Votes Against Party

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
9/30/09	Vote 303: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA McCain Amdt. No. 2558; To strike amounts available for procurement of C-17 aircraft in excess of the amount requested by the President in the budget for fiscal year 2010 and to make such amounts available instead for operation and maintenance in accordance with amounts requested by the President in that budget and for Operation and Maintenance, Army, for overseas contingent operations.	Yes	No	No
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
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
7/8/09	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
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
4/30/09	Vote 174: S 896: Durbin Amdt. No. 1014; To prevent mortgage foreclosures and preserve home values.	No	No	Yes
4/28/09	Vote 172: On the Nomination: Confirmation Kathleen Sebelius, of Kansas, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services	Yes	No	Yes
4/21/09	Vote 159: On the Nomination: Confirmation of Christopher R. Hill, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq	Yes	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.	No	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.	No	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 149: On the Motion: Motion To Waive CBA DeMint Amdt. No. 967; To implement President Obama's earmark reforms.	No	Yes	No
4/2/09	Vote 141: S CON RES 13: Stabenow Amdt. No. 879; To modify the authorization for climate change legislation.	Yes	No	Yes
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.	No	Yes	No
3/19/09	Vote 105: H R 146: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 683; To prohibit funding for congressional earmarks for wasteful and parochial pork projects.	Yes	No	Yes
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.	Yes	No	Yes
3/16/09	Vote 99: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 146; Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act	Yes	No	Yes
3/12/09	Vote 98: On the Nomination: Confirmation Thomas John Perrelli, Of Virginia, To be Associate Attorney General	Yes	No	Yes
3/12/09	Vote 97: On the Nomination: Confirmation David W. Ogden, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney General	Yes	No	Yes
3/10/09	Vote 96: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R. 1105; Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009	Yes	No	Yes
3/10/09	Vote 94: H R 1105: Ensign Amdt. No. 615; To strike the restrictions on the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program.	No	Yes	No
3/10/09	Vote 91: H R 1105: Cornyn Amdt. No. 674; To prohibit the use of funds to implement an Executive Order relating to employee notice of rights under Federal labor laws.	No	Yes	No
3/10/09	Vote 90: H R 1105: Cornyn Amdt. No. 673; To prevent collection of excessive contingency legal fees by lawyers hired to protect the public interest.	No	Yes	No
3/9/09	Vote 86: H R 1105: McCain Amdt. No. 593; To prohibit the use of funds provided in the bill.	No	Yes	No
3/5/09	Vote 84: On the Motion: Motion to Waive the CBA re: Thune Amdt. No. 635 as Modified; To provide funding for the Emergency Fund for Indian Safety and Health, with an offset.	No	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.	No	Yes	No
3/4/09	Vote 80: H R 1105: Coburn Amdt. No. 623 as Modified; To prohibit taxpayer dollars from being earmarked to 14 clients of a lobbying firm under Federal investigation for making campaign donations in exchange for political favors for the group's clients.	No	Yes	No
3/4/09	Vote 79: H R 1105: Coburn Amdt. No. 610; To prohibit funding for congressional earmarks for wasteful and parochial pork projects.	No	Yes	No
3/3/09	Vote 76: On the Motion: Hutchison Motion to Commit with Instructions re: H.R. 1105; Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009	No	Yes	No
3/3/09	Vote 75: On the Motion: Ensign Motion to Commit with Instructions re: H.R. 1105; Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009	No	Yes	No
3/3/09	Vote 74: H R 1105: McCain Amdt. No. 592; In the nature of a substitute.	No	Yes	No
2/26/09	Vote 73: S 160: S. 160 As Amended; District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009	Yes	No	Yes
2/26/09	Vote 69: S 160: Kyl Amdt. No. 585; To provide for the retrocession of the District of Columbia to the State of Maryland, and for other purposes.	No	Yes	No
2/25/09	Vote 67: S 160: Is The Constitutional Point of Order Well Taken?; District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009	No	Yes	No
2/24/09	Vote 65: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 160; District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009	Yes	No	Yes
2/13/09	Vote 64: H R 1: Conference Report; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009	Yes	No	Yes
2/13/09	Vote 63: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Sec. 201(a)(5)(A) of S.Con.Res. 21, 110th Congress; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009	Yes	No	Yes
2/10/09	Vote 61: H R 1: H.R. 1 as Amended; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009	Yes	No	Yes
2/10/09	Vote 60: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Sec. 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress Re: Amdt. No. 570; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	No	Yes
2/9/09	Vote 59: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Collins-Nelson (NE) Amdt. No. 570 to H.R. 1; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	No	Yes
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.	No	Yes	No
2/5/09	Vote 46: H R 1: Feingold Amdt. No. 140; To provide greater accountability of taxpayers' dollars by curtailing congressional earmarking and requiring disclosure of lobbying by recipients of Federal funds.	No	Yes	No
2/4/09	Vote 44: H R 1: McCain Amdt. No. 279; To prohibit the applicability of Buy American requirements in the Act to the utilization of funds provided by the Act.	No	Yes	No
2/4/09	Vote 41: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Inhofe Amdt. No. 262; To appropriate, with an offset, $5,232,000,000 for procurement for the Department of Defense to reconstitute military units to an acceptable readiness rating and to restock prepositioned assets and war reserve material.	No	Yes	No
2/4/09	Vote 39: H R 1: Thune Amdt. No. 238; To ensure that the $1 trillion spending bill is not used to expand the scope of the Federal Government by adding new spending programs.	No	Yes	No
2/4/09	Vote 38: On the Motion: Motion to Waive Sec. 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress, Re: DeMint Amdt. No. 168; In the nature of a substitute.	No	Yes	No
2/4/09	Vote 37: H R 1: Vitter Amdt. No. 179; To eliminate unnecessary spending.	No	Yes	No
2/3/09	Vote 33: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Murray Amdt. No. 110 Emergency Designation; To strengthen the infrastructure investments made by the bill.	Yes	No	Yes
2/2/09	Vote 32: On the Nomination: Confirmation Eric H. Holder, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Attorney General	Yes	No	Yes
1/29/09	Vote 31: H R 2: H.R. 2 as Amended; Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009	Yes	No	Yes
1/29/09	Vote 29: H R 2: Bingaman Amdt. No. 63 as Modified; To clarify that new paperwork and enrollment barriers are not created in the Express Lane Enrollment option and that income may be determined by Express Lane agencies based on State income tax records or returns.	Yes	No	Yes
1/29/09	Vote 28: H R 2: Coburn Amdt. No. 86; To ensure that American children have high-quality health coverage that fits their individual needs.	No	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.	No	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.	No	Yes	No
1/29/09	Vote 24: H R 2: Coburn Amdt. No. 47; To ensure that children do not lose their private insurance and that uninsured children can get access to private insurance.	No	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.	No	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.	Yes	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").	No	Yes	No
1/28/09	Vote 18: H R 2: McConnell Amdt. No. 40; In the nature of a substitute.	No	Yes	No
1/27/09	Vote 16: H R 2: Motion to Table Demint Amdt. No. 43; To require States to impose cost-sharing for any individual enrolled in a State child health plan whose income exceeds 200 percent of the poverty line.	Yes	No	Yes
1/22/09	Vote 14: S 181: S. 181; Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009	Yes	No	Yes
1/22/09	Vote 13: S 181: Motion to Table Vitter Amdt. No. 34; To preserve open competition and Federal Government neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects.	Yes	No	Yes
1/22/09	Vote 12: S 181: Motion to Table Isakson Amdt. No. 37; To limit the application of the Act to claims resulting from discriminatory compensation decisions that are adopted on or after the date of enactment of the Act.	Yes	No	Yes
1/22/09	Vote 11: S 181: Motion to Table DeMint Amdt. No. 31; To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.	Yes	No	Yes
1/15/09	Vote 4: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S.181; Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009	Yes	No	Yes
1/15/09	Vote 3: S 22: S.22 as Amended.; Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009	Yes	No	Yes
12/11/08	Vote 215: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 7005.; Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008	Yes	No	Yes
9/26/08	Vote 206: On the Motion to Proceed: Motion to Proceed to Consider S.3604; A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for economic recovery for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.	Yes	No	Yes
9/16/08	Vote 200: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 3001; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009	Yes	No	Yes
7/30/08	Vote 191: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2035; Free Flow of Information Act of 2007	Yes	No	Yes
7/28/08	Vote 188: On the Motion: Motion to Instruct Sgt. At Arms; Advancing America's Priorities Act	No	Yes	Yes
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.	No	Yes	No
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
7/16/08	Vote 178: S 2731: Cornyn Amdt. No. 5083; To establish a bipartisan commission for the purpose of improving oversight and eliminating wasteful government spending under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.	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
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.	Yes	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.	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 135: On the Motion: Gregg Motion to Instruct Conferees (Discretionary Spending) 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
5/15/08	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
5/15/08	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.	Yes	No	Yes
5/14/08	Vote 127: H R 980: Motion to Table Graham Amdt. No. 4763; To improve educational assistance for members of the Armed Forces and veterans in order to enhance recruitment and retention for the Armed Forces.	Yes	No	Yes
5/13/08	Vote 126: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 980; Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007	Yes	No	Yes
4/24/08	Vote 111: S 1315: Burr Amdt. No. 4572; To increase benefits for disabled U.S. veterans and provide a fair benefit to World War II Filipino veterans for their service to the United States.	No	Yes	No
4/23/08	Vote 110: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 2831; Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007	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 99: S 2739: Coburn Amdt. No. 4520; To ensure that all individuals who reside, or own property that is located, in a proposed National Heritage Area are informed of the designation of the National Heritage Area.	No	Yes	No
4/8/08	Vote 93: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Dodd Amdt. No. 4387; In the nature of a substitute.	No	Yes	Yes
4/3/08	Vote 89: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Murray Amdt. No. 4397; To increase funding for housing counseling resources.	Yes	No	Yes
3/14/08	Vote 81: S CON RES 70: Allard Amdt. No. 4233; To require that legislation to reauthorize SCHIP include provisions codifying the unborn child regulation.	No	Yes	No
3/14/08	Vote 80: S CON RES 70: Boxer Amdt. No. 4379; To facilitate coverage of pregnant women in SCHIP.	Yes	No	Yes
3/13/08	Vote 79: S CON RES 70: DeMint Amdt. No. 4380; To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for transferring funding for Berkeley, CA earmarks to the Marine Corps.	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 71: S CON RES 70: Ensign Amdt. No. 4335; To increase funding for the Department of Justice for the vigorous enforcement of a prohibition against taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions consistent with the Child Custody Protection Act, which passed the Senate by a bipartisan vote of 65-34, with an offset.	No	Yes	No
3/13/08	Vote 69: S CON RES 70: Motion to Table Vitter Amdt. No. 4309; To create a reserve fund to ensure that Federal assistance does not go to sanctuary cities that ignore the immigration laws of the United States and create safe havens for illegal aliens and potential terrorists.	Yes	No	Yes
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
3/13/08	Vote 63: S CON RES 70: Ensign Amdt. No. 4240; To require wealthy Medicare beneficiaries to pay a greater share of their Medicare Part D premiums.	No	Yes	No
3/13/08	Vote 54: S CON RES 70: Dorgan Amdt. No. 4198; To increase the Indian Health Service by $1 billion in FY 2009.	Yes	No	Yes

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