prescription drugs.	Yes	No	No
4/3/03	Vote 118: S 762: McCain Amdt. No. 481; To remove unauthorized and earmarked appropriations.	No	Yes	No
3/21/03	Vote 79: S CON RES 23: Bond Amdt. No. 358; To make available funds for certain transportation programs.	No	Yes	Yes
3/20/03	Vote 64: S CON RES 23: Rockefeller Amdt. No. 275; To express the sense of the Senate concerning State fiscal relief.	No	Yes	Yes
1/17/03	Vote 8: H J RES 2: Motion To Table McCain Amdt. No. 44; To strike section 211 of Division B.	Yes	No	Yes
11/19/02	Vote 252: H R 3210: H.R. 3210 Conference Report ; Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002	No	Yes	Yes
7/17/02	Vote 179: S 812: Dorgan Amendment No. 4300; Of a perfecting nature.	Yes	No	Yes
6/18/02	Vote 157: S 2600: S. 2600, as amended; Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002	No	Yes	Yes
6/6/02	Vote 144: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA re: H.R. 4775; 2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States	Yes	No	Yes
6/6/02	Vote 137: H R 4775: Motion to Table McCain Amdt. No. 3635; To strike the amount provided for the National Defense Center of Excellence for Research in Ocean Sciences.	Yes	No	Yes
4/24/02	Vote 84: S 517: Motion to Table Fitzgerald Amdt. No. 3124; To modify the definitions of biomass and renewable energy to exclude municipal solid waste.	No	Yes	No
1/29/02	Vote 10: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA re: Baucus Amdt. No. 2718, as modified; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a special depreciation allowance for certain property acquired after December 31, 2001, and before January 1, 2004, and to increase the Federal medical assistance percentage under the medicaid program for calendar years 2002 and 2003.	No	Yes	Yes
12/5/01	Vote 352: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consideration of S. 1731; Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act of 2001	No	Yes	Yes
12/5/01	Vote 350: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA re: Daschle Amendment No. 2170; To modernize the financing of the railroad retirement system and to provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries.	No	Yes	Yes
12/4/01	Vote 349: H R 10: Gramm Amendment No. 2196; To ensure that returns on investment are earned prior to any reduction in taxes or increase in benefits.	Yes	No	No
9/25/01	Vote 287: S 1438: Motion to Table Warner Amdt. No. 1674; To strike section 821 of the bill, which would revise requirements relating to the purchase of Federal Prison Industries products by the Department of Defense.	No	Yes	Yes
9/10/01	Vote 276: H R 2500: Motion to Table Smith (NH) Amendment No. 1538; To provide protection to American Servicemen who were used in World War II as slave labor.	Yes	No	No
7/19/01	Vote 243: On the Nomination: Confirmation: Roger W. Ferguson, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System	No	Yes	Yes
5/8/01	Vote 94: S 1: Kennedy Amendment No. 375, as modified; To express the sense of the Senate regarding, and to authorize appropriations for, title II, part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, with respect to the development of high-qualified teachers.	Yes	No	Yes
5/8/01	Vote 93: S 1: Craig Amendment No. 372; To tie funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improved student performance.	No	Yes	No
3/29/01	Vote 61: S 420: Specter Amdt. No. 140, as further modified;	No	Yes	Yes
3/26/01	Vote 48: S 27: Wellstone Amendment No. 145; To apply the prohibition on electioneering communications to targeted communications of certain tax-exempt organizations.	Yes	No	Yes

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