Lamar Alexander

(TN-Sen)

2020 Score:: 71
lifetime:: 64
Rank:: 40
District:: Sen

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Votes

2019 32%

Title	Description	Club Position	Rep. Position
HR1158	HR1158: MegaBus spending bill, busts budget, includes many anomalies	N	Y
HR1865	HR1865: MegaBus spending bill, busts budget, includes many anomalies	N	Y
HR3055	HR3055: 4-Week CR which accommodated massive appropriations deal	N	Y
HR3055	HR3055: Amdt #1019 - Applied the Penny Plan to the bill, reduces spending by 2 percent	Y	N
HR3877	HR3877: Increases spending by $326 billion and suspends the debt limit through August 2021	N	Y
SB1332	SB1332: Penny Plan budget, reduces spending by 2 percent	Y	A
HR2157	HR2157: Supplemental bill that increases federal spending by more than $19 billion	N	A
PN54	PN54: Nomination of Judith DelZoppo Pryor to be a Member of the ExIm Bank Board	N	Y
PN47	PN47: Nomination of Spencer Bauchus to be a Member of the ExIm Bank Board	N	Y
SJR8	SJRes8: Green New Deal that would greatly expand government	N	N
HJR31	HJRes31: Budget busting spending bill that continues trillion-dollar deficits	N	Y
PN55	PN55: Nomination of Kimberly Reed to be President of the ExIm Bank	N	Y
PN1099	PN1099: Nomination of Eugene Scalia to be Secretary of Labor	Y	Y
SR378	SRes378: Sponsorship of resolution forcing a vote on whether to open an impeachment inquiry	Y	Y

2017 71%

Title	Description	Club Position	Rep. Position
H.R. 1	Final passage of the House and Senate compromise on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act	Y	Y
H.R. 1	Passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to lower individual and corporate tax rates and limit certain deductions	Y	Y
H.R. 1	Amendment to expand section 529 college savings plans to K-12 educational expenses	Y	Y
H.R. 1	Amendment to increase the child tax credit and increase corporate tax rates	N	N
H.R. 2266	Passage of a bill to provide $36.5 billion for disaster relief and cancel $16 billion of flood insurance debt	N	Y
H.Con.Res. 71	Amendment to the budget resolution to provide for repeal of the 2010 healthcare law known as "Obamacare"	Y	N
H.Con.Res.	Motion to consider a budget resolution containing instructions to the tax committees to report a tax reform bill	Y	Y
H.R. 601	Amendment to offset disaster relief spending by rescinding funding for the U.S. Agency for International Development	N	Y
H.R. 601	Passage of a bill with $15.2 billion for disaster relief and that suspends the debt limit until Dec. 8, 2017	N	Y
H.R. 601	Motion to kill an amendment to remove spending not related to disaster relief from the bill	N	Y
H.R. 1628	Amendment to repeal most of the 2010 health care law known as "Obamacare"	Y	N
H.R. 1628	Motion to consider a bill to repeal the individual mandate and many taxes in the 2010 healthcare law known as "Obamacare"	Y	Y
H.R. 1628	Amendment to repeal most of the 2010 health care law known as "Obamacare" and replace it with, among other provisions, a healthcare tax credit	Y	Y
H.J.Res. 3	Passage of a resolution to reject a regulation to reduce methane flaring	Y	Y
PN55	Confirmation of Neil Gorsuch as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court	Y	Y
PN37	Confirmation of Betsy DeVos as secretary of Education	Y	Y
H.J.Res. 3	Passage of a resolution to reject a regulation on streams near coal mines	Y	Y
S.Con.Res.	Passage of a budget resolution with instructions to repeal much of the 2010 healthcare law known as "Obamacare"	Y	Y
S.Con.Res. 3	Substitute amendment to the budget resolution to cut spending and balance the budget by 2024	Y	N

2015 59%

Title	Description	Club Position	Rep. Position
H.R. 2029	Passage of FY16 omnibus spending bill with higher spending caps	N	Y
H.R. 22	Pass the transportation spending bill, which also includes reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank and an increase in crop insurance subsidies	N	Y
H.R. 22	Waive the budget act to increase crop insurance subsidies	N	Y
S.J.Res. 2	Passage of a resolution to disapprove the EPA's existing power plant emissions rule	Y	Y
S.J.Res. 2	Passage of a resolution to disapprove the EPA's new power plant emissions rule	Y	Y
H.R. 1314	Passage of a bill to increase the debt ceiling and spending caps	N	Y
H.R. 22	Passage of the surface transportation reauthorization bill, which increased spending and included no reforms	N	Y
H.R. 22	Amendment to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, a major corporate welfare program	N	Y
S. 1177	Passage of No Child Left Behind reauthorization bill with inadequate reforms	N	Y
S. 1177	Allow states to use education funding to follow low income students to public or private schools.	Y	Y
S. 1177	Allow parents to opt their children out from No Child Left Behind testing	Y	N
H.R. 2146	Passage of the Trade Promotion Authority bill	Y	Y
H.R. 1314	Amendment to add anti-trade currency language to the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill	N	N
H.R. 1314	Strikes trade adjustment assistance spending from the TPA bill	Y	Y
H.R. 644	Passage of a bill that includes anti- trade language on currencies	N	N
H.R. 2	Force the Medicare "doc fix" to be fully offset by spending cuts	Y	N
H.R. 2	Repeal the individual mandate to buy health insurance	Y	Y
H.R. 2	Permanent "doc fix" with no offsetting spending reductions, a $140 billion increase in debt	N	Y
S.Con.Res. 11	Amendment to advance new speech regulations	N	N
S.Con.Res. 11	Amendment to advance a bill to prohibit the gov't from requiring construction contractors to use union labor	Y	Y
S.Con.Res. 11	Repeal the death tax	Y	Y
S.Con.Res. 11	Increase tax revenue by $441 billion	N	N
S.J.Res. 8	Disapproval of National Labor Relations Board rule relating to case representation procedures	Y	Y
S. 1	Kill amendment to ban the export of crude oil	Y	Y
S. 1	Kill protectionist amendment to Keystone XL pipeline bill	Y	Y

2014 67%

Title	Description	Club Position	Rep. Position
H.R. 5771	Pass bill to extend poorly designed "temporary" tax breaks	N	Y
H.R. 83	Pass bloated FY 2015 budget bill	N	Y
S. 2280	Approve Keystone pipeline	Y	Y
S.J.Res. 1	Pass constitutional amendment to give Congress power to regulate speech	N	N
H.R. 5021	Bailout of the highway trust fund, offset with customs fee hikes & pension smoothing	N	A
H.R. 5021	Cut gas tax, return most highway programs to the States	Y	A
S. 2244	Pass bill to extend subsidy for terrorism risk insurance	N	A
S. 2432	End debate on bill to increase a student loan subsidy paid for by tax increase	N	N
H.R. 3474	End debate on amendment to extend poorly designed "temporary" tax breaks	N	N
H.R. 3979	Waive Budget Act on bill to extend unemployment benefits	N	N
H.R. 4302	Pass Medicare "Doc fix" paid for by phony cuts in 2024	N	N
H.R. 3370	Delay subsidy cuts to flood insurance program - final passage	N	N
S. 540	End debate on bill to suspend debt ceiling until March 15, 2015 with no reforms	N	N
H.R. 2642	Final passage of bloated farm bill	N	Y
S. 1926	Pass bill to delay flood insurance program subsidy cuts	N	N
H.R. 3547	Final passage of FY 2014 budget bill that funds ObamaCare	N	Y
S. 1845	End debate on bill to extend unemployment benefits	N	N

2013 67%

Title	Description	Club Position	Rep. Position
H.J.Res. 5	Pass Ryan-Murray budget deal that partially unwinds the sequester and increases spending caps	N	Y
PN408	Confirm Mel Watt as Fannie and Freddie regulator	N	N
H.R. 2775	Pass government funding bill with no spending reforms, suspend the debt limit	N	Y
H.J.Res. 5	Procedural vote to strike House amendment to delay ObamaCare	N	N
H.J.Res. 5	Procedural vote to strike House amendment to delay ObamaCare	N	N
H.J.Res. 5	Procedural vote to strike House amendment to defund ObamaCare	N	Y
H.R. 1911	Amendment to raise taxes and increase student loan subsidy	N	N
PN239	Confirm Fred Hochberg as Ex-Im Bank president	N	Y
S. 954	Pass farm and food stamp bill	N	Y
S. 954	Amendment to create rural Internet grants	N	N
S. 954	Amendment to replace food stamp program with state block grants	Y	Y
S. 954	Reduce the sugar subsidy program to 2008 levels	Y	Y
S. 601	Add an anti-trade "Buy American" provision to a water resources bill	N	N
S. 601	Create the Nat'l Endowment for the Oceans	N	N
S.Con.Res. 8	Support for eliminating 15 duplicative programs	Y	Y
S.Con.Res. 8	Support for barring mobile phone subsidy program	Y	Y
S.Con.Res. 8	Support repeal of ObamaCare	Y	Y
S.Con.Res. 8	Support for approval of the Keystone pipeline	Y	Y
S.Con.Res. 8	Allow some education funding to be used for school choice	Y	Y
S.Con.Res. 8	Support Death Tax repeal	Y	Y
S.Con.Res. 8	Budget resolution to balance budget within 5 yrs; no tax hikes	Y	N
S.Con.Res. 8	Support for barring EPA from passing greenhouse gas regulations	Y	Y
S.Con.Res. 8	Support ban of automatic deduction of union dues for federal employees	Y	Y
S.Con.Res. 8	Strike tax increase; provide for revenue-neutral tax reform	Y	Y
S.Con.Res. 8	Oppose Medicare reform if it includes vouchers	N	Y
H.R. 325	Kill debt ceiling reform bill	N	N
H.R. 325	Kill amendment to fully offset debt ceiling increase with spending cuts	N	N
H.R. 152	Passage of fiscally irresponsible $50.5 billion Hurricane Sandy spending bill	N	Y
H.R. 152	Cut discretionary spending 0.49%, reduce budget caps through 2021, to offset Hurricane Sandy bill	Y	Y
H.R. 8	Pass deal to increase tax rates, delay automatic spending cuts	N	Y

2012 53%

Title	Description	Club Position	Rep. Position
	Increase regulation of speech	N	Y
H.R. 1	Limit Davis Bacon union wage subsidy rule	Y	Y
H.R. 1	Provide pork filled hurricane spending with no offset	N	N
S. 3637	Extend unlimited deposit insurance	N	Y
H.R. 6156	Pass Russian free trade bill	Y	Y
H.J.Res. 1	Pass omnibus government spending bill, fund ObamaCare	N	Y
S. 3412	Extend all 2001 & 2003 tax rate cuts for 2013	Y	Y
H.R. 4348	Pass bloated spending bill for tranportation programs and student loan and flood insurance subsidies	N	A
S. 3240	Pass bloated farm bill	N	Y
S. 3240	Provide crop insurance for organic food	N	N
S. 3240	Eliminate sugar import quotas and reduce subsidies	Y	Y
S. 3240	Cut food promotional campaign budget by 20%	Y	Y
S. 3240	Prohibit Agriculture Dept. loan guarantees	Y	N
S. 3240	No farm subsidies if income exceeds $250,000	Y	N
S. 3240	Table amendment to replace food stamp program with state block grants for nutrition assistance	N	Y
S. 2343	Extend student loan subsidies for one year	N	N
S.Con.Res.	Pass fiscally conservative budget blueprint	Y	N
H.R. 2072	Reauthorize Export-Import Bank subsidies	N	Y
S.J.Res. 3	Cancel labor board union election rule	Y	Y
S. 2230	Create new 30% minimum tax	N	N
H.R. 3606	Ease SEC regulations on emerging growth companies	Y	Y
S. 1813	Pass bloated transportation bill	N	Y
S. 1813	Cut gas tax, return most highway programs to the States	Y	N
S. 1813	Cut corporate tax rate and eliminate energy tax breaks	Y	N
S. 1813	Subsidize natural gas use in vehicles	N	N
S. 1813	Eliminate duplicate programs	Y	Y
S. 1813	Allow new oil and gas leases	Y	Y
S. 1813	Approve Keystone pipeline	Y	Y
S. 2038	Permanent earmark ban	Y	N

2011 78%

Title	Description	Club Position	Rep. Position
	Sign Cut, Cap and Balance Pledge Letter Bonus	Y	N
H.R. 2055	Pass bloated omnibus appropriations bill	N	Y
S. 1917	Impose new permanent income tax surtax, temporary payroll tax holiday	N	N
H.R. 2112	Pass bloated spending bill for five government departments	N	Y
S.J.Res. 6	Disapprove Internet regulations	Y	Y
H.R. 2112	Reduce spending for five departments to 2011 levels	Y	N
H.R. 2112	Increase government mortgage guarantee limits	N	N
H.R. 3079	Pass Panama trade agreement	Y	Y
H.R. 3078	Pass Colombia trade agreement	Y	Y
H.R. 3080	Pass South Korea trade agreement	Y	Y
S. 1619	Passage of anti-trade currency sanctions bill	N	N
S. 1660	Raise top income tax rate by 5.6%, boost spending by $100 billion	N	N
H.R. 2832	Revive expanded trade adjustment assistance	N	N
H.R. 2887	Limit highway trust fund spending to gas tax receipts	Y	N
H.J.Res. 66	Pass emergency spending without offsets	N	N
S. 365	Increase debt limit	N	Y
H.R. 2560	Kill Cut, Cap and Balance	N	N
S. 679	Rescind $108 billion IMF appropriation	Y	Y
S. 782	Reauthorize Economic Development Administration	N	N
S. 782	Repeal ethanol import tax and tax subsidy	Y	Y
S. 782	Postpone debit card price controls	Y	Y
S.Con.Res.	Balanced Budget Blueprint	Y	Y
S. 493	Bar EPA from passing greenhouse gas regulations	Y	Y
S. 23	Kill Full Faith and Credit Act	N	N
S. 223	Limit Davis Bacon	N	N
S. 223	Repeal ObamaCare	Y	Y

2010 78%

Title	Description	Club Position	Rep. Position
	Signed Repeal It Pledge	Y	N
	Sponsored Bills Would Cut Spending	Y	N
H.R. 3082	Pass Spending Extension Bill	N	Y
H.R. 4853	Limit Tax Cut Extension	N	N
H.R. 4853	Permanently Extend Tax Cuts	Y	Y
S. 3985	Increase Social Security Benefits	N	N
S. 510	New Food Regulations	N	Y
S. 510	Repeal New Burdensome IRS Reporting Regulations	Y	Y
S. 3772	New Gender Pay Regulations	N	N
H.R. 3081	5% Spending Cut	Y	Y
S. 3628	Speech Regulations	N	N
H.R. 1586	$26 Billion Subsidy to States	N	N
H.R. 4213	Permanent Repeal of Death Tax	Y	Y
S.J.Res. 2	Disapprove EPA Finding On Carbon Emissions	Y	Y
H.R. 4173	Financial Regulation Bill	N	N
S. 3217	Create New Consumer Regulator	N	N
S. 3217	Debit Card Price Controls	N	N
S. 3217	End Subsidies for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac	Y	Y
S. 3217	Limit Government Sponsored Enterprises	Y	N
H.R. 4872	Rescind All Stimulus Funds	Y	Y
H.R. 4872	Pass ObamaCare Addendum	N	N
H.R. 4872	Table Amendment to Repeal ObamaCare	N	N
H.R. 4872	Table Motion to Strike New Medicare Tax from ObamaCare	N	N
H.R. 1586	Ban Earmarks When Budget is Out of Balance	Y	N
H.R. 1586	DC School Choice	Y	Y
H.J.Res. 4	Increase Debt Ceiling	N	N
H.J.Res. 45	Attach $20 Billion in Spending Cuts to Debt Ceiling	Y	Y
H.J.Res. 45	Terminate TARP	Y	Y

2009 64%

Title	Description	Club Position	Rep. Position
	S.391	N	N
	NTU Grade Points	Y	N
	Not a Sponsor of anti-trade bills	Y	Y
H.R. 3590	Pass Health Care Bill	N	N
H.R. 3590	Constitutional Point of Order on Health Care Bill	Y	Y
H.R. 3590	Stop Debate on Health Care Bill	N	N
H.R. 3288	Pass Bloated 2010 Spending Bill	N	N
S. 1776	Pass Doc "Fix"	N	N
S. 1023	Create Travel Promotion Office	N	Y
H.R. 3435	Cash for Clunkers	N	Y
S. 896	Mortgage Cramdown	N	N
S.Con.Res.	Pass Bloated 2010 Budget Resolution	N	N
S.Con.Res. 13	No More Auto Bailouts	Y	N
S.Con.Res. 13	Allow for Death Tax Reduction Vote	Y	Y
S.Con.Res. 13	No Fast Track Vote on Cap and Trade	Y	Y
S.Con.Res. 13	Create Budget Point of Order against Debt over 90% of GDP	Y	Y
S.Con.Res. 13	Amend Budget Resolution to allow for Passage of Cap and Trade	N	N
H.R. 1105	Keep DC School Vouchers	Y	Y
H.R. 1105	Ban Contingency Fees for State Attorneys General Expert Witnesses	Y	Y
H.R. 1	Stop Debate on "Stimulus" Spending	N	N
H.R. 1	Eliminate "Stimulus" Spending, Make Tax Cuts Permanent & Cut Taxes	Y	Y
H.R. 1	Strike Anti-Trade Provision	Y	Y
H.R. 2	Expand Gov't Run Health Care	N	Y
S. 181	Paycheck Torts	N	N
S.J.Res. 5	TARP Bailout, Disapprove Second $350 Billion	Y	N

2008 58%

Title	Description	Club Position	Rep. Position
H.R. 7005	Auto Company Bailout	N	A
H.R. 1424	Bank Bailout	N	Y
H.R. 6049	Tax Increase for AMT	N	N
S. 3297	Omnibus Spending Bill	N	N
H.R. 3221	Fannie And Freddie Bailout -- Final Passage	N	Y
H.R. 3221	Fannie And Freddie Bailout	N	Y
H.R. 3221	Strike $300 Billion Increase in FHA Insurance	Y	A
S. 3044	Windfall Profits Tax	N	N
S. 3036	Cap Carbon Emissions	N	N
H.R. 2419	Pass Farm Bill	N	Y
S. 2284	Allow Drilling in Alaska and Offshore	Y	Y
S. 2284	Create a Federal Hurricane Insurance Program	N	N
H.R. 3221	Kill Amendment to Allow Judges to Modify Mortgages	Y	Y
S.Con.Res.	Pass Tax Increase Budget	N	N
S.Con.Res. 70	Extend 2001, 2003 Income Tax Cuts	Y	Y
S.Con.Res. 70	Create Senate Rule Against Tax Hikes	Y	Y
S.Con.Res. 70	Cut Spending On Ineffective Programs	Y	N
S.Con.Res. 70	One Year Ban On Earmarks	Y	Y
S. 2663	Kill Legal Reform Amendment	N	N
S. 2663	Kill Amendment on Certain Contingency Fee Agreements	N	N

2007 55%

Title	Description	Club Position	Rep. Position
	Did Not Sponsor Anti-Trade Bill	Y	Y
	Bill Tally	Y	N
	RePork Card	Y	N
	NTU Grade Poinst	Y	N
H.R. 2419	Passage of Farm Bill	N	Y
H.R. 3688	US-Peru Free Trade Agreement	Y	Y
H.R. 2419	End Debate on Farm Bill	N	N
H.R. 1495	Override Veto of Water Bill	N	Y
H.R. 3963	Pass Bill to Expand Government Run Health Care	N	Y
H.R. 3043	Limit Labor-HHS Spending to President's Budget	Y	Y
H.R. 976	Pass Bill to Expand Government Run Health Care	N	Y
H.R. 3074	Pay Higher Union Wages on Gov't Contracts	N	N
H.R. 3074	Ban Operation of Mexican Trucks	N	Y
H.R. 976	Pass Bill to Expand Government Run Health Care	N	Y
H.R. 976	Allow Interstate Sale of Health Insurance	Y	Y
H.R. 800	Allow Unions to Bypass Secret Elections	N	N
H.R. 6	Energy Regulation Bill	N	Y
S. 761	Discontinue Advanced Technology Program	Y	Y
S. 761	Kill Resolution Urging Senate to Offset Costs of New Programs	N	Y
S. 761	Kill Amendment to Exempt Small Caps from Sarbanes Oxley	N	N
S. 3	Drug Price "Negotiations" -- Controls	N	N
S.Con.Res. 21	Reduce Mandatory Spending Increases $71 Billion Over 5 Yrs.	Y	Y
S.Con.Res. 21	Amend Budget to Extend 2001 Tax Cuts	Y	Y
S.Con.Res. 21	Repeal the Death Tax	Y	Y
S.Con.Res. 21	Cut Programs Rated Ineffective	Y	N
S.Con.Res. 21	Allow Social Security Reform	Y	Y
S.Con.Res. 21	Allow Simple Majority to Extend Tax Cuts	Y	Y
H.R. 2	Increase Minimum Wage	N	Y
S. 1	Strike Regulation of Grassroots Lobbying	Y	Y
S. 1	Spending Frozen at Previous Year if Spending Bill Late	Y	N

2006 78%

Title	Description	Club Position	Rep. Position
	Bill Tally	Y	N
	NTU Rating	Y	Y
	Card Check	Y	N
	Anti-Free Speech Bill	Y	N
	Pro-Free Speech Letter	Y	N
H.R. 5384	Waive Budget Act	N	N
H.R. 5684	Oman Free Trade Agreement	Y	Y
S. 3711	Gulf Offshore Drilling	Y	Y
S. 2766	Minimum Wage Hike	N	N
H.R. 8	Death Tax Repeal	Y	Y
H.R. 4297	Extend Tax Cuts	Y	Y
S. 1955	Small Business Health Plans	Y	Y
S. 22	Medical Liability Legal Reform	Y	Y
H.R. 4939	Cut Shipbuilder Pork	Y	Y
H.R. 4939	Cut Seafood Promotion Pork	N	N
H.R. 4939	Trim Supplemental Spending Hikes	N	N
H.R. 4939	Cut Rail Line Pork	N	Y
S.Con.Res. 83	Discretionary Spending Limit	Y	N
S.Con.Res. 83	Mandatory Spending Restraint	Y	Y
S.Con.Res. 83	Medicare Point of Order	N	N
S.Con.Res. 83	Social Security Reserve Fund	Y	Y
S.Con.Res. 83	Medicare Price "Negotiation"	N	N
S.Con.Res. 83	TaxGo Rules	N	N
S. 852	Asbestos -- Medical Criteria	N	Y

2005 79%

Title	Description	Club Position	Rep. Position
	NTU Grade Points	Y	Y
	Bill Tally Bonus	Y	N
	Social Security bonus	Y	N
S. 1932	Budget Reconc	Y	Y
S. 2020	Price controls	N	N
S. 2020	Higher Top Tax Bracket	N	N
S. 2020	Windfall Profit Tax	N	N
S. 2020	Higher Marginal Tax Rates	N	N
S. 1932	Drug Prices	N	N
S. 1932	Inhofe Budget Cap	Y	N
S. 1932	School Choice	Y	N
H.R. 3058	Bridge to Nowhere	Y	N
H.R. 3058	Minimum Wage	N	N
H.R. 3	Hwy Conf Report	N	Y
S. 1307	CAFTA	Y	Y
H.R. 6	Renewables Mandate, Electricity	N	N
H.R. 6	Gas Mandate	N	Y
H.R. 3	Add $ to Highway Bill	N	Y
S. 600	Trade Tax Increase	Y	Y
S.Con.Res. 18	Medicaid Reconciliation	N	N
S.Con.Res. 18	Strike Tax Cuts	N	N
S.Con.Res. 18	ANWR	N	N
S.Con.Res. 18	Tax Cut Obstacle	N	N
S. 5	Class Action Reform	Y	Y

Y = Yes Vote N = No Vote A = Absent for Vote