274/HR4853: Waive budget rules to permanently extend the 2010 individual income-tax rates. December 15. (37-63; 67 votes required for passage) L-3
275/HR4853: Waive budget rules to eliminate continued tax breaks for the top 2 percent of taxpayers. December 15. (43-57; 67 votes required for passage) C-2
Foreign Issues (13 votes)
242/S3816: Invoke cloture on a bill giving U.S. companies a tax break for hiring workers to replace ones performing similar duties overseas. September 28. (53-45; 60 votes required for cloture) C-3
282/TreatyDoc111-5: Amend the preamble of New START, a strategic arms pact with Russia, to strike language regarding the interrelationship between strategic offensive arms and strategic defensive arms. December 18. (37-59) L-3
283/TreatyDoc111-5: Amend the preamble of New START to acknowledge the interrelationship between no-strategic and strategic offensive arms. December 19. (32-60) L-3
285/TreatyDoc111-5: Increase the number of Type One and Type Two inspections allowed under New START. December 20. (33-64) L-3
286/TreatyDoc111-5: Modify the deployed delivery-vehicle limits of New START. December 20. (33-64) L-3
287/TreatyDoc111-5: Amend New START to address the disparity between tactical nuclear weapons stockpiles. December 20. (35-62) L-3
292/TreatyDoc111-5: Invoke cloture on New START. December 21. (67-28; 60 votes required for cloture) L-3
293/TreatyDoc111-5: Amend New START to provide for a clear definition of rail-mobile missiles. December 21. (32-63) L-3
294/TreatyDoc111-5: Table an amendment to New START regarding the return of stolen U.S. military equipment. December 21. (61-32) L-3
295/TreatyDoc111-5: Require that certain provisions adopted by the Bilateral Consultative Commission be submitted to the Senate for a vote. December 21. (34-59) L-3
296/TreatyDoc111-5: Require a certification that the president has negotiated an agreement that Russia will not deploy a significant number of nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missiles for the duration of New START. December 21. (31-62) L-3
297/TreatyDoc111-5: Require a legally binding side agreement to New START on telemetric exchanges on new ballistic-missile systems. December 21. (30-63) L-3
298/TreatyDoc111-5: Ratify New START. December 22. (71-26; 65 votes required for ratification) L-3
Social Issues (23 votes)
18/PN319: Confirm Patricia Smith to be solicitor for the Labor Department. February 4. (60-37) L-3
22/PN1351: Invoke cloture on the nomination of Craig Becker to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board. February 9. (52-33; 60 votes required for cloture) C-3
53/HR1586: Authorize a five-year program to provide vouchers for low-income District of Columbia students. March 16. (42-55) L-3
89/HR4872: Waive budget rules to suspend marriages of gay couples in the District of Columbia. March 25. (36-59; 60 votes required for passage) L-3
93/HR4872: Waive budget rules to protect certain providers of pro bono care against medical-malpractice lawsuits. March 25. (40-55; 60 votes required for passage) L-3
95/HR4872: Table a bid to require individuals in certain health insurance programs to certify that they are U.S. nationals or eligible immigrants. March 25. (55-43) L-3
120/PN228: Confirm Marisa Demeo as an associate judge for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. April 20. (66-32) L-3
121/PN1379: Confirm Christopher Schroeder as assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Policy. April 21. (72-24) L-2
165/HR4899: Waive budget rules to deploy 6,000 National Guard troops on the U.S.-Mexico border. May 27. (51-46; 60 votes required for passage) L-3
166/HR4899: Waive budget rules to provide additional funds for the prosecution of illegal immigrants. May 27. (54-44; 60 votes required for passage) L-2
167/HR4899: Waive budget rules to provide additional funding for border security. May 27. (54-43; 60 votes required for passage) L-3
172/HR4899: Suspend Senate rules to permit consideration of an amendment to require completion of a 700-mile fence along the Mexican border. May 27. (45-52; 65 votes required for passage) L-3
214/HR4213: Prevent the federal government from taking legal action challenging Arizona’s immigration laws. July 21. (43-55; 66 votes required for passage) L-3
229/PN1768: Confirm the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. August 5. (63-37) L-3
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