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Roll Call 128. (S. 3240) On an amendment aimed at increasing the availability of “pulse” crops – such as peas, beans, and lentils – in school breakfasts and lunches Jun 19, 2012. Y Y W
Roll Call 113. (S. 2343) On passage of a bill to prevent the interest rate on student loans from doubling May 24, 2012. Y Y L
Roll Call 89. (S. 2343) On a procedural motion to clear the way for a separate vote on whether the Senate should consider legislation preventing student loan interest rates from doubling May 08, 2012. Y Y L
Roll Call 37. (H.R. 1) Final passage of legislation that would have funded the federal government through September 2011 and cut $4.7 billion in federal funding from government programs, including scientific research initiatives, grants to states for law enforcement programs, and education programs for gifted and talented children. Mar 09, 2011. Y Y L
Roll Call 36. (H.R. 1) Final passage of legislation that would have funded the federal government through September 2011 and cut $61 billion in federal funding from government programs, including food stamps (which provide nutritional assistance to the poor), community health centers, Pell Grants for low–income college students, and funding for state job training programs Mar 09, 2011. N N W
Roll Call 179. HR 4213. (Extending expiring programs) Motion to preserve an amendment that would have expedited a provision in the health care overhaul increasing the age of coverage for dependents/On the motion Jun 09, 2010. Y Y L
Roll Call 45. HR 4213. (Extending expiring programs, including those to help the unemployed and other items) Motion to allow to go forward an amendment that would extend assistance to needy families and workforce programs for six months/On the motion Mar 09, 2010. Y Y L
Roll Call 151. S Con Res 13. (Fiscal 2010 budget resolution) DeMint of South Carolina amendment that would allow for future legislation to reduce the impact of consumer product safety laws on businesses/On agreeing to the amendment Apr 02, 2009. N N W
Roll Call 31. HR 2. (Children’s health insurance) On passing a bill that would reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and expand it significantly/On passing the bill Jan 29, 2009. Y Y W
Roll Call 29. HR 2. (Children’s health insurance) Bingaman of New Mexico amendment that would allow families more ways to expedite applications for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program/On agreeing to the amendment Jan 29, 2009. Y Y W
Roll Call 28. HR 2. (Children’s health insurance) Coburn of Oklahoma amendment that would require the government to create a new program to provide private health insurance for certain children eligible for coverage under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program/On agreeing to the amendment Jan 29, 2009. N N W
Roll Call 25. HR 2. (Children’s health insurance) Motion to kill an amendment that would prohibit states from receiving State Children’s Health Insurance Program funds for covering families who earn above 300 percent of the federal poverty level/On the motion Jan 29, 2009. Y Y W
Roll Call 24. HR 2. (Children’s health insurance) Coburn of Oklahoma amendment that would require states to pay subsidies to private health insurers if they want to expand State Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage above certain income levels/On agreeing to the amendment Jan 29, 2009. N N W
Roll Call 23. HR 2. (Children’s health insurance) Murkowski of Alaska amendment that would require states to develop plans to address the “crowding out” of lower income children by higher income children applying for State Children’s Health Insurance within 12 months/On agreeing to the amendment Jan 28, 2009. N N W
Roll Call 22. HR 2. (Children’s health insurance) Kyl of Arizona amendment that would require states to detail how they will limit allowing lower-income children seeking coverage under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program from being “crowded out” by those with higher incomes/On agreeing to the amendment Jan 28, 2009. N N W
Roll Call 21. HR 2. (Children’s health insurance) Roberts of Kansas amendment that would prohibit states from covering children under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program if their families earned above a certain amount of money/On agreeing to the amendment Jan 28, 2009. N N W
Roll Call 20. HR 2. (Children’s health insurance) Motion to kill an amendment that would prohibit states that allow families earning more than 200 percent over the poverty level to participate in the State Children’s Health Insurance Program to qualify as a “shortfall state”/On the motion Jan 28, 2009. Y Y W
Roll Call 80. S Con Res 70. (Fiscal 2009 budget resolution) Boxer of California amendment that would allow for future legislation to make pregnant women eligible for coverage under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program/On agreeing to the amendment Mar 13, 2008. Y Y W
Roll Call 37. S 2663. (Consumer Product Safety Commission overhaul) Motion to kill an amendment that would overhaul the Consumer Product Safety Commission/On the motion Mar 04, 2008. Y Y W
Roll Call 353. HR 976. (State children’s health insurance reauthorization) Motion to clear a bill for President Bush’s signature that would reauthorize and expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program/On the motion Sep 27, 2007. Y Y W
Roll Call 352. HR 976. (State children’s health insurance reauthorization) Motion to bring debate to a close on a bill that would reauthorize and expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program/On the motion Sep 27, 2007. Y Y W
Roll Call 307. HR 976. SCHIP (State Children’s Health Insurance Program) - Final passage of a bill that would reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program at $60.2 billion over five years/On passage of the bill Aug 02, 2007. Y Y W
Roll Call 306. HR 976. (Small business tax breaks and children's health insurance), motion to preserve increased funding for children's health insurance programs/On the motion Aug 02, 2007. Y Y W
Roll Call 305. HR 976. SCHIP (State Children’s Health Insurance Program) - DeMint of South Carolina amendment that would allow people to buy health insurance from insurers licensed in another state/On agreeing to the amendment Aug 02, 2007. N N W
Roll Call 301. HR 976. SCHIP (State Children’s Health Insurance Program) - Vitter of Louisiana amendment that would disallow coverage under SCHIP for families with access to employer-sponsored health plans/On agreeing to the amendment Aug 02, 2007. N N W
Roll Call 300. HR 976. SCHIP (State Children’s Health Insurance Program) - Coburn of Oklahoma amendment that would require states to subsidize employer-offered insurance programs for families whose incomes are 200 percent above the poverty level/On agreeing to the amendment Aug 02, 2007. N N W
Roll Call 299. HR 976. SCHIP (State Children’s Health Insurance Program) - Kyl of Arizona amendment that would prohibit the SCHIP reauthorization bill from taking effect until the government certified it would not reduce private health insurance coverage/On agreeing to the amendment Aug 02, 2007. N N W
Roll Call 298. HR 976. (State Children’s Health Insurance Program) Thune of South Dakota amendment that would prohibit families from receiving health coverage under SCHIP if they are subject to the alternative minimum tax/On agreeing to the amendment Aug 02, 2007. N N W
Roll Call 297. HR 976. (State Children’s Health Insurance Program) Ensign of Nevada amendment that would prevent non-pregnant adults to be covered under SCHIP unless 95% of low-income children were also covered/On agreeing to the amendment Aug 02, 2007. N N W
Roll Call 292. HR 976. (State Children’s Health Insurance Program) Kerry of Massachusetts amendment that would increase authorization for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program by $15 billion/On agreeing to the amendment Aug 01, 2007. Y Y L
Roll Call 291. HR 976. (State Children’s Health Insurance Program) Lott of Mississippi amendment that would increase health care coverage for children, but decrease it for non-pregnant adults/On agreeing to the amendment Aug 01, 2007. N N W
Roll Call 290. HR 976. (State Children’s Health Insurance Program reauthorization) Motion to kill an amendment that would limit states’ ability to cover children under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program for certain families/On the motion Aug 01, 2007. Y Y W
Roll Call 287. HR 976. (State children’s health insurance program reauthorization) Ensign of Nevada amendment that would establish a disease prevention and research trust fund/On agreeing to the amendment Aug 01, 2007. N N W
Roll Call 286. HR 976. (State children’s health insurance program reauthorization) Allard of Colorado amendment that would require states to use a family’s gross income to determine eligibility for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program/On agreeing to the amendment Jul 31, 2007. N N W
Roll Call 273. S 1642. (Higher education reauthorization) Amendment by Brown of Ohio that would require the Secretary of Education to create a supplemental higher education loan program/On agreeing to the amendment Jul 23, 2007. Y Y L
Roll Call 256. HR 2669. (Student loans reconciliation) Amendment by Nelson of Nebraska that would reduce the bill's proposed subsidy cuts to for-profit lenders/On agreeing to the amendment Jul 19, 2007. N N W
Roll Call 255. HR 2669. (Student loans reconciliation) Amendment by Kennedy of Massachusetts that would increase funding for the new Promise grant program for the poorest college students/On agreeing to the amendment Jul 19, 2007. Y Y W
Roll Call 253. HR 2669. (Student loans reconciliation) Motion to begin debating a bill to redirect subsidies given to student loan lenders into financial aid for students/On the motion Jul 18, 2007. Y Y W
Roll Call 172. S Con Res 21. (Fiscal 2008 budget resolution) Vote on final passage of the budget resolution conference report/On the conference report May 17, 2007. Y Y W
Roll Call 160. Title:S Con Res 21. (Fiscal 2008 budget resolution), Conrad of North Dakota motion to instruct conferees to allow for the extension of certain tax cuts/On the motion May 09, 2007. Y Y W
Roll Call 111. S Con Res 21. (Fiscal 2008 budget resolution), Bunning of Kentucky amendment on allowing states to design their own Medicaid benefit packages/On agreeing to the amendment Mar 23, 2007. N N W
Roll Call 105. S Con Res 21. (Fiscal 2008 budget resolution), Smith of Oregon amendment on reauthorizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program/On agreeing to the amendment Mar 23, 2007. Y Y W
Roll Call 44. S. 256. Bankruptcy/Vote on Final Passage of Republican-Sponsored Bill to Alter Federal Bankruptcy Laws. Mar 10, 2005. N N L
Roll Call 36. S. 256. Bankruptcy/Vote on Amendment to Exempt from Means Test in Bankruptcy Bill Debtors Whose Financial Dilemmas were Caused by Failure to Receive Alimony, Child Support or Both. Mar 10, 2005. Y Y L
Roll Call 34. S. 256. Bankruptcy/Vote on Amendment to Make Several Changes to Republican-Sponsored Bill to Alter Federal Bankruptcy Rules Designed to Ease the Burden of Bankruptcy Filings on Children and Families. Mar 09, 2005. Y Y L
Roll Call 65. A Senate procedural vote on a Republican petition to end a Democratic filibuster (extended floor debate) and vote on Republican-drafted welfare reform legislation (H.R. 4). Apr 01, 2004. N N W
Roll Call 58. A vote on final passage of a Republican-backed fiscal year 2005 budget resolution (S.Con.Res. 95), including funding for tax relief, military spending and homeland security programs. Mar 11, 2004. N N L
Roll Call 53. Vote on passing a Democratic amendment to the fiscal year 2005 budget resolution (S.Con.Res. 95) creating a reserve fund that would allow up to $1 billion in additional spending to help serve an additional one million children through the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program, paid for by eliminating tax loopholes. Mar 11, 2004. Y Y L
Roll Call 36. A vote on passing a Democratic amendment to the fiscal year 2005 budget resolution calling for rollbacks in some of President Bush's tax cuts for wealthy individuals. Mar 10, 2004. Y Y L
Roll Call 35. A vote on passage of a Democratic amendment to the fiscal year 2005 budget resolution (S.Con.Res. 95) calling for fully funding President Bush's "Leave No Child Behind Act" in the new fiscal year by creating a reserve fund that would allow an increase of up to $8.6 billion in education programs, with the extra spending offset by rolling back a portion of President Bush's tax cuts for wealthy individuals. Mar 10, 2004. Y Y L
Roll Call 266. S. 1162. Child Tax Credit/Vote to Allow Consideration of a Bill to Extend the Child Tax Credit to Low-Income Families. Jul 09, 2003. N N L
Roll Call 182. H.R. 1298. Global AIDS Relief/Vote to Assist Individuals Caring for Orphaned Children Whose Parents Have Died From AIDS. May 15, 2003. Y Y L
Roll Call 167. S. 1054. Tax Reductions/Procedural Vote to Defeat a Democratic Measure Designed to Stimulate the Economy by Providing Assistance to Workers and Low-Income Individuals. May 15, 2003. Y Y L
Roll Call 166. S. 1054. Tax Reductions/Vote to Increase the Child Tax Credit for Families. May 15, 2003. Y Y L
Roll Call 153. S. 1054. Tax Reductions/Procedural Vote to Defeat an Amendment Designed to Provide Additional Assistance to Low- Income Families. May 15, 2003. Y Y L
Roll Call 151. S. 1054. Tax Reductions/Procedural Vote to Defeat an Amendment Designed to Maximize the Economic Stimulus Effect of the Dividend Tax Cut and Insure That All Families, Regardless of Income, Benefit from the Child Tax Credit. May 15, 2003. Y Y L
Roll Call 90. S. Con. Res. 23. Fiscal 2004 Budget Resolution/Vote to Help Low-Income Parents Secure Jobs By Increasing Funding for Child Care Services. Mar 25, 2003. Y Y L
Roll Call 86. S. Con. Res. 23. Fiscal 2004 Budget Resolution/Vote to Reduce the Amount of Tax Cuts Contained in the Bill In Order to Fund Head Start and After-School Programs. Mar 25, 2003. Y Y L