XXXX Voted Against McCain-Feingold. In 1998, XXXX voted to kill S.1663, McCain-Feingold, which was a reform plan that banned soft money, and limited campaign spending by corporations and unions, among other reforms. The motion to table failed 48-50. [Vote 15, 2/25/98] XXXX Voted Against Campaign Finance Reform. In 1998, XXXX voted against campaign finance reform, prohibiting soft money contributions to national political parties. The motion to table failed 48-51. [Vote 12, 2/24/98] XXXX Voted Against Campaign Finance Reform. In 1997, XXXX voted against the campaign finance reform bill. The motion to invoke cloture failed 53-47. [Vote 267, 10/7/97] XXXX Voted Against Requiring Informing Laborers If Dues are Used for Political Activity. In 1997, XXXX voted against requiring labor organizations, banks or corporations to authorize any membership dues, initiation fees, or other payments to fun political activities, without the members' consent. [Vote 266, 10/7/97] XXXX Voted Against Campaign Finance Reform. In 1997, XXXX voted against Campaign Finance Reform overhauling the congressional campaign finance law. The cloture motion failed 52-47. [Vote 270, 10/8/97] XXXX Voted Against Campaign Spending Limits. In 1997, XXXX voted against a joint resolution to propose a constitutional amendment to allow Congress and the states to set reasonable limits on campaign spending. The joint resolution was defeated 38-61. [Vote 31, 3/18/97] ELECTIONS XXXX Voted To Require Photo ID To Vote In Federal Elections. In March 2013, XXXX voted in favor of Vitter, R-La., amendment no. 526 that would create a deficit-neutral reserve fund to allow for legislation to require government-issued photo identification to vote in federal elections, as long as the legislation's costs are offset without raising new revenue. The amendment was rejected by a vote of 44-54 (D 1-50; R 43-2; I 0-2). [Vote 83, 3/23/13] XXXX Voted Against Giving Full Voting Representation in the House to D.C. In February 2009, XXXX voted against a passed a compromise bill that would give full voting representation in the House to the District of Columbia. The Senate bill would award a fourth congressional seat to Utah, a heavily Republican state that barely missed getting one after the last census. In the short term, the new Utah seat would probably balance the impact of a House member with full voting rights from the mostly Democratic District of Columbia. The legislation would also expand the size of the House from 435 members to 437. It would also increase the size of the Electoral College to 539 members. The bill passed 61-37, the first time in more than 30 years that the chamber has passed a D.C. voting rights measure. [CQ Today, 2/26/09; Vote 73, 2/26/09]  XXXX Voted Against Considering Bill to Give DC Full Voting Representation. In February 2009, McConnell voted against limiting debate on a motion to proceed to the bill (S 160), which would increase the size of the House to 437 members by adding a seat for the District of Columbia and one for Utah. [CQ Today, 2/24/09; Vote 65, 2/24/09] XXXX Voted Against an Objection to the Ohio Electoral Vote Irregularities. In 2005, XXXX voted against an objection to the certification of the Ohio electoral votes to protest voting irregularities in that state. [1/6/05, Vote 1] XXXX Opposed Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act. In 2002, XXXX twice voted against closing debate on the Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act (S. 565). The bill included measures to protect voting rights, including Federal standards, voter education programs, and grants to states. The cloture motion failed, 49-39. After the first attempt at cloture failed, Senator Daschle moved to reconsider the vote; the Senate subsequently agreed to that motion to reconsider by voice vote. Prior to the second vote on cloture, a pending Schumer amendment (No. 2937) was withdrawn by unanimous consent. A Bond amendment to the Schumer amendment automatically fell when the 96