Votes Against Party

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
11/17/09	Vote 347: H R 3082: Motion to Table Inhofe Amdt. No 2774; To prohibit the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act to construct or modify a facility in the United States or its territories to permanently or temporarily hold any individual held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.	No	No	Yes
11/5/09	Vote 338: H R 2847: Motion to Table Graham Amdt. No. 2669; To prohibit the use of funds for the prosecution in Article III courts of the United States of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.	No	No	Yes
9/16/09	Vote 280: H R 3288: Vitter Amendment Number 2376; To affirm the continuing existence of the community service requirements under section 12(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937.	No	Yes	Yes
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
9/9/09	Vote 273: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Cass R. Sunstein, to be Administrator of the Office of Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget	No	No	Yes
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
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
4/30/09	Vote 174: S 896: Durbin Amdt. No. 1014; To prevent mortgage foreclosures and preserve home values.	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
4/2/09	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 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 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 135: S CON RES 13: Graham Amdt. No. 910; To protect middle-income taxpayers from a national energy tax.	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
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 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
2/3/09	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 34: H R 1: Coburn Amdt. No. 109; To strike the $246 million tax earmark for Hollywood production companies.	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
6/19/08	Vote 154: On the Motion: Bunning Motion to Refer the House Message on H.R. 3221 to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008	Present	No	No
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 132: On the Motion: Boxer Motion to Instruct Conferees (China - India) 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.	No	No	Yes
5/13/08	Vote 125: H R 3121: H.R. 3121 As Amended; Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
5/8/08	Vote 121: On the Motion: Motion to Waive S. Con. Res. 21, 110th, Sect. 201, re: Dodd Amdt. No. 4707; In the nature of a substitute.	No	Yes	Yes
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
5/7/08	Vote 117: S 2284: Wicker Amdt. No. 4719; To provide for the optional purchase of insurance against loss resulting from physical damage to or loss of real property or personal property related thereto located in the United States arising from any flood or windstorm.	Yes	No	No
4/3/08	Vote 88: H R 3221: Motion to Table Durbin Amdt. No. 4388; To address the treatment of primary mortgages in bankruptcy, and for other purposes.	Yes	Yes	No
3/13/08	Vote 76: S CON RES 70: Landrieu Amdt. No. 4378; To protect family businesses and farmers without increasing our nation's debt by providing for an estate tax that sets the exemption at $5 million and the rate at 35 percent, with the benefits of the exemption recaptured for estates over $100 million, paid for by closing tax loopholes that allow offshore deferral of compensation and transactions entered into solely for the purpose of avoiding taxation.	Yes	No	No
3/13/08	Vote 61: On the Motion: Motion to Waive C.B.A. Cornyn Amdt. No. 4242; To protect the family budget by providing 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
3/13/08	Vote 60: S CON RES 70: Sessions Amdt. No. 4231; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for border security, immigration enforcement, and criminal alien removal programs.	Yes	Yes	No
3/13/08	Vote 58: S CON RES 70: Alexander Amdt. No. 4222; To take $670,000 used by the EEOC in bringing actions against employers that require their employees to speak English, and instead use the money to teach English to adults through the Department of Education's English Literacy/Civics Education State Grant program.	Yes	Yes	No
2/26/08	Vote 33: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2633; A bill to provide for the safe redeployment of United States troops from Iraq.	No	Yes	Yes
2/26/08	Vote 30: S 1200: Vitter Amdt. No. 3896; To modify a section relating to limitation on use of funds appropriated to the Service.	Yes	Yes	No
2/12/08	Vote 20: S 2248: S.2248 as Amended; FISA Amendments Act of 2007	Yes	Yes	No
2/12/08	Vote 19: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture Re. S. 2248; FISA Amendments Act of 2007	Yes	Yes	No
2/12/08	Vote 18: S 2248: Feinstein Amdt. No. 3919; To provide for the review of certifications by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.	No	No	Yes
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
2/12/08	Vote 16: S 2248: Feingold Amdt. No. 3912; To modify the requirements for certifications made prior to the initiation of certain acquisitions.	No	No	Yes
2/12/08	Vote 15: S 2248: Dodd Amdt. No. 3907; To strike the provisions providing immunity from civil liability to electronic communication service providers for certain assistance provided to the Government.	No	No	Yes
2/12/08	Vote 14: S 2248: Feingold Amdt. No. 3979; To provide safeguards for communications involving persons inside the United States.	No	No	Yes
2/7/08	Vote 12: S 2248: Feingold Amdt. No. 3913; To prohibit reverse targeting and protect the rights of Americans who are communicating with people abroad.	No	No	Yes
2/7/08	Vote 11: S 2248: Feingold Amdt. No. 3915 ; To place flexible limits on the use of information obtained using unlawful procedures.	No	No	Yes
1/28/08	Vote 3: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Amdt. No. 3911 to S. 2248; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	Yes	No
1/24/08	Vote 2: S 2248: Motion to Table Committee on the Judiciary Reported Substitute Amendment, as Modified, to S.2248; FISA Amendments Act of 2007	Yes	Yes	No
12/18/07	Vote 439: On the Motion: McConnell Motion to Concur in House Amdt. No. 2 to the Senate Amdt. to H.R. 2764, with an Amdt. No. 3874; Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008	Yes	Yes	No
12/18/07	Vote 437: H R 2764: Feingold Amdt. No. 3875; To provide for the safe redeployment of United States troops from Iraq.	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
12/13/07	Vote 427: H R 2419: Tester Amdt. No. 3666; To modify the provisions relating to unlawful practices under the Packers and Stockyards Act.	No	No	Yes
12/13/07	Vote 426: H R 2419: Klobuchar Amdt. No. 3810; To improve the adjusted gross income limitation and use the savings to provide additional funding for certain programs and reduce the Federal deficit.	No	No	Yes
12/13/07	Vote 424: H R 2419: Dorgan Amdt. No. 3695 as Modified; To strengthen payment limitations and direct the savings to increase funding for certain programs.	No	No	Yes
10/24/07	Vote 394: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2205; A bill to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes.	No	No	Yes
10/24/07	Vote 393: On the Nomination: Confirmation Leslie Southwick, of Mississippi, to be U.S. Circuit Judge	Yes	Yes	No
10/24/07	Vote 392: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Leslie Southwick, of Mississippi, to be U.S. Circuit Judge	Yes	Yes	No
10/23/07	Vote 383: H R 3043: Enzi Amdt. No. 3437; To prohibit the use of funds to modify certain HIV/AIDS funding formulas.	Yes	Yes	No
10/3/07	Vote 362: H R 3222: Feingold Amdt. No. 3164; To safely redeploy United States troops from Iraq.	No	No	Yes
9/27/07	Vote 354: H J RES 43: H.J.Res.43; A joint resolution increasing the statutory limit on the public debt.	No	Yes	Yes
9/21/07	Vote 346: H R 1585: Levin Amdt. No. 2898; To provide for a reduction and transition of United States forces in Iraq.	No	No	Yes
9/20/07	Vote 345: H R 1585: Feingold Amdt. No. 2924; To safely redeploy United States troops from Iraq.	No	No	Yes
9/20/07	Vote 344: H R 1585: Cornyn Amdt. No. 2934; To express the sense of the Senate that General David H. Petraeus, Commanding General, Multi-National Force-Iraq, deserves the full support of the Senate and strongly condemn personal attacks on the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all members of the United States Armed Forces.	Yes	Yes	No
8/3/07	Vote 310: S 2011: S.2011; A bill entitled "The Protect America Act of 2007".	No	No	Yes
8/3/07	Vote 309: S 1927: S.1927 as Amended; A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide additional procedures for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence information and for other purposes.	Yes	Yes	No
7/19/07	Vote 263: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Ensign Amdt. No. 2355; To reduce document fraud, prevent identity theft, and preserve the integrity of the Social Security system, by ensuring that individuals are not able to receive Social Security benefits as a result of unlawful activity.	Yes	Yes	No
6/28/07	Vote 235: On the Cloture Motion: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.	No	No	Yes
6/27/07	Vote 233: S 1639: Motion to Table Div. VI of Amdt. No.1934 as Modified; Of a perfecting nature.	Yes	Yes	No
6/27/07	Vote 232: S 1639: Motion to Table Div. IV, Amdt. No.1934 as Modified; Of a perfecting nature.	Yes	Yes	No
6/27/07	Vote 230: S 1639: Motion to Table Div. II, Amdt. No.1934 as Modified; Of a perfecting nature.	No	Yes	Yes
6/21/07	Vote 225: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R. 6; CLEAN Energy Act of 2007	No	No	Yes
6/21/07	Vote 224: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Reid Amdt. No. 1502; In the nature of a substitute.	No	No	Yes
6/20/07	Vote 220: On the Motion: Motion to Waive C.B.A. re: Inhofe Amdt. No. 1666; To ensure agricultural equity with respect to the renewable fuels standard.	Yes	No	No
6/19/07	Vote 216: H R 6: Cardin Amdt. No. 1610; To provide for the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas terminals.	No	No	Yes
6/14/07	Vote 212: H R 6: Warner Amdt. No. 1566, As Modified; To authorize the State of Virginia to petition for authorization to conduct natural gas exploration and drilling activities in the coastal zone of the State.	Yes	Yes	No
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.	No	No	Yes
6/7/07	Vote 204: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 1348; Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007	No	No	Yes
6/7/07	Vote 203: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Kennedy Amdt. No. 1150, As Amended; In the nature of a substitute.	No	No	Yes
6/7/07	Vote 202: S 1348: Coburn Amdt. No. 1311, As Modified; To require the enforcement of existing border security and immigration laws and Congressional approval before amnesty can be granted.	Yes	Yes	No
6/6/07	Vote 201: S 1348: Dorgan Amdt. No. 1316; To sunset the Y-1 nonimmigrant visa program after a 5-yer period.	No	No	Yes
6/6/07	Vote 200: S 1348: Obama Amdt. No. 1202, As Modified; To provide a date on which the authority of the section relating to the increasing of American competitiveness through a merit-based evaluation system for immigrants shall be terminated.	No	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.	Yes	Yes	No
6/6/07	Vote 198: S 1348: Inhofe Amdt. No. 1151; To amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the national language of the Government of the United States, and for other purposes.	Yes	Yes	No
6/6/07	Vote 197: S 1348: Salazar Amdt. No. 1384; To preserve and enhance the role of the English language.	No	No	Yes
6/6/07	Vote 196: S 1348: Ensign Amdt. No. 1374; To improve the criteria and weights of the merit-based evaluation system.	Yes	Yes	No
6/6/07	Vote 195: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Clinton Amdt. No. 1183, As Further Modified; To reclassify the spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents as immediate relatives.	No	No	Yes
6/6/07	Vote 194: S 1348: Kyl Amdt. No. 1460; To modify the allocation of visas with respect to the backlog of family-based visa petitions.	Yes	Yes	No
6/6/07	Vote 192: S 1348: Sessions Amdt. No. 1234; To save American taxpayers up to $24 billion in the 10 years after passage of this Act, by preventing the earned income tax credit, which is, according to the Congressional Research Service, the largest anti-poverty entitlement program of the Federal Government, from being claimed by Y temporary workers or illegal aliens given status by this Act until they adjust to legal permanent resident status.	Yes	Yes	No
6/6/07	Vote 190: S 1348: Cornyn Amdt. No. 1250; To address documentation of employment and to make an amendment with respect to mandatory disclosure of information.	Yes	Yes	No
6/5/07	Vote 182: S 1348: Allard Amdt. No. 1189; To eliminate the preference given to people who entered the United States illegally over people seeking to enter the country legally in the merit-based evaluation system for visas.	Yes	None	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

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