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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23 votes found, showing 1 - 23.
Congress | Vote Date | Vote Title | Description | Vote | Result |
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111 | 01/28/2009 | Murkowski Amdt. No. 77 | To provide for the development of best practice recommendations and to ensure coverage of low income children. | Nay | Amendment Rejected |
111 | 01/28/2009 | Kyl Amdt. No. 46 | To reinstate the crowd out policy agreed to in section 116 of H.R. 3963 (CHIPRA II), as agreed to and passed by the House and Senate. | Nay | Amendment Rejected |
111 | 01/28/2009 | Roberts Amdt. No. 75 | To prohibit CHIP coverage for higher income children and to prohibit any payments to a State from its CHIP allotments for any fiscal year quarter in which the State Medicaid income eligibility level for children is greater than the income eligibility level for children under CHIP. | Nay | Amendment Rejected |
111 | 01/28/2009 | Motion to Table Cornyn Amdt. No. 67 | To ensure redistributed funds go towards coverage of low-income children or outreach and enrollment of low-income children, rather than to States that will use the funds to cover children from higher income families. | Yea | Motion to Table Agreed to |
111 | 01/28/2009 | Martinez Amdt. No. 65 | To restore the prohibition on funding of nongovernmental organizations that promote abortion as a method of birth control (the "Mexico City Policy"). | Nay | Amendment Rejected |
111 | 01/28/2009 | McConnell Amdt. No. 40 | In the nature of a substitute. | Nay | Amendment Rejected |
111 | 01/27/2009 | Confirmation Daniel K. Tarullo, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System | Daniel K. Tarullo, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of fourteen years from February 1, 2008 | Yea | Nomination Confirmed |
111 | 01/27/2009 | Motion to Table Demint Amdt. No. 43 | To require States to impose cost-sharing for any individual enrolled in a State child health plan whose income exceeds 200 percent of the poverty line. | Yea | Motion to Table Agreed to |
111 | 01/26/2009 | Confirmation Timothy F. Geithner, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury | Timothy F. Geithner, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury | Yea | Nomination Confirmed |
111 | 01/22/2009 | S. 181 | A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and to modify the operation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. | Yea | Bill Passed |
111 | 01/22/2009 | Motion to Table Vitter Amdt. No. 34 | To preserve open competition and Federal Government neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects. | Yea | Motion to Table Agreed to |
111 | 01/22/2009 | Motion to Table Isakson Amdt. No. 37 | To limit the application of the Act to claims resulting from discriminatory compensation decisions that are adopted on or after the date of enactment of the Act. | Yea | Motion to Table Agreed to |
111 | 01/22/2009 | Motion to Table DeMint Amdt. No. 31 | To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities. | Yea | Motion to Table Agreed to |
111 | 01/22/2009 | Motion to Table Enzi Amdt. No. 28 | To clarify standing. | Yea | Motion to Table Agreed to |
111 | 01/22/2009 | Motion to Table Specter Amdt. No. 27 | To limit the application of the bill to discriminatory compensation decisions. | Yea | Motion to Table Agreed to |
111 | 01/22/2009 | Motion to Table Specter Amdt. No. 26 | To provide a rule of construction. | Yea | Motion to Table Agreed to |
111 | 01/22/2009 | Hutchison Amendment No. 25 | In the nature of a substitute. | Nay | Amendment Rejected |
111 | 01/21/2009 | Confirmation Hillary Rodham Clinton, of New York, to be Secretary of State | Hillary Rodham Clinton, of New York, to be Secretary of State | Yea | Nomination Confirmed |
111 | 01/15/2009 | S.J.Res. 5 | A joint resolution relating to the disapproval of obligations under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. | Nay | Joint Resolution Defeated |
111 | 01/15/2009 | Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S.181 | A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and to modify the operation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. | Yea | Cloture Motion Agreed to |
111 | 01/15/2009 | S.22 as Amended. | A bill to designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. | Yea | Bill Passed |
111 | 01/14/2009 | Motion to Invoke Cloture on S.22. | A bill to designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. | Yea | Cloture Motion Agreed to |
111 | 01/11/2009 | Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 22 | A bill to designate certain land components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. | Yea | Cloture Motion Agreed to |