| 2017-03-09 | A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to accountability and State plans under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.H.J.Res. 57 · 115th Congress · On the Joint Resolution | Yea | Reduce federal role |
| 2017-03-08 | A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to teacher preparation issues.H.J.Res. 58 · 115th Congress · On the Joint Resolution | Yea | Reduce federal role |
| 2015-12-09 | An original bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Conference Report | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2015-12-08 | An original bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2015-11-18 | An original bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2015-07-16 | An original bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On Passage of the Bill | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2015-07-16 | An original bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2015-07-16 | To establish a Federal-State partnership to provide access to high-quality public prekindergarten programs from low-income and moderate-income families to ensure that they enter kindergarten prepared for success, and for other purposes.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2015-07-16 | To amend title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a full-service community schools grant program.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2015-07-16 | To amend the allocation of funds under subpart 2 of part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-07-16 | To authorize the establishment of American Dream Accounts.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2015-07-16 | To provide for youth jobs, and for other purposes.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2015-07-16 | To provide for State-determined assessment and accountability systems, and for other purposes.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Expand federal role |
| 2015-07-15 | To amend the accountability provisions.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2015-07-15 | To ensure that States measure and report on indicators of student access to critical educational resources and identify disparities in such resources, and for other purposes.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2015-07-15 | To reinstate grants to improve the mental health of children.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2015-07-15 | To establish a climate change education program.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2015-07-15 | In the nature of a substitute.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-07-14 | To end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2015-07-14 | To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 relating to parental notification and opt-out of assessments.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2015-07-14 | To require local educational agencies to inform parents of any State or local educational agency policy, procedure, or parental right regarding student participation in any mandated assessments for that school year.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2015-07-14 | To require a State's report card to include information on the graduation rates of homeless children and children in foster care.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2015-07-14 | To expand opportunity by allowing Title I funds to follow low-income children.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Reduce federal role |
| 2015-07-13 | To establish a committee on student privacy policy.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2015-07-09 | To ensure that States have policies or procedures that prohibit aiding or abetting of sexual abuse, and for other purposes.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2015-07-09 | To amend part A of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow funds provided under such part to be used for a site resource coordinator.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2015-07-09 | To allow a State to submit a declaration of intent to the Secretary of Education to combine certain funds to improve the academic achievement of students.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Expand federal role |
| 2015-07-08 | To allow States to let Federal funds for the education of disadvantaged children follow low-income children to the accredited or otherwise State-approved public school, private school, or supplemental educational services program they attend.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Reduce federal role |
| 2015-07-08 | To restore sections of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2015-07-08 | To amend section 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) to provide for additional disaggregation for local educational agencies with a total of not less than 1,000 Asian and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2015-07-08 | To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding school librarians and effective school library programs.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2015-03-25 | To make college more affordable for middle-class families by allowing borrowers with outstanding Federal and private student loans to refinance at the equivalent interest rates that were offered to Federal student loan borrowers during the 2013-2014 school year and to fully offset the cost of such a program by requiring millionaires to pay at least a 30 percent effective Federal tax rate.S.Con.Res. 11 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2014-06-11 | A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes.S. 2432 · 113th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 2013-07-24 | To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish interest rates for new loans made on or after July 1, 2013, to direct the Secretary of Education to convene the Advisory Committee on Improving Postsecondary Education Data to conduct a study on improvements to postsecondary education transparency at the Federal level, and for other purposes.H.R. 1911 · 113th Congress · On Passage of the Bill | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2013-07-24 | To provide a sunset date.H.R. 1911 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Expand federal role |
| 2013-07-24 | To provide for interest rate caps for certain Federal student loans.H.R. 1911 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2013-07-15 | A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the current reduced interest rate for undergraduate Federal Direct Stafford Loans for 1 year, to modify required distribution rules for pension plans, and for other purposes.S. 1238 · 113th Congress · On the Motion for Attendance | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2013-07-10 | A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the current reduced interest rate for undergraduate Federal Direct Stafford Loans for 1 year, to modify required distribution rules for pension plans, and for other purposes.S. 1238 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2013-06-06 | A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the reduced interest rate for undergraduate Federal Direct Stafford Loans, to modify required distribution rules for pension plans, to limit earnings stripping by expatriated entities, to provide for modifications related to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, and for other purposes.S. 953 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2013-06-06 | A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reset interest rates for new student loans.S. 1003 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-24 | A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans, and for other purposes.S. 2343 · 112th Congress · On Passage of the Bill | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2012-05-24 | In the nature of a substitute.S. 2343 · 112th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-08 | A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans, and for other purposes.S. 2343 · 112th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2011-08-02 | An act to provide for budget control.S. 365 · 112th Congress · On the Motion | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2009-03-26 | A bill entitled "The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, an Act to reauthorize and reform the national service laws."H.R. 1388 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the Bill | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2009-03-26 | To prohibit ACORN, or organizations affiliated or co-located with ACORN, from receiving assistance under this Act.H.R. 1388 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2009-03-26 | To express the sense of the Senate regarding the Federal income tax deduction for charitable giving.H.R. 1388 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2009-03-26 | To express the sense of the Senate regarding the Federal income tax charitable giving.H.R. 1388 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2009-03-25 | 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.H.R. 1388 · 111th Congress · On the Motion to Table | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2009-03-25 | To increase the borrowing authority of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and for other purposes.H.R. 1388 · 111th Congress · On the Motion | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2009-03-23 | A bill to reauthorize and reform the national service laws.H.R. 1388 · 111th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 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 | Nay | Reduce 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 | Yea | Expand 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 | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 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 | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 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 | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2007-07-23 | To provide for a Federal supplemental loan program.S. 1642 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 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 | Yea | 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 | Nay | 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 | Yea | 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 | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2007-07-19 | A sense of the Senate relative to the adoption tax creditH.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion | Nay | 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 | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2007-07-19 | To permanently extend certain education-related tax incentives.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2007-07-19 | A sense of the Senate relative to tax policy.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Motion | Nay | 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 | Yea | 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 | Nay | 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 | Yea | 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 | Yea | 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 | Yea | 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 | Yea | Reduce federal role |
| 2007-07-19 | To amend the special allowance payments.H.R. 2669 · 110th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | 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 | Nay | 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 | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 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 | Nay | 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 | Yea | Expand 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 | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2005-10-26 | To increase appropriations for Head Start programs.H.R. 3010 · 109th Congress · On the Motion | Nay | Reduce 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 | Nay | Reduce 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 | Nay | Reduce 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 | Nay | Reduce 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 | Nay | Reduce 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 | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2003-09-09 | To increase funds for Head Start.H.R. 2660 · 108th Congress · On the Motion | Nay | Reduce 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 | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 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 | Nay | Reduce 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 | Nay | Reduce 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 | Yea | Reduce 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 | Nay | Reduce federal role |
| 2001-06-14 | To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regarding discipline.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Reconsider | Yea | 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 | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2001-06-14 | To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regarding discipline.S. 1 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
