The Secretary of the Senate keeps a record of every vote cast in the Senate. Listed below is Senator Nelson's voting record.
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Vote No.
Session
Date |
Vote Question
Description
Result |
Position |
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23
111 - 1
01/28/09
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On the Amendment S.Amdt. 77 to H.R. 2 (Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009)
To provide for the development of best practice recommendations and to ensure coverage of low income children.
Amendment Rejected (47-51)
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Yea
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22
111 - 1
01/28/09
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On the Amendment S.Amdt. 46 to H.R. 2 (Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009)
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.
Amendment Rejected (42-56)
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Yea
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21
111 - 1
01/28/09
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On the Amendment S.Amdt. 75 to H.R. 2 (Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009)
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.
Amendment Rejected (36-60)
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Yea
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20
111 - 1
01/28/09
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On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 67 to H.R. 2 (Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009)
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.
Motion to Table Agreed to (64-33)
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Nay
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19
111 - 1
01/28/09
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On the Amendment S.Amdt. 65 to H.R. 2 (Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009)
To restore the prohibition on funding of nongovernmental organizations that promote abortion as a method of birth control (the "Mexico City Policy").
Amendment Rejected (37-60)
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Yea
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18
111 - 1
01/28/09
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On the Amendment S.Amdt. 40 to H.R. 2 (Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009)
In the nature of a substitute.
Amendment Rejected (32-65)
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Nay
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17
111 - 1
01/27/09
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On the Nomination PN65-17
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
Nomination Confirmed (96-1)
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Yea
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16
111 - 1
01/27/09
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On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 43 to S.Amdt. 39 to H.R. 2 (Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009)
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.
Motion to Table Agreed to (60-37)
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Yea
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15
111 - 1
01/26/09
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On the Nomination PN64-6
Timothy F. Geithner, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury
Nomination Confirmed (60-34)
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Yea
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14
111 - 1
01/22/09
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On Passage of the Bill 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.
Bill Passed (61-36, 3/5 majority required)
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Yea
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13
111 - 1
01/22/09
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On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 34 to S. 181 (Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009)
To preserve open competition and Federal Government neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects.
Motion to Table Agreed to (59-38)
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Yea
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12
111 - 1
01/22/09
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On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 37 to S. 181 (Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009)
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.
Motion to Table Agreed to (59-38)
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Yea
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11
111 - 1
01/22/09
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On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 31 to S. 181 (Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009)
To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.
Motion to Table Agreed to (66-31)
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Yea
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10
111 - 1
01/22/09
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On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 28 to S. 181 (Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009)
To clarify standing.
Motion to Table Agreed to (55-41)
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Yea
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9
111 - 1
01/22/09
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On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 27 to S. 181 (Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009)
To limit the application of the bill to discriminatory compensation decisions.
Motion to Table Agreed to (55-39)
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Yea
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8
111 - 1
01/22/09
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On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 26 to S. 181 (Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009)
To provide a rule of construction.
Motion to Table Agreed to (53-43)
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Nay
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7
111 - 1
01/22/09
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On the Amendment S.Amdt. 25 to S. 181 (Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009)
In the nature of a substitute.
Amendment Rejected (40-55)
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Nay
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6
111 - 1
01/21/09
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On the Nomination PN64-1
Hillary Rodham Clinton, of New York, to be Secretary of State
Nomination Confirmed (94-2)
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Yea
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5
111 - 1
01/15/09
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On the Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 5
A joint resolution relating to the disapproval of obligations under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
Joint Resolution Defeated (42-52)
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Yea
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4
111 - 1
01/15/09
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On the Cloture Motion 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.
Cloture Motion Agreed to (72-23, 3/5 majority required)
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Yea
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3
111 - 1
01/15/09
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On Passage of the Bill 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.
Bill Passed (73-21)
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Yea
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2
111 - 1
01/14/09
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On the Cloture Motion 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.
Cloture Motion Agreed to (68-24, 3/5 majority required)
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Yea
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1
111 - 1
01/11/09
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On the Cloture Motion 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.
Cloture Motion Agreed to (66-12, 3/5 majority required)
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Yea
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