Votes Against Party

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
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 119: S 2284: Vitter Amdt. No. 4723; To allow for a reasonable 5-year phase-in period for adjusted premiums.	Yes	No	No
5/7/08	Vote 118: S 2284: Vitter Amdt. No. 4722; To increase maximum coverage limits.	Yes	No	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
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
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 214: H R 6: Tester Amdt. No. 1614; To establish a program to provide loans for projects to produce syngas from coal and other feedstocks while simultaneously reducing greenhouse gas emissions and reliance of the United States on petroleum and natural gas.	No	No	Yes
5/9/07	Vote 154: S 1082: Grassley Amdt. No. 1039; To clarify the authority of the Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology with respect to postmarket drug safety pursuant to recommendations by the Institute of Medicine.	No	No	Yes
5/7/07	Vote 151: S 1082: Cochran Amdt. No. 1010; To protect the health and safety of the public.	Yes	Yes	No
3/21/07	Vote 84: S CON RES 21: Cornyn Amdt. No. 477; To provide for a budget point of order against legislation that increases income taxes on taxpayers, including hard-working middle-income families, entrepreneurs, and college students.	Yes	Yes	No
3/15/07	Vote 77: S CON RES 20: S. Con. Res. 20; A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that no funds should be cut off or reduced for American Troops in the field which would result in undermining their safety or their ability to complete their assigned mission.	No	Yes	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.	No	No	Yes
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
3/1/07	Vote 56: S 4: Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 298; To strengthen the security of cargo containers.	Yes	Yes	No
11/16/06	Vote 268: S 3709: Feingold Amdt. No. 5183; To require as a precondition to United States-India peaceful atomic energy cooperation determinations by the President that United States nuclear cooperation with India does nothing to assist, encourage, or induce India to manufacture or acquire nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices.	No	No	Yes
11/16/06	Vote 266: S 3709: Dorgan Amdt. No. 5178 As Modified; To declare that it is the policy of the United States to continue to support implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1172 (1998).	No	No	Yes
11/16/06	Vote 265: S 3709: Bingaman Amdt. No. 5174; To limit the waiver authority of the President.	No	No	Yes
9/29/06	Vote 262: H R 6061: H.R. 6061; Secure Fence Act of 2006	No	Yes	Yes
9/19/06	Vote 250: H R 5684: H.R. 5684; United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act	Yes	Yes	No
9/14/06	Vote 248: H R 4954: Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 4930; To improve maritime container security by ensuring that foreign ports participating in the Container Security Initiative scan all containers shipped to the United States for nuclear and radiological weapons before loading.	Yes	Yes	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
7/26/06	Vote 217: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 3711; A bill to enhance the energy independence and security of the United States by providing for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources in the Gulf of Mexico, and for other purposes.	No	Yes	Yes
7/19/06	Vote 209: S 728: Inhofe Amdt. No. 4682; To modify a section relating to independent reviews.	Yes	Yes	No
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 193: H R 5441: Clinton Amdt No. 4563; To establish the Federal Emergency Management Agency as an independent agency, and for other purposes.	No	No	Yes
5/24/06	Vote 150: S 2611: Dorgan Amdt. No. 4095; To sunset the H-2C visa program after the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.	No	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.	Yes	Yes	No
5/17/06	Vote 126: S 2611: Sessions Amdt. No. 3979; To increase the amount of fencing and improve vehicle barriers installed along the southwest border of the United States.	No	Yes	Yes
4/26/06	Vote 94: H R 4939: Gregg Amdt. No. 3594, as Modified; To provide, with an offset, emergency funding for border security efforts.	Yes	Yes	No
3/29/06	Vote 80: S 2349: Feingold Amdt. No. 2962; To clarify the application of the gift rule to lobbyists.	Yes	Yes	No
3/28/06	Vote 77: S 2349: Collins Amdt. No. 3176; To establish the Senate Office of Public Integrity.	No	No	Yes
3/15/06	Vote 46: S CON RES 83: McConnell Amdt. No. 3061; To provide funding for maritime security, including the Container Security Initiative, improved data for targeted cargo searches, and full background checks and security threat assessments of personnel at our nation's seaports.	No	Yes	Yes
3/2/06	Vote 29: H R 3199: H.R. 3199 Conference Report; USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005	No	Yes	Yes
3/1/06	Vote 28: On the Cloture Motion: Upon Reconsideration - Cloture on The Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 3199; USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005	No	Yes	Yes
3/1/06	Vote 27: H R 3199: Motion to Reconsider the Vote by Which Cloture was Not Invoked on the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 3199 (RCV 358).; USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005	No	Yes	Yes
3/1/06	Vote 26: On the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Proceed to Consider the Motion to Reconsider the Vote by which the Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 3199 was Not Agreed To (RCV 358).; USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005	No	Yes	Yes
3/1/06	Vote 24: S 2271: First Amdt. No. 2895 As Amended; To establish the enactment date of the Act.	No	Yes	Yes
12/19/05	Vote 361: On the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Proceed to Conference Report to Accompany S. 1932; Work, Marriage, and Family Promotion Reconciliation Act of 2005	No	Yes	Yes
11/8/05	Vote 308: S 1042: Snowe Amdt. No. 2436 As Modified; To require the Secretary of Defense, subject to a national security exception, to offer to transfer to local redevelopment authorities for no consideration real property and personal property located at military installations that are closed or realigned as part of the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment, and to clarify that the requirement does not affect certain property interests.	Yes	No	No
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.	No	No	Yes
9/29/05	Vote 245: On the Nomination: Confirmation of John G. Roberts, Jr., of Maryland, to be Chief Justice of the United States	Yes	Yes
9/21/05	Vote 238: H R 2744: Coburn Amdt. No. 1775; To require that any limitation, directive, or earmarking contained in either the House of Representatives or Senate report accompanying this bill be included in the conference report or joint statement accompanying the bill in order to be considered as having been approved by both House of Congress.	No	Yes	Yes
9/15/05	Vote 232: H R 2862: Dorgan Amdt. No. 1665; To prohibit weakening any law that provides safeguards from unfair foreign trade practices.	No	No	Yes
7/29/05	Vote 214: S 397: Craig Amdt. No. 1644; To protect the rights of children who are victimized by crime to secure compensation from those who participate in the arming of criminals.	Yes	Yes	No
7/29/05	Vote 213: H R 6: Conference Report H. R. 6; Energy Policy Act of 2005	No	Yes	Yes
7/29/05	Vote 212: On the Motion: Motion To Waive CBA Re: Conference Report To Accompany H. R. 6; Energy Policy Act of 2005	No	Yes	Yes
7/28/05	Vote 209: H R 3045: H. R. 3045; Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act	Yes	Yes	No
7/19/05	Vote 192: H R 3057: Coburn Amdt. No 1242; To prohibit any funds from being used by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to approve a loan or a loan guarantee related to a nuclear project in China.	No	No	Yes
7/18/05	Vote 190: On the Nomination: Confirmation Lester M. Crawford, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs	No	Yes	Yes
7/12/05	Vote 176: H R 2360: Feinstein Amdt. No. 1215, As Modified; To improve the allocation of grants through the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.	Yes	No	No
6/30/05	Vote 170: S 1307: S. 1307; Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act	Yes	Yes	No
6/29/05	Vote 169: On the Motion to Proceed: Motion To Proceed To Consider S. 1307; Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act	Yes	Yes	No
6/22/05	Vote 147: H R 6: Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 805 As Modified; To express the sense of the Senate regarding management of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to lower the burden of gasoline prices on the economy of the United States and circumvent the efforts of OPEC to reap windfall profits.	Yes	Yes	No
6/21/05	Vote 144: H R 6: Hagel Amdt. No. 817; To provide for the conduct of activities that promote the adoption of technologies that reduce greenhouse gas intensity in the United States and in developing countries and to provide credit-based financial assistance and investment protection for projects that employ advanced climate technologies or systems in the United States.	Yes	Yes	No
5/24/05	Vote 127: On the Cloture Motion: Motion To Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Priscilla Richman Owen, of Texas, to be U.S. Circuit Judge	No	Yes	Yes
5/11/05	Vote 119: H R 3: Motion to Table Corzine Amdt. No. 606; To establish the effect of a section of the United States Code relating to the letting of contracts on individual contributions to political campaigns, and to require the Secretary of Transportation to consider State laws that limit political contributions to be in accordance with competitive procurement requirements.	Yes	Yes	No
4/13/05	Vote 94: H R 1268: Cornyn Amdt. No. 372; To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should not delay enactment of critical appropriations necessary to ensure the well-being of the men and women of the United States Armed Forces fighting in Iraq and elsewhere around the world, by attempting to conduct a debate about immigration reform while the supplemental appropriations bill is pending on the floor of the United States Senate.	Yes	Yes	No
4/13/05	Vote 93: H R 1268: Byrd Amdt. No. 367; To reduce by $36,000,000 the amount appropriated for "Military Construction, Army", with the amount of the reduction to be allocated to funds available under that heading for the Camp 6 Detention Facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.	No	No	Yes
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
10/7/04	Vote 203: S RES 445: Biden Amdt. No. 4021; To provide that the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Relations (if not already a member of the select Committee) shall be ex officio members of the select Committee but shall have no vote in the Committee and shall not be counted for purposes of determining a quorum.	No	No	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
6/23/04	Vote 137: S 2400: McConnell Amdt. No. 3472; To require a report on the stabilization of Iraq.	Yes	Yes	No
5/5/04	Vote 83: S 1637: Motion To Table Dorgan Amdt. No. 3110; To provide for the taxation of income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property, and for other purposes.	Yes	Yes	No
5/5/04	Vote 81: S 1637: Breaux Amdt. No. 3117; To limit the amount of deferred foreign income that can be repatriated at a lower rate.	No	No	Yes
4/29/04	Vote 76: S 150: Motion To Table Feinstein Amdt. No. 3052; To extend the grandfather clauses for the term of the moratorium extension.	Yes	Yes	No
4/29/04	Vote 75: On the Cloture Motion: Motion To Invoke Cloture on the McCain Amdt. No. 3048; To extend the moratorium on taxes on Internet access and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce imposed by the Internet Tax Freedom Act for 4 years, and for other purposes.	Yes	Yes	No
3/11/04	Vote 54: S CON RES 95: Levin Amdt. No. 2817; To lower crude oil prices resulting from the cancellation of planned future deliveries of oil to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and using the funding made available to provide $1.7 billion in funding for homeland security grants for first responders, firefighter assistance, and port security, and to reduce the debt.	No	No	Yes
2/25/04	Vote 16: On the Motion: Motion To Invoke Cloture On The Motion To Proceed To S. 1805 ; Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act	No	Yes	Yes
1/22/04	Vote 3: H R 2673: H. R. 2673 Conference Report; Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004	Yes	Yes	No
1/22/04	Vote 2: On the Cloture Motion: Motion To Invoke Cloture On The Conference Report To Accompany H. R. 2673; Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004	Yes	Yes	No
1/20/04	Vote 1: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2673; Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004	Yes	Yes	No
11/24/03	Vote 457: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 1; Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003	Yes	Yes	No
10/23/03	Vote 406: H R 2989: Motion To Table Feingold Amdt. No. 1904; To provide that Members of Congress shall not receive a cost of living adjustment in pay during fiscal year 2003.	No	Yes	Yes
10/14/03	Vote 379: S 1689: Motion To Table Stabenow AMDT. No. 1823; To provide emergency relief for veterans healthcare, school construction, healthcare and transportation needs in the United States, and to create 95,000 new jobs.	Yes	Yes	No
7/31/03	Vote 319: H R 2738: H. R. 2738; United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act	Yes	Yes	No
7/31/03	Vote 318: H R 2739: H. R. 2739; United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act	Yes	Yes	No
7/31/03	Vote 317: H R 6: H. R. 6 As Amended; Energy Policy Act of 2003	No	Yes	Yes
7/30/03	Vote 314: S 14: Motion To Table Bingaman Amdt. No. 1418; To preserve the Federal Regulatory Commission's authority to protect the public interest prior to July 1, 2005.	Yes	Yes	No
6/25/03	Vote 243: S 1: Edwards Amdt. No. 985 As Modified Further; To strengthen protections for consumers against misleading direct-to-consumer drug advertising.	No	No	Yes
6/24/03	Vote 235: S 1: Motion to Table Pryor Amdt. No. 981; To provide equal access to competitive global prescription medicine prices for American purchasers.	Yes	Yes	No
6/5/03	Vote 207: S 14: Schumer Amdt No. 853; To exclude Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts I, IV, and V from the renewable fuel program.	Yes	No	No
6/4/03	Vote 206: S 14: Bingaman Amdt. No. 851 As Modified; To authorize the Secretary of Energy to waive the ethanol mandate on the East and West Coast in the event of a significant price increase or supply interruption.	Yes	No	No
6/4/03	Vote 205: H R 1588: Dorgan Amdt. No. 849; To repeal the authorities and requirements for a base closure round in 2005.	Yes	No	No
6/3/03	Vote 203: S 14: Feinstein Amdt. No. 843; To allow the ethanol mandate in the renewable fuel program to be suspended temporarily if the mandate would harm the economy or environment.	Yes	No	No
5/15/03	Vote 165: On the Motion: Motion to Waive C.B.A. re: Ensign Amdt. No. 622, As Modified; To encourage the investment of foreign earnings within the United States for productive business investments and job creation.	Yes	Yes	No
3/13/03	Vote 54: On the Nomination: Confirmantion Jay S. Bybee, Of Nevada, To Be U.S. Circuit Judge	No	Yes	Yes
3/12/03	Vote 46: S 3: Motion To Table Durbin Amdt. No. 259 As Modified; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	Yes	No
1/23/03	Vote 28: H J RES 2: H.J.Res. 2; Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003	Yes	Yes	No
1/23/03	Vote 22: H J RES 2: Motion To Table McCain Amdt. No. 214; To require completion of the feasibility study required by Public Law 105-245, and the other requirements of that law relating to construction of an emergency outlet at Devils Lake, North Dakota, before any appropriated funds are spent for the project.	No	Yes	Yes
11/19/02	Vote 248: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R. 5005, as amended; Homeland Security Act of 2002	No	Yes	Yes
11/13/02	Vote 242: H R 5005: Motion to Table Feingold Amdt. No. 4900; To provide that Members of Congress shall not receive a cost of living adjustment in pay during fiscal year 2003.	No	Yes	Yes
10/11/02	Vote 237: H J RES 114: H.J.Res. 114; Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002	No	Yes	Yes
10/10/02	Vote 234: S J RES 45: Byrd Amdt. No. 4868; To provide statutory construction that constitutional authorities remain unaffected and that no additional grant of authority is made to the President not directly related to the existing threat posed by Iraq.	Yes	No	No
10/10/02	Vote 233: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Lieberman Amdt. No. 4856; In the nature of a substitute.	No	Yes	Yes
10/10/02	Vote 232: S J RES 45: Byrd Amdt. No. 4869, As Amended; To provide a termination date for the authorization of the use of the Armed Forces of the United States, together with procedures for the extension of such date unless Congress disapproves the extension.	No	No	Yes
8/1/02	Vote 207: H R 3009: Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 3009; Trade Act of 2002	Yes	Yes	No
8/1/02	Vote 206: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA re: Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 3009; Trade Act of 2002	Yes	Yes	No
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	Yes	Yes	No
7/9/02	Vote 167: On the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Proceed to Consider S.J. Res. 34; Yucca Mountain bill	Yes	Yes	No

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