Voting Record
Complete voting history for Paul S. Sarbanes
Total Votes
1320
Yea Votes
909
69%
Nay Votes
387
29%
Bills Passed
660
50% success rate
Showing 50 of 1320 votes
To provide an additional $550,000,000 for Amtrak for fiscal year 2007.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3015 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file)
To preserve a national intercity passenger rail system by providing adequate funding of $1.45 billion for Amtrak in Fiscal Year 2007 and to fully offset this additional funding by closing corporate tax loopholes.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3086 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file)
To ensure that any savings associated with legislation that authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to use the collective purchasing power of 40,000,000 Medicare beneficiaries to negotiate the best possible prices for prescription drugs provided through part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act in fallback plans, by private drug plans (if asked) and in other circumstances, but not permitting a uniform formulary or price setting, is reserved for deficit reduction of to improve the Medicare drug benefit.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3004 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file)
To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect medicare beneficiaries who enroll in the prescription drug benefit during 2006.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3009 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file)
To establish a reserve fund to allow for deficit-neutral legislation that would provide for an extension of the Medicare part D enrollment period.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3073 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file)
To provide an additional $965 million to make our ports more secure by increasing port security grants, increasing inspections, improving existing programs, and increasing research and development, and to fully offset this additional funding by closing tax loopholes.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3054 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file)
To provide funding for maritime security, including the Container Security Initiative, improved data for targeted cargo searches, and full background checks and security threat assessments of personnel at our nation's seaports.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3061 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file)
To provide $5 billion for our emergency responders so that they can field effective and reliable interoperable communications equipment to respond to natural disasters, terrorist attacks and the public safety needs of America's communities and fully offset this by closing tax loopholes and collecting more from the tax gap.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3056 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file)
To increase funding for the Community Develeopment Block Grant Program.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3050 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file)
To restore funding for the Community Development Block Grant Program to the fiscal 2004 level by closing tax loopholes previously slated for elimination in Senate-passed legislation.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3063 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file)
To make energy more affordable and sustainable, to increase our national security through foreign oil replacement with biofuels and alternative fuels and advanced/hybrid vehicle use, to accelerate production and market penetration of clean and renewable energy technologies and generation, and to more fully utilize energy efficiency and conservation technologies and practices.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3039 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file)
To increase Veterans medical services funding by $1.5 billion in FY 2007 to be paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3007 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file)
To provide increased funding for veterans health programs, and to negate the need for enrollment fees and increase in pharmacy co-payments.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2999 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file)
To support college access and job training by: (1) restoring program cuts slated for vocational education, TRIO, GEAR UP, Perkins Loans, and other student aid programs; (2) increasing investment in student aid programs, including increasing the maximum Pell Grant to $4,500; and (3) restoring cuts slated for job training programs; paid for by closing $6.3 billion in corporate tax loopholes.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3028 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file)
To fully reinstate the pay-as-you-go requirement through 2011.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3013 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file)
Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006
On the Cloture Motion S. 2349
To provide additional transparency in the legislative process.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2932 to S. 2349 (527 Reform Act of 2006)
To improve the distribution of funds to States under there Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2913 to S.Amdt. 2899 to S. 2320 (No short title on file)
A bill to make available funds included in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program for fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes.
On the Motion (Motion to Waive CBA Re: S. 2320)
USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005
On the Conference Report H.R. 3199
USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005
On the Cloture Motion H.R. 3199
USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005
On the Motion to Reconsider H.R. 3199
USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005
On the Motion to Proceed H.R. 3199
USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006
On Passage of the Bill S. 2271
To establish the enactment date of the Act.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2895 to S. 2271 (USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006)
USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006
On the Cloture Motion S. 2271
USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006
On the Cloture Motion S. 2271
FAIR Act of 2005
On the Motion (Motion to Waive CBA Re: S. 852)
Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005
On the Motion (Lautenberg Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 4297 Re: National Debt)
Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005
On the Motion (Hutchison Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 4297 Re: States Sales Taxes)
Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005
On the Motion (Reed Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 4297 Re: Military)
Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005
On the Motion (Kennedy Motion to Instruct Conference on H.R. 4297 Re: Capital Gains)
Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005
On the Motion (Grassley Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 4297 Re: AMT/Capital Gains)
Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005
On the Motion (Dodd Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 4297 Re: Veterans)
Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005
On the Motion (Grassley Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 4297 Re: Veterans)
To provide a new system by which to resolve claims for bodily injury caused by asbestos exposure, and for other purposes.
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2748 to S. 852 (Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2005)
FAIR Act of 2005
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 852
To amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to extend the sunset of certain provisions of such Act.
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 4659
Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 4297
To express the sense of the Senate that protecting middle-class families from the alternative minimum tax should be a higher priority for Congress in 2006 than extending a tax cut that does not expire until the end of 2008.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2705 to S.Amdt. 2707 to H.R. 4297 (Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005)
To strengthen America's military, to repeal the extension of tax rates for capital gains and dividends, to reduce the deficit, and for other purposes.
On the Motion (Motion to Waive CBA Reed Amdt. No. 2737)
To support the health needs of our veterans and military personnel and reduce the deficit by making tax rates fairer for all Americans.
On the Motion (Motion to Waive CBA Dodd Amdt. No. 2735)
To establish a congressional commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region of the United States especially in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and other areas impacted in the aftermath and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future.
On the Motion (Motion to Waive CBA Clinton Amdt. No. 2716)
To provide for necessary beneficiary protections in order to ensure access to coverage under the Medicare part D prescription drug program.
On the Motion (Motion to Waive CBA Re: Nelson (FL) Amdt. No. 2730)
To express the sense of the Senate regarding the Medicare part D prescription drug program.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2731 to S.Amdt. 2707 to H.R. 4297 (Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005)
To provide revenue provisions.
On the Motion (Motion to Waive CBA Conrad Amdt. No. 2729)