Key Votes: Congress Senate Votes Failed S. 2193 (Stop Illegal Reentry Act, or Kate's Law) 07/06/2016 Failed H.R. 2578, Amdt. No. 4787 (Patriot Act/National Security Letters) 06/22/2016 Failed Feinstein firearms amendment to H.R. 2578 (Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill for FY 2017) 06/20/2016 Failed Cornyn watchlist amendment to H.R. 2578 (Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill for FY 2017) 06/20/2016 Passed S. 754, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act 10/27/2015 Failed Amendment 2581 to S. 754, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act 10/27/2015 Failed Amendment 2552 to S. 754, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act 10/27/2015 Failed Amendment 2621 to S. 754, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act 10/27/2015 Failed S. 2146, the "Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act" - Cloture Vote 10/20/2015 Failed H.R. 36, the "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act" - Cloture Vote 09/22/2015 Failed Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 1881, A bill to prohibit Federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. 08/03/2015 Failed Amendment to Prohibit Anti-LGBT Discrimination in Public Schools (S. Amdt. 2093 to the Every Child Achieves Act) 07/14/2015 Passed McCain/Feinstein Anti-Torture Amendment No. 1889 to the FY 2016 NDAA 06/16/2015 Failed On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1449, McConnell Amdt. to USA FREEDOM ACT 06/02/2015 Failed On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1450, McConnell Amdt. to USA FREEDOM ACT 06/02/2015 Failed On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1451, McConnell Amdt. to USA FREEDOM ACT 06/02/2015 Failed Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 1357, Reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT ACT 05/23/2015 Failed USA FREEDOM Act (Motion to invoke cloture on motion to proceed) 11/18/2014 Failed Protect Women’s Health from Corporate Interference Act 07/16/2014 Failed The Paycheck Fairness Act 04/09/2014 Failed Military Justice Improvement Act 03/06/2014 Failed Ayotte Amdt. No. 2255 to the National Defense Authorization Act 11/19/2013 Passed Employment Non-Discrimination Act 11/07/2013 Failed Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Toomey Amdt. No. 2013 11/07/2013 Passed S. 744, A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. 06/27/2013 Passed S. 744, Cornyn Amendment SA 1251 (Motion to table) 06/20/2013 Failed S. 744, Lee Amendment SA 1208 06/19/2013 Passed S.744, Paul Amendment SA 1200 (Motion to table) 06/19/2013 Failed S. 744, Thune Amendment SA 1197 06/18/2013 Passed Motion to Table Grassley Amdt. No. 1195 to S. 744 06/13/2013 Failed Alexander Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2014 Senate Budget Resolution 03/22/2013 Failed Grassley Substitute Amendment to the Violence Against Women Act 02/07/2013 Failed The Paycheck Fairness Act 06/05/2012 Passed Blunt Amendment to Create Loophole for Insurance Plans Based on Religious/Moral Objection 03/01/2012 Failed 'Net Neutrality' Disapproval 11/10/2011 Passed Senate Vote to Pass the PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 05/26/2011 Failed Concurrent Resolution to Defund Planned Parenthood 04/14/2011 Passed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Repeal Act of 2010 - Senate Vote 12/18/2010 Passed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Repeal Act of 2010 - Cloture Vote 12/18/2010 Failed DREAM Act-Cloture Vote 12/18/2010 Failed Paycheck Fairness Act - Cloture Vote 11/17/2010 Failed Campaign Finance Restrictions on Free Speech and Privacy - Cloture Vote 07/27/2010 Failed Federally-Funded Private and Religious School Vouchers (2010) 03/16/2010 Passed Limiting Women's Access to Abortion Coverage (Senate) 12/08/2009 Passed Ensuring Access to Women's Preventive Health Services 12/03/2009 Passed Obstructing the Transfer of Detainees to Federal Criminal Courts 11/17/2009 Passed Barring Federal Court Prosecutions of Alleged 9/11 Cases 11/05/2009 Failed Mandating the Use of a Flawed Employment Verification Database 07/08/2009 Failed Federally-Funded Private and Religious School Vouchers (2009) 03/10/2009 Failed Government-Funded Religion in Federal Construction 02/05/2009 Passed Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Senate) 01/22/2009 Failed Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act-Weakening Amendment 01/22/2009 Passed FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (Senate) 07/09/2008 Passed Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act 04/24/2008 Failed Eliminating Pay Discrimination 04/23/2008 Failed Ban on Bulk Collection of Communications 02/12/2008 Failed Removal of Telecom Immunity 02/12/2008 Failed Protecting the Private Communications of Americans 02/12/2008 Passed Prosecuting Hate Crimes 09/27/2007 Failed Habeas Corpus Restoration 09/19/2007 Passed Lifting the Global Gag Rule 09/06/2007 Failed Expansion of Real ID 06/27/2007 Failed Voter ID Requirements 06/05/2007 Passed Grassrootes Lobbying 01/18/2007 Failed Removing Judicial Protections from Detainees 09/28/2006 Passed Privacy Protections in New Worker Database 05/23/2006 Confirmed Samuel Alito Supreme Court Confirmation 01/31/2006 Failed Patriot Act Reuathorization 12/16/2005 Passed Judicial Review of Torture 11/15/2005 Passed Torture Prevention (Senate) 10/05/2005 Passed Secrecy of the Intelligence Budget 10/04/2004 Failed Federal Marriage Constitutional Amendment 07/14/2004 Passed Uborn Victims of Violence Act 03/25/2004 Failed Freedom to Travel 10/23/2003 -- Passed FCC Media Ownership Rules 09/16/2003 Passed Reporting on Guantanamo Bay Detainees 07/16/2003 Passed Government Surveillance Powers 05/08/2003 Passed Abortion Ban 03/13/2003 Passed Ban on Raves 02/24/2003 House Votes Passed Tell your congressperson: Protect the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid 05/04/2017 -- Passed S. 304 (Conscience Protection Act) 07/13/2016 Passed Palmer Amendment to H.R. 5485, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017 07/07/2016 Failed Grayson abortion restriction amendment to H.R. 5485, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017 07/06/2016 Failed H.R. 5293, Amdt. No. 1204 (Section 702 backdoor loophole) 06/16/2016 Failed H.R. 4889, the Kelsey Smith Act 05/23/2016 Passed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 05/18/2016 Passed H.R. 699, the Email Privacy Act (ECPA reform) 04/27/2016 Passed H.R. 10, the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Reauthorization Act 10/21/2015 Passed H.R. 3495, the Women's Public Health and Safety Act 09/29/2015 Passed H.R. 3504, the "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act" 09/18/2015 Passed H.R. 3134, the "Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015" 09/18/2015 Failed H.AMDT.658 to H.R. 6, the "21st Century Cures Act" 07/10/2015 Passed Final Passage of the FY 2016 NDAA 05/15/2015 Failed Smith of Washington Amendment No. 16 to NDAA 05/14/2015 Passed Walorski of Indiana Amendment No. 15 to FY 2016 NDAA 05/14/2015 Passed H.R. 36, the "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act" 05/13/2015 Passed Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act of 2014 04/30/2015 Passed H.R. 5759, "Executive Amnesty Prevention Act of 2014" 12/04/2014 Passed Limiting deferred action for immigration 08/01/2014 Passed Supplemental Appropriations, FY 2014 08/01/2014 Passed World War II Memorial Prayer Act 06/23/2014 Failed Smith Amendments No. 676 to the NDAA 05/22/2014 Failed Smith Amendments No. 675 to the NDAA 05/22/2014 Passed No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2014 01/28/2014 Passed No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2014 01/28/2014 Passed 20-week Abortion Ban 06/18/2013 Failed Smith Amendment No. 20 to the NDAA 06/14/2013 Passed Walorski Amendment No. 19 to the NDAA 06/14/2013 Failed Smith Amendment No. 13 to the NDAA 06/13/2013 Passed Goodlatte Amendment No. 11 to the NDAA 06/13/2013 Failed Deutch Amendment to H.R. 2217 FY 2014 DHS Appropriations 06/05/2013 Passed Stolen Valor Act 05/20/2013 Passed Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act 04/18/2013 Failed McMorris Rodgers Substitute Amendment to the Violence Against Women Acy 02/28/2013 Passed Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2013 02/13/2013 Passed Pro-DOMA Amendment to FY 2013 Defense Appropriations 07/19/2012 Failed Prenatal Non-discrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2012 05/31/2012 Failed Amendment to Stop Using DOJ Resources on Certain Federal Marijuana Investigations in Medical Marijuana States 05/09/2012 Passed Black of Tennessee Amendment to House CJS FY13 Appropriations Bill 05/09/2012 Passed House Vote to Pass the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act 04/26/2012 Passed Protect Life Act 10/13/2011 Passed Pro-DOMA Amendment to FY 2012 Defense Appropriations 07/07/2011 Passed House Vote to Pass the PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 05/26/2011 Passed No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act 05/04/2011 Passed Concurrent Resolution to Defund Planned Parenthood 04/14/2011 Passed Federally-Funded Private and Religious School Vouchers 03/30/2011 Failed Amendment to Limit Suspicionless Patriot Act Searches 02/18/2011 Passed Amendment to Defund Planned Parenthood 02/18/2011 Passed House Vote to Pass the FISA Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 02/17/2011 Passed PATRIOT Act Extension-House Vote #2 02/14/2011 Failed PATRIOT Act Extension-House Vote #1 02/08/2011 Passed "Dont Ask, Dont Tell" Repeal Act of 2010-House Vote 12/15/2010 Passed DREAM Act 12/08/2010 Passed Campaign Finance Restrictions on Free Speech and Privacy 06/24/2010 Passed Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"-Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act 05/27/2010 Failed Banning Abortion Coverage 03/21/2010 Passed Reauthorization of Patriot Act Provisions 02/25/2010 Passed Limiting Women's Access to Abortion Coverage 11/07/2009 Failed Denying Planned Parenthood Title X Funding 07/24/2009 Failed Prohibiting Funding of Syringe Exchange Programs 07/24/2009 Passed Videotapping Detainee Interrogations 06/25/2009 Passed Amendment to Limit the use of Whole-Body Imaging Technology in Airports 06/04/2009 Passed Prosecuting Hate Crimes 04/29/2009 Passed Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (House Vote on Senate Version of Ledbetter Bill, S. 181) 01/27/2009 Passed Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (House Vote on Original House Bill, H.R. 11) 01/09/2009 Passed Paycheck Fairness Act 01/09/2009 Failed Paycheck Fairness Act 01/09/2009 Passed Videotaping Detainee Interrogations 05/23/2008 Failed Videotapping Detainee Interrogations 05/17/2007 Passed Preventing Illegal Wiretapping 05/11/2007 Failed Government Funded Religious Discrimination in Head Start 05/02/2007 Passed Voting Rights Act Reauthorization 07/13/2006 Failed Repeal of Voting Language Assistance 07/13/2006 Failed Weakening Amendment to the Voting Rights Act 07/13/2006 Failed Medical Marijuana 06/28/2006 Passed 527 Reform Act 04/05/2006 -- Passed Torture Prevention 12/14/2005 Passed Patriot Act Reauthorization 12/14/2005 Passed Non-Profit Gag 10/26/2005 Passed Government Funded Religious Discrimination in Head Start 09/22/2005 Passed Prosecuting Hate Crimes 09/14/2005 Failed Removal of Mandatory Minimums 09/14/2005 Passed Flag Desecration Amendment 06/22/2005 Passed Library Record Searches 06/15/2005 Failed Reproductive Rights within the Military 05/25/2005 Failed Government Funded Religious Discrimination in Job Training 03/02/2005 Failed Expedited Removal 10/08/2004 Failed Proper Protection for Asylum Seekers 10/08/2004 Passed Pre-Trial Detention 10/08/2004 Passed Dramatic Expansion of the Death Penalty 10/08/2004 Failed Creation of a Civil Liberties Board 10/08/2004 Failed Federal Marriage Constitutional Amendment 09/30/2004 Passed Pledge Protection Act 09/23/2004 Passed Anti-Marriage Court-Stripping Bill 07/22/2004 Failed Patriot Act Fixes 07/08/2004 Failed Medical Marijuana Amendment 07/07/2004 Passed Unborn Victims of Violence Act 02/26/2004 Failed Protection Against Government Funded Religion 02/04/2004 Passed School Vouchers 09/09/2003 Passed Freedom to Travel 09/09/2003 -- Failed Religious Discrimination 07/25/2003 Passed Abortion Ban 06/04/2003 Passed Flag Desecration Constituional Amendment 06/03/2003 Passed Ban on Raves 04/10/2003 -- Passed Limiting Judicial Sentencing Discretion 03/27/2003 Failed Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Reauthorization 02/13/2003 Vote Scorecard Select a year and click "Go" to see how members voted on important legislation. 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