XXXX Refused to Hold Bush Tax Cuts Until Getting a War Cost Estimate. In March 2003, XXXX voted against blocking President Bush’s proposed 2003 tax cuts, and any new spending unrelated to the war or homeland security, until after Bush revealed how much he thought the war and its aftermath will cost. [Vote 57, 3/18/03; AP, 3/18/03] CIVIL WAR ASSESSMENT XXXX Voted Against Having Bush Administration Assess Whether Iraq Had Fallen Into a Civil War. In 2006, XXXX voted against requiring the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to provide Congress with an assessment of whether civil war has broken out in Iraq and a strategy to protect U.S. troops from such a conflict. [Vote 233, 9/6/06; CQ Today, 9/6/06] CONTRACTING, WASTE, FRAUD, AND ACCOUNTING XXXX Voted Four Times Against Truman Commission. In 2005 and 2006, XXXX voted four times against establishing a committee to investigate the awarding and carrying out of federal contracts for Iraq, Afghanistan and the war on terrorism. [Vote 228, 9/14/05; Vote 259, 10/19/05; Vote 176, 6/20/06; Vote 316, 11/10/05]  XXXX Voted Against Investigating Waste and Fraud in Iraq Contracts. In June 2006, XXXX voted to kill a proposal to establish a special committee in the U.S. Senate, modeled after the Truman Committee, to exercise oversight over contracting abuses related to reconstruction in Iraq and Afghanistan. [Vote 176, 6/20/06; New York Times, 6/20/06]  XXXX Voted Against Committee to Investigate Waste and Fraud in Iraq. In September 2005, XXXX voted against establishing a special committee to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The proposal was rejected 53-44. [Vote 228, 9/14/05]  XXXX Voted Against Committee to Investigate Waste and Fraud in Iraq Contracts. In October 2005, XXXX voted to kill a proposal that would have established a special committee, modeled after the WWII Truman Committee, to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan. [Vote 259, 10/19/05; CQ Today, 10/19/05]  XXXX Voted Against Committee to Investigate Waste and Fraud in Iraq Contracts. In November 2005, XXXX voted to kill a proposal to establish a special committee to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan. [Vote 316, 11/10/05; CQ Today, 11/10/05] XXXX Voted Against Strengthening Accountability Laws for Iraq Contracts. In 2006, XXXX voted to continue to allow monopoly contracts and waste, fraud and abuse in defense contracts in Iraq. [Vote 169, 6/14/06; CQ Today, 6/14/06] XXXX Opposed Harsh Penalties for War Profiteering. In June 2006, XXXX voted to kill a proposal to crack down on war profiteers by imposing harsh new penalties of up to 20 years in prison and at least $1 million in fines for such abuses. Republicans killed the plan 55-43. [Vote 169, 6/14/06; Dayton Press Release, 6/14/06] XXXX Voted to Protect War Profiteers. In June 2004, XXXX voted to kill a measure that would have cracked down on war profiteering by making it a new federal crime subject to up to 20 years in prison. [Vote 120, 6/16/04; AP, 6/16/04] XXXX Killed Bid to Give Congress More Oversight Over Iraq Reconstruction Spending. In October 2003, XXXX voted to kill a proposal that would have given Congress more control over Iraq spending. The proposal Republicans rejected would have eliminated the flexibility given to President Bush to reallocate all of the $20.3 billion Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Funds without congressional approval. [Vote 398, 10/17/03] 148