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| Vote No. | Date 2007 |
Voting Position |
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| Honoring Former President Ford (S.Res. 19) | |||
| 1 | 1-8 | Y | Adoption. (88-0) |
| Ethics Reform (S. 1) | |||
| 2 | 1-10 | Y | Vitter amendment (to Reid-McConnell, et al., substitute amendment): Establishes criminal penalties for knowingly and willfully falsifying or failing to file or report certain information required under the Ethics and Government Act of 1978. (93-2) |
| 3 | 1-10 | Y | Feinstein motion to table Vitter-Grassley amendment (to Reid-McConnell, et al., substitute amendment): Provides for treating Indian Tribes as corporations under provisions of Federal Election Campaign Act with respect to contributions and expenditures. (56-40) |
| 4 | 1-10 | Y | Feinstein motion to table Vitter amendment (to Reid-McConnell, et al., substitute amendment): Prohibits authorized committee or any other political committee established, maintained, or controlled by a candidate or person who holds a Federal office from employing spouse or immediate family member of candidate or Federal office holder. (54-41) |
| 5 | 1-11 | Y | Durbin motion to table the DeMint-Cornyn amendment (to the Reid-McConnell, et al., substitute amendment): Expands definition of "earmarks" in substitute amendment by including Federal entities and earmarks contained in report language; prohibits consideration of any bill, joint resolution or conference report unless accompanied by list of Congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits it contains, along with name of Member submitting the request, or a statement that matter contains no such earmarks; and requires Member requesting an earmark to submit written statement to Chair nad Ranking Member of Committee of jurisdiction, and for Committe to make statement available on its website. (46-51) |
| 6 | 1-11 | N | DeMint motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of DeMint amendment (to Reid-McConnell, et al., substitute amendment): Establishes automatic continuing resolution if (1) any regular appropriations bill for a fiscal year does not become law before the beginning of that fiscal year, or (2) a joint resolution making continuing appropriations is not in effect, thereby negating any need for future appropriations action. (25-72) |
| 7 | 1-11 | Y | Reid motion to instruct Sergeant at Arms to request attendance of absent Senators. (90-6) |
| 8 | 1-12 | Y | Kerry, et al., modified amendment (to Reid-McConnell, et al., substitute amendment): Denies Federal pension to Members of Congress who are convicted of white collar crimes such as bribery, conspiracy, perjury or other serious ethics offenses. (87-0) |
| 9 | 1-12 | Y | Vitter amendment (to Reid-McConnell, et al., substitute amendment): Increases civil penalties for failing to comply with lobbying disclosure requirements to $200,000. (81-6) |
| 10 | 1-16 | Y | Durbin-DeMint modified amendment (to DeMint-Cornyn amendment strengthening earmark reform [to Reid-McConnell, et al., substitute amendment]): Broadens definition of "limited tax benefit" contained in underlying DeMint-Cornyn amendment; requires earmark disclosure information to be placed on the internet in a searchable form for up to 48 hours prior to floor consideration of any bill, resolution, or report that contains earmarks; and maintains remaining provisions in underlying DeMint-Cornyn amendment. (98-0) |
| 11 | 1-16 | Y | DeMint-Cornyn amendment (as amended by Durbin-DeMint modified amendment--Vote No. 10 [to Reid-McConnell, et al., substitute amendment]): Broadens definition of "limited tax benefit" to include any revenue provision that provides a Federal tax deduction, credit, exclusion or preference to a particular beneficiary or limited group of beneficiaries; requires earmark disclosure information to be available on the internet in a searchable form for up to 48 hours prior to floor consideration of any bill, resolution, or report that contains earmarks; and maintains other remaining provisions of underlying substitute amendment relating to earmarks. (98-0) |
| 12 | 1-16 | Y | Reid, et al., cloture motion on Reid, et al., modified amendment (to Reid-McConnell, et al., substitute amendment) strengthening gift and travel bans. (95-2) |
| 13 | 1-17 | Y | Feingold amendment (to Reid, et al., modified amendment strengthening gift and travel bans--vote No. 15 [to Reid-McConnell, et al., substitute amendment]): Prohibits a Senator from participating in an event at a National party convention honoring that Member if event is paid for by any person or entity required to register under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, or identified as a lobbyist or a client in any current registration or report filed under the Act. (89-5) |
| 14 | 1-17 | N | Bennett modified amendment (to Reid, et al., modified amendment strengthening gift and travel bans--vote No. 15 [to Reid-McConnell, et al., substitute amendment]): Permits travel sponsored by a 501(c)(3) organization that retains or employs lobbyists if the organization has been pre-approved by the Select Committee on Ethics. (51-46) |
| 15 | 1-17 | Y | Reid, et al., modified amendment (to Reid-McConnell, et al., substitute amendment): Strengthens gift and travel bans. (88-9) |
| 16 | 1-17 | Y | Reid, et al., cloture motion on Reid-McConnell, et al., substitute amendment. (51-46) |
| 17 | 1-18 | N | Bennett, et al., amendment (to Reid-McConnell, et al., substitute amendment): Strikes section 220 in underlying amendment that requires grassroots lobbying organizations to disclose fundraising information. (55-43) |
| 18 | 1-18 | N | Lieberman, et al., amendment (to the Reid-McConnell, et al., substitute amendment): Establishes Office of Public Integrity which is authorized to investigate any alleged violation by a member, officer, or employee of the Senate of any rule or other standard of conduct applicable to that individual's conduct under applicable Senate rules in the performance of his or her duties. (27-71) |
| 19 | 1-18 | Y | Passage. (96-2) |
| Fair Minimum Wage Act (H.R. 2) | |||
| 20 | 1-23 | Y | Enzi (for Snowe)-Landrieu, et al., modified amendment (to Baucus substitute amendment): Requires agencies to publish "small entity compliance guides" to assist small entities in complying with new rules. (99-0) |
| 21 | 1-23 | Y | Sessions, et al., modified amendment (to Baucus substitute amendment): Expresses sense of Senate regarding importance of encouraging an increase in personal savings as a necessary step toward ensuring economic security of all Americans upon retirement. (98-0) |
| 22 | 1-24 | N | Reid, et al., cloture motion on McConnell (for Gregg), et al., amendment (to Baucus substitute amendment): Grants President enhanced rescision authority. (49-48) |
| 23 | 1-24 | Y | Kennedy, et al., cloture motion on bill. (54-43) |
| 24 | 1-24 | N | Allard amendment (to Baucus substitute amendment): Eliminates Federal minimum wage; and instead permits States to set their own minimum wage as long as it is equal to or higher than the current minimum wage. (28-69) |
| 25 | 1-25 | N | DeMint motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of DeMint amendment (to Baucus substitute amendment): Increases minimum wage in each State by $2.10 above State's current minimum wage in three increments of $.70 over 26 months. (18-76) |
| 26 | 1-25 | N | Ensign motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Ensign, et al., amendment (to Baucus substitute amendment): Permits tax-free distributions from Health Savings Accounts to pay for health insurance premiums if policy is a high deductible health policy purchased on the individual market. (47-48) |
| 27 | 1-25 | Y | Baucus amendment (to Baucus substitute amendment): Expresses sense of Senate that Congress should repeal 1993 tax increase on Social Security benefits and eliminate wasteful spending, such as spending on unnecessary tax loopholes, in order to fully offset the cost of such repeal and avoid forcing taxpayers to pay substantially more interest to foreign creditors. (93-0) |
| 28 | 1-25 | N | Bunning motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Bunning-Graham amendment (to Baucus substitute amendment): Repeals 1993 tax increase on amount of Social Security benefits subject to income tax. (42-51) |
| 29 | 1-25 | Y | Baucus amendment (to the Baucus substitute amendment): Expreses sense of Senate that Congress should make permanent the tax incentives to make education more affordable and more accessible for American families and eliminate wasteful spending, such as spending on unnecessary tax loopholes, in order to fully offset the cost of such incentives and avoid forcing taxpayers to pay substantially more interest to foreign creditors. (90-0) |
| 30 | 1-25 | N | Smith motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Smith amendment (to Baucus substitute amendment): Makes permanent certain education-related tax incentives. (43-50) |
| 31 | 1-25 | Y | Sessions-Inhofe-Grassley amendment (to Baucus substitute amendment): Prohibits employers convicted of hiring undocumented workers from receiving government contracts. (94-0) |
| 32 | 1-25 | Y | Baucus motion to table Kyl amendment (to Baucus substitute amendment): Extends tax cuts for leasehold, restaurant, and retail space improvements through December 31, 2008. (50-42) |
| Nomination of Lieutenant General David H. Petraeus, U.S. Army, to be General and Commander, Multi-National Forces--Iraq | |||
| 33 | 1-26 | Y | Confirmation. (81-0) |
| Fair Minimum Wage Act (H.R. 2) | |||
| 34 | 1-30 | Y | Kennedy, et al., cloture motion on Reid (for Baucus) substitute amendment. (87-10) |
| Nomination of Lisa Godbey Wood to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia | |||
| 35 | 1-30 | Y | Confirmation. (97-0) |
| Nomination of Philip S. Gutierrez to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California | |||
| 36 | 1-30 | Y | Confirmation. (97-0) |
| Fair Minimum Wage Act (H.R. 2) | |||
| 37 | 1-31 | Y | Baucus motion to table Kyl-Specter amendment (to Reid [for Baucus] substitute amendment): Extends increased expensing for small business through December 31, 2012. (49-48) |
| 38 | 1-31 | N | Kyl motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Kyl-Alexander-Specter amendment (to Reid [for Baucus] substitute amendment): Extends, through December 31, 2008, tax cuts for leasehold, restaurant, and retail space improvements. (46-50) |
| 39 | 1-31 | Y | Kennedy, et al., cloture motion on bill. (88-8) |
| Nomination of Lawrence Joseph O'Neill to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California | |||
| 40 | 2-1 | Y | Confirmation. (97-0) |
| Nomination of Gregory Kent Frizzell to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma | |||
| 41 | 2-1 | Y | Confirmation. (99-0) |
| Fair Minimum Wage Act (H.R. 2) | |||
| 42 | 2-1 | Y | Passage. (94-3) |
| Bipartisan Iraq War Policy Resolution (S.Con.Res. 2) | |||
| 43 | 2-1 | N | Reid, et al., cloture motion on motion to proceed. (0-97) |
| Sense of Congress regarding the Troop Increase in Iraq (S. 470) | |||
| 44 | 2-5 | Y | Levin, et al., cloture motion on motion to proceed. (49-47) |
| Nomination of General George W. Casey, Jr. to be Chief of Staff, U.S. Army | |||
| 45 | 2-8 | N | Confirmation. (83-14) |
| Continuing Appropriations, 2007 (H.J.Res. 20) | |||
| 46 | 2-13 | Y | Cloture. (71-26) |
| Nomination of Nora Barry Fischer to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 47 | 2-14 | Y | Confirmation. (96-0) |
| Continuing Appropriations, 2007 (H.J.Res. 20) | |||
| 48 | 2-14 | Y | Adoption. (81-15) |
| Nomination of Norman Randy Smith to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit | |||
| 49 | 2-15 | Y | Confirmation. (94-0) |
| Nomination of Marcia Morales Howard to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida | |||
| 50 | 2-15 | Y | Confirmation. (93-0) |
| Iraq War Policy (S. 574) | |||
| 51 | 2-17 | Y | Nelson (NE), et al., cloture motion on motion to proceed. (56-34) |
| Adjournment Resolution (H.Con.Res. 67) | |||
| 52 | 2-17 | Y | Adoption. (47-33) |
| Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission (S. 4) | |||
| 53 | 2-27 | Y | Lieberman, et al., cloture motion on motion to proceed to bill. (97-0) |
| 54 | 2-28 | Y | Inouye, et al., amendment (to Reid-Lieberman-Collins substitute amendment): Codifies, in statute, prohibition against issuing transportation security card to applicant who has been convicted of offenses contained in list promulgated by Department of Homeland Security in January, 2007; and retains Homeland Security Secretary's authority to modify regulations addressing list of permanent disqualifying criminal offenses. (58-37) |
| 55 | 2-28 | Y | DeMint modified amendment (to Reid-Lieberman-Collins substitute amendment): Codifies, in statute, prohibition against issuing transportation security cards to applicants who have been convicted of offenses contained in list promulgated in final regulations by Department of Homeland Security in January, 2007; and permits Homeland Security Secretary only to add new offenses to this list. (94-2) |
| 56 | 3-1 | N | Collins motion to table the Schumer, et al., amendment (to the Reid substitute amendment): Requires, within three years, 100 percent of containers from the largest foreign trade partners to be scanned and sealed before arriving in the U.S., and extends requirement to all ports worldwide within five years; requires Homeland Security Secretary to develop standards for technology to scan containers for nuclear and radiological weapons, and create tamper-proof container seals; and requires Secretary to issue a final rule pertaining to cargo container screening within one year of completing pilot scanning program created in SAFE Ports Act and now being implemented by Department of Homeland Security. (58-38) |
| 57 | 3-2 | Y | Sununu amendment (to Reid-Lieberman-Collins substitute amendment): Expands reporting requirement on cross border interoperability. (82-0) |
| 58 | 3-2 | Y | Salazar, et al., amendment (to Reid-Lieberman-Collins substitute amendment): Creates a Rural Policing Institute as part of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. (82-1) |
| Nomination of Carl Joseph Artman to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior | |||
| 59 | 3-5 | Y | Confirmation. (87-1) |
| Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission (S. 4) | |||
| 60 | 3-6 | Y | Reid motion to table the DeMint, et al., amendment (to Reid-Lieberman-Collins substitute amendment): Strikes provision requiring the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary to grant to airport screeners at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) the same level of employment rights that are available to other employees at TSA and DHS. (51-46) |
| 61 | 3-6 | N | Lieberman motion to table the Feinstein, et al., amendment (to Reid-Lieberman-Collins substitute amendment): Strikes the section of the underlying amendment that provides 0.45 percent minimum allocation for States under the Homeland Security Grant program and inserts language to direct the Homeland Security Secretary to allocate funding for homeland security grants based upon risk analysis; reduces the "small State minimum" to 0.25 percent per State for State homeland security grants and interoperable communications grant programs; and requires that grants be designed to meet "essential capabilities," and that grant recipients be held accountable for use of funds. (56-43) |
| 62 | 3-6 | N | Lieberman motion to table Obama, et al., amendment (to Reid-Lieberman-Collins substitute amendment): Requires high-risk qualifying criteria to be considered in allocating funds under the State Homeland Security Grant Program. (58-41) |
| 63 | 3-6 | N | Leahy, et al., amendment (to Reid-Lieberman-Collins substitute amendment): Increases minimum allocation for States under the State Homeland Security Grant program from 0.45 percent in the underlying substitute amendment to 0.75 percent. (49-50) |
| 64 | 3-7 | Y | McCaskill modified amendment (to Reid-Lieberman-Collins substitute amendment): Provides Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screeners with collective bargaining rights similar to those available to other Federal workers, and whistleblower protection. (51-48) |
| 65 | 3-7 | N | Collins, et al., amendment (to Reid-Lieberman-Collins substitute amendment): Strikes collective bargaining language in McCaskill amendment (vote No. 64), and inserts language granting Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screeners with whistleblower protection, and right to appeal to Merit Systems Potection Board. (47-52) |
| 66 | 3-7 | Y | Stevens motion to table Coburn-McCain-Kyl amendment (to Reid-Lieberman-Collins substitute amendment): Eliminates $1 billion Commerce Department interoperability grant program and transfers funds to Department of Homeland Security for an uncreated interoperability grant program; and eliminates $100 million fund for strategic reserves of communications equipment designed for deployment in event of major disaster. (71-25) |
| Nomination of John Alfred Jarvey to be a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa | |||
| 67 | 3-8 | Y | Confirmation. (95-0) |
| Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission (S. 4) | |||
| 68 | 3-9 | N | Cornyn, et al., cloture motion on McConnell (for Cornyn) modified amendment (to Reid-Lieberman-Collins substitute amendment): Prohibits recruitment of persons to participate in terrorism, to clarify that the revocation of an alien's visa or other documentation is not subject to judicial review, to strengthen the Federal government's ability to detain dangerous criminal aliens, including murderers, rapists, and child molesters, until they can be removed from the U.S., and to prohibit the rewarding of suicide bombings and allow adequate punishments for terrorists murders, kidnappings, and sexual assaults. (46-49) |
| 69 | 3-9 | Y | Lieberman, et al., cloture motion on Reid-Lieberman-Collins substitute amendment. (69-26) |
