You know what helps settle a difference of opinion? Facts. Lets take a look at how Democrats voted compared to Republicans on recent important questions.
Campaign Finance Disclosure Requirements
For Against
Rep 0 39
Dem 59 0
DISCLOSE Act
For Against
Rep 0 45
Dem 53 0
Backup Paper Ballots - Voting Record
For Against
Rep 20 170
Dem 228 0
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
For Against
Rep 8 38
Dem 51 3
Sets reasonable limits on the raising and spending of money by electoral candidates to influence elections (Reverse Citizens United)
For Against
Rep 0 42
Dem 54 0
"War on Terror"
Time Between Troop Deployments
For Against
Rep 6 43
Dem 50 1
Habeas Corpus for Detainees of the United States
For Against
Rep 5 42
Dem 50 0
Habeas Review Amendment
For Against
Rep 3 50
Dem 45 1
Prohibits Detention of U.S. Citizens Without Trial
For Against
Rep 5 42
Dem 39 12
Authorizes Further Detention After Trial During Wartime
For Against
Rep 38 2
Dem 9 49
Prohibits Prosecution of Enemy Combatants in Civilian Courts
For Against
Rep 46 2
Dem 1 49
Repeal Indefinite Military Detention
For Against
Rep 15 214
Dem 176 16
Oversight of CIA Interrogation and Detention Amendment
For Against
Rep 1 52
Dem 45 1
Patriot Act Reauthorization
For Against
Rep 196 31
Dem 54 122
FISA Act Reauthorization of 2008
For Against
Rep 188 1
Dem 105 128
FISA Reauthorization of 2012
For Against
Rep 227 7
Dem 74 111
House Vote to Close the Guantanamo Prison
For Against
Rep 2 228
Dem 172 21
Senate Vote to Close the Guantanamo Prison
For Against
Rep 3 32
Dem 52 3
Prohibits the Use of Funds for the Transfer or Release of Individuals Detained at Guantanamo
For Against
Rep 44 0
Dem 9 41
Oversight of CIA Interrogation and Detention
For Against
Rep 1 52
Dem 45 1
Civil Rights
Same Sex Marriage Resolution 2006
For Against
Rep 6 47
Dem 42 2
Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013
For Against
Rep 1 41
Dem 54 0
Exempts Religiously Affiliated Employers from the Prohibition on Employment Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
For Against
Rep 41 3
Dem 2 52
Family Planning
Teen Pregnancy Education Amendment
For Against
Rep 4 50
Dem 44 1
Family Planning and Teen Pregnancy Prevention
For Against
Rep 3 51
Dem 44 1
Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act The 'anti-Hobby Lobby' bill.
For Against
Rep 3 42
Dem 53 1
The Economy/Jobs
Limits Interest Rates for Certain Federal Student Loans
For Against
Rep 0 46
Dem 46 6
Student Loan Affordability Act
For Against
Rep 0 51
Dem 45 1
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Funding Amendment
For Against
Rep 1 41
Dem 54 0
End the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
For Against
Rep 39 1
Dem 1 54
Kill Credit Default Swap Regulations
For Against
Rep 38 2
Dem 18 36
Revokes tax credits for businesses that move jobs overseas
For Against
Rep 10 32
Dem 53 1
Disapproval of President's Authority to Raise the Debt Limit
For Against
Rep 233 1
Dem 6 175
Disapproval of President's Authority to Raise the Debt Limit
For Against
Rep 42 1
Dem 2 51
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
For Against
Rep 3 173
Dem 247 4
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
For Against
Rep 4 36
Dem 57 0
Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Bureau Act
For Against
Rep 4 39
Dem 55 2
American Jobs Act of 2011 - $50 billion for infrastructure projects
For Against
Rep 0 48
Dem 50 2
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension
For Against
Rep 1 44
Dem 54 1
Reduces Funding for Food Stamps
For Against
Rep 33 13
Dem 0 52
Minimum Wage Fairness Act
For Against
Rep 1 41
Dem 53 1
Paycheck Fairness Act
For Against
Rep 0 40
Dem 58 1
Environment
Stop "the War on Coal" Act of 2012
For Against
Rep 214 13
Dem 19 162
EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2013
For Against
Rep 225 1
Dem 4 190
Prohibit the Social Cost of Carbon in Agency Determinations
For Against
Rep 218 2
Dem 4 186
Misc
Allow employers to penalize employees that don't submit genetic testing for health insurance (Committee vote)
For Against
Rep 22 0
Dem 0 17
Prohibit the Use of Funds to Carry Out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
For Against
Rep 45 0
Dem 0 52
Prohibiting Federal Funding of National Public Radio
For Against
Rep 228 7
Dem 0 185
House Vote for Net Neutrality
For Against
Rep 2 234
Dem 177 6
Senate Vote for Net Neutrality
For Against
Rep 0 46
Dem 52 0