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A politician is put on this list when something in one of the votes I reviewed made me wonder where their priorities were. I may or may not be right, but being here is meant to draw the attention of the voters in charge of them.
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Senator Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment Vote Results
Yes is voting for the amendment - No is a vote against it.
By Vote Position
| YEAs ---68 | ||
| Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Begich (D-AK) Bennet (D-CO) Bennett (R-UT) Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Burris (D-IL) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Dodd (D-CT) Dorgan (D-ND) Durbin (D-IL) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Franken (D-MN) Gillibrand (D-NY) | Grassley (R-IA) Hagan (D-NC) Harkin (D-IA) Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Inouye (D-HI) Johnson (D-SD) Kaufman (D-DE) Kerry (D-MA) Kirk (D-MA) Klobuchar (D-MN) Kohl (D-WI) Landrieu (D-LA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) LeMieux (R-FL) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (ID-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) Lugar (R-IN) McCaskill (D-MO) Menendez (D-NJ) Merkley (D-OR) | Mikulski (D-MD) Murkowski (R-AK) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Nelson (D-NE) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Rockefeller (D-WV) Sanders (I-VT) Schumer (D-NY) Shaheen (D-NH) Snowe (R-ME) Stabenow (D-MI) Tester (D-MT) Udall (D-CO) Udall (D-NM) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (D-VA) Webb (D-VA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wyden (D-OR) |
| NAYs ---30 | ||
| Alexander (R-TN) Barrasso (R-WY) Bond (R-MO) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burr (R-NC) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Corker (R-TN) | Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Graham (R-SC) Gregg (R-NH) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Johanns (R-NE) | Kyl (R-AZ) McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Risch (R-ID) Roberts (R-KS) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) Wicker (R-MS) |
| Not Voting - 2 | ||
Byrd (D-WV)
Is it my imagination or do the same damn names just keep coming up over and over? tps | Specter (D-PA)
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What I’ve Learned From Watching the Senate Finance Committee Hearings
Keep in mind that it is my opinion that all of our politicians are trying to figure out how to pay for a five hundred dollar hammer – rather than trying to do something about the cost of the bleeping hammer.
Without a public option, it cannot be considered real reform.
Volume buying and cutting out the middleman, the insurance companies are mandatory to making it all affordable.
Senator Baucus is a fairly good chairman. His “translations” are helpful and he generally votes for the people. The exception to this is the public option which would have been the quickest way to the goal.
There are some Senators that fight tooth and nail to try and help the general public. One is Senator Stabenow. (Michigan ) Rockefeller (New York ) is damn near heroic.
Senator Baucus walks the middle, leaning towards the people. Same for Schumer.
Senator Kerry, as a rule, votes in favor of the people.
Senator Bob Menendez (New Jersey) has done some serious talking in favor of the people, but I’ve not kept angelic track of him.
Senator Bingaman can go either way. He fights for the insurance companies, but seems reluctant to stick his head in the guillotine for them. *chuckle*
Senator Snow leans toward the insurance companies but I think mostly because she is worried about how we will pay for all of it. (furtive-pensive-hunched over her figures)
What I’ve seen of Senator Conrad is in favor of the insurance companies - but I’ll confess I’d lost track of him.
Many votes on amendments were as close as 11-12. Think about that.
No doubt I’ve left some out. You can check them out.
There are a few Senators that are fighting tooth and nail for the insurance companies. They are:
Kyl (Arizona)
Bunning
Grassley
Roberts
Hatch
Crapo
Enzi
Ensign
Cornyn (Texas )
And Blanche Lincoln. (Ark)
In other words, the usual suspects.
Don't take my word for it. CSPAN has videos of these proceedings.
Several of these would no doubt sell their mothers if someone offered a good price and stock options for her.
You know what to do.
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If one of your Senators or Congressperson [click here to see who your reps are] appears on this list, I suggest you check and see what they've been doing. Are they voting the way you think they should? You can easily check them out at Project Vote-smart or some of the other links I list in the links page.
Note:
Be cautious about interest group ratings, particularly in trade and tax issues. Make sure you know who the groups are and that they have your best interests in mind.
For example, every time I read something from the Kato group, it appears to be enamored of trade policies that step on American manufacturing and markets. It may be coincidence, but I'd still proceed cautiously.
Not too hard of a thing to do when you realize it's desperately important to getting America back on course, eh?
This isn't meant to be a judge-jury-executioner page. It's a "heads up" for American voters, who will figure out for themselves if there's a problem. They don't need me to do it for them. I'm pointing out smoke, voters will decide if there's a fire.
The politician (not their reps) is free to submit a response if they wish.
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If the Political Stray gave out "Worst Of" Awards, we don't. The Politicians that cropped out most often when it came to speaking up AGAINST the best interests of Americans, I'd have to give it to Kyl and Boehner. Big business boys down to the last drop of ice water in their veins.
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Does Everything in Your House say "Made in China" on the Bottom? Here's the votes on the bill that made it all possible.
Final House Vote on China PNTR
FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 228
(Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined)
H R 4444RECORDED VOTE24-May-20005:41 PM
QUESTION: On Passage
BILL TITLE: To Authorize Extension of Nondiscriminatory Treatment (Normal Trade Relations Treatment) to the People’s Republic of China
| Ayes | Noes | PRES | NV | |
| Republican | 164 | 57 | 1 | |
| Democratic | 73 | 138 | ||
| Independent | 2 | |||
| TOTALS | 237 | 197 | 1 |
---- AYES 237 ---
| Ackerman Allen Archer Armey Bachus Baird Baker Ballenger Barrett (NE) Bass Bateman Becerra Bentsen Bereuter Berry Biggert Bilbray Bishop Bliley Blumenauer Blunt Boehlert Boehner Bonilla Bono Boswell Boyd Brady (TX) Bryant Callahan Calvert Camp Campbell Canady Cannon Capps Cardin Carson Castle Chabot Chambliss Combest Cooksey Cox Cramer Crane Cubin Cunningham Davis (FL) Davis (VA) DeGette DeLay DeMint Dickey Dicks Dixon Doggett Dooley Doolittle Dreier Dunn Edwards Ehlers Emerson English Eshoo Etheridge Everett Ewing Fletcher Foley Ford Fossella Fowler Franks (NJ) Frelinghuysen Frost Gallegly Ganske | Gekas Gilchrest Gillmor Gonzalez Goodlatte Goss Granger Green (WI) Greenwood Gutknecht Hall (TX) Hansen Hastert Hastings (WA) Herger Hill (IN) Hill (MT) Hilleary Hinojosa Hobson Hooley Houghton Hoyer Hulshof Hutchinson Hyde Inslee Isakson Istook Jackson-Lee (TX) Jefferson Jenkins John Johnson (CT) Johnson, E. B. Johnson, Sam Kasich Kelly Kind (WI) Knollenberg Kolbe Kuykendall LaFalce LaHood Largent Latham Lazio Leach Levin Lewis (CA) Lewis (KY) Linder Lofgren Lowey Lucas (KY) Lucas (OK) Maloney (NY) Manzullo Martinez Matsui McCollum McCrery McDermott McHugh McInnis McIntosh McKeon Meehan Meeks (NY) Miller (FL) Miller, Gary Minge Moore Moran (KS) Moran (VA) Morella Myrick Neal Nethercutt | Northup Nussle Ortiz Ose Oxley Packard Pease Peterson (PA) Petri Pickering Pickett Pitts Pomeroy Porter Portman Price (NC) Pryce (OH) Radanovich Ramstad Rangel Regula Reyes Reynolds Roemer Rogan Roukema Royce Ryan (WI) Ryun (KS) Salmon Sandlin Sawyer Schaffer Serrano Sessions Shadegg Shaw Shays Sherwood Shimkus Shuster Simpson Skeen Skelton Smith (MI) Smith (TX) Smith (WA) Snyder Stenholm Stump Sununu Sweeney Talent Tanner Tauscher Tauzin Terry Thomas Thompson (CA) Thornberry Thune Thurman Tiahrt Toomey Turner Upton Vitter Walden Walsh Watkins Watts (OK) Waxman Weiner Weldon (PA) Weller Whitfield Wicker Wilson Young (FL) |
---- NOES 197 ---
| Abercrombie Aderholt Andrews Baca Baldacci Baldwin Barcia Barr Barrett (WI) Bartlett Barton Berkley Berman Bilirakis Blagojevich Bonior Borski Boucher Brady (PA) Brown (FL) Brown (OH) Burr Burton Buyer Capuano Chenoweth-Hage Clay Clayton Clement Clyburn Coble Coburn Collins Condit Conyers Cook Costello Coyne Crowley Cummings Danner Davis (IL) Deal DeFazio Delahunt DeLauro Deutsch Diaz-Balart Dingell Doyle Duncan Ehrlich Engel Evans Farr Fattah Filner Forbes Frank (MA) Gejdenson Gephardt Gibbons Gilman Goode Goodling Gordon | Graham Green (TX) Gutierrez Hall (OH) Hastings (FL) Hayes Hayworth Hefley Hilliard Hinchey Hoeffel Hoekstra Holden Holt Horn Hostettler Hunter Jackson (IL) Jones (NC) Jones (OH) Kanjorski Kaptur Kennedy Kildee Kilpatrick King (NY) Kingston Kleczka Klink Kucinich Lampson Lantos Larson LaTourette Lee Lewis (GA) Lipinski LoBiondo Luther Maloney (CT) Markey Mascara McCarthy (MO) McCarthy (NY) McGovern McIntyre McKinney McNulty Meek (FL) Menendez Metcalf Mica Millender-McDonald Miller, George Mink Moakley Mollohan Murtha Nadler Napolitano Ney Norwood Oberstar Obey Olver Owens | Pallone Pascrell Pastor Paul Payne Pelosi Peterson (MN) Phelps Pombo Quinn Rahall Riley Rivers Rodriguez Rogers Rohrabacher Ros-Lehtinen Rothman Roybal-Allard Rush Sabo Sanchez Sanders Sanford Saxton Schakowsky Scott Sensenbrenner Sherman Shows Sisisky Slaughter Smith (NJ) Souder Spence Spratt Stabenow Stark Stearns Strickland Stupak Tancredo Taylor (MS) Taylor (NC) Thompson (MS) Tierney Towns Traficant Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Velazquez Vento Visclosky Wamp Waters Watt (NC) Weldon (FL) Wexler Weygand Wise Wolf Woolsey Wu Wynn Young (AK) |
---- NOT VOTING 1 ---
| Scarborough |
Final Senate Vote on China PNTR
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 106th Congress - 2nd Session
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate
Vote Summary
| Question: On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 4444 ) | |||
| Vote Number: | 251 | Vote Date: | September 19, 2000, 02:21 PM |
| Required For Majority: | 1/2 | Vote Result: | Bill Passed |
| Measure Number: | H.R. 4444 | ||
| Measure Title: | To authorize extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the People's Republic of China, and to establish a framework for relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China. | ||
| Vote Counts: | YEAs | 83 |
| NAYs | 15 | |
| Not Voting | 2 |
Alphabetical by Senator Name
| Abraham (R-MI), Yea Akaka (D-HI), Not Voting Allard (R-CO), Yea Ashcroft (R-MO), Yea Baucus (D-MT), Yea Bayh (D-IN), Yea Bennett (R-UT), Yea Biden (D-DE), Yea Bingaman (D-NM), Yea Bond (R-MO), Yea Boxer (D-CA), Yea Breaux (D-LA), Yea Brownback (R-KS), Yea Bryan (D-NV), Yea Bunning (R-KY), Nay Burns (R-MT), Yea Byrd (D-WV), Nay Campbell (R-CO), Nay Chafee, L. (R-RI), Yea Cleland (D-GA), Yea Cochran (R-MS), Yea Collins (R-ME), Yea Conrad (D-ND), Yea Craig (R-ID), Yea Crapo (R-ID), Yea Daschle (D-SD), Yea DeWine (R-OH), Yea Dodd (D-CT), Yea Domenici (R-NM), Yea Dorgan (D-ND), Yea Durbin (D-IL), Yea Edwards (D-NC), Yea Enzi (R-WY), Yea Feingold (D-WI), Nay | Feinstein (D-CA), Yea Fitzgerald (R-IL), Yea Frist (R-TN), Yea Gorton (R-WA), Yea Graham (D-FL), Yea Gramm (R-TX), Yea Grams (R-MN), Yea Grassley (R-IA), Yea Gregg (R-NH), Yea Hagel (R-NE), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Yea Hatch (R-UT), Yea Helms (R-NC), Nay Hollings (D-SC), Nay Hutchinson (R-AR), Nay Hutchison (R-TX), Yea Inhofe (R-OK), Nay Inouye (D-HI), Yea Jeffords (R-VT), Nay Johnson (D-SD), Yea Kennedy (D-MA), Yea Kerrey (D-NE), Yea Kerry (D-MA), Yea Kohl (D-WI), Yea Kyl (R-AZ), Yea Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea Leahy (D-VT), Yea Levin (D-MI), Yea Lieberman (D-CT), Not Voting Lincoln (D-AR), Yea Lott (R-MS), Yea Lugar (R-IN), Yea Mack (R-FL), Yea | McCain (R-AZ), Yea McConnell (R-KY), Yea Mikulski (D-MD), Nay Miller (D-GA), Yea Moynihan (D-NY), Yea Murkowski (R-AK), Yea Murray (D-WA), Yea Nickles (R-OK), Yea Reed (D-RI), Yea Reid (D-NV), Nay Robb (D-VA), Yea Roberts (R-KS), Yea Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea Roth (R-DE), Yea Santorum (R-PA), Yea Sarbanes (D-MD), Nay Schumer (D-NY), Yea Sessions (R-AL), Yea Shelby (R-AL), Yea Smith (R-NH), Nay Smith (R-OR), Yea Snowe (R-ME), Yea Specter (R-PA), Nay Stevens (R-AK), Yea Thomas (R-WY), Yea Thompson (R-TN), Yea Thurmond (R-SC), Yea Torricelli (D-NJ), Yea Voinovich (R-OH), Yea Warner (R-VA), Yea Wellstone (D-MN), Nay Wyden (D-OR), Yea |
Grouped By Vote Position
| YEAs ---83 | ||
| Abraham (R-MI) Allard (R-CO) Ashcroft (R-MO) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Bennett (R-UT) Biden (D-DE) Bingaman (D-NM) Bond (R-MO) Boxer (D-CA) Breaux (D-LA) Brownback (R-KS) Bryan (D-NV) Burns (R-MT) Chafee, L. (R-RI) Cleland (D-GA) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Craig (R-ID) Crapo (R-ID) Daschle (D-SD) DeWine (R-OH) Dodd (D-CT) Domenici (R-NM) Dorgan (D-ND) Durbin (D-IL) Edwards (D-NC) | Enzi (R-WY) Feinstein (D-CA) Fitzgerald (R-IL) Frist (R-TN) Gorton (R-WA) Graham (D-FL) Gramm (R-TX) Grams (R-MN) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hagel (R-NE) Harkin (D-IA) Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Inouye (D-HI) Johnson (D-SD) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerrey (D-NE) Kerry (D-MA) Kohl (D-WI) Kyl (R-AZ) Landrieu (D-LA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lincoln (D-AR) Lott (R-MS) Lugar (R-IN) | Mack (R-FL) McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Miller (D-GA) Moynihan (D-NY) Murkowski (R-AK) Murray (D-WA) Nickles (R-OK) Reed (D-RI) Robb (D-VA) Roberts (R-KS) Rockefeller (D-WV) Roth (R-DE) Santorum (R-PA) Schumer (D-NY) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Smith (R-OR) Snowe (R-ME) Stevens (R-AK) Thomas (R-WY) Thompson (R-TN) Thurmond (R-SC) Torricelli (D-NJ) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (R-VA) Wyden (D-OR) |
| NAYs ---15 | ||
| Bunning (R-KY) Byrd (D-WV) Campbell (R-CO) Feingold (D-WI) Helms (R-NC) | Hollings (D-SC) Hutchinson (R-AR) Inhofe (R-OK) Jeffords (R-VT) Mikulski (D-MD) | Reid (D-NV) Sarbanes (D-MD) Smith (R-NH) Specter (R-PA) Wellstone (D-MN) |
| Not Voting - 2 | ||
| Akaka (D-HI) | Lieberman (D-CT) | |
Grouped by Home State
| Alabama: | Sessions (R-AL), Yea | Shelby (R-AL), Yea |
| Alaska: | Murkowski (R-AK), Yea | Stevens (R-AK), Yea |
| Arizona: | Kyl (R-AZ), Yea | McCain (R-AZ), Yea |
| Arkansas: | Hutchinson (R-AR), Nay | Lincoln (D-AR), Yea |
| California: | Boxer (D-CA), Yea | Feinstein (D-CA), Yea |
| Colorado: | Allard (R-CO), Yea | Campbell (R-CO), Nay |
| Connecticut: | Dodd (D-CT), Yea | Lieberman (D-CT), Not Voting |
| Delaware: | Biden (D-DE), Yea | Roth (R-DE), Yea |
| Florida: | Graham (D-FL), Yea | Mack (R-FL), Yea |
| Georgia: | Cleland (D-GA), Yea | Miller (D-GA), Yea |
| Hawaii: | Akaka (D-HI), Not Voting | Inouye (D-HI), Yea |
| Idaho: | Craig (R-ID), Yea | Crapo (R-ID), Yea |
| Illinois: | Durbin (D-IL), Yea | Fitzgerald (R-IL), Yea |
| Indiana: | Bayh (D-IN), Yea | Lugar (R-IN), Yea |
| Iowa: | Grassley (R-IA), Yea | Harkin (D-IA), Yea |
| Kansas: | Brownback (R-KS), Yea | Roberts (R-KS), Yea |
| Kentucky: | Bunning (R-KY), Nay | McConnell (R-KY), Yea |
| Louisiana: | Breaux (D-LA), Yea | Landrieu (D-LA), Yea |
| Maine: | Collins (R-ME), Yea | Snowe (R-ME), Yea |
| Maryland: | Mikulski (D-MD), Nay | Sarbanes (D-MD), Nay |
| Massachusetts: | Kennedy (D-MA), Yea | Kerry (D-MA), Yea |
| Michigan: | Abraham (R-MI), Yea | Levin (D-MI), Yea |
| Minnesota: | Grams (R-MN), Yea | Wellstone (D-MN), Nay |
| Mississippi: | Cochran (R-MS), Yea | Lott (R-MS), Yea |
| Missouri: | Ashcroft (R-MO), Yea | Bond (R-MO), Yea |
| Montana: | Baucus (D-MT), Yea | Burns (R-MT), Yea |
| Nebraska: | Hagel (R-NE), Yea | Kerrey (D-NE), Yea |
| Nevada: | Bryan (D-NV), Yea | Reid (D-NV), Nay |
| New Hampshire: | Gregg (R-NH), Yea | Smith (R-NH), Nay |
| New Jersey: | Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea | Torricelli (D-NJ), Yea |
| New Mexico: | Bingaman (D-NM), Yea | Domenici (R-NM), Yea |
| New York: | Moynihan (D-NY), Yea | Schumer (D-NY), Yea |
| North Carolina: | Edwards (D-NC), Yea | Helms (R-NC), Nay |
| North Dakota: | Conrad (D-ND), Yea | Dorgan (D-ND), Yea |
| Ohio: | DeWine (R-OH), Yea | Voinovich (R-OH), Yea |
| Oklahoma: | Inhofe (R-OK), Nay | Nickles (R-OK), Yea |
| Oregon: | Smith (R-OR), Yea | Wyden (D-OR), Yea |
| Pennsylvania: | Santorum (R-PA), Yea | Specter (R-PA), Nay |
| Rhode Island: | Chafee, L. (R-RI), Yea | Reed (D-RI), Yea |
| South Carolina: | Hollings (D-SC), Nay | Thurmond (R-SC), Yea |
| South Dakota: | Daschle (D-SD), Yea | Johnson (D-SD), Yea |
| Tennessee: | Frist (R-TN), Yea | Thompson (R-TN), Yea |
| Texas: | Gramm (R-TX), Yea | Hutchison (R-TX), Yea |
| Utah: | Bennett (R-UT), Yea | Hatch (R-UT), Yea |
| Vermont: | Jeffords (R-VT), Nay | Leahy (D-VT), Yea |
| Virginia: | Robb (D-VA), Yea | Warner (R-VA), Yea |
| Washington: | Gorton (R-WA), Yea | Murray (D-WA), Yea |
| West Virginia: | Byrd (D-WV), Nay | Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea |
| Wisconsin: | Feingold (D-WI), Nay | Kohl (D-WI), Yea |
| Wyoming: | Enzi (R-WY), Yea | Thomas (R-WY), Yea |
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The Big Bailout
Here's your Congressional Votes. Additionally, note the following who have been stepping up to promote it.
Baynor
Blunt
Kyl
Gregg
Garrett (New Jersey)(voted against, but still scheming for it)
Ruppersberger D-MD
The "Bailout" has it's very own page.
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FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 674
(Democrats in roman; Republicans in italic; Independents underlined)
H R 3997 RECORDED VOTE 29-Sep-2008 2:07 PM
QUESTION: On Concurring in Senate Amendment With An Amendment
BILL TITLE: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide earnings assistance and tax relief to members of the uniformed services, volunteer firefighters, and Peace Corps volunteers, and for other purposes
| Ayes | Noes | PRES | NV | |
| Democratic | 140 | 95 | ||
| Republican | 65 | 133 | 1 | |
| Independent | ||||
| TOTALS | 205 | 228 | 1 |
| Ackerman Allen Andrews Arcuri Bachus Baird Baldwin Bean Berman Berry Bishop (GA) Bishop (NY) Blunt Boehner Bonner Bono Mack Boozman Boren Boswell Boucher Boyd (FL) Brady (PA) Brady (TX) Brown (SC) Brown, Corrine Calvert Camp (MI) Campbell (CA) Cannon Cantor Capps Capuano Cardoza Carnahan Castle Clarke Clyburn Cohen Cole (OK) Cooper Costa Cramer Crenshaw Crowley Cubin Davis (AL) Davis (CA) Davis (IL) Davis, Tom DeGette DeLauro Dicks Dingell Donnelly Doyle Dreier Edwards (TX) Ehlers Ellison Ellsworth Emanuel Emerson Engel Eshoo Etheridge Everett Farr Fattah Ferguson | Fossella Foster Frank (MA) Gilchrest Gonzalez Gordon Granger Gutierrez Hall (NY) Hare Harman Hastings (FL) Herger Higgins Hinojosa Hobson Holt Honda Hooley Hoyer Inglis (SC) Israel Johnson, E. B. Kanjorski Kennedy Kildee Kind King (NY) Kirk Klein (FL) Kline (MN) LaHood Langevin Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Levin Lewis (CA) Lewis (KY) Loebsack Lofgren, Zoe Lowey Lungren, Daniel E. Mahoney (FL) Maloney (NY) Markey Marshall Matsui McCarthy (NY) McCollum (MN) McCrery McDermott McGovern McHugh McKeon McNerney McNulty Meek (FL) Meeks (NY) Melancon Miller (NC) Miller, Gary Miller, George Mollohan Moore (KS) Moore (WI) Moran (VA) Murphy (CT) Murphy, Patrick Murtha | Nadler Neal (MA) Oberstar Obey Olver Pallone Pelosi Perlmutter Peterson (PA) Pickering Pomeroy Porter Price (NC) Pryce (OH) Putnam Radanovich Rahall Rangel Regula Reyes Reynolds Richardson Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Ross Ruppersberger Ryan (OH) Ryan (WI) Sarbanes Saxton Schakowsky Schwartz Sessions Sestak Shays Simpson Sires Skelton Slaughter Smith (TX) Smith (WA) Snyder Souder Space Speier Spratt Tancredo Tanner Tauscher Towns Tsongas Upton Van Hollen Velázquez Walden (OR) Walsh (NY) Wasserman Schultz Waters Watt Waxman Weiner Weldon (FL) Wexler Wilson (NM) Wilson (OH) Wilson (SC) Wolf |
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| Abercrombie Aderholt Akin Alexander Altmire Baca Bachmann Barrett (SC) Barrow Bartlett (MD) Barton (TX) Becerra Berkley Biggert Bilbray Bilirakis Bishop (UT) Blackburn Blumenauer Boustany Boyda (KS) Braley (IA) Broun (GA) Brown-Waite, Ginny Buchanan Burgess Burton (IN) Butterfield Buyer Capito Carney Carson Carter Castor Cazayoux Chabot Chandler Childers Clay Cleaver Coble Conaway Conyers Costello Courtney Cuellar Culberson Cummings Davis (KY) Davis, David Davis, Lincoln Deal (GA) DeFazio Delahunt Dent Diaz-Balart, L. Diaz-Balart, M. Doggett Doolittle Drake Duncan Edwards (MD) English (PA) Fallin Feeney Filner Flake Forbes Fortenberry Foxx Franks (AZ) Frelinghuysen Gallegly Garrett (NJ) Gerlach Giffords | Gillibrand Gingrey Gohmert Goode Goodlatte Graves Green, Al Green, Gene Grijalva Hall (TX) Hastings (WA) Hayes Heller Hensarling Herseth Sandlin Hill Hinchey Hirono Hodes Hoekstra Holden Hulshof Hunter Inslee Issa Jackson (IL) Jackson-Lee (TX) Jefferson Johnson (GA) Johnson (IL) Johnson, Sam Jones (NC) Jordan Kagen Kaptur Keller Kilpatrick King (IA) Kingston Knollenberg Kucinich Kuhl (NY) Lamborn Lampson Latham LaTourette Latta Lee Lewis (GA) Linder Lipinski LoBiondo Lucas Lynch Mack Manzullo Marchant Matheson McCarthy (CA) McCaul (TX) McCotter McHenry McIntyre McMorris Rodgers Mica Michaud Miller (FL) Miller (MI) Mitchell Moran (KS) Murphy, Tim Musgrave Myrick Napolitano Neugebauer Nunes | Ortiz Pascrell Pastor Paul Payne Pearce Pence Peterson (MN) Petri Pitts Platts Poe Price (GA) Ramstad Rehberg Reichert Renzi Rodriguez Rogers (MI) Rohrabacher Ros-Lehtinen Roskam Rothman Roybal-Allard Royce Rush Salazar Sali Sánchez, Linda T. Sanchez, Loretta Scalise Schiff Schmidt Scott (GA) Scott (VA) Sensenbrenner Serrano Shadegg Shea-Porter Sherman Shimkus Shuler Shuster Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Solis Stark Stearns Stupak Sullivan Sutton Taylor Terry Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Thornberry Tiahrt Tiberi Tierney Turner Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Visclosky Walberg Walz (MN) Wamp Watson Welch (VT) Westmoreland Whitfield (KY) Wittman (VA) Woolsey Wu Yarmuth Young (AK) Young (FL) |
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| Weller |
In The Mood to Bite? From Nevada?
Senator John Ensign (R-NV) is single-handedly blocking legislation to require politicians to add more transparency to political campaigns by requiring them to file electronic reports. The kind of arrogance it takes to take actions that effectively tell the public that it's none of our business, is the kind of arrogance that needs close inspection of all their actions.
You can find out more at the Sunlight Foundation. A gathering spot for people that are mad as hell and aren't going to take it anymore.
Anyone from Nevada out there? Is this man yours? Take charge. Americans run America.
Keep your eyes on the ball,
The Political Stray
Another Important Energy Bill
How Did Your Senator Vote?
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 110th Congress - 2nd Session as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate Vote Summary
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Voted FOR Protecting Us from Energy Speculators | YEAs ---50 Akaka (D-HI) Durbin (D-IL) Mikulski (D-MD)
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Voted AGAINST Protecting Us from Energy Speculators | NAYs ---43 Alexander (R-TN) Dole (R-NC) Murkowski (R-AK)
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Vote for them?! Consider Tar and Feathers.
The Political Stray does a lot of mind-numbing, eye-blurring scrolling through legislation. After a while, one notices certain voting patterns. Some politicians vote consistently to protect and help the public. Others vote in favor of big business and against even the smallest help to the public.
Whether a bill passes or not is not always the criteria. If a bill is particularly damaging, it's good to see who voted how. There are thousands of bills though and if any help is to be given to the public, one has to determine quickly which ones to take note of.
The big ones are easy because there is so much commentary on them. Those I automatically check. Often I go looking for a certain bill. But sometimes, it's the little unknown bills that nab us, so I'll search through those.
The first thing I've learned to do is check for certain Senator's names:
Feinstein, Collins (Susan), Boxer, Kennedy and Byrd. Sometimes Lieberman too. These politicians generally try to help the public.
Then I check for Kyl, Allard, Alexander, Inhofe, Sununu, Domenici, Chambliss, Crapo and Enzi. I don't know who these guys are working for but it's not the people that voted them in.
If these two groups are aligned on opposite sides, I take the time to read the bill.
Just thought you ought to know that.
If your politician's are coming up for a vote this November, at least check the politician watch page. Then Project Vote Smart and Opensecrets.
People died to give us the vote, so…vote.
The Political Stray
So, in the Senate Vote #194 --- Jul 31, 2008
Which Senators voted against the College Affordability Act of 2008?
These:
Nay TN Alexander, Lamar [R]
Nay OK Coburn, Thomas [R]
Nay TN Corker, Bob [R]
Nay SC DeMint, Jim [R]
Nay OK Inhofe, James [R]
Nay GA Isakson, John [R]
Nay AZ Kyl, Jon [R]
Nay AL Sessions, Jefferson [R]
Politician in Question | The State voters this "Heads Up" is for | What Made Me Look | What Confirmed the Need to Add Them to the List |
Arizona
| His position in May 2004 on S 1637. He even wrote a paper about it. Graham (FL) Amdt. No. 3112; To strike the deduction relating to income attributable to United States production activities and the international tax provisions and allow a credit for manufacturing wages, and for other purposes.
(a position that could easily be seen as anti-american trade) | Public Citizen didn't like him, the labor unions didn't like him, Supporters of animals, kids and old people didn't like him. | |
Marsha Blackburn, Barbara Cubin, Jeff Flake, Trent Franks, Jeb Hensarling, Sam Johnson, Jim Jordan, Steve King, Jerry Lewis, John Linder, Connie Mack, Kenny Marchant, Ron Paul, Mike Pence, Dana Rohrabacher, Bill Sali, Pete Sessions, Mark Souder, Don Young | multiple | All of these people voted against the Energy Markets Emergency Act of 2008. That's the one that keeps the oil speculators from making a fortune at the expense of the American people.
Is one of them yours? | I watched the hearing on the oil speculators. There was no room for doubt that this was the right thing to do to take care of the public.
You can purchase a copy of the video of this from CSPAN for 60.00, (ouch) or hopefully, we'll get transcripts at some point.
You'd think when our leaders do something to protect us, they'd make sure that we knew. Go figure. |
Ken Calvert, Chris Cannon, John Doolittle, Terry Everett, Randy Forbes, Ron Lewis, Gary Miller, John Peterson, Tom Tancredo, Jerry Weller Bobby Rush, Adam Smith, Robert Wexler
THE GANG OF 10Senators proposing a bipartisan energy compromise:
DemocratsKent Conrad, N.D.
Mary Landrieu, La. Blanche Lincoln, Ark. Mark Pryor, Ark. Ben Nelson, Neb.
RepublicansSaxby Chambliss, Ga.
Johnny Isakson, Ga. Lindsey Graham, S.C. John Thune, S.D. Bob Corker, Tenn. | multiple | These people are on the list of those "not voting" for the Energy Markets Emergency Act of 2008. They are That's the one that keeps the oil speculators from making a fortune at the expense of the American people.
Is one of them yours? Maybe you need to find out why? | Same as above. |
The Senate on the Medicare Fee Cut to Our Doctorsaka Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 |
No deceptive title there - Grr |
Here are the Senators that changed their mind and voted for blocking the fee cut. |
Alexander (R-TN) |
Chambliss (R-GA) |
Corker (R-TN) |
Cornyn (R-TX) |
Hutchinson (R-TX) |
Isakson (R-GA) |
Martinez (R-FL) |
Reid (D-NV) |
Specter (R-PA) |
Warner (R-VA) |
The Final Hold Outs on blocking the Medicare Fee Cut Bill | ||
Allard (R-CO) | Crapo (R-ID) | Inhofe (R-OK) |
Those That Know Say This Act in 1999 That Is Responsible for Legalizing
the Conduct that Led to Today's Home Mortgage Crisis
How did your Senator vote?
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 106th Congress - 1st Session
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate
Vote Summary
| Question: On Passage of the Bill (S.900 as amended ) | |||
| Vote Number: | 105 | Vote Date: | May 6, 1999, 08:14 PM |
| Required For Majority: | 1/2 | Vote Result: | Bill Passed |
| Measure Number: | S. 900 | ||
| Measure Title: | An Act to enhance competition in the financial services industry by providing a prudential framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers, and for other purposes. | ||
| Vote Counts: | YEAs | 54 |
| NAYs | 44 | |
| Present | 1 | |
| Not Voting | 1 |
| Vote Summary | By Senator Name | By Vote Position | By Home State |
Alphabetical by Senator Name
| Abraham (R-MI), Yea Akaka (D-HI), Nay Allard (R-CO), Yea Ashcroft (R-MO), Yea Baucus (D-MT), Nay Bayh (D-IN), Nay Bennett (R-UT), Yea Biden (D-DE), Nay Bingaman (D-NM), Nay Bond (R-MO), Yea Boxer (D-CA), Nay Breaux (D-LA), Nay Brownback (R-KS), Yea Bryan (D-NV), Nay Bunning (R-KY), Yea Burns (R-MT), Yea Byrd (D-WV), Nay Campbell (R-CO), Yea Chafee, J. (R-RI), Yea Cleland (D-GA), Nay Cochran (R-MS), Yea Collins (R-ME), Yea Conrad (D-ND), Nay Coverdell (R-GA), Yea Craig (R-ID), Yea Crapo (R-ID), Yea Daschle (D-SD), Nay DeWine (R-OH), Yea Dodd (D-CT), Nay Domenici (R-NM), Yea Dorgan (D-ND), Nay Durbin (D-IL), Nay Edwards (D-NC), Nay Enzi (R-WY), Yea | Feingold (D-WI), Nay Feinstein (D-CA), Nay Fitzgerald (R-IL), Present Frist (R-TN), Yea Gorton (R-WA), Yea Graham (D-FL), Nay Gramm (R-TX), Yea Grams (R-MN), Yea Grassley (R-IA), Yea Gregg (R-NH), Yea Hagel (R-NE), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Nay Hatch (R-UT), Yea Helms (R-NC), Yea Hollings (D-SC), Yea Hutchinson (R-AR), Yea Hutchison (R-TX), Yea Inhofe (R-OK), Not Voting Inouye (D-HI), Nay Jeffords (R-VT), Yea Johnson (D-SD), Nay Kennedy (D-MA), Nay Kerrey (D-NE), Nay Kerry (D-MA), Nay Kohl (D-WI), Nay Kyl (R-AZ), Yea Landrieu (D-LA), Nay Lautenberg (D-NJ), Nay Leahy (D-VT), Nay Levin (D-MI), Nay Lieberman (D-CT), Nay Lincoln (D-AR), Nay Lott (R-MS), Yea Lugar (R-IN), Yea | Mack (R-FL), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Yea McConnell (R-KY), Yea Mikulski (D-MD), Nay Moynihan (D-NY), Nay Murkowski (R-AK), Yea Murray (D-WA), Nay Nickles (R-OK), Yea Reed (D-RI), Nay Reid (D-NV), Nay Robb (D-VA), Nay Roberts (R-KS), Yea Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay Roth (R-DE), Yea Santorum (R-PA), Yea Sarbanes (D-MD), Nay Schumer (D-NY), Nay Sessions (R-AL), Yea Shelby (R-AL), Yea Smith (R-NH), Yea Smith (R-OR), Yea Snowe (R-ME), Yea Specter (R-PA), Yea Stevens (R-AK), Yea Thomas (R-WY), Yea Thompson (R-TN), Yea Thurmond (R-SC), Yea Torricelli (D-NJ), Nay Voinovich (R-OH), Yea Warner (R-VA), Yea Wellstone (D-MN), Nay Wyden (D-OR), Nay |
| Vote Summary | By Senator Name | By Vote Position | By Home State |
Grouped By Vote Position
| YEAs ---54 | ||
| Abraham (R-MI) Allard (R-CO) Ashcroft (R-MO) Bennett (R-UT) Bond (R-MO) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burns (R-MT) Campbell (R-CO) Chafee, J. (R-RI) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Coverdell (R-GA) Craig (R-ID) Crapo (R-ID) DeWine (R-OH) Domenici (R-NM) Enzi (R-WY) | Frist (R-TN) Gorton (R-WA) Gramm (R-TX) Grams (R-MN) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hagel (R-NE) Hatch (R-UT) Helms (R-NC) Hollings (D-SC) Hutchinson (R-AR) Hutchison (R-TX) Jeffords (R-VT) Kyl (R-AZ) Lott (R-MS) Lugar (R-IN) Mack (R-FL) McCain (R-AZ) | McConnell (R-KY) Murkowski (R-AK) Nickles (R-OK) Roberts (R-KS) Roth (R-DE) Santorum (R-PA) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Smith (R-NH) Smith (R-OR) Snowe (R-ME) Specter (R-PA) Stevens (R-AK) Thomas (R-WY) Thompson (R-TN) Thurmond (R-SC) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (R-VA) |
| NAYs ---44 | ||
| Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Biden (D-DE) Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Breaux (D-LA) Bryan (D-NV) Byrd (D-WV) Cleland (D-GA) Conrad (D-ND) Daschle (D-SD) Dodd (D-CT) Dorgan (D-ND) Durbin (D-IL) | Edwards (D-NC) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Graham (D-FL) Harkin (D-IA) Inouye (D-HI) Johnson (D-SD) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerrey (D-NE) Kerry (D-MA) Kohl (D-WI) Landrieu (D-LA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) | Lieberman (D-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) Mikulski (D-MD) Moynihan (D-NY) Murray (D-WA) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Robb (D-VA) Rockefeller (D-WV) Sarbanes (D-MD) Schumer (D-NY) Torricelli (D-NJ) Wellstone (D-MN) Wyden (D-OR) |
| Present - 1 | ||
| Fitzgerald (R-IL) | ||
| Not Voting - 1 | ||
| Inhofe (R-OK) | ||
| Vote Summary | By Senator Name | By Vote Position | By Home State |
Grouped by Home State
| Alabama: | Sessions (R-AL), Yea | Shelby (R-AL), Yea |
| Alaska: | Murkowski (R-AK), Yea | Stevens (R-AK), Yea |
| Arizona: | Kyl (R-AZ), Yea | McCain (R-AZ), Yea |
| Arkansas: | Hutchinson (R-AR), Yea | Lincoln (D-AR), Nay |
| California: | Boxer (D-CA), Nay | Feinstein (D-CA), Nay |
| Colorado: | Allard (R-CO), Yea | Campbell (R-CO), Yea |
| Connecticut: | Dodd (D-CT), Nay | Lieberman (D-CT), Nay |
| Delaware: | Biden (D-DE), Nay | Roth (R-DE), Yea |
| Florida: | Graham (D-FL), Nay | Mack (R-FL), Yea |
| Georgia: | Cleland (D-GA), Nay | Coverdell (R-GA), Yea |
| Hawaii: | Akaka (D-HI), Nay | Inouye (D-HI), Nay |
| Idaho: | Craig (R-ID), Yea | Crapo (R-ID), Yea |
| Illinois: | Durbin (D-IL), Nay | Fitzgerald (R-IL), Present |
| Indiana: | Bayh (D-IN), Nay | Lugar (R-IN), Yea |
| Iowa: | Grassley (R-IA), Yea | Harkin (D-IA), Nay |
| Kansas: | Brownback (R-KS), Yea | Roberts (R-KS), Yea |
| Kentucky: | Bunning (R-KY), Yea | McConnell (R-KY), Yea |
| Louisiana: | Breaux (D-LA), Nay | Landrieu (D-LA), Nay |
| Maine: | Collins (R-ME), Yea | Snowe (R-ME), Yea |
| Maryland: | Mikulski (D-MD), Nay | Sarbanes (D-MD), Nay |
| Massachusetts: | Kennedy (D-MA), Nay | Kerry (D-MA), Nay |
| Michigan: | Abraham (R-MI), Yea | Levin (D-MI), Nay |
| Minnesota: | Grams (R-MN), Yea | Wellstone (D-MN), Nay |
| Mississippi: | Cochran (R-MS), Yea | Lott (R-MS), Yea |
| Missouri: | Ashcroft (R-MO), Yea | Bond (R-MO), Yea |
| Montana: | Baucus (D-MT), Nay | Burns (R-MT), Yea |
| Nebraska: | Hagel (R-NE), Yea | Kerrey (D-NE), Nay |
| Nevada: | Bryan (D-NV), Nay | Reid (D-NV), Nay |
| New Hampshire: | Gregg (R-NH), Yea | Smith (R-NH), Yea |
| New Jersey: | Lautenberg (D-NJ), Nay | Torricelli (D-NJ), Nay |
| New Mexico: | Bingaman (D-NM), Nay | Domenici (R-NM), Yea |
| New York: | Moynihan (D-NY), Nay | Schumer (D-NY), Nay |
| North Carolina: | Edwards (D-NC), Nay | Helms (R-NC), Yea |
| North Dakota: | Conrad (D-ND), Nay | Dorgan (D-ND), Nay |
| Ohio: | DeWine (R-OH), Yea | Voinovich (R-OH), Yea |
| Oklahoma: | Inhofe (R-OK), Not Voting | Nickles (R-OK), Yea |
| Oregon: | Smith (R-OR), Yea | Wyden (D-OR), Nay |
| Pennsylvania: | Santorum (R-PA), Yea | Specter (R-PA), Yea |
| Rhode Island: | Chafee, J. (R-RI), Yea | Reed (D-RI), Nay |
| South Carolina: | Hollings (D-SC), Yea | Thurmond (R-SC), Yea |
| South Dakota: | Daschle (D-SD), Nay | Johnson (D-SD), Nay |
| Tennessee: | Frist (R-TN), Yea | Thompson (R-TN), Yea |
| Texas: | Gramm (R-TX), Yea | Hutchison (R-TX), Yea |
| Utah: | Bennett (R-UT), Yea | Hatch (R-UT), Yea |
| Vermont: | Jeffords (R-VT), Yea | Leahy (D-VT), Nay |
| Virginia: | Robb (D-VA), Nay | Warner (R-VA), Yea |
| Washington: | Gorton (R-WA), Yea | Murray (D-WA), Nay |
| West Virginia: | Byrd (D-WV), Nay | Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay |
| Wisconsin: | Feingold (D-WI), Nay | Kohl (D-WI), Nay |
| Wyoming: | Enzi (R-WY), Yea | Thomas (R-WY), Yea |
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Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
Consumer groups say this was a major blow to consumers. How did your reps do?
Yes is against us - No is for Us
This act made it far harder for consumers (but not businesses) to discharge debts. Chief sponsor, Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) who has received $2 milllion plus from the Fire Sector.
(Finance, Insurance and Real Estate)
S.256
Title: A bill to amend title 11 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Grassley, Chuck [IA] (introduced 2/1/2005) Cosponsors (12)
Related Bills: H.RES.211, H.R.685
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 109-8 [GPO: Text, PDF]
House Reports: 109-31 Part 1
COSPONSORS(12), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)
Sen Carper, Thomas R. [DE] - 2/1/2005 | Sen Crapo, Mike [ID] - 2/7/2005 |
Sen DeMint, Jim [SC] - 2/7/2005 | Sen Enzi, Michael B. [WY] - 2/1/2005 |
Sen Hagel, Chuck [NE] - 3/3/2005 | Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [UT] - 2/1/2005 |
Sen Nelson, E. Benjamin [NE] - 2/1/2005 | Sen Sessions, Jeff [AL] - 2/1/2005 |
Sen Shelby, Richard C. [AL] - 2/1/2005 | Sen Sununu, John E. [NH] - 2/3/2005 |
Sen Thune, John [SD] - 2/1/2005 | Sen Vitter, David [LA] - 2/16/2005 |
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March 2005:Rep. Robert Ney (R-Ohio)—who will later go to prison on corruption charges related to Abramoff scandal—introduces Responsible Lending Act, billed as an anti-predatory-lending measure but in fact designed to preempt stronger state laws. Key supporters include New Century Financial, nation's 2nd-largest subprime lender, which has contributed nearly $50,000 to Ney's campaign. Consumer advocates call it "Loan Shark Protection Act."
H.R.833 COSPONSORS(25), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)
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Some of the information in last two entries were obtained from http://www.MotherJones.com - A good public watchdog source. we may not always agree with them, but they are well worth checking out.
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