Votes Against Party

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
3/13/08	Vote 49: S CON RES 70: Salazar Amdt. No. 4196 as Modified; To reform the estate tax to avoid subjecting thousands of families, family businesses, and family farms and ranches to the estate tax.	No	No	Yes
2/26/08	Vote 31: S 1200: Smith Amdt. No. 3897; To modify a provision relating to development of innovative approaches.	No	Yes	Yes
1/22/08	Vote 1: H R 4986: H.R.4986; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008	No	Yes	Yes
12/14/07	Vote 433: H R 1585: H.R. 1585 Conference Report; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008	No	Yes	Yes
12/13/07	Vote 431: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Harkin Amdt. No. 3500 to H.R. 2419; In the nature of a substitute.	No	Yes	Yes
12/4/07	Vote 413: H R 3688: H.R. 3688; United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act	No	Yes	Yes
9/27/07	Vote 357: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Levin Amdt. No.2011 (Subst.) to H.R.1585; In the nature of a substitute.	No	Yes	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
9/26/07	Vote 349: H R 1585: Kyl Amdt. No. 3017 as Modified; To express the sense of the Senate regarding Iran.	No	Yes	Yes
7/19/07	Vote 259: H R 2669: McConnell Amdt. No. 2351; To express the sense of the Senate on the detainees of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.	No	Yes	Yes
7/12/07	Vote 245: H R 1585: Sessions Amdt. No. 2024, as Modified; To state the policy of the United States on the protection of the United States and its allies against Iranian ballistic missiles.	No	Yes	Yes
6/28/07	Vote 235: On the Cloture Motion: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.	No	No	Yes
6/26/07	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.	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 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
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
5/24/07	Vote 181: On the Motion: This $120 billion dollar package was passed in the Senate by an 80-14 vote on May 24. The bill primarily focuses on funding for the Iraq war but also addresses other unrelated topics. A previous war funding bill was vetoed by the president because it included troop withdrawal deadlines, which were largely supported by anti-war Democrats. Ten Democrats opposed this new bill with no withdrawal deadlines, while 37 supported its passage. Congress had to act to replace war funding that would have ended May 28. According to the Washington Post, this bill includes 18 “benchmarks that the Iraqi government must meet to continue receiving reconstruction aid.” One hundred billion dollars in funding is slated to support continuing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill says that the President and Congress must not take any action that will endanger the troops and that they provide any funds necessary for training, equipment and other types of support to ensure their safety and the effectiveness of their missions. The president is required to give a first report on the Iraqis' progress in meeting the benchmarks to Congress on July 15. Seventeen billion dollars in the package is for domestic spending. Out of this funding, $6.4 billion is for Gulf Coast hurricane relief efforts, $3 billion in emergency aid for farmers, $1 billion to upgrade port and mass transit security, $3 billion towards converting closing U.S. military bases to other uses, and $650 million to increase funding for children’s health care. A Congressional Research Service summary states that the “other domestic beneficiaries include state HIV grant programs, mine safety research, youth violence prevention activities, and pandemic flu protection.” Sens. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Hilary Clinton (N.Y.) were among the 14 who opposed the bill.	No	Yes	Yes
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
5/16/07	Vote 169: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Cochran Amdt. No. 1135; To express the sense of the Senate that Congress must send to the President acceptable legislation to continue funds for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom by not later than May 28, 2007.	No	Yes	Yes
5/15/07	Vote 165: H R 1495: Feingold Amdt. No. 1086; To establish a Water Resources Commission to prioritize water resources projects in the United States.	Yes	No	No
5/9/07	Vote 157: S 1082: S.1082 as Amended; Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
5/7/07	Vote 152: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Committee Substitute as Modified and Amended to S.1082; Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007	No	Yes	Yes
4/25/07	Vote 144: S 761: Coburn Amdt. No. 921; To discontinue the Advanced Technology Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.	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 62: S 4: Motion to Table Obama Amdt. No. 338; To require consideration of high-risk qualifying criteria in allocating funds under the State Homeland Security Grant Program.	Yes	Yes	No
12/8/06	Vote 541: H R 5682: Henry J. Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Promotion Act	No	Yes	Yes
12/8/06	Vote 533: H R 6111: Tax Relief and Health Care Act	No	Yes	Yes
9/26/06	Vote 476: H R 5092: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) Modernization and Reform Act	Yes	Yes	No
9/14/06	Vote 449: H RES 1003: Providing for the Adoption of the Resolution (H. Res. 1000) Providing for Earmarking Reform in the House of Representatives	Yes	Yes	No
7/26/06	Vote 411: H R 5682: United States and India Nuclear Cooperation Promotion Act	No	Yes	Yes
6/28/06	Vote 339: H R 5672	Yes	No	No
6/22/06	Vote 314: H R 5638: Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act	No	No	Yes
6/13/06	Vote 261: H RES 865: Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 5576) Making Appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2007, and for Other Purposes	No	Yes	Yes
6/8/06	Vote 241: H R 5252: Communications, Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006	No	Yes	Yes
6/7/06	Vote 230: S 193: Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act	No	Yes	Yes
6/6/06	Vote 224: H R 5441	Yes	Yes	No
5/23/06	Vote 184: H R 5384	Yes	No	No
5/18/06	Vote 172: H R 5386: Making Appropriations for the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2007, and for Other Purposes	Yes	Yes	No
5/10/06	Vote 133: H RES 806: Providing for the Consideration of H.R. 5122, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007	No	Yes	Yes
3/14/06	Vote 39: H CON RES 354: Expressing the Continued Support of Congress for Requiring An Institution of Higher Education to Provide Military Recruiters With Access to the Institution’S Campus and Students at Least Equal in Quality and Scope to That Which is Provided to Any Other Employer in Order to Be Eligible for the Receipt of Federal Funds.	No	Yes	Yes
12/19/05	Vote 669: H R 2863: Making Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2006, and for Other Purposes	No	Yes	Yes
12/16/05	Vote 658: H R 4437	Yes	No	No
12/16/05	Vote 653: H R 4437	Yes	Yes	No
12/7/05	Vote 616: H R 4340: United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act	No	Yes	Yes
11/9/05	Vote 583: H R 1751	Yes	No	No
10/26/05	Vote 547: H R 1461: Federal Housing Finance Reform Act	No	Yes	Yes
10/20/05	Vote 534: S 397: Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act	Yes	Yes	No
10/19/05	Vote 529: H R 554	Yes	No	No
10/18/05	Vote 524: H RES 494: Providing for the Consideration on H.R. 554, Personal Responsibilty in Food Consumption Act	Yes	Yes	No
10/6/05	Vote 512: H R 2360: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations, Fy 2006	No	Yes	Yes
9/29/05	Vote 507: H J RES 68: Making Continuing Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2006, and for Other Purposes	No	Yes	Yes
9/22/05	Vote 488: H R 2123	Yes	No	No
9/21/05	Vote 484: H R 250: Manufacturing Technology Competitiveness Act	No	No	Yes
9/14/05	Vote 468: H R 3132	Yes	No	No
7/28/05	Vote 451: H R 2985: Making Appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2006, and for Other Purposes	No	Yes	Yes
7/22/05	Vote 416: H R 3070: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act	No	Yes	Yes
7/20/05	Vote 399: H R 2601: Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007	No	Yes	Yes
7/20/05	Vote 395: H R 2601	No	Yes	Yes
7/14/05	Vote 376: H R 2864	Yes	No	No
7/14/05	Vote 374: H R 3100: East Asia Security Act of 2005	Yes	Yes	No
6/28/05	Vote 330: H R 3057	No	Yes	Yes
6/28/05	Vote 327: H RES 342: Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 3058) Transportation, Treasury, Hud, Judiciary, Dc Appropriations, Fy 2006	No	Yes	Yes
6/24/05	Vote 312: H R 3010	No	Yes	Yes
6/22/05	Vote 303: H R 2985: Making Appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2006, and for Other Purposes	No	Yes	Yes
6/20/05	Vote 284: H R 2863	Yes	No	No
6/16/05	Vote 265: H R 2862	No	No	Yes
6/9/05	Vote 239: H J RES 27: Withdrawing Approval of the United States From the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization	Yes	No	No
5/25/05	Vote 218: H R 1815	No	Yes	Yes
5/24/05	Vote 208: H R 2419	No	No	Yes
5/19/05	Vote 199: H R 2361: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006	No	Yes	Yes
5/5/05	Vote 161: H R 1268: Making Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2005, and for Other Purposes	No	Yes	Yes
5/4/05	Vote 157: H R 1185: Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act	No	Yes	Yes
4/20/05	Vote 120: H R 6	No	Yes	Yes
4/13/05	Vote 101: H R 8	No	No	Yes
3/16/05	Vote 77: H R 1268: Making Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2005, and for Other Purposes	No	Yes	Yes
3/9/05	Vote 58: H R 3	Yes	Yes	No
2/16/05	Vote 35: H R 310: Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act	No	Yes	Yes
2/2/05	Vote 16: H CON RES 36: Expressing the Continued Support of Congress for Equal Access of Military Recruiters to Institutions of Higher Education	No	Yes	Yes
10/8/04	Vote 515: H R 10	No	Yes	Yes
10/8/04	Vote 514: H R 10	No	Yes	Yes
9/14/04	Vote 451: H RES 770: Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 5025) Making Appropriations for the Departments of Transportation and Treasury, and Independent Agencies for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2005, and for Other Purposes.	No	Yes	Yes
9/9/04	Vote 439: H R 5006	Yes	Yes	No
7/22/04	Vote 413: H R 4842: United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act	No	Yes	Yes
7/22/04	Vote 407: H RES 738: Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 4842) to Implement the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement	No	Yes	Yes
7/20/04	Vote 397: H R 3574: Stock Option Accounting Reform Act	No	Yes	Yes
7/15/04	Vote 382: H R 4818	Yes	No	No
7/15/04	Vote 378: H RES 713: Deploring the Misuse of the International Court of Justice by a Plurality of the United Nations General Assembly for a Narrow Political Purpose, the Willingness of the International Court of Justice to Acquiesce in An Effort Likely to Undermine Its Reputation and Interfere With a Resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli..	No	Yes	Yes
7/14/04	Vote 375: H R 4759: United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act	No	Yes	Yes
7/14/04	Vote 373: H R 4418: Customs Border Security and Trade Agencies Authorization Act	No	Yes	Yes
7/14/04	Vote 371: H RES 712: Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 4759) to Implement the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement	No	Yes	Yes
7/9/04	Vote 353: On Motion to Adjourn	Yes	No	No
7/9/04	Vote 349: On Motion to Adjourn	Yes	No	No
6/23/04	Vote 291: H R 4548	No	Yes	Yes
6/18/04	Vote 266: H R 4567	No	No	Yes
6/17/04	Vote 264: H R 4568: Making Appropriations for the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2005, and for Other Purposes	No	Yes	Yes
6/17/04	Vote 263: H R 4568	No	No	Yes
6/2/04	Vote 216: H RES 656	No	Yes	Yes
5/20/04	Vote 204: H R 4200	Yes	Yes	No

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