Voting Record
As Rhode Island's senior Senator, I believe in a government that is both open and accountable to the people. In an effort to make my voting record readily accessible to the public, this page provides a detailed list of my votes in the current and past Congresses.
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654 votes found, showing 26 - 50.
| Congress | Vote Date | Vote Title | Description | Vote | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 | 07/29/2008 | Upon Reconsideration Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R.6049 | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes. | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected |
| 110 | 07/28/2008 | Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S.3297 | A bill to advance America's priorities. | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected |
| 110 | 07/28/2008 | Motion to Instruct Sgt. At Arms | A bill to advance America's priorities. | Yea | Motion Agreed to |
| 110 | 07/26/2008 | Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to the Consideration of S. 3186 | A bill to provide funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected |
| 110 | 07/26/2008 | Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to Senate Amendment to the House Amendments to the Senate Amendment to HR 3221 | A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes. | Yea | Motion Agreed to |
| 110 | 07/25/2008 | Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to the House Amendments to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 3221 | A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes. | Yea | Cloture Motion Agreed to |
| 110 | 07/25/2008 | Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 3268 | A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act, to prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities, and for other purposes. | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected |
| 110 | 07/22/2008 | Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 3268 | A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act, to prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities, and for other purposes. | Not Voting | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to |
| 110 | 07/16/2008 | H.R. 5501 As Amended | A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes. | Yea | Bill Passed |
| 110 | 07/16/2008 | 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. | Nay | Amendment Rejected |
| 110 | 07/16/2008 | 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. | Nay | Amendment Rejected |
| 110 | 07/16/2008 | Gregg Amdt. No. 5081 | To strike the provision requiring the development of coordinated oversight plans and to establish an independent Inspector General at the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator. | Nay | Amendment Rejected |
| 110 | 07/16/2008 | 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. | Nay | Amendment Rejected |
| 110 | 07/15/2008 | Shall H.R. 6331 Pass, the objections of the President of the United States to the contrary notwithstanding? | A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes. | Yea | Veto Overridden |
| 110 | 07/15/2008 | Bunning Amdt. No. 5073 | In the nature of a substitute. | Nay | Amendment Rejected |
| 110 | 07/15/2008 | Motion to Table DeMint Amdt. No. 5068 | To limit the countries to which Federal financial assistance may be targeted under this Act. | Yea | Motion to Table Agreed to |
| 110 | 07/11/2008 | Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2731 | A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes. | Yea | Cloture Motion Agreed to |
| 110 | 07/11/2008 | Motion to Disagree to the Amdts. of the House, Adding a New Title and Inserting a New Section, to the Amdt. of the Senate to H.R. 3221 | A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes. | Yea | Motion Agreed to |
| 110 | 07/10/2008 | Confirmation Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, USA, to be General | Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, in the Army, to be General | Yea | Nomination Confirmed |
| 110 | 07/10/2008 | Confirmation Gen. David H. Petraeus, USA, to be General | Gen. David H. Petraeus, in the Army, to be General | Yea | Nomination Confirmed |
| 110 | 07/10/2008 | Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Disagree to the Amdts. of the House, Adding a New Title and Inserting a New Section, to the Amdt. of the Senate to H.R. 3221 | A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes. | Yea | Cloture Motion Agreed to |
| 110 | 07/09/2008 | Upon Reconsideration, Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider H.R. 6331 | A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes. | Yea | Cloture Motion Agreed to |
| 110 | 07/09/2008 | H.R. 6304 | A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes. | Nay | Bill Passed |
| 110 | 07/09/2008 | Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R. 6304 | A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes. | Nay | Cloture Motion Agreed to |
| 110 | 07/09/2008 | 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. | Yea | Amendment Rejected |
