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Senate Vote 196 (2007)2007-06-06On the Amendment S1348: To improve the criteria and weights of the merit-based evaluation system.Amendment Rejected42-55
Senate Vote 195 (2007)2007-06-06On the Motion S1348: To reclassify the spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents as immediate relatives.Motion Rejected44-53
Senate Vote 194 (2007)2007-06-06On the Amendment S1348: To modify the allocation of visas with respect to the backlog of family-based visa petitions.Amendment Agreed to51-45
Senate Vote 193 (2007)2007-06-06On the Motion S1348: To modify the deadline for the family backlog reduction.Motion Rejected53-44
Senate Vote 192 (2007)2007-06-06On the Amendment S1348: To save American taxpayers up to $24 billion in the 10 years after passage of this Act, by preventing the earned income tax credit, which is, according to the Congressional Research Service, the largest anti-poverty entitlement program of the Federal Government, from being claimed by Y temporary workers or illegal aliens given status by this Act until they adjust to legal permanent resident status.Amendment Agreed to56-41
Senate Vote 191 (2007)2007-06-06On the Amendment S1348: To clarify the application of the earned income tax credit.Amendment Agreed to57-40
Senate Vote 190 (2007)2007-06-06On the Amendment S1348: To address documentation of employment and to make an amendment with respect to mandatory disclosure of information.Amendment Agreed to57-39
Senate Vote 189 (2007)2007-06-06On the Amendment S1348: To remove the requirement that Y-1 nonimmigrant visa holders leave the United States before they are able to renew their visa.Amendment Rejected41-57
Senate Vote 188 (2007)2007-06-06On the Amendment S1348: To require health care coverage for holders of Z nonimmigrant visas.Amendment Rejected43-55
Senate Vote 187 (2007)2007-06-06On the Amendment S1348: To establish a permanent bar for gang members, terrorists, and other criminals.Amendment Rejected46-51
Senate Vote 186 (2007)2007-06-06On the Amendment S1348: To increase the immigration-related penalties associated with various criminal activities.Amendment Agreed to66-32
Senate Vote 185 (2007)2007-06-05On the Amendment S1348: 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.Amendment Agreed to67-26
Senate Vote 184 (2007)2007-06-05On the Amendment S1348: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require individuals voting in person to present photo identification.Amendment Rejected41-52
Senate Vote 183 (2007)2007-06-05On the Amendment S1348: To ensure that employers make efforts to recruit American workers.Amendment Agreed to71-22
Senate Vote 182 (2007)2007-06-05On the Amendment S1348: To eliminate the preference given to people who entered the United States illegally over people seeking to enter the country legally in the merit-based evaluation system for visas.Amendment Rejected31-62
Senate Vote 181 (2007)2007-05-24On the Motion HR2206: Making emergency supplemental appropriations and additional supplemental appropriations for agricultural and other emergency assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.Motion Agreed to80-14
Senate Vote 180 (2007)2007-05-24On the Amendment S1348: To strike title VI (related to Nonimmigrants in the United States Previously in Unlawful Status).Amendment Rejected29-66
Senate Vote 179 (2007)2007-05-24On the Amendment S1348: To establish the American Competitiveness Scholarship Program.Amendment Agreed to59-35
Senate Vote 178 (2007)2007-05-24On the Amendment S1348: To sunset the Y-1 nonimmigrant visa program after a 5-year period.Amendment Rejected48-49
Senate Vote 177 (2007)2007-05-24On the Amendment S1348: To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to facilitate information sharing between federal and local law enforcement officials related to an individual's immigration status.Amendment Rejected48-49
Senate Vote 176 (2007)2007-05-24On the Amendment S1348: To exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the numerical limitations on immigrant visas.Amendment Agreed to87-9
Senate Vote 175 (2007)2007-05-23On the Amendment S1348: To reduce to 200,000 the number of certain non-immigrants permitted to be admitted during a fiscal year.Amendment Agreed to74-24
Senate Vote 174 (2007)2007-05-22On the Amendment S1348: To strike the Y nonimmigrant guestworker program.Amendment Rejected31-64
Senate Vote 173 (2007)2007-05-21On the Cloture Motion S1348: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.Cloture Motion Agreed to69-23
Senate Vote 172 (2007)2007-05-17On the Conference Report SCONRES21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012.Conference Report Agreed to52-40
Senate Vote 171 (2007)2007-05-17On the Cloture Motion HR2206: Expressing the sense of the Congress that no action should be taken to undermine the safety of the Armed Forces of the United States or impact their ability to complete their assigned or future missions.Cloture Motion Agreed to94-1
Senate Vote 170 (2007)2007-05-16On Passage of the Bill HR1495: A bill to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes.Bill Passed91-4
Senate Vote 169 (2007)2007-05-16On the Cloture Motion HR1495: 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.Cloture Motion Agreed to87-9
Senate Vote 168 (2007)2007-05-16On the Cloture Motion HR1495: Relative to the President's strategy in Iraq.Cloture Motion Rejected52-44
Senate Vote 167 (2007)2007-05-16On the Cloture Motion HR1495: To provide for a transition of the Iraq mission.Cloture Motion Rejected29-67
Senate Vote 166 (2007)2007-05-15On the Amendment HR1495: To require the consideration of certain factors relating to global climate change.Amendment Rejected51-42
Senate Vote 165 (2007)2007-05-15On the Amendment HR1495: To establish a Water Resources Commission to prioritize water resources projects in the United States.Amendment Rejected22-69
Senate Vote 164 (2007)2007-05-15On the Amendment HR1495: To prioritize Federal spending to ensure the needs of Louisiana residents who lost their homes as a result of Hurricane Katrina and Rita are met before spending money to design or construct a nonessential visitors center.Amendment Rejected11-79
Senate Vote 163 (2007)2007-05-15On the Amendment HR1495: To prioritize Federal spending to ensure the residents of the city of Sacramento are protected from the threat of floods before spending money to add sand to beaches in San Diego.Amendment Rejected12-77
Senate Vote 162 (2007)2007-05-10On the Cloture Motion HR1495: A bill to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes.Cloture Motion Agreed to89-7
Senate Vote 161 (2007)2007-05-09On the Motion SCONRES21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012.Motion Rejected44-51
Senate Vote 160 (2007)2007-05-09On the Motion SCONRES21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012.Motion Agreed to51-44
Senate Vote 159 (2007)2007-05-09On the Motion SCONRES21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012.Motion Agreed to54-41
Senate Vote 158 (2007)2007-05-09On the Nomination PN11: Debra Ann Livingston, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second CircuitNomination Confirmed91-0
Senate Vote 157 (2007)2007-05-09On Passage of the Bill S1082: An act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize drug and device user fees and ensure the safety of medical products, and for other purposes.Bill Passed93-1
Senate Vote 156 (2007)2007-05-09On the Amendment S1082: To reduce financial conflict of interest in FDA Advisory Panels.Amendment Rejected47-47
Senate Vote 155 (2007)2007-05-09On the Amendment S1082: To provide for the application of stronger civil penalties for violations of approved risk evaluation and mitigation strategies.Amendment Agreed to64-30
Senate Vote 154 (2007)2007-05-09On the Amendment S1082: To clarify the authority of the Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology with respect to postmarket drug safety pursuant to recommendations by the Institute of Medicine.Amendment Rejected46-47
Senate Vote 153 (2007)2007-05-08On the Nomination PN20: Frederick J. Kapala, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of IllinoisNomination Confirmed91-0
Senate Vote 152 (2007)2007-05-07On the Cloture Motion S1082: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to reauthorize and amend the prescription drug user fee provisions, and for other purposes.Cloture Motion Agreed to82-8
Senate Vote 151 (2007)2007-05-07On the Amendment S1082: To protect the health and safety of the public.Amendment Agreed to49-40
Senate Vote 150 (2007)2007-05-03On the Cloture Motion S1082: To provide for the importation of prescription drugs.Cloture Motion Agreed to63-28
Senate Vote 149 (2007)2007-05-02On the Amendment S1082: To ensure the safety of human and pet food.Amendment Agreed to94-0
Senate Vote 148 (2007)2007-05-02On the Amendment S1082: To strike provisions related to market exclusivity.Amendment Rejected41-53
Senate Vote 147 (2007)2007-04-26On the Conference Report HR1591: A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.Conference Report Agreed to51-46
Senate Vote 146 (2007)2007-04-25On Passage of the Bill S761: A bill to invest in innovation and education to improve the competitiveness of the United States in the global economy.Bill Passed88-8
Senate Vote 145 (2007)2007-04-25On the Amendment S761: To promote transparency at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.Amendment Agreed to82-14
Senate Vote 144 (2007)2007-04-25On the Amendment S761: To discontinue the Advanced Technology Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.Amendment Rejected39-57
Senate Vote 143 (2007)2007-04-25On the Amendment S761: To provide a sunset date.Amendment Rejected27-67
Senate Vote 142 (2007)2007-04-25On the Amendment S761: To prohibit congressional earmarks of funds appropriated pursuant to authorizations in the bill.Amendment Rejected22-71
Senate Vote 141 (2007)2007-04-25On the Amendment S761: To strike the provisions regarding strengthening the education and human resources directorate of the National Science Foundation.Amendment Rejected24-74
Senate Vote 140 (2007)2007-04-24On the Motion to Table S761: To express the sense of the Senate that Congress has a moral obligation to offset the cost of new Government programs and initiatives.Motion to Table Agreed to54-43
Senate Vote 139 (2007)2007-04-24On the Motion to Table S761: To amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, with respect to smaller public company options regarding internal controls.Motion to Table Agreed to62-35
Senate Vote 138 (2007)2007-04-24On the Amendment S761: To express the sense of the Senate with respect to small business growth and capital markets.Amendment Agreed to97-0
Senate Vote 137 (2007)2007-04-24On the Amendment S761: To require the study on barriers to innovation to include an examination of the impact of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 on innovation.Amendment Agreed to96-0
Senate Vote 136 (2007)2007-04-24On the Nomination PN26: Halil Suleyman Ozerden, of Mississippi, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of MississippiNomination Confirmed95-0
Senate Vote 135 (2007)2007-04-19On Passage of the Bill S378: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members, and for other purposes.Bill Passed97-0
Senate Vote 134 (2007)2007-04-18On the Motion to Table S378: To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should offset the cost of new spending.Motion to Table Agreed to59-38
Senate Vote 133 (2007)2007-04-18On the Cloture Motion S378: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members, and for other purposes.Cloture Motion Agreed to93-3
Senate Vote 132 (2007)2007-04-18On the Cloture Motion S3: A bill to amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for fair prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries.Cloture Motion Rejected55-42
Senate Vote 131 (2007)2007-04-17On the Cloture Motion S372: An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.Cloture Motion Rejected50-45
Senate Vote 130 (2007)2007-04-16On the Cloture Motion S372: An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.Cloture Motion Rejected41-40
Senate Vote 129 (2007)2007-04-12On the Cloture Motion S372: An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.Cloture Motion Agreed to94-3
Senate Vote 128 (2007)2007-04-11On Passage of the Bill S30: A bill to intensify research to derive human pluripotent stem cell lines.Bill Passed70-28
Senate Vote 127 (2007)2007-04-11On Passage of the Bill S5: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.Bill Passed63-34
Senate Vote 126 (2007)2007-03-29On Passage of the Bill HR1591: A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.Bill Passed51-47
Senate Vote 125 (2007)2007-03-29Whether the Amendment is Germane HR1591: In the nature of a substitute.Amendment Germane57-41
Senate Vote 124 (2007)2007-03-29On the Amendment HR1591: To appropriate an additional $1,500,000,000 for Procurement, Marine Corps, to accelerate the procurement of an additional 2,500 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles for the Armed Forces.Amendment Agreed to98-0
Senate Vote 123 (2007)2007-03-29On the Amendment HR1591: To prohibit the use of funds to make payments to certain spinach growers and first handlers.Amendment Agreed to97-0
Senate Vote 122 (2007)2007-03-29On the Amendment HR1591: To provide additional funding for certain programs under the Adam Walsh Child Safety and Protection Act of 2006, by increasing funding for the United States Marshals Service to track down convicted sex offenders who have failed to register as a sex offender as required by law and by increasing funding for United States attorneys to prosecute child exploitation and child pornography cases as part of Project Safe Childhood.Amendment Agreed to93-0
Senate Vote 121 (2007)2007-03-28On the Amendment HR1591: To remove $100 million in funding for the Republican and Democrat party conventions in 2008.Amendment Rejected45-51
Senate Vote 120 (2007)2007-03-28On the Amendment HR1591: To provide farm assistance in a fiscally responsible manner.Amendment Rejected23-74
Senate Vote 119 (2007)2007-03-28On the Amendment HR1591: To reauthorize the secure rural schools and community self-determination program and to provide funding for the payments in lieu of taxes program.Amendment Rejected8-89
Senate Vote 118 (2007)2007-03-28On the Amendment HR1591: To reauthorize the secure rural schools and community self-determination program and to provide funding for the payments in lieu of taxes program.Amendment Agreed to74-23
Senate Vote 117 (2007)2007-03-28On the Cloture Motion HR1591: A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.Cloture Motion Agreed to97-0
Senate Vote 116 (2007)2007-03-27On the Amendment HR1591: To strike language that would tie the hands of the Commander-in-Chief by imposing an arbitrary timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, thereby undermining the position of American Armed Forces and jeopardizing the successful conclusion of Operation Iraqi Freedom.Amendment Rejected48-50
Senate Vote 115 (2007)2007-03-27On the Nomination PN33: George H. Wu, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of CaliforniaNomination Confirmed95-0
Senate Vote 114 (2007)2007-03-23On the Resolution SCONRES21: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012.Resolution Agreed to52-47
Senate Vote 113 (2007)2007-03-23On the Amendment SCONRES21: To repeal section 13203 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 by restoring the Alternative Minimum Tax rates that had been in effect prior thereto.Amendment Rejected49-50
Senate Vote 112 (2007)2007-03-23On the Amendment SCONRES21: To provide a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) that eliminates enhanced Federal matching payments for coverage of nonpregnant adults and permits States to offer supplemental dental and mental health benefits for children enrolled in SCHIP.Amendment Rejected44-55
Senate Vote 111 (2007)2007-03-23On the Amendment SCONRES21: To provide a deficit-neutral reserve fund for protecting State flexibility in Medicaid.Amendment Rejected44-55
Senate Vote 110 (2007)2007-03-23On the Amendment SCONRES21: 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.Amendment Agreed to65-33
Senate Vote 109 (2007)2007-03-23On the Amendment SCONRES21: To repeal the death tax.Amendment Rejected44-55
Senate Vote 108 (2007)2007-03-23On the Amendment SCONRES21: To amend the budget resolution for fiscal year 2008 in order to accommodate the full repeal of the Alternative Minimum Tax preventing 23 million families and individuals from being subject to the AMT in 2007, and millions of families and individuals in subsequent years.Amendment Rejected44-53
Senate Vote 107 (2007)2007-03-23On the Amendment SCONRES21: To extend the 35, 33, 28, and 25 percent income tax rate structure and protect nearly 28,000,000 families and individuals, including small business owners, from having their tax rates increase to 39.6, 36, 31, or 28 percent.Amendment Rejected46-52
Senate Vote 106 (2007)2007-03-23On the Amendment SCONRES21: To prevent the adding of extraneous earmarks to an emergency war supplemental.Amendment Rejected39-59
Senate Vote 105 (2007)2007-03-23On the Amendment SCONRES21: To provide for the consideration of an increase in the tobacco products user fee rate, but only to the extent that such rate increase does not result in an increase of more than 61 cents per pack of cigarettes, with all revenue generated by such increase dedicated to the reauthorization and expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program.Amendment Agreed to59-40
Senate Vote 104 (2007)2007-03-23On the Motion SCONRES21: To improve the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of Federal programs and reduce the Federal debt by eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse.Motion Rejected39-60
Senate Vote 103 (2007)2007-03-23On the Amendment SCONRES21: To establish a reserve fund for protecting coverage choices, additional benefits, and lower cost-sharing for Medicare beneficiaries.Amendment Rejected49-50
Senate Vote 102 (2007)2007-03-23On the Amendment SCONRES21: To reform the death tax by setting the exemption at $5 million per estate, indexed for inflation, and the top death tax rate at no more than 35% beginning in 2010; to avoid subjecting an estimated 119,200 families, family businesses, and family farms to the death tax each and every year; to promote continued economic growth and job creation; and to make the enhanced teacher deduction permanent.Amendment Rejected48-51
Senate Vote 101 (2007)2007-03-23On the Amendment SCONRES21: To reform the estate tax to avoid subjecting thousands of families, family businesses, and family farms and ranches to the estate tax, and to promote continued economic growth and job creation.Amendment Rejected25-74
Senate Vote 100 (2007)2007-03-23On the Amendment SCONRES21: To save families from the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) first by permitting a deduction for personal exemptions for purposes of computing the AMT.Amendment Rejected46-53
Senate Vote 99 (2007)2007-03-23On the Amendment SCONRES21: To provide for true deficit reduction in appropriation bills.Amendment Rejected38-61
Senate Vote 98 (2007)2007-03-22On the Amendment SCONRES21: To provide budget levels to extend through 2012 the production tax credit for electricity produced from renewable resources, the Clean Renewable Energy Bonds, and energy tax provisions for energy efficient buildings and power plants.Amendment Rejected42-53
Senate Vote 97 (2007)2007-03-22On the Amendment SCONRES21: To create a deficit-neutral reserve fund for extending certain energy tax incentives.Amendment Agreed to54-42

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