Voting Record
Complete voting history for David Vitter
Total Votes
4864
Yea Votes
2681
55%
Nay Votes
1839
38%
Bills Passed
2432
50% success rate
Showing 50 of 4864 votes
To sunset the Y-1 nonimmigrant visa program after a 5-yer period.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1316 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)
To provide a date on which the authority of the section relating to the increasing of American competitiveness through a merit-based evaluation system for immigrants shall be terminated.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1202 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)
To require that the U.S. VISIT system- the biometric border check-in/check-out system first required by Congress in 1996 that is already well past its already postponed 2005 implementation due date- be finished as part of the enforcement trigger.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1339 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)
To amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the national language of the Government of the United States, and for other purposes.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1151 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)
To preserve and enhance the role of the English language.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1384 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)
To improve the criteria and weights of the merit-based evaluation system.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1374 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)
To reclassify the spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents as immediate relatives.
On the Motion (Motion to Waive CBA Re: Clinton Amdt. No. 1183, As Further Modified)
To modify the allocation of visas with respect to the backlog of family-based visa petitions.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1460 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)
To modify the deadline for the family backlog reduction.
On the Motion (Motion to Waive CBA Re: Menendez Amdt. No 1194)
To save American taxpayers up to $24 billion in the 10 years after passage of this Act, by preventing the earned income tax credit, which is, according to the Congressional Research Service, the largest anti-poverty entitlement program of the Federal Government, from being claimed by Y temporary workers or illegal aliens given status by this Act until they adjust to legal permanent resident status.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1234 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)
To clarify the application of the earned income tax credit.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1331 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)
To address documentation of employment and to make an amendment with respect to mandatory disclosure of information.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1250 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)
To remove the requirement that Y-1 nonimmigrant visa holders leave the United States before they are able to renew their visa.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1267 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)
To require health care coverage for holders of Z nonimmigrant visas.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1197 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)
To establish a permanent bar for gang members, terrorists, and other criminals.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1184 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)
To increase the immigration-related penalties associated with various criminal activities.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1333 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)
To establish commissions to review the facts and circumstances surrounding injustices suffered by European Americans, European Latin Americans, and Jewish refugees during World War II.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1176 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require individuals voting in person to present photo identification.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1170 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)
To ensure that employers make efforts to recruit American workers.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1231 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)
To eliminate the preference given to people who entered the United States illegally over people seeking to enter the country legally in the merit-based evaluation system for visas.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1189 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)
U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007
On the Motion (Motion to Concur in House Amdt. to Senate Amdt to H.R.2206)
To strike title VI (related to Nonimmigrants in the United States Previously in Unlawful Status).
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1157 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)
To establish the American Competitiveness Scholarship Program.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1223 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)
To sunset the Y-1 nonimmigrant visa program after a 5-year period.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1181 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)
To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to facilitate information sharing between federal and local law enforcement officials related to an individual's immigration status.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1158 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)
To exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the numerical limitations on immigrant visas.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1186 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)
To reduce to 200,000 the number of certain non-immigrants permitted to be admitted during a fiscal year.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1169 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)
To strike the Y nonimmigrant guestworker program.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1153 to S.Amdt. 1150 to S. 1348 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007)
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007
On the Cloture Motion S. 1348
Expressing the sense of the Congress that no action should be taken to undermine the safety of the Armed Forces of the United States or impact their ability to complete their assigned or future missions.
On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 1123 to H.R. 2206 (U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007)
Water Resources Development Act of 2007
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 1495
To express the sense of the Senate that Congress must send to the President acceptable legislation to continue funds for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom by not later than May 28, 2007.
On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 1135 to H.R. 1495 (Water Resources Development Act of 2007)
Relative to the President's strategy in Iraq.
On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 1134 to H.R. 1495 (Water Resources Development Act of 2007)
To provide for a transition of the Iraq mission.
On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 1098 to S.Amdt. 1097 to H.R. 1495 (Water Resources Development Act of 2007)
To require the consideration of certain factors relating to global climate change.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1094 to S.Amdt. 1065 to H.R. 1495 (Water Resources Development Act of 2007)
To establish a Water Resources Commission to prioritize water resources projects in the United States.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1086 to S.Amdt. 1065 to H.R. 1495 (Water Resources Development Act of 2007)
To prioritize Federal spending to ensure the needs of Louisiana residents who lost their homes as a result of Hurricane Katrina and Rita are met before spending money to design or construct a nonessential visitors center.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1089 to S.Amdt. 1065 to H.R. 1495 (Water Resources Development Act of 2007)
To prioritize Federal spending to ensure the residents of the city of Sacramento are protected from the threat of floods before spending money to add sand to beaches in San Diego.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1090 to S.Amdt. 1065 to H.R. 1495 (Water Resources Development Act of 2007)
Water Resources Development Act of 2007
On the Cloture Motion H.R. 1495
An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012.
On the Motion (Gregg Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res. 21)
An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012.
On the Motion (Conrad Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res.21)
An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012.
On the Motion (Kyl Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res. 21)
Debra Ann Livingston, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, vice John M. Walker, Jr., retired.
On the Nomination PN11
Food and Drug Administration Revitalization Act
On Passage of the Bill S. 1082
To reduce financial conflict of interest in FDA Advisory Panels.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1034 to S. 1082 (Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007)
To provide for the application of stronger civil penalties for violations of approved risk evaluation and mitigation strategies.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 998 to S. 1082 (Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007)
To clarify the authority of the Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology with respect to postmarket drug safety pursuant to recommendations by the Institute of Medicine.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1039 to S. 1082 (Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007)
Food and Drug Administration Revitalization Act
On the Cloture Motion S. 1082