| 2008-07-31 | A bill to amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.H.R. 4137 · 110th Congress · On the Conference Report | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2008-03-13 | To put children ahead of millionaires and billionaires by restoring the pre-2001 top income tax rate for people earning over $1 million, and use this revenue to invest in LIHEAP; IDEA; Head Start; Child Care; nutrition; school construction and deficit reduction.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2008-03-13 | To protect families, family farms and small businesses by extending the income tax rate structure, raising the death tax exemption to $5 million and reducing the maximum death tax rate to no more than 35%; to keep education affordable by extending the college tuition deduction; and to protect senior citizens from higher taxes on their retirement income, maintain U.S. financial market competitiveness, and promote economic growth by extending the lower tax rates on dividends and capital gains.S.Con.Res. 70 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2007-11-14 | A bill to reauthorize the Head Start Act, to improve program quality, to expand access, and for other purposes.H.R. 1429 · 110th Congress · On the Conference Report | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 2007-09-07 | A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 601 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Conference Report | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 2007-07-24 | A bill to extend the authorization of programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.S. 1642 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the Bill | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2007-07-24 | To provide for a demonstration and certification regarding the use of certain Federal funds.S. 1642 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment | Did not vote | Direction not readable |
| 2007-07-23 | To provide for a Federal supplemental loan program.S. 1642 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 2007-07-20 | A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 601 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On Passage of the Bill | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2007-07-20 | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the individual alternative minimum tax.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2007-07-20 | A sense of the Senate relative to the Alternative Minimum Tax.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2007-07-19 | To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require individuals voting in person to present photo identification.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2007-07-19 | To repeal the sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect to the expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2007-07-19 | A sense of the Senate relative to the adoption tax creditH.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2007-07-19 | To provide interim relief for shortages in employment-based visas for aliens with extraordinary ability and advanced degrees and for nurses.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2007-07-19 | To permanently extend certain education-related tax incentives.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2007-07-19 | A sense of the Senate relative to tax policy.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2007-07-19 | To reduce document fraud, prevent identity theft, and preserve the integrity of the Social Security system, by ensuring that individuals are not able to receive Social Security benefits as a result of unlawful activity.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2007-07-19 | Relative to illegal aliens qualifying for Social Security benefits; and Relative to I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2007-07-19 | To provide limited immunity for reports of suspicious behavior and response.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2007-07-19 | To amend the National Labor Relations Act to ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2007-07-19 | To express the sense of the Senate on the detainees of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2007-07-19 | To prevent the Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2007-07-19 | To strike the provisions relating to loan forgiveness for public service employees.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Expand federal role |
| 2007-07-19 | To amend the special allowance payments.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2007-07-19 | To amend the amounts appropriated for Promise Grants for fiscal years 2014 through 2017.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2007-07-19 | To increase the amount appropriated for the college access partnership grant program.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 2007-07-18 | A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 601 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2007-03-21 | To protect families, family farms and small businesses by raising the death tax exemption to $5 million and reducing the maximum death tax rate to no more than 35%, to extend college tuition deduction, to extend the student loan interest deduction, to extend the teacher classroom deduction, to protect senior citizens from higher taxes on their retirement income, to maintain U.S. financial market competitiveness, and to promote economic growth by extending the lower tax rates on dividends and capital gains.S.Con.Res. 21 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2006-03-14 | 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.S.Con.Res. 83 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2005-10-26 | To increase appropriations for Head Start programs.H.R. 3010 · 109th Congress · On the Motion | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2005-10-25 | To increase the maximum Federal Pell Grant award by $200 to $4,250.H.R. 3010 · 109th Congress · On the Motion | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2004-05-13 | A bill to reauthorize the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and for other purposes.H.R. 1350 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the Bill | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2004-05-12 | to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to reach full Federal funding of such part in 6 years, and for other purposes.S. 1248 · 108th Congress · On the Motion | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2004-05-12 | To authorize appropriations for part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.S. 1248 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2004-03-11 | To create a reserve fund to finance an increase in the maximum Pell Grant that keeps pace with the rate of increase in public college tuition, extend Pell Grants to 500,000 new recipients, and close certain tax loopholes.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2004-03-10 | To fully fund the No Child Left Behind Act for fiscal year 2005 and lower the national debt by closing tax loopholes.S.Con.Res. 95 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2003-09-10 | To provide additional funding for teacher quality programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Higher Education Act of 1965 and for the Mathematics and Science Partnerships and the school leadership program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the Motion | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2003-09-09 | To increase funds for Head Start.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the Motion | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2003-06-20 | A bill to establish academies for teachers and students of American history and civics and a national alliance of teachers of American history and civics, and for other purposes.S. 504 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the Bill | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 2003-05-15 | To improve access to higher education for middle-income families by making resources available to expand the Hope and Lifetime Learning Scholarship Credits and for lower-income families by making resources available to increase the maximum Pell Grant to $4500 and to provide an equal amount for deficit reduction by eliminating the 10 percent dividend tax exclusion for amounts above $500 and eliminating acceleration of the 38.6 percent income tax rate education.S. 1054 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2003-03-25 | To increase funding for after-school programs to the levels promised by the No Child Left Behind Act to serve 1.6 million more children in FY 2004 and to increase funding for Head Start to serve 80 percent of eligible 3 and 4 year olds and increase the number of infants and toddlers served and for deficit reduction.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2003-03-19 | To fully fund the No Child Left Behind Act in 2004 and reduce debt by reducing tax breaks for the wealthiest taxpayers.S.Con.Res. 23 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table | Nay | Expand federal role |
| 2001-12-18 | A bill to close the achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left behind.H.R. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Conference Report | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2001-06-14 | A bill to close the achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left behind.H.R. 1 · 107th Congress · On Passage of the Bill | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2001-06-14 | To provide that no public elementary school, public secondary school, local educational agency, or State educational agency, may deny equal access or a fair opportunity to meet after school in a designated open forum to any youth group listed in title 36 of the U.S. Code as a patriotic society, including the Boy Scouts of America, based on that group's favorable or unfavorable position concerning sexual orientation.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2001-06-14 | To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regarding discipline.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Reconsider | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2001-06-14 | To prohibit the use of Federal funds by any State or local educational agency or school that discriminates against the Boy Scouts of America in providing equal access to school premises or facilities.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2001-06-14 | To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regarding discipline.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2001-06-14 | To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regarding discipline.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2001-06-13 | To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should appropriate all funds authorized for elementary and secondary education in fiscal year 2002.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2001-06-13 | To express the Sense of the Senate that the Appropriations Committee shall fund the authorizations in this bill to the maximum extent possible.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2001-06-13 | To remove the 21st century community learning center program from the list of programs covered by performance agreements.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 2001-06-13 | To permit States to waive certain testing requirements.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Expand federal role |
| 2001-06-13 | To express the sense of the Senate regarding science education.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2001-06-12 | To provide for school construction.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2001-06-12 | To provide for the comparability of educational services available to elementary and secondary students within States.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2001-06-12 | To provide a low-income school choice demonstration program.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Expand federal role |
| 2001-06-11 | To ensure adequate funding for targeted grants to local educational agencies under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 2001-06-11 | To strengthen parental involvement.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 2001-06-07 | To limit the conduct of certain assessments based on the provision of sufficient funding to carry out part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Reduce federal role |
| 2001-06-07 | Expressing the sense of the Senate to urge that no less than 95 percent of Federal education dollars be spent in the classroom.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2001-06-07 | To limit the application of assessment requirements based on the costs to the State in administering such assessments.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Reduce federal role |
| 2001-06-06 | To modify provisions relating to State applications and plans and school improvement to provide for the input of the Governor of the State involved.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Expand federal role |
| 2001-06-06 | To ensure that State applications and plans are developed and submitted in consultation with the Governor of the State involved.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Reduce federal role |
| 2001-06-06 | To improve the provisions relating to assessment completion bonuses.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2001-05-22 | To condition the reductions in the 39.6 percent rate in 2005 and 2007 on the Federal Government sufficiently funding Head Start to enable every eligible child access to such program.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Motion | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2001-05-22 | To condition the reductions in the 39.6 percent rate in 2002, 2005, and 2007 on the Federal Government funding certain increases in the maximum Federal Pell Grant amounts.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Motion | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2001-05-22 | To provide responsible tax relief for all income taxpayers, by way of a $1,200,000,000,000 tax cut, and to make available an additional $150,000,000,000 for critical investments in education, particularly for meeting the Federal Government's commitments under IDEA, Head Start, and the bipartisan education reform and ESEA reauthorization bill.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Motion | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2001-05-22 | To eliminate expenditures for tuition, fees, and room and board as qualified elementary and secondary education expenses for distributions made from education individual retirement accounts.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2001-05-17 | To increase the deduction for higher education expenses for certain taxpayers and to increase the tax credit for student loan interest.H.R. 1836 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2001-05-17 | To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend loan forgiveness for certain loans to Head Start teachers.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2001-05-17 | To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to fully fund 40 percent of the average per pupil expenditure for programs under part B of such Act.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2001-05-16 | To liberalize the tax-exempt financing rules for public school construction.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2001-05-16 | To provide grants for the renovation of schools.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2001-05-16 | To modify provisions relating to school construction.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2001-05-16 | To make amendments regarding the Reading First Program.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2001-05-16 | To express the sense of the Senate regarding, and authorize appropriations for, part F of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2001-05-15 | To express the sense of the Senate that S.27, the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2001, as passed by the Senate on April 2d should be engrossed and transmitted to the House of Representatives.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2001-05-15 | To provide for class reduction programs.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2001-05-14 | To provide for school safety.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2001-05-14 | To provide assistance to entities that emphasize language and life skills programs for limited English proficient students.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2001-05-10 | To express the sense of the Senate regarding, and authorize appropriations for, part A and part D of title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2001-05-10 | To modify provisions relating to State assessments.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2001-05-09 | To provide for teacher liability protection.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2001-05-09 | To provide for the establishment of community technology centers.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2001-05-08 | To provide a sense of the Senate regarding tax relief for elementary and secondary level educators.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2001-05-08 | To express the sense of the Senate regarding, and to authorize appropriations for, title II, part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, with respect to the development of high-qualified teachers.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2001-05-08 | To tie funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improved student performance.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2001-05-03 | To increase the authorization of appropriations for local educational agency grants.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2001-05-03 | To improve the provisions relating to certain assessments.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2001-05-03 | To improve the Read First Program.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2001-05-01 | An original bill to extend programs and activities under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2000-06-28 | To provide an additional $202,000,000 to carry out title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965, relating to the training and recruitment of teachers.H.R. 4577 · 106th Congress · On the Motion | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2000-05-09 | To improve the bill.S. 2 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2000-05-09 | To improve the provisions relating to teachers.S. 2 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2000-05-04 | To provide for class size reduction programs.S. 2 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2000-05-04 | To reform certain State requirements relating to the use of funds to improve student academic achievement and student performance and to coordinate professional development activities.S. 2 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2000-05-04 | To provide for merit school programs for rewarding all teachers in schools that improve student achievement for all students.S. 2 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2000-05-03 | To improve the bill.S. 2 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
