| 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 | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 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 | Yea | Expand 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 | Yea | Expand 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 | Nay | 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 | Yea | Expand federal role |
| 2012-05-24 | In the nature of a substitute.S. 2343 · 112th Congress · On the Amendment | Nay | 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 | Yea | Expand 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 | Yea | 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 | Nay | 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 | Yea | 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 | Yea | 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 | Nay | 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 | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 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 | 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 | Yea | Expand 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
