Voting Record
Complete voting history for William M. Cowan
Total Votes
160
Yea Votes
90
56%
Nay Votes
64
40%
Bills Passed
80
50% success rate
Showing 50 of 160 votes
To address restoration of certain properties impacted by natural disasters, and for other purposes.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 889 to S. 601 (Water Resources Development Act of 2013)
To preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect to waters of the United States.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 868 to S. 601 (Water Resources Development Act of 2013)
To provide a multiagency effort to slow the spread of Asian carp in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River basins and tributaries.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 813 to S. 601 (Water Resources Development Act of 2013)
To create the National Endowment for the Oceans to promote the protection and conservation of United States ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 803 to S.Amdt. 799 to S. 601 (Water Resources Development Act of 2013)
To protect the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources development projects administered by the Secretary of the Army.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 805 to S.Amdt. 799 to S. 601 (Water Resources Development Act of 2013)
Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013
On Passage of the Bill S. 743
Of a perfecting nature.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 741 to S. 743 (Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013)
Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013
On the Cloture Motion S. 743
Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013
On the Motion to Proceed S. 743
Sylvia Mathews Burwell, of West Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, vice Jacob J. Lew, resigned.
On the Nomination PN188
Jane Kelly, of Iowa, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, vice Michael J. Melloy, retiring.
On the Nomination PN127
Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 743
Derrick Kahala Watson, of Hawaii, to be United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii, vice David A. Ezra, retired.
On the Nomination PN31
To reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 730 to S. 649 (Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of2013)
To withhold 5 percent of Community Oriented Policing Services program Federal funding from States and local governments that release sensitive and confidential information on law-abiding gun owners and victims of domestic violence.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 717 to S. 649 (Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of2013)
To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 714 to S. 649 (Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of2013)
To protect the Second Amendment rights of veterans and their families.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 720 to S. 649 (Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of2013)
To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 711 to S. 649 (Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of2013)
To allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 719 to S. 649 (Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of2013)
To increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 713 to S. 649 (Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of2013)
To address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 725 to S. 649 (Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of2013)
To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 715 to S. 649 (Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of2013)
Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 649
Sarah Jewell, of Washington, to be Secretary of the Interior, vice Kenneth Lee Salazar.
On the Nomination PN135
To uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 139 to S.Con.Res. 8 (No short title on file)
To require the Congressional Budget Office to include macroeconomic feedback scoring of tax legislation.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 154 to S.Con.Res. 8 (No short title on file)
To eliminate program duplication, fragmentation, and overlap within the 15 "financial literacy" programs under 13 departments and agencies identified by the 2012 report of the Government Accountability Office, entitled "Opportunities to Reduce Duplication, Overlap and Fragmentation, Achieve Savings, and Enhance Revenue".
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 709 to S.Con.Res. 8 (No short title on file)
To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to eliminate non-defense related spending by the Department of Defense.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 416 to S.Con.Res. 8 (No short title on file)
To create a point of order against legislation that would further restrict the right of law-abiding Americans to own a firearm.
On the Motion (Motion to Waive CBA Re: Lee Amdt. No. 673)
To create a point of order against any legislation that would provide taxpayer funds to the United Nations while any member nation forces citizens or residents of that nation to undergo involuntary abortions.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 702 to S.Con.Res. 8 (No short title on file)
To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to reduce foreign assistance to Egypt and increase funding for an east coast missile defense shield.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 471 to S.Con.Res. 8 (No short title on file)
To end the mobile phone welfare program.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 338 to S.Con.Res. 8 (No short title on file)
To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to ensure election integrity by requiring a valid government-issued photographic ID for voting in federal elections.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 526 to S.Con.Res. 8 (No short title on file)
To provide funding to the Department of Transportation for interstate bridge infrastructure projects and to reduce the Federal deficit by decreasing the amounts available for foreign assistance and loan guarantee programs administered by the Department of Energy.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 382 to S.Con.Res. 8 (No short title on file)
To amend the reconciliation instructions to include instructions to the Committee on Finance to achieve the Budget's stated goal of $275 billion in mandatory health care savings.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 318 to S.Con.Res. 8 (No short title on file)
To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the prohibition on funding of the Medium Extended Air Defense System.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 136 to S.Con.Res. 8 (No short title on file)
To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for legislation that requires financial regulators to conduct rigorous cost-benefit analyses on all proposed rules.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 340 to S.Con.Res. 8 (No short title on file)
To provide reconciliation instructions to reduce the deficit by $63,860,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2023.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 152 to S.Con.Res. 8 (No short title on file)
To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to achieve savings by prohibiting illegal immigrants or illegal immigrants granted legal status from qualifying for federally subsidized health care.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 614 to S.Con.Res. 8 (No short title on file)
To reduce spending and decrease the risk of drastic energy price increases by prohibiting further greenhouse gas regulations for the purposes of addressing climate change.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 359 to S.Con.Res. 8 (No short title on file)
To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the prohibition of taxpayer dollars and resources being used to automatically deduct union dues from the pay of Federal employees.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 597 to S.Con.Res. 8 (No short title on file)
To force Congress to ensure the solvency of the Social Security and Medicare programs.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 213 to S.Con.Res. 8 (No short title on file)
To provide a point of order against budgets spending more on net interest payments on the debt than on national defense, and to ensure the United States government funds its military at higher levels than the militaries of foreign holders of its debt.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 373 to S.Con.Res. 8 (No short title on file)
To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to enable prompt action relating to the Presidential exemption for the rule of the Environmental Protection Agency commonly known as the Mercury and Air Toxins Standard for affected electric utility steam generating units that need additional time to install the major emissions control equipment, construct replacement generation, or implement other mitigation measures in order to ensure the reliability of the grid.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 514 to S.Con.Res. 8 (No short title on file)
To repeal the tax increase on catastrophic medical expenses created by Obamacare.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 535 to S.Con.Res. 8 (No short title on file)