Votes Against Party

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
11/5/09	Vote 339: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Sec. 302(F) of CBA Ensign Amdt. No. 2648 as modified.; To provide additional funds for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program by reducing corporate welfare programs.	Yes	Yes	No
11/5/09	Vote 336: H R 2847: Coburn Amdt. No 2631.; To redirect funding of the National Science Foundation toward practical scientific research	Yes	Yes	No
9/24/09	Vote 295: H R 2996: Motion to Table Vitter Amdt. No. 2549; To ensure that the Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change (commonly known as the "White House Climate Change Czar") is not directing actions of departments and agencies funded by this Act.	No	No	Yes
9/23/09	Vote 293: H R 2996: Motion to Table Vitter Motion to Recommit H.R. 2996 to the Committee on Appropriations; Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010	No	No	Yes
9/16/09	Vote 279: H R 3288: Wicker Amdt. No. 2366 As Modified; To permit Amtrak passengers to safely transport firearms and ammunition in their checked baggage.	Yes	Yes	No
9/10/09	Vote 274: On the Nomination: Confirmation of Cass R. Sunstein, of MA, to be Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget	No	No	Yes
8/6/09	Vote 270: H R 3435: H.R. 3435; A bill making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Program.	No	No	Yes
8/6/09	Vote 269: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Sec. 403(e)(1), S. Con. Res. 13 of 111th Congress re: H.R. 3435; A bill making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Program.	No	No	Yes
8/6/09	Vote 268: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Section 201, S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress re: Isakson Amdt. No. 2306; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an income tax credit for certain home purchases, and to transfer to the Treasury unobligated funds made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in the amount of the reduction in revenue resulting from such credit.	Yes	Yes	No
8/6/09	Vote 267: H R 3435: Vitter Amdt. No. 2303; To provide for a date certain for termination of the Troubled Asset Relief Program.	Yes	Yes	No
8/6/09	Vote 266: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA re: Coburn Amdt. No. 2304; To provide assistance to charities and families in need.	Yes	Yes	No
8/6/09	Vote 265: On the Motion: Motion To Waive CBA re: Gregg Amdt. No. 2302; To protect the generations of tomorrow from paying for new cars today.	Yes	Yes	No
8/6/09	Vote 264: H R 3435: Kyl Amdt. No. 2301 As Modified; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	Yes	No
8/3/09	Vote 256: H R 2997: McCain Amdt. No. 1910; To strike a setaside for certain grants authorized under the Rural Electrification Act.	Yes	Yes	No
7/30/09	Vote 252: H R 3357: Sessions Amdt. No. 2223; To restore sums to the Highway Trust Fund.	Yes	Yes	No
7/30/09	Vote 251: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Bond Amdt. No. 1904; To repeal a certain provision of the SAFETEA-LU.	Yes	Yes	No
7/30/09	Vote 250: H R 3357: Ensign Amdt. No. 1905 as Modified; To offset the appropriation of funds to replenish the Unemployment Trust Fund with unobligated nonveterans funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.	Yes	Yes	No
7/30/09	Vote 249: H R 3357: Vitter Amdt. No. 1907 as Modified; To temporarily protect the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund.	Yes	Yes	No
7/29/09	Vote 245: H R 3183: Coburn Amdt. No. 1879; To reduce the appropriation for Departmental Administration of the Department of Energy so that the Department can set an example for all Americans by reducing unnecessary energy usage.	Yes	Yes	No
7/22/09	Vote 239: S 1390: Brownback Amdt. No. 1597; To express the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of State should redesignate North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism.	Yes	Yes	No
7/22/09	Vote 237: S 1390: Thune Amdt. No. 1618; To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to allow citizens who have concealed carry permits from the State in which they reside to carry concealed firearms in another State that grants concealed carry permits, if the individual complies with the laws of the State.	Yes	Yes	No
7/9/09	Vote 228: H R 2892: Sanders Amdt. No. 1430; To increase funding for firefighter assistance grants and recruitment and retention grants.	No	No	Yes
7/8/09	Vote 220: H R 2892: DeMint Amdt. No. 1399; To require the completion of at least 700 miles of reinforced fencing along the southwest border by December 31, 2010.	Yes	Yes	No
7/8/09	Vote 219: On the Motion: Motion to Table Sessions Amdt. No. 1371; To make the pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation for aliens permanent and to improve verification of immigration status of employees.	No	No	Yes
6/18/09	Vote 209: On the Motion: Motion to Waive All Applicable Points of Order Under Rule 44 on Conference Report on H.R. 2346; Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009	No	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.	Yes	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.	No	No	Yes
5/6/09	Vote 183: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Sect. 202, S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress, Coburn Amdt. No. 1042; To establish a pilot program for the expedited disposal of Federal real property.	Yes	Yes	No
5/5/09	Vote 179: S 896: Thune Amdt. No. 1030; To require the Secretary of the Treasury to use any amounts repaid by a financial institution that is a recipient of assistance under the Troubled Assets Relief Program to reduce the authorization level under the TARP.	Yes	Yes	No
5/4/09	Vote 176: S 896: Vitter Amdt. No. 1016; To authorize and remove impediments to the repayment of funds received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program.	Yes	Yes	No
4/30/09	Vote 174: S 896: Durbin Amdt. No. 1014; To prevent mortgage foreclosures and preserve home values.	No	No	Yes
4/29/09	Vote 173: S CON RES 13: Conference Report to Accompany S. Con. Res. 13; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.	No	No	Yes
4/23/09	Vote 169: On the Motion: Vitter Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res. 13; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.	Yes	Yes	No
4/23/09	Vote 165: On the Motion: Gregg Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res. 13; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.	Yes	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 154: S CON RES 13: S. Con. Res. 13 as Amended; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.	No	No	Yes
4/2/09	Vote 152: S CON RES 13: Coburn Amdt. No. 828; To protect the freedom of conscience for patients and the right of health care providers to serve patients without violating their moral and religious convictions.	Yes	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 151: S CON RES 13: DeMint Amdt. No. 964; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect small and home businesses from the burdensome and impractical requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008.	Yes	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 150: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA re: Sessions Amdt. No. 969; To provide for a point of order against any appropriations bill that fails fully fund the construction of the Southwest border fence.	Yes	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 148: S CON RES 13: DeMint Amdt. No. 965; To prevent taxpayer-funded bailouts for auto manufacturers.	Yes	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 146: S CON RES 13: Lincoln Amdt. No. 873; To create a deficit-neutral reserve fund for estate tax relief.	Yes	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 145: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA re: Wicker Amdt. No. 798; To ensure that law abiding Amtrak passengers are allowed to securely transport firearms in their checked baggage.	Yes	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 144: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA re: Cornyn Amdt. No. 934; To increase transparency by requiring five days of public review of legislation before passage by the Senate.	Yes	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 143: S CON RES 13: Bennett Amdt. No. 954, As Modified; To save the American taxpayer over $150,000,000,000 by adjusting spending levels beyond fiscal year 2010 to compensate for spending from the stimulus bill in the corresponding fiscal years.	Yes	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 142: S CON RES 13: Bond Amdt. No. 926; To protect workers from significant job loss by providing a point of order against climate change or similar legislation that raises Federal revenues to such an extent that it causes significant job loss in manufacturing- or coal-dependent U.S. regions such as the Midwest, Great Plains or South.	Yes	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 140: S CON RES 13: Sanders Amdt. No. 811; To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund to establish a national usury law, and for other purposes.	No	No	Yes
4/2/09	Vote 139: S CON RES 13: Grassley Amdt. No. 950; To ensure that millions of middle-income families do not face an alternative minimum tax increase in 2013 and 2014 and that the budget resolution reflects that result.	Yes	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 136: S CON RES 13: Landrieu Amdt. No. 931; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for outer Continental Shelf oil and natural gas leasing revenues.	Yes	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 135: S CON RES 13: Graham Amdt. No. 910; To protect middle-income taxpayers from a national energy tax.	Yes	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 134: S CON RES 13: Vitter Amdt. No. 787; To end $272 billion in spending on bailouts under TARP and reduce record deficits and levels of debt.	Yes	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 133: S CON RES 13: Reed Amdt. No. 949; To provide for the expenditure of the remaining Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for the benefit of consumers.	No	No	Yes
4/2/09	Vote 132: S CON RES 13: Johanns Motion to Recommit to the Committee on the Budget; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.	Yes	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 131: S CON RES 13: Sanders Amdt. No. 875; To require information from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System about the use of emergency economic assistance.	No	Yes	Yes
4/1/09	Vote 127: S CON RES 13: Kyl Amdt. No. 793; To protect all patients by prohibiting the use of data obtained from comparative effectiveness research to deny coverage of items or services under Federal health care programs and to ensure that comparative effectiveness research accounts for advancements in genomics and personalized medicine, the unique needs of health disparity populations, and differences in the treatment response and the treatment preferences of patients.	Yes	Yes	No
4/1/09	Vote 126: S CON RES 13: Johanns Amdt. No. 735; To prohibit the use of reconciliation in the Senate for climate change legislation involving a cap and trade system.	Yes	Yes	No
4/1/09	Vote 125: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA re: Whitehouse Amdt. No. 869; Relative to a deficit-neutral reserve fund to invest in clean energy and preserve the environment.	No	No	Yes
4/1/09	Vote 124: S CON RES 13: Crapo Amdt. No. 844; To protect the fiscal discipline on discretionary spending exercised by the reported budget resolution by extending the resolution's discretionary spending limits to exactly the same level as already assumed in the resolution to make sure that debt is not increased further than contemplated by this budget resolution as a result of subsequent budget resolution or appropriation bills.	Yes	Yes	No
4/1/09	Vote 123: S CON RES 13: Gregg Amdt. No. 835; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to address our Nations long term fiscal problems.	Yes	Yes	No
4/1/09	Vote 119: S CON RES 13: Alexander Amdt. No. 747; To create runaway debt point of order against consideration of a budget resolution that projects the ratio of public debt to GDP for any fiscal year in excess of 90% to ensure the continued viability of US dollar and prevent doubling or tripling the debt burden on future generations.	Yes	Yes	No
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
3/25/09	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
3/18/09	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
3/10/09	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 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
3/9/09	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
3/5/09	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 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
3/3/09	Vote 76: On the Motion: Hutchison Motion to Commit with Instructions re: H.R. 1105; Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009	Yes	Yes	No
2/26/09	Vote 72: S 160: Ensign Amdt. No. 575; To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.	Yes	Yes	No
2/6/09	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 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
2/5/09	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
2/4/09	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 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
2/3/09	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
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.	Yes	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
1/28/09	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
1/22/09	Vote 8: S 181: Motion to Table Specter Amdt. No. 26; To provide a rule of construction.	No	No	Yes
1/15/09	Vote 5: S J RES 5: S.J.Res. 5; A joint resolution relating to the disapproval of obligations under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.	Yes	Yes	No
7/16/08	Vote 181: S 2731: DeMint Amdt. No. 5077; To reduce to $35,000,000,000 the amount authorized to be appropriated to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in developing countries during the next 5 years.	Yes	Yes	No
7/9/08	Vote 168: H R 6304: H.R. 6304; Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978	Yes	Yes	No
7/9/08	Vote 167: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R. 6304; Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978	Yes	Yes	No
7/9/08	Vote 166: H R 6304: Bingaman Amdt. No. 5066; To stay pending cases against certain telecommunications companies and provide that such companies may not seek retroactive immunity until 90 days after the date the final report of the Inspectors General on the President's Surveillance Program is submitted to Congress.	No	No	Yes
7/9/08	Vote 165: H R 6304: Specter Amdt. No. 5059; To limit retroactive immunity for providing assistance to the United States to instances in which a Federal court determines the assistance was provided in connection with an intelligence activity that was constitutional.	No	No	Yes
7/9/08	Vote 164: H R 6304: Dodd Amdt. No. 5064; To strike title II.	No	No	Yes
5/22/08	Vote 139: On the Motion: Motion to Concur to the House Amendment No. 1 to the Senate Amdt. with Amdt. No. 4818; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	Yes	No
5/15/08	Vote 134: On the Motion: Vitter Motion to Instruct Conferees (OCS) re: S. Con. Res. 70; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.	Yes	Yes	No

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