Votes

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
12/9/06	Vote 277: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Motion to Concur in House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R.6111.; A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the Tax Court may review claims for equitable innocent spouse relief and to suspend the running on the period of limitations while such claims are pending.	Yes	Yes	Yes
12/9/06	Vote 279: On the Motion: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 6111; A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the Tax Court may review claims for equitable innocent spouse relief and to suspend the running on the period of limitations while such claims are pending.	Yes	Yes	Yes
12/9/06	Vote 278: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the House Amdt. to Senate Amdt. to H.R. 6111; A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the Tax Court may review claims for equitable innocent spouse relief and to suspend the running on the period of limitations while such claims are pending.	Yes	Yes	Yes
12/8/06	Vote 276: On the Nomination: Confirmation Kent A. Jordan of Delaware to be U.S. Circuit Judge	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
12/8/06	Vote 275: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Kent A. Jordan of Delaware to be U.S. Circuit Judge	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
12/7/06	Vote 274: On the Nomination: Confirmation Andrew von Eschenbach, of Texas, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs	No	Yes	Yes
12/7/06	Vote 273: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Andrew von Eschenbach, of Texas, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs	Yes	Yes	Yes
12/6/06	Vote 272: On the Nomination: Confirmation: Robert M. Gates, of Texas, to be Secretary of Defense	Yes	Yes	Yes
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
11/16/06	Vote 270: H R 5682: H.R. 5682 As Amended; Henry J. Hyde United States and India Nuclear Cooperation Promotion Act of 2006	Yes	Yes	Yes
11/16/06	Vote 269: S 3709: Boxer Amdt. No. 5187; To make the waiver authority of the President contingent upon a certification that India has agreed to suspend military-to-military cooperation with Iran, including training exercises, until such time as Iran is no longer designated as a state sponsor of terrorism.	No	No	Yes
11/16/06	Vote 268: S 3709: Feingold Amdt. No. 5183; To require as a precondition to United States-India peaceful atomic energy cooperation determinations by the President that United States nuclear cooperation with India does nothing to assist, encourage, or induce India to manufacture or acquire nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices.	No	No	Yes
11/16/06	Vote 267: S 3709: Ensign Amdt. No. 5181; To ensure that IAEA inspection equipment is not used for espionage purposes.	No	No	No
11/16/06	Vote 266: S 3709: Dorgan Amdt. No. 5178 As Modified; To declare that it is the policy of the United States to continue to support implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1172 (1998).	No	No	Yes
11/16/06	Vote 265: S 3709: Bingaman Amdt. No. 5174; To limit the waiver authority of the President.	No	No	Yes
11/14/06	Vote 264: On the Motion: Motion to Instruct Sgt. At Arms; Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/29/06	Vote 263: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in House Amendment to S.403; Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act	Yes	Yes	No
9/29/06	Vote 262: H R 6061: H.R. 6061; Secure Fence Act of 2006	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/29/06	Vote 261: H R 5631: H.R.5631 Conference Report; Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/28/06	Vote 260: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R. 6061; Secure Fence Act of 2006	Yes	Yes	No
9/28/06	Vote 259: S 3930: S. 3930 As Amended; Military Commissions Act of 2006	Yes	Yes	No
9/28/06	Vote 258: S 3930: Kennedy Amdt. No. 5088; To provide for the protection of United States persons in the implementation of treaty obligations.	No	No	Yes
9/28/06	Vote 257: S 3930: Byrd Amdt. 5104; To prohibit the establishment of new military commissions after December 31, 2011.	No	No	Yes
9/28/06	Vote 256: S 3930: Rockefeller Amdt. No. 5095; To provide for congressional oversight of certain Central Intelligence Agency programs.	No	No	Yes
9/28/06	Vote 255: S 3930: Specter Amdt. No. 5087; To strike the provision regarding habeas review.	No	No	Yes
9/27/06	Vote 254: S 3930: Levin Amdt. No. 5086; In the nature of a substitute.	No	No	Yes
9/25/06	Vote 253: On the Nomination: Confirmation Francisco Augusto Besosa, of Puerto Rico, to be U.S. District Judge	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/20/06	Vote 252: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 6061; Secure Fence Act of 2006	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/19/06	Vote 251: On the Nomination: Confirmation Alice S. Fisher, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General	Yes	Yes	No
9/19/06	Vote 250: H R 5684: H.R. 5684; United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act	Yes	Yes	No
9/14/06	Vote 249: H R 4954: H.R.4954 as Amended; Security and Accountability For Every Port Act or the SAFE Port Act	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/14/06	Vote 248: H R 4954: Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 4930; To improve maritime container security by ensuring that foreign ports participating in the Container Security Initiative scan all containers shipped to the United States for nuclear and radiological weapons before loading.	No	Yes	No
9/14/06	Vote 247: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R.4954; Security and Accountability For Every Port Act or the SAFE Port Act	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/13/06	Vote 246: H R 4954: Menendez Amdt. No. 4999; To improve the security of cargo containers destined for the United States.	Yes	No	Yes
9/13/06	Vote 245: H R 4954: Coleman Amdt. No. 4982; To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that all cargo containers are screened before arriving at a United States seaport, that all high-risk containers are scanned before leaving a United States seaport, and that integrated scanning systems are fully deployed to scan all cargo containers entering the United States before they arrive in the United States.	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/13/06	Vote 244: On the Motion: Motion to Table Biden Amdt. No. 4975; To establish a Homeland Security and Neighborhood Safety Trust Fund and refocus Federal priorities toward securing the Homeland, and for other purposes.	Yes	Yes	No
9/13/06	Vote 243: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Reid Amdt. No.4936; To provide real national security, restore United States leadership, and implement tough and smart policies to win the war on terror.	No	No	Yes
9/12/06	Vote 242: H R 4954: Hutchison Amdt. No. 4931; To strengthen national security by adding an additional 275 Customs and Border Protection officers at United States ports.	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/12/06	Vote 241: H R 4954: Lautenberg Amdt. No. 4940; To provide that the limitation on the number of Transportation Security Administration employees shall not apply after the date of enactment of this Act, and for other purposes.	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/12/06	Vote 240: H R 4954: DeMint Amdt. No. 4921 As Amended; To establish a unified national hazard alert system, and for other purposes.	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/7/06	Vote 239: H R 5631: H.R. 5631 As Amended; Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/7/06	Vote 238: H R 5631: Reed Amdt. No. 4911; To make available an additional $65,400,000 for additional appropriations for Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, for the procurement of Predators for Special Operations forces, and to designate the amount as an emergency requirement.	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/7/06	Vote 237: H R 5631: Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 4897; To make available up to an additional $700,000,000 for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities to combat the growth of poppies in Afghanistan, to eliminate the production and trade of opium, and heroin, and to prevent terrorists from using the proceeds for terrorist activities in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere, and to designate the additional amount as emergency spending.	No	Yes	No
9/7/06	Vote 236: H R 5631: Motion to Table Menendez Amdt. No. 4909; To prohibit the use of funds for a public relations program designed to monitor news media in the United States and the Middle East and create a database of news stories to promote positive coverage of the war in Iraq.	Yes	Yes	No
9/7/06	Vote 235: H R 5631: Conrad Amdt. No. 4907; To enhance intelligence community efforts to bring Osama bin Laden and other key leaders of al Qaeda to the justice they deserve.	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/6/06	Vote 234: H R 5631: Motion to Table Mikulski Amdt. No. 4895; To provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into or carry out a contract for the performance by a contractor of any base operation support service at Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital pursuant to a private-public competition conducted under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 that was initiated on June 13, 2000, and has the solicitation number DADA 10-03-R-0001.	No	Yes	No
9/6/06	Vote 233: H R 5631: Motion to Table Kennedy Amdt. No. 4885; To include information on civil war in Iraq in the quarterly reports on progress toward military and political stability in Iraq.	Yes	Yes	No
9/6/06	Vote 232: H R 5631: Feinstein Amdt. No. 4882; To protect civilian lives from unexploded cluster munitions.	No	No	Yes
9/5/06	Vote 231: On the Nomination: Confirmation Kimberly Ann Moore, of Virginia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge	Yes	Yes	Yes
8/3/06	Vote 230: H R 4: H.R.4; A bill to provide economic security for all Americans, and for otherpurposes.	Yes	Yes	Yes
8/3/06	Vote 229: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R.5970; Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006	Yes	Yes	No
8/3/06	Vote 228: H R 5631: Menendez Amdt. No. 4863; To make available from Operation and Maintenance, Navy, up to an additional $3,000,000 to fund improvements to physical security at Navy recruiting stations and to improve data security.	Yes	Yes	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.	Yes	Yes	No
8/3/06	Vote 226: H R 5631: Coburn Amdt. No. 4848; To require notice to Congress and the public on earmarks of funds available to the Department of Defense.	Yes	Yes	Yes
8/3/06	Vote 225: H R 5631: Boxer Amdt. No. 4858; To prohibit the use of funds by the United States Government to enter into an agreement with the Government of Iraq that would subject members of the Armed Forces to the jurisdiction of Iraq criminal courts or punishment under Iraq law.	Yes	Yes	Yes
8/3/06	Vote 224: H R 5631: Coburn Amdt. No. 4785, As Modified; To ensure the fiscal integrity of travel payments made by the Department of Defense.	Yes	Yes	Yes
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.	No	No	No
8/2/06	Vote 222: H R 5631: Motion to Table Durbin Amdt. No. 4781 As Modified; To appropriate, with an offset, an additional $2,000,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army for the improvement of imaging for traumatic brain injuries.	Yes	Yes	No
8/2/06	Vote 221: H R 5631: Dodd Amdt. No. 4819; To make available an additional $6,700,000,000 to fund equipment reset requirements resulting from continuing combat operations, including repair, depot, and procurement activities.	Yes	Yes	Yes
8/2/06	Vote 220: H R 5631: Sessions Amdt. No. 4775 as Amended and Modified; To provide $1,829,100,000 for the Army National Guard for the construction of 370 miles of triple-layered fencing, and 461 miles of vehicle barriers along the southwest border.	Yes	Yes	Yes
8/1/06	Vote 219: S 3711: S. 3711; Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006	Yes	Yes	No
7/31/06	Vote 218: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 3711; Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006	Yes	Yes	No
7/26/06	Vote 217: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 3711; A bill to enhance the energy independence and security of the United States by providing for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources in the Gulf of Mexico, and for other purposes.	Yes	Yes	Yes
7/25/06	Vote 216: S 403: S. 403, As Amended; Child Custody Protection Act	Yes	Yes	No
7/25/06	Vote 215: S 403: Boxer Amdt. No. 4694; To punish parents who have committed incest.	Yes	Yes	Yes
7/25/06	Vote 214: S 403: Lautenberg Amdt. No. 4689; To authorize grants to carry out programs to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies, and for other purposes.	No	No	Yes
7/25/06	Vote 213: On the Nomination: Confirmation Jerome A. Holmes, of Oklahoma, to be US Circuit Judge	Yes	Yes	No
7/20/06	Vote 212: H R 9: H.R.9; Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006	Yes	Yes	Yes
7/19/06	Vote 211: S 728: Inhofe Amt. No. 4683; To modify a section relating to a fiscal transparency and prioritization report.	Yes	Yes	No
7/19/06	Vote 210: S 728: McCain Amdt. No. 4684; To provide for a water resources construction project prioritization report.	No	No	No
7/19/06	Vote 209: S 728: Inhofe Amdt. No. 4682; To modify a section relating to independent reviews.	Yes	Yes	No
7/19/06	Vote 208: S 728: Feingold Amdt. No. 4681; To modify a section relating to independent peer review of water resources projects.	No	No	Yes
7/18/06	Vote 207: S 728: Specter Amdt. No. 4680; To modify a provision relating to Federal hopper dredges.	No	No	Yes
7/18/06	Vote 206: H R 810: H.R.810; Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005	No	No	Yes
7/18/06	Vote 205: S 2754: S.2754; Alternative Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapies Enhancement Act	Yes	Yes	Yes
7/18/06	Vote 204: S 3504: S.3504; Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of 2006	Yes	Yes	Yes
7/13/06	Vote 203: H R 5441: H.R. 5441, As Amended; Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007	Yes	Yes	Yes
7/13/06	Vote 202: H R 5441: Vitter Amdt. No. 4615, As Modified; To prohibit the confiscation of a firearm during an emergency or major disaster if the possession of such firearm is not prohibited under Federal or State law.	Yes	Yes	Yes
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
7/13/06	Vote 199: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA re: Schumer Amdt. No. 4600 "Emergency Designation"; To increase appropriations for disaster relief, and for other purposes.	Yes	No	Yes
7/13/06	Vote 198: H R 5441: Menendez Amdt. No. 4634; To provide that appropriations under this Act may not be used for the purpose of providing certain grants, unless all such grants meet certain conditions for allocation.	No	No	No
7/13/06	Vote 197: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Dodd Amdt. No. 4641; To fund urgent priorities for our Nation's firefighters, law enforcement personnel, emergency medical personnel, and all Americans by reducing the tax breaks for individuals with annual incomes in excess of $1,000,000.	No	No	Yes
7/12/06	Vote 196: On the Motion: Motion to Waive the Emergency Designation Re: Schumer Amdt. No. 4587; To increase the amount appropriated for transit security by $300,000,000.	Yes	No	Yes
7/12/06	Vote 195: On the Motion: Motion to Waive the Emergency Designation Re: Clinton Amdt. No. 4576; To restore funding to States and local governments for terrorism prevention activities in the Homeland Security Grant Program to fiscal year 2005 levels.	Yes	No	Yes
7/12/06	Vote 194: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Biden Amdt. No. 4553; To increase amounts for the rail and transit security programs, and for other purposes.	Yes	No	Yes
7/11/06	Vote 193: H R 5441: Clinton Amdt No. 4563; To establish the Federal Emergency Management Agency as an independent agency, and for other purposes.	No	No	Yes
7/11/06	Vote 192: H R 5441: Collins Amdt. No. 4560; To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the United States Emergency Management Authority.	Yes	Yes	Yes
7/11/06	Vote 191: H R 5441: Vitter Amdt. No. 4548, As Modified; To prohibit the United States Customs and Border Protection from preventing an individual not in the business of importing a prescription drug from importing an FDA-approved prescription drug.	Yes	No	Yes
6/29/06	Vote 190: S 3569: S.3569; A bill to implement the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement.	Yes	Yes	No
6/27/06	Vote 189: S J RES 12: S.J.Res.12 as Amended; A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.	Yes	Yes	No
6/27/06	Vote 188: S J RES 12: Durbin Amdt. No. 4543; To provide a complete substitute.	No	No	Yes
6/22/06	Vote 186: S 2766: S. 2766 As Amended; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007	Yes	Yes	Yes
6/22/06	Vote 187: On the Nomination: Confirmation: Andrew J. Guilford, of California, to be U.S. District Judge	Yes	Yes	Yes
6/22/06	Vote 184: S 2766: Chambliss Amdt. No. 4261; To authorize multiyear procurement of F-22A fighter aircraft and F-119 engines.	Yes	Yes	Yes
6/22/06	Vote 185: S 2766: Sessions Amdt. No. 4471 As Modified; To provide, with an offset, additional funding for missile defense testing and operations.	Yes	Yes	Yes
6/22/06	Vote 183: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 2766; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007	Yes	Yes	Yes
6/22/06	Vote 182: S 2766: Levin Amdt. No. 4320; To state the sense of Congress on United States policy on Iraq.	No	No	Yes
6/22/06	Vote 181: S 2766: Kerry Amdt. No. 4442; To require the redeployment of United States Armed Forces from Iraq in order to further a political solution in Iraq, encourage the people of Iraq to provide for their own security, and achieve victory in the war on terror.	No	No	No
6/21/06	Vote 180: S 2766: Enzi Amdt. No. 4376; To promote job creation and small business preservation in the adjustment of the Federal minimum wage.	Yes	Yes	No

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