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
Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008
On the Cloture Motion H.R. 3221
Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the need for comprehensive legislation to legalize the importation of prescription drugs from highly industrialized countries with safe pharmaceutical infrastructures.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4299 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To restore full funding for the international affairs budget, in support of the reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, nuclear nonproliferation, foreign assistance, fighting global AIDS, promoting sustainable development, and other efforts, with an offset.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4245 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for providing an above the line Federal income tax deduction for individuals purchasing health insurance outside the workplace.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4339 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To require that legislation to reauthorize SCHIP include provisions codifying the unborn child regulation.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4233 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To facilitate coverage of pregnant women in SCHIP.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4379 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for transferring funding for Berkeley, CA earmarks to the Marine Corps.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4380 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To exempt from pay-as-you-go enforcement modifications to the individual alternative minimum tax (AMT) that prevent millions of additional taxpayers from having to pay the AMT.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4276 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To protect small businesses, family ranches and farms from the Death Tax by providing a $5 million exemption, a low rate for smaller estates and a maximum rate no higher than 35%.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4372 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To protect family businesses and farmers without increasing our nation's debt by providing for an estate tax that sets the exemption at $5 million and the rate at 35 percent, with the benefits of the exemption recaptured for estates over $100 million, paid for by closing tax loopholes that allow offshore deferral of compensation and transactions entered into solely for the purpose of avoiding taxation.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4378 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To establish an earmark moratorium for fiscal year 2009.
On the Motion (Motion to Waive C.B.A. DeMint Amdt No. 4347)
To provide certainty to taxpayers by extending expiring tax provisions such as the R&D Tax Credit that helps US companies innovate, combat pay exclusion for our soldiers in the field, the education deduction to make colleges more affordable and the alternative energy incentives to make the environment cleaner through the end of 2009.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4348 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To protect the family budget from runaway Government spending by increasing the number of Senators necessary to waive the PAYGO Point of Order from 60 to 100.
On the Motion (Motion to Waive C.B.A. Cornyn Amdt. No. 4313)
To create a point of order against bills that would raise gasoline prices.
On the Motion (Motion to Waive C.B.A. DeMint Amdt. No. 4340)
To increase funding for the Department of Justice for the vigorous enforcement of a prohibition against taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions consistent with the Child Custody Protection Act, which passed the Senate by a bipartisan vote of 65-34, with an offset.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4335 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To increase funding for the Department of Justice for the vigorous enforcement of laws protecting children.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4368 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To create a reserve fund to ensure that Federal assistance does not go to sanctuary cities that ignore the immigration laws of the United States and create safe havens for illegal aliens and potential terrorists.
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4309 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for a 3-year extension of the pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4197 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To provide funds for a Commission on Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4284 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To pay down the Federal debt and eliminate government waste by reducing spending 5 percent on programs rated (as mandated under the Government Performance and Results Act (Public Law 103-62)) ineffective by the Office of Management and Budget Program Assessment Rating Tool.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4232 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for Social Security reform.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4328 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To put children ahead of millionaires and billionaires by restoring the pre-2001 top income tax rate for people earning over $1 million, and use this revenue to invest in LIHEAP; IDEA; Head Start; Child Care; nutrition; school construction and deficit reduction.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4218 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To require wealthy Medicare beneficiaries to pay a greater share of their Medicare Part D premiums.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4240 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To raise taxes by an unprecedented $1.4 trillion for the purpose of fully funding 111 new or expanded federal spending programs.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4246 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To protect the family budget by providing for a budget point of order against legislation that increases income taxes on taxpayers, including hard-working middle-income families, entrepreneurs, and college students.
On the Motion (Motion to Waive C.B.A. Cornyn Amdt. No. 4242)
To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for border security, immigration enforcement, and criminal alien removal programs.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4231 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To establish a reserve fund for immigration reform and enforcement.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4259 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To take $670,000 used by the EEOC in bringing actions against employers that require their employees to speak English, and instead use the money to teach English to adults through the Department of Education's English Literacy/Civics Education State Grant program.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4222 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To increase funding for the Department of Education's English Literacy-Civics Education State Grant program, with an offset.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4350 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve energy efficiency and production.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4207 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve energy efficiency and production.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4329 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To increase the Indian Health Service by $1 billion in FY 2009.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4198 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To increase funding for the National Institutes of Health and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4203 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To repeal the tax increase on Social Security benefits imposed by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4192 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To add a deficit-neutral reserve fund for repealing the 1993 increase in the income tax on Social Security benefits.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4204 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To protect small businesses, family ranches and farms from the Death Tax by providing a $5 million exemption, a low rate for smaller estates and a maximum rate no higher than 35%.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4191 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To reform the estate tax to avoid subjecting thousands of families, family businesses, and family farms and ranches to the estate tax.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4196 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To repeal section 13203 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 by restoring the Alternative Minimum Tax rates that had been in effect prior thereto.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4189 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To repeal section 13203 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 by restoring the Alternative Minimum Tax rates that had been in effect prior thereto.
On the Motion to Reconsider S.Amdt. 4189 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To repeal section 13203 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 by restoring the Alternative Minimum Tax rates that had been in effect prior thereto.
On the Motion (Motion to Table Motion to Reconsider)
To repeal section 13203 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 by restoring the Alternative Minimum Tax rates that had been in effect prior thereto.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4189 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To add a deficit-neutral reserve fund for repealing the 1993 rate increase for the alternative minimum tax for individuals.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4190 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To protect families, family farms and small businesses by extending the income tax rate structure, raising the death tax exemption to $5 million and reducing the maximum death tax rate to no more than 35%; to keep education affordable by extending the college tuition deduction; and to protect senior citizens from higher taxes on their retirement income, maintain U.S. financial market competitiveness, and promote economic growth by extending the lower tax rates on dividends and capital gains.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4170 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
To provide tax relief to middle-class families and small businesses, property tax relief to homeowners, relief to those whose homes were damaged or destroyed by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and tax relief to America's troops and veterans.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4160 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)
Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 4040
To allow the prevailing party in certain civil actions related to consumer product safety rules to recover attorney fees.
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4097 to S. 2663 (No short title on file)
To prohibit State attorneys general from entering into contingency fee agreements for legal or expert witness services in certain civil actions relating to Federal consumer product safety rules, regulations, standards, certification or labeling requirements, or orders.
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4094 to S. 2663 (No short title on file)
To authorize appropriations for necessary or appropriate travel, subsistence, and related expenses, and for other purposes.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4105 to S. 2663 (No short title on file)
In the nature of a substitute.
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4095 to S. 2663 (No short title on file)