 He was the only Republican Senator to vote against the bill.He has served on the Legislative Commission, Vice Chair of the Governor's Task Force on Access to Public Health Care, Education Commission of the States, Public Lands committee, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Legislative Oversight committee, Chairman of the Education Technology committee, and was a member of the Nevada Supreme Court's committee on Court Funding.Amodei ran for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate against Democrat Harry Reid, the Majority Leader.