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
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