Votes Against Party

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
7/16/08	Vote 180: S 2731: Kyl Amdt. No. 5082; To limit the period during which appropriations may be made to carry out this Act and to create a point of order in the Senate against any appropriation to carry out this Act that exceeds the amount authorized for fiscal year 2013.	No	Yes	No
7/15/08	Vote 177: H R 6331: Shall H.R. 6331 Pass, the objections of the President of the United States to the contrary notwithstanding?; Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008	Yes	No	Yes
7/15/08	Vote 175: S 2731: Motion to Table DeMint Amdt. No. 5068; To limit the countries to which Federal financial assistance may be targeted under this Act.	Yes	No	Yes
7/9/08	Vote 169: On the Cloture Motion: Upon Reconsideration, Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 6331; Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008	Yes	No	Yes
6/26/08	Vote 160: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 6331; Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008	Yes	No	Yes
6/12/08	Vote 149: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 3101; Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008	Yes	No	Yes
5/15/08	Vote 133: On the Motion: DeMint 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	Yes	No
5/8/08	Vote 122: S 2284: Durbin Amdt. No. 4715 as Modified; To provide that no changes in flood insurance status for any areas located in the St. Louis District of the Corps of Engineers can go into effect until the remapping process is completed for that entire District.	No	Yes	Yes
5/6/08	Vote 115: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Rockefeller Amdt. No. 4627 (Subst.) to H.R. 2881; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	No	Yes
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 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 97: S 2739: Coburn Amdt. No. 4522; To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to determine on an annual basis the quantity of land that is owned by the Federal Government and the cost to taxpayers of the ownership of the land.	No	Yes	No
3/13/08	Vote 73: On the Motion: Motion to Waive C.B.A. Cornyn Amdt. No. 4313; To protect the family budget from runaway Government spending by increasing the number of Senators necessary to waive the PAYGO Point of Order from 60 to 100.	No	Yes	No
3/13/08	Vote 66: S CON RES 70: Allard Amdt. No. 4232; To pay down the Federal debt and eliminate government waste by reducing spending 5 percent on programs rated (as mandated under the Government Performance and Results Act (Public Law 103-62)) ineffective by the Office of Management and Budget Program Assessment Rating Tool.	No	Yes	No
2/14/08	Vote 25: S 1200: Coburn Amdt. No. 4034; To allow tribal members to make their own health care choices.	No	Yes	No
12/12/07	Vote 423: H R 2419: Sessions Amdt. No. 3596 As Modified; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a pilot program under which agricultural producers may establish and contribute to tax-exempt farm savings accounts in lieu of obtaining federally subsidized crop insurance or noninsured crop assistance, to provide for contributions to such accounts by the Secretary of Agriculture, to specify the situations in which amounts may be paid to producers from such accounts, and to limit the total amount of such distributions to a producer during a taxable year, and for other purposes.	No	Yes	No
12/12/07	Vote 419: H R 2419: Gregg Amdt. No. 3672; To strike a provision relating to market loss assistance for asparagus producers.	No	Yes	No
12/12/07	Vote 418: H R 2419: Gregg Amdt. No. 3671; To strike the section requiring the establishment of a Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network.	No	Yes	No
11/1/07	Vote 403: H R 3963: H.R.3963; Support for Injured Servicemembers Act	Yes	No	Yes
11/1/07	Vote 402: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R.3963; Support for Injured Servicemembers Act	Yes	No	Yes
10/31/07	Vote 401: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R.3963; Support for Injured Servicemembers Act	Yes	No	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
10/25/07	Vote 396: S 294: Sununu Amdt. No. 3456 as Modified; To remove the limitation on the number of Amtrak routes available for competitive bid.	No	Yes	No
10/23/07	Vote 385: H R 3043: Motion To Table DeMint Amdt. 3387; To replace non-competitive earmarks for the AFL-CIO with competitive grants.	Yes	No	Yes
10/18/07	Vote 378: H R 3043: Reid Amdt. No.3395; To clarify the application of current law.	Yes	No	Yes
10/18/07	Vote 376: H R 3043: Brown Amdt. No.3348; To provide funding for the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program.	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
10/2/07	Vote 360: H R 3222: Motion to Table Boxer Amdt. No. 3126 as Modified; To prohibit waivers for enlistment in the Armed Forces of individuals with certain felony offenses.	No	Yes	No
9/27/07	Vote 353: On the Motion: Motion to Concur in the Amendments of the House to the Amendments of the Senate to H.R.976; Support for Injured Servicemembers Act	Yes	No	Yes
9/27/07	Vote 352: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur with House Amendments to the Senate Amendments to H.R.976; Support for Injured Servicemembers Act	Yes	No	Yes
9/11/07	Vote 332: H R 3074: Cornyn Amdt. No. 2842; To ensure that every motor carrier entering the United States through the cross-border motor carrier demonstration program is inspected and meets all applicable safety standards established for United States commercial motor vehicles.	No	Yes	No
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
9/6/07	Vote 314: H R 2642: Salazar Amdt. No. 2662; To prohibit the use of funds to expand the boundaries or size of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado.	Yes	No	Yes
9/5/07	Vote 312: H R 2642: Motion to Table DeMint Amdt No. 2686; To strike section 225, relating to a prohibition on the disposal of Department of Veterans Affairs lands and improvements at West Los Angeles Medical Center, California.	Yes	No	Yes
8/2/07	Vote 307: H R 976: H.R.976 As Amended; Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007	Yes	No	Yes
8/2/07	Vote 306: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA on Baucus Amdt. No. 2530; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	No	Yes
8/2/07	Vote 305: H R 976: DeMint Amdt. No. 2577; To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce.	No	Yes	No
8/2/07	Vote 301: H R 976: Vitter Amdt. No. 2596 as Modified; To require individuals who are eligible for SCHIP and employer-sponsored coverage to use the employer-sponsored coverage instead of SCHIP.	No	Yes	No
8/2/07	Vote 300: H R 976: Coburn Amdt. No.2627; To ensure that children and pregnant women whose family income exceeds 200 percent of the poverty line and who have access to employer-sponsored coverage receive premium assistance.	No	Yes	No
8/2/07	Vote 299: H R 976: Kyl Amdt. No. 2537; To minimize the erosion of private health coverage.	No	Yes	No
8/2/07	Vote 297: H R 976: Ensign Amdt. No. 2540; To prohibit a State from using SCHIP funds to provide coverage for nonpregnant adults until the State first demonstrates that it has adequately covered targeted low-income children who reside in the State.	No	Yes	No
8/2/07	Vote 296: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Graham Amdt. No 2558 As Modified; To sunset the increase in the tax on tobacco products on September 30, 2012.	No	Yes	No
8/1/07	Vote 291: H R 976: Lott Amdt No. 2593 as Modified; To provide a perfecting amendment.	No	Yes	No
8/1/07	Vote 289: H R 976: Dole Amdt No. 2554; To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for a 60-vote point of order against legislation that includes a Federal excise tax rate increase which disproportionately affects taxpayers with earned income of less than 200 percent of the Federal poverty level.	No	Yes	No
8/1/07	Vote 287: H R 976: Ensign Amdt. No. 2538; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a Disease Prevention and Treatment Research Trust Fund.	No	Yes	No
7/26/07	Vote 283: H R 1: DeMint Motion to Recommit H.R. 1 to Conference, with Instructions; Improving America's Security Act of 2007	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
6/21/07	Vote 223: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Baucus Amdt. No. 1704; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for energy advancement and investment, and for other purposes.	Yes	No	Yes
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.	No	Yes	No
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
6/19/07	Vote 215: H R 6: Kohl Amdt. No. 1519; To amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal.	No	Yes	Yes
6/7/07	Vote 205: On the Motion: Motion to Instruct Sgt. at Arms; Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
6/5/07	Vote 185: S 1348: Feingold Amdt. No. 1176; To establish commissions to review the facts and circumstances surrounding injustices suffered by European Americans, European Latin Americans, and Jewish refugees during World War II.	Yes	No	Yes
6/5/07	Vote 183: S 1348: Durbin Amdt. No. 1231; To ensure that employers make efforts to recruit American workers.	No	Yes	Yes
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
5/21/07	Vote 173: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S.1348; Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
4/25/07	Vote 143: S 761: Coburn Amdt. No. 918; To provide a sunset date.	No	Yes	No
3/28/07	Vote 118: H R 1591: Wyden Amdt. No. 709; To reauthorize the secure rural schools and community self-determination program and to provide funding for the payments in lieu of taxes program.	No	Yes	Yes
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
3/23/07	Vote 99: S CON RES 21: DeMint Amdt. No. 513; To provide for true deficit reduction in appropriation bills.	No	Yes	No
3/22/07	Vote 96: S CON RES 21: Thomas Amdt. No. 498; To strike the reserve funds.	No	Yes	No
3/22/07	Vote 90: S CON RES 21: Allard Amdt. No. 491; To pay down the Federal debt and eliminate government waste by reducing spending on programs rated ineffective by the Program Assessment Rating Tool.	No	Yes	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
3/7/07	Vote 66: S 4: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 345; To authorize funding for the Emergency Communications and Interoperability Grants program, to require the Secretary to examine the possibility of allowing commercial entities to develop public safety communications networks, and for other purposes.	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
2/14/07	Vote 48: H J RES 20: H.J.Res. 20; Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007	No	Yes	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
1/24/07	Vote 24: H R 2: Allard Amdt. No. 116; To afford States the rights and flexibility to determine minimum wage.	No	Yes	No
1/12/07	Vote 9: S 1: Vitter Amdt. No. 10; To increase the penalty for failure to comply with lobbying disclosure requirements.	No	Yes	Yes
1/11/07	Vote 6: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA DeMint Amdt. No. 13; To prevent government shutdowns.	No	Yes	No
12/5/06	Vote 271: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA "Emergency Designation" Re: Conrad Amdt. No. 5205; To provide emergency agricultural disaster assistance.	Yes	No	Yes
8/3/06	Vote 227: H R 5631: Sessions Amdt. No. 4844; To make available from Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy, up to $77,000,000 for the Conventional Trident Modification Program.	No	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
7/13/06	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
7/13/06	Vote 200: H R 5441: Sessions Amdt. No. 4659, As Modified; To appropriate an additional $1,829,400,000 to construct double-layered fencing and vehicle barriers along the southwest border and to offset such increase by reducing all other discretionary amounts on a prorata basis.	Yes	No	No
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.	Yes	No	Yes
5/24/06	Vote 144: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 2611; Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006	No	Yes	Yes
5/16/06	Vote 123: S 2611: Motion to Table Dorgan Amdt. No. 4017; To prohibit aliens who are currently outside the United States from participating in the H-2C guestworker visa program.	No	Yes	Yes
5/3/06	Vote 108: H R 4939: McCain Amdt. No. 3616; To strike a provision that provides $74.5 million to states based on their production of certain types of crops, livestock and or diary products, which was not included in the Administration's emergency supplemental request.	No	Yes	No
5/3/06	Vote 107: H R 4939: Kennedy Amdt. No. 3688, As Modified; To provide funding to compensate individuals harmed by pandemic influenza vaccine.	Yes	No	Yes
5/2/06	Vote 105: H R 4939: Coburn Amdt. No. 3641 "Div IV"; To perfect the bill.	No	Yes	No
5/2/06	Vote 104: H R 4939: McCain Amdt. No. 3617; To strike a provision providing $6 million to sugarcane growers in Hawaii, which was not included in the Administration's emergency supplemental request.	No	Yes	No
4/7/06	Vote 90: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 2454; Securing America's Borders Act	No	Yes	No
3/16/06	Vote 65: S CON RES 83: Inhofe Amdt No. 3093; No Statement of Purpose on File.	No	Yes	No
3/7/06	Vote 33: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 2320; A bill to make available funds included in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program for fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes.	No	Yes	Yes
2/2/06	Vote 9: H R 4297: Menendez Amdt. No. 2705; To express the sense of the Senate that protecting middle-class families from the alternative minimum tax should be a higher priority for Congress in 2006 than extending a tax cut that does not expire until the end of 2008.	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
12/14/05	Vote 351: On the Motion: Carper Motion to Instruct Conferees on S. 1932; Personal Responsibility and Family Protection Act of 2005	Yes	No	Yes
11/18/05	Vote 350: On the Motion: Durbin Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: H.R. 3010; Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006	Yes	No	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
11/17/05	Vote 335: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Lott Amdt. No. 2633; To clarify treatment of outside income and expenses in the Senate.	No	Yes	No
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
11/3/05	Vote 286: On the Motion: Motion To Waive CBA Re: Inhofe Amdt. No. 2355; To cap non-defense, non-trust-fund, discretionary spending at the previous fiscal year's level, beginning with fiscal year 2007.	No	Yes	No
11/3/05	Vote 284: On the Motion: Motion To Waive CBA Re: Ensign Amdt. No. 2404; To provide assistance for elementary and secondary schools and students, and institutions of higher education, affected by Hurricane Katrina.	No	Yes	No
10/20/05	Vote 263: H R 3058: Stevens Amdt. No. 2181; To ensure reconstruction of the Twin Spans Bridge.	No	Yes	No
10/5/05	Vote 249: H R 2863: McCain Amdt. No. 1977; Relating to persons under the detention, custody, or control of the United States Government.	No	Yes	Yes
9/20/05	Vote 237: H R 2744: Ensign Amdt. No. 1753, As Modified; To prohibit the use of appropriated funds to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to inspect horses under certain authority or guidelines.	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
7/21/05	Vote 200: S 1042: Lugar Amdt. No. 1380; To improve authorities to address urgent nonproliferation crises and United States nonproliferation operations.	No	Yes	Yes
7/14/05	Vote 187: H R 2360: Frist Amdt. No. 1223; To protect classified information and to protect our servicemen and women.	No	Yes	No

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