I think it's important to look at the facts of how and why Arlen Spector felt the need to change parties. His voting record during President Obama's first 100 days may offer some clues.
On the Motion (Vitter Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res. 13) An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.
On the Motion (DeMint Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res. 13) An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.
On the Motion (Cornyn Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res. 13) An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.
On the Motion (Sessions Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res. 13) An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.
On the Motion (Gregg Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res. 13) An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.
On the Motion (Johanns Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res. 13) An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.
On the Concurrent Resolution S.Con.Res. 13 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 937 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To require States to implement drug testing programs for applicants for and recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, which would encourage healthy, drug-free families instead of encouraging dependent behavior or on-going drug abuse.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 828 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To protect the freedom of conscience for patients and the right of health care providers to serve patients without violating their moral and religious convictions.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 964 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect small and home businesses from the burdensome and impractical requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008.
On the Motion (Motion to Waive CBA re: Sessions Amdt. No. 969) To provide for a point of order against any appropriations bill that fails fully fund the construction of the Southwest border fence.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 974 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To provide that no additional estate tax relief beyone that which is already assumed in this resolution, which protects over 99.7 percent of estates from the estate tax, shall be allowed under any deficit-neutral reserve fund unless an equal amount of aggregate tax relief is also provided to Americans earning less than $100,000 per year.
On the Motion (Motion to Waive CBA re: Wicker Amdt. No. 798) To ensure that law abiding Amtrak passengers are allowed to securely transport firearms in their checked baggage.
On the Motion (Motion to Waive CBA re: Cornyn Amdt. No. 934) To increase transparency by requiring five days of public review of legislation before passage by the Senate.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 954 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To save the American taxpayer over $150,000,000,000 by adjusting spending levels beyond fiscal year 2010 to compensate for spending from the stimulus bill in the corresponding fiscal years.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 926 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To protect workers from significant job loss by providing a point of order against climate change or similar legislation that raises Federal revenues to such an extent that it causes significant job loss in manufacturing- or coal-dependent U.S. regions such as the Midwest, Great Plains or South.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 811 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund to establish a national usury law, and for other purposes.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 950 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To ensure that millions of middle-income families do not face an alternative minimum tax increase in 2013 and 2014 and that the budget resolution reflects that result.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 803 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To protect charitable giving by ensuring that organizations that provide important religious, educational, cultural, health care, and environmental services are not negatively impacted by changes to the Federal income tax deduction for charitable donations.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 953 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To add a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers afterschool program.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 931 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for outer Continental Shelf oil and natural gas leasing revenues.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 787 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To end $272 billion in spending on bailouts under TARP and reduce record deficits and levels of debt.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 949 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To provide for the expenditure of the remaining Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for the benefit of consumers.
On the Motion to Recommit S.Con.Res. 13 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 875 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To require information from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System about the use of emergency economic assistance.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 913 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To provide for enhanced oversight of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System concerning the use of emergency economic assistance.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 805 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To require certain higher-income beneficiaries enrolled in the Medicare prescription drug benefit to pay higher premiums, as is currently required for physicians' services and outpatient services, and as proposed in the budget of the United States Government most recently submitted by the President.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 793 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To protect all patients by prohibiting the use of data obtained from comparative effectiveness research to deny coverage of items or services under Federal health care programs and to ensure that comparative effectiveness research accounts for advancements in genomics and personalized medicine, the unique needs of health disparity populations, and differences in the treatment response and the treatment preferences of patients.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 735 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To prohibit the use of reconciliation in the Senate for climate change legislation involving a cap and trade system.
On the Motion (Motion to Waive CBA re: Whitehouse Amdt. No. 869) Relative to a deficit-neutral reserve fund to invest in clean energy and preserve the environment.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 844 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To protect the fiscal discipline on discretionary spending exercised by the reported budget resolution by extending the resolution's discretionary spending limits to exactly the same level as already assumed in the resolution to make sure that debt is not increased further than contemplated by this budget resolution as a result of subsequent budget resolution or appropriation bills.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 835 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to address our Nations long term fiscal problems.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 804 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To protect middle-income taxpayers from tax increases by providing a point of order against legislation that increase taxes on them, including taxes that arise, directly or indirectly, from Federal revenues derived from climate change or similar legislation.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 772 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To restore the budget discipline of the Federal Government by freezing nondefense discretionary spending for fiscal years 2010 and 2011, and limiting the growth of nondefense discretionary spending to one percent annually for fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 747 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To create runaway debt point of order against consideration of a budget resolution that projects the ratio of public debt to GDP for any fiscal year in excess of 90% to ensure the continued viability of US dollar and prevent doubling or tripling the debt burden on future generations.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 739 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To prohibit the consideration of any budget resolution, or amendment thereto, or conference report thereon, that shows an increase in the public debt, for the period of the current fiscal year through the next 10 years, equal to or greater than the debt accumulated from 1789 to January 20, 2009.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 731 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To amend the deficit-neutral reserve fund for climate change legislation to require that such legislation does not increase electricity or gasoline prices.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 749 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) To require that certain legislation relating to clean energy technologies not increase electricity or gasoline prices or increase the overall burden on consumers.
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 1388 A bill entitled "The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, an Act to reauthorize and reform the national service laws."
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 705 to S.Amdt. 687 to H.R. 1388 (GIVE Act) To prohibit ACORN, or organizations affiliated or co-located with ACORN, from receiving assistance under this Act.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 716 to S.Amdt. 687 to H.R. 1388 (GIVE Act) To express the sense of the Senate regarding the Federal income tax deduction for charitable giving.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 721 to S.Amdt. 687 to H.R. 1388 (GIVE Act) To express the sense of the Senate regarding the Federal income tax charitable giving.
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 715 to S.Amdt. 692 to S.Amdt. 687 to H.R. 1388 To clarify that nonprofit organizations assisted under the Nonprofit Capacity Building Program include certain crisis pregnancy centers, and organizations that serve battered women or victims of rape or incest.
On the Motion (Motion to Waive CBA Re: Crapo Amdt. No. 688) To increase the borrowing authority of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and for other purposes.
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 146 An act to designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 683 to S.Amdt. 684 to H.R. 146 (Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009) To prohibit funding for congressional earmarks for wasteful and parochial pork projects.
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 677 to S.Amdt. 684 to H.R. 146 (Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009) To require Federal agencies to determine on an annual basis the quantity of land that is owned by each Federal agency and the cost to taxpayers of the ownership of the land.
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 675 to S.Amdt. 684 to H.R. 146 (Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act) To prohibit the use of eminent domain and to ensure that no American has their property forcibly taken from them by authorities granted under this Act.
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 679 to S.Amdt. 684 to H.R. 146 (Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act) To provide for the future energy needs of the United States and eliminate restrictions on the development of renewable energy.
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 680 to S.Amdt. 684 to H.R. 146 (Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act) To ensure that the general public has full access to our national parks and to promote the health and safety of all visitors and employees of the National Park Service.
On the Cloture Motion H.R. 146 A bill to establish a battlefield acquisition grant program for the acquisition and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and for other purposes.
Cloture Motion Agreed to (73-21, 3/5 majority required)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 621 to H.R. 1105 (Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009) To repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 615 to H.R. 1105 (Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009) To strike the restrictions on the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program.
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 604 to H.R. 1105 (Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009) To extend the pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation established in title IV of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1966 for 6 years.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 662 to H.R. 1105 (Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009) To prohibit the use of funds by the Federal Communications Commission to repromulgate the Fairness Doctrine.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 674 to H.R. 1105 (Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009) To prohibit the use of funds to implement an Executive Order relating to employee notice of rights under Federal labor laws.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 673 to H.R. 1105 (Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009) To prevent collection of excessive contingency legal fees by lawyers hired to protect the public interest.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 631 to H.R. 1105 (Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009) To require the Secretary of State to certify that funds made available for reconstruction efforts in Gaza will not be diverted to Hamas or entities controlled by Hamas.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 634 to H.R. 1105 (Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009) To prohibit the expenditure of amounts made available under this Act in a contract with any company that has a business presence in Iran's energy sector.
On the Motion (Motion to Waive the CBA re: Thune Amdt. No. 635 as Modified) To provide funding for the Emergency Fund for Indian Safety and Health, with an offset.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 613 to H.R. 1105 (Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009) To provide that no funds may be made available to make any assessed contribution or voluntary payment of the United Nations if the United Nations implements or imposes any taxation on any United States persons.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 599 to H.R. 1105 (Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009) To modify a provision relating to the repromulgation of final rules by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 607 to H.R. 1105 (Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009) To require that amounts appropriated for the United Nations Population Fund are not used by organizations which support coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 623 to H.R. 1105 (Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009) To prohibit taxpayer dollars from being earmarked to 14 clients of a lobbying firm under Federal investigation for making campaign donations in exchange for political favors for the group's clients.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 610 to H.R. 1105 (Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009) To prohibit funding for congressional earmarks for wasteful and parochial pork projects.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 608 to H.R. 1105 (Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009) To provide funds for the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act from funds already provided for the Weed and Seed Program.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 596 to H.R. 1105 (Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009) To require the use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements funded under this Act.
On the Motion (Hutchison Motion to Commit with Instructions re: H.R. 1105) A bill making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
On the Motion (Ensign Motion to Commit with Instructions re: H.R. 1105) A bill making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
On Passage of the Bill S. 160 A bill to provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat in the House of Representatives.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 575 to S. 160 (District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009) To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 573 to S. 160 (District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009) To prevent the Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 591 to S. 160 (District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009) To encourage and promote diversity in communication media ownership, and to ensure that the public airwaves are used in the public interest.
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 585 to S. 160 (District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009) To provide for the retrocession of the District of Columbia to the State of Maryland, and for other purposes.
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