U.S. Senate Vote Scorecard:

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1 U.S. Senate Vote Scorecard: Vote 1: North Korea: Amendment offered by Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Richard Lugar (R-IN) requiring a review of North Korean actions to determine if it should be re-listed as a state sponsor of terrorism. Amendment approved 66-31, July 22, 2009 (A yes vote supports the Council position). Vote 2: North Korea: Amendment offered by Senators Sam Brownback (R-KS) and Evan Bayh (D-IN) to overturn a Bush Administration decision to take North Korea of the list of state sponsors of terrorism. Amendment rejected 43-54, July 22, 2009 (A no vote supports the Council position). Vote 3: Afghanistan: Amendment offered by Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) to eliminate the deadline contained in the McCain amendment below, have additional witnesses and broaden the hearings to include strategy as well as resources. Amendment adopted 60-39, October 1, 2009 (A yes vote supports the Council position). Vote 4: Afghanistan: Amendment offered by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) requiring Obama Administration testimony no later than Nov. 15, 2009 on recommendations for additional forces and resources for Afghanistan. Amendment rejected 40-59, October 1, 2009 (A no vote supports the Council position). Vote 5: New START Treaty: Motion to begin debate on the New START nuclear reductions treaty. Motion agreed to with 51 votes required to move to the debate. December 15, 2010 (A yes vote supports the Council position). Vote 6: New START Treaty: Amendment offered by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) to the New START nuclear reductions treaty to remove language in the preamble on the relationship between offensive and defensive forces. The treaty would have been killed if the amendment had been adopted. Amendment rejected 37-59, December 18, 2010 (A no vote supports the Council position). Vote 7: New START Treaty: Cloture vote to end debate on the New START nuclear reductions treaty. Cloture approved 67-28, with 60 votes required to end debate, December 21, 2010 (A yes vote supports the Council position). Vote 8: New START Treaty: Final Senate vote on giving its advice and consent to ratification of the New START nuclear reductions treaty. Treaty approved 71-26, December 21, 2010 (A yes vote supports Council position). Vote 9: Authorization to use force in Iraq: Amendment offered by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) to repeal the 2002 authorization to use force in Iraq. Amendment rejected 30-67, November 29, 2011 (A yes vote supports the Council position). Vote 10: North Korea: Amendment offered by Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) to permit food assistance to North Korea if the President issues a waiver declaring it in the U.S. national security interest to do so. Amendment approved 59-40, June 20, 2012 (A yes vote supports the Council position). Vote 11: North Korea: Amendment offered by Sen. Jon Kyl (D-AZ) to prhibit any food assistance to North Korea. Amendment rejected 43-56, June 20, (A no vote supports the Council position). Vote 12: Troops withdrawal from Afghanistan: Amendment offered by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) to urge the Obama Administration to accelerate the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Amendment adopted 62-33, November 29, 2012 (A yes vote supports the Council position).

2 Key to Votes + Supports Council Position - Opposes Council Position A Absent/Did not vote N Not in office at the time of the vote Akaka, Daniel (D-HI) 92% Alexander, Lamar (R-TN) 33% Ayotte, Kelly (R-NH) ---- I I I I I I I I Barrasso, John (R-WY) 0% Baucus, Max (D-MT) 100% Begich, Mark (D-AK) 92% A Bennet, Michael (D-CO) 92% Bingaman, Jeff (D-NM) 100% Blumenthal, Richard (D-CT) ---- I I I I I I I I Blunt, Roy (R-MO) ---- I I I I I I I I Boozman, John (R-AR) ---- I I I I I I I I Boxer, Barbara (D-CA) 100% Brown, Scott (R-MA) 67% I I I Brown, Sherrod (D-OH) 100% Burr, Richard (R-NC) 0% Cantwell, Maria (D-WA) 100% Cardin, Benjamin (D-MD) 100% Carper, Thomas (D-DE) 92% Casey, Robert (D-PA) 92%

3 Chambliss, Saxby (R-GA) 0% Coats, Dan (R-IN) ---- I I I I I I I I Coburn, Tom (R-OK) 0% Cochran, Thad (R-MS) 25% Collins, Susan (R-ME) 58% Conrad, Kent (D-ND) 92% Coons, Chris (D-DE) 89% I I I Corker, Bob (R-TN) 50% Cornyn, John (R-TX) 0% Crapo, Mike (R-ID) 0% DeMint, Jim (R-SC) 8% Durbin, Richard (D-IL) 100% Enzi, Michael (R-WY) 0% A Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA) 100% Franken, Al (D-MN) 100% Gillibrand, Kirsten (D-NY) 100% Graham, Lindsey (R-SC) 8% Grassley, Charles (R-IA) 17% Hagan, Kay (D-NC) 92% Harkin, Tom (D-IA) 100% Hatch, Orrin (R-UT) 0% A Heller, Dean (R-NV) ---- I I I I I I I I A

4 Hoeven, John (R-ND) ---- I I I I I I I I Hutchison, Kay Bailey (R-TX) 0% Inhofe, James (R-OK) 0% Inouye, Daniel (D-HI) 92% I Isakson, Johnny (R-GA) 17% Johanns, Mike (R-NE) 8% Johnson, Ron (R-WI) ---- I I I I I I I I Johnson, Tim (D-SD) 92% Kerry, John (D-MA) 92% Kirk, Mark (R-IL) 20% I I A A A Klobuchar, Amy (D-MN) 100% Kohl, Herbert (D-WI) 92% Kyl, Jon (R-AZ) 0% Landrieu, Mary (D-LA) 92% Lautenberg, Frank (D-NJ) 100% Leahy, Patrick (D-VT) 100% Lee, Mike (R-UT) ---- I I I I I I I I Levin, Carl (D-MI) 92% Lieberman, Joseph (I-CT) 50% Lugar, Richard (R-IN) 83% Manchin, Joe (D-WV) 89% I I I + + A McCain, John (R-AZ) 8% McCaskill, Claire (D-MO) 92% A

5 McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) 0% Menendez, Robert (D-NJ) 100% Merkley, Jeff (D-OR) 100% Mikulski, Barbara (D-MD) 75% A A Moran, Jerry (R-KS) ---- I I I I I I I I Murkowski, Lisa (R-AK) 58% A Murray, Patty (D-WA) 100% Nelson, Ben (D-NE) 92% Nelson, Bill (D-FL) 83% Paul, Rand (R-KY) ---- I I I I I I I I Portman, Rob (R-OH) ---- I I I I I I I I Pryor, Mark (D-AR) 83% Reed, Jack (D-RI) 92% Reid, Harry (D-NV) 92% Risch, Jim (R-ID) 0% Roberts, Pat (R-KS) 0% Rockefeller, John (D-WV) 100% Rubio, Marco (R-FL) ---- I I I I I I I I Sanders, Bernard (I-VT) 100% Schumer, Charles (D-NY) 92% Sessions, Jeff (R-AL) 0% Shaheen, Jeanne (D-NH) 92% A Shelby, Richard (R-AL) 0%

6 Snowe, Olympia (R-ME) 58% Stabenow, Debbie (D-MI) 92% Tester, Jon (D-MT) 100% Thune, John (R-SD) 8% Toomey, Patrick (R-PA) ---- I I I I I I I I Udall, Mark (D-CO) 100% Udall, Tom (D-NM) 100% Vitter, David (R-LA) 0% Warner, Mark (D-VA) 92% Webb, Jim (D-VA) 92% Whitehouse, Sheldon (D-RI) 92% Wicker, Roger (R-MS) 0% Wyden, Ron (D-OR) 92% A