Votes Against Party

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
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
5/8/08	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
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 100: S 2739: Coburn Amdt. 4519; To require the transfer of certain funds to be used by the Director of the National Park Service to dispose of assets described in the candidate asset disposition list of the National Park Service.	Yes	No	No
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
3/14/08	Vote 83: S CON RES 70: Biden Amdt. No. 4245; To restore full funding for the international affairs budget, in support of the reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, nuclear nonproliferation, foreign assistance, fighting global AIDS, promoting sustainable development, and other efforts, with an offset.	No	Yes	Yes
3/13/08	Vote 75: On the Motion: Motion to Waive C.B.A. DeMint Amdt No. 4347; To establish an earmark moratorium for fiscal year 2009.	Yes	No	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 54: S CON RES 70: Dorgan Amdt. No. 4198; To increase the Indian Health Service by $1 billion in FY 2009.	Yes	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
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
12/13/07	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.	Yes	No	Yes
12/13/07	Vote 425: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment with an Amendment to H.R. 6; Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection, and Energy Efficiency Act of 2007	Yes	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.	Yes	No	Yes
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
12/7/07	Vote 416: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the House Amdts. to the Senate Amdts. to H.R. 6; Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection, and Energy Efficiency Act of 2007	Yes	No	Yes
11/16/07	Vote 412: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Harkin Amdt. No. 3500 (Subst.) to H.R.2419; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	No	Yes
10/30/07	Vote 400: S 294: S.294 as Amended; Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007	No	Yes	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
10/23/07	Vote 391: H R 3043: H.R. 3043 as Amended; Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008	No	Yes	Yes
10/18/07	Vote 378: H R 3043: Reid Amdt. No.3395; To clarify the application of current law.	Yes	No	Yes
10/16/07	Vote 372: H R 3093: H.R. 3093, As Amended; Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008	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
9/27/07	Vote 356: H R 1585: Coburn Amdt. No. 2196; To eliminate wasteful spending and improve the management of counter-drug intelligence.	Yes	No	No
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 348: H R 1585: Biden Amdt. No. 2997 as Modified; To express the sense of Congress on federalism in Iraq.	No	Yes	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
9/6/07	Vote 313: H R 2642: Coleman Amdt. No. 2687; To provide funding for security associated with the national party conventions.	No	Yes	Yes
6/21/07	Vote 226: H R 6: H.R. 6, As Amended; CLEAN Energy Act of 2007	Yes	No	Yes
6/21/07	Vote 225: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R. 6; CLEAN Energy Act of 2007	Yes	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.	Yes	No	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 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
6/12/07	Vote 209: H R 6: Bayh Amdt. No. 1508; To provide for the publication and implementation of an action plan to reduce the quantity of oil used annually in the United States.	Yes	No	Yes
6/6/07	Vote 201: S 1348: Dorgan Amdt. No. 1316; To sunset the Y-1 nonimmigrant visa program after a 5-yer period.	Yes	No	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
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
5/24/07	Vote 178: S 1348: Dorgan Amdt. No. 1181; To sunset the Y-1 nonimmigrant visa program after a 5-year period.	Yes	No	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
5/9/07	Vote 155: S 1082: Grassley Amdt. No. 998; To provide for the application of stronger civil penalties for violations of approved risk evaluation and mitigation strategies.	Yes	No	Yes
5/7/07	Vote 151: S 1082: Cochran Amdt. No. 1010; To protect the health and safety of the public.	No	Yes	No
5/3/07	Vote 150: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Dorgan Amdt. No. 990; To provide for the importation of prescription drugs.	Yes	No	Yes
5/2/07	Vote 148: S 1082: Allard Amdt. No. 982; To strike provisions related to market exclusivity.	No	Yes	No
4/25/07	Vote 142: S 761: DeMint Amdt. No. 930; To prohibit congressional earmarks of funds appropriated pursuant to authorizations in the bill.	Yes	No	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 106: S CON RES 21: Thomas Amendment No. 515; To prevent the adding of extraneous earmarks to an emergency war supplemental.	No	Yes	No
3/22/07	Vote 97: S CON RES 21: Conrad Amdt. No. 598; To create a deficit-neutral reserve fund for extending certain energy tax incentives.	Yes	No	Yes
3/22/07	Vote 96: S CON RES 21: Thomas Amdt. No. 498; To strike the reserve funds.	No	Yes	No
3/9/07	Vote 69: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Reid Amdt. No. 275, As Amended; In the nature of a substitute.	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
2/13/07	Vote 46: On the Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.J.Res. 20; Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007	Yes	No	Yes
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
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
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.	No	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
7/11/06	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
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
5/3/06	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
4/26/06	Vote 99: H R 4939: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt No. 3641 "Div. I"; To perfect the bill.	No	Yes	No
3/29/06	Vote 81: S 2349: Ensign Amdt. No. 2980; To include Federal entities in the definition of earmarks.	No	Yes	Yes
3/28/06	Vote 78: S 2349: Wyden Amdt. No. 2944; To establish as a standing order of the Senate a requirement that a Senator publicly disclose a notice of intent to object to proceeding to any measure or matter.	No	Yes	Yes
3/7/06	Vote 34: S 2320: Snowe Amdt. No. 2913; To improve the distribution of funds to States under there Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.	Yes	No	Yes
3/2/06	Vote 30: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: 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.	Yes	No	Yes
2/14/06	Vote 21: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: S. 852; Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2005	No	Yes	No
2/9/06	Vote 13: S 852: Motion to Table Cornyn Amdt. No. 2748; To provide a new system by which to resolve claims for bodily injury caused by asbestos exposure, 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 357: On the Motion: Reed Motion to Instruct Conferees on S. 1932; Medicaid Reconciliation Act of 2005	Yes	No	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
11/17/05	Vote 339: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Reed Amdt. No. 2626; To impose a temporary windfall profits tax on crude oil and to use the proceeds of the tax collected to fund programs under the Low-Income Energy Assistance Act of 1981 through a trust fund.	Yes	No	Yes
11/17/05	Vote 334: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Cantwell Amdt. No. 2612; To improve the Federal Trade Commission's ability to protect consumers from price-gouging during energy emergencies, and for other purposes.	Yes	No	Yes
11/15/05	Vote 323: S 1042: Warner Amdt. No. 2518; To clarify and recommend changes to the policy of the United States on Iraq and to require reports on certain matters relating to Iraq.	No	Yes	Yes
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 290: On the Motion: Motion To Waive CBA Re: Grassley Amdt. No. 2359; To clarify certain payment limitations applicable to certain payments under title I of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 and section 1101 of the Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 2005 and to partially restore funding to programs reduced by section 1101, 1201, and 1202 of the Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 2005.	Yes	No	Yes
11/3/05	Vote 282: H R 2744: H.R. 2744 Conference Report; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006	No	Yes	Yes
10/20/05	Vote 263: H R 3058: Stevens Amdt. No. 2181; To ensure reconstruction of the Twin Spans Bridge.	No	Yes	No
10/6/05	Vote 253: H R 2863: Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 2005; To curtail waste under the Department of Defense web-based travel system.	No	Yes	Yes
10/5/05	Vote 251: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA Stabenow Amdt. No. 1937; To ensure that future funding for health care for former members of the Armed Forces takes into account changes in population and inflation.	Yes	No	Yes
10/5/05	Vote 248: On the Motion: Motion to Waive C.B.A. re: Bayh Amdt. No. 1933; To increase by $360,800,000 amounts appropriated by title IX for Other Procurement, Army, for the procurement of armored Tactical Wheeled Vehicles for units deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and to increase by $5,000,000 amounts appropriated by title IX for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, for industrial preparedness for the implementation of a ballistics engineering research center.	Yes	No	Yes
10/5/05	Vote 247: Whether the Amendment is Germane: Is the Amendment No. 1955, as modified, germane to H.R.2863?; To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.	Yes	No	Yes
9/22/05	Vote 240: H R 2744: Dayton Amdt. No. 1844, As Modified; To condition the use of funds for carrying out a provision relating to prevented planting payments, with an offset.	Yes	No	Yes
9/21/05	Vote 239: H R 2744: Bingaman Amdt. No. 1797; To increase funds to implement and administer Team Nutrition programs, with an offset.	Yes	No	Yes
9/21/05	Vote 238: H R 2744: Coburn Amdt. No. 1775; To require that any limitation, directive, or earmarking contained in either the House of Representatives or Senate report accompanying this bill be included in the conference report or joint statement accompanying the bill in order to be considered as having been approved by both House of Congress.	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
9/14/05	Vote 230: On the Motion: Motion To Table Coburn Amdt. No. 1648; To eliminate the funding for the Advanced Technology Program and increase the funding available for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, community oriented policing service, and State and local law enforcement assistance.	No	Yes	Yes
7/28/05	Vote 209: H R 3045: H. R. 3045; Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act	No	Yes	No
7/26/05	Vote 205: On the Cloture Motion: Motion To Invoke Cloture On S. 1042; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006	No	Yes	No
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
7/14/05	Vote 185: H R 2360: Gregg Amdt. No. 1220, As Modified Further; To allocate funds for certain terrorism prevention activities, including rail and transit security.	No	Yes	No
6/30/05	Vote 170: S 1307: S. 1307; Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act	No	Yes	No
6/29/05	Vote 169: On the Motion to Proceed: Motion To Proceed To Consider S. 1307; Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act	No	Yes	No
6/29/05	Vote 167: On the Motion: Motion to Suspend the Rules Relative to the Dorgan Amdt. No. 1059; To facilitate family travel to Cuba in humanitarian circumstances.	Yes	No	Yes
6/29/05	Vote 163: On the Motion: Motion to Waive C.B.A. Re: Dorgan Amdt. No. 1025; To require Federal reserve banks to transfer certain surplus funds to the general fund of the Treasury, to be used for the provision of Indian health care services.	Yes	No	Yes
6/29/05	Vote 162: H R 2361: Boxer Amdt. No. 1023; To prohibit the use of funds by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to accept, consider, or rely on third-party intentional dosing human studies for pesticides or to conduct intentional dosing human studies for pesticides.	Yes	No	Yes
6/28/05	Vote 159: On the Motion: Motion to Waive C.B.A. re: Coburn Amdt. No. 1019; To transfer funding to the Special Diabetes Program for Indians and the Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program within the Indian Health Service from funding for federal land acquisition.	Yes	No	No
6/22/05	Vote 150: H R 6: Alexander Amdt. No. 961; To provide for local control for the sitting of windmills.	No	Yes	No

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