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How Congress Votes on Small Business Issues 112TH CONGRESS FINAL REPORT JANUARY 3, 2011 TO JANUARY 3, 2013 www.nfib.com/hcv HOW DID THEY TREAT SMALL BUSINESS? In keeping with our promise to monitor key small business votes your lawmakers cast, NFIB pres- ents this special wrap-up report of the 112th Congress. Following a year of elections, this report cuts through the rhetoric of campaigns and looks at the hard facts: how your U.S. senators and representatives voted on small business issues during the 112th Congress. Lawmakers who voted with small business on key issues 70 percent or more of the time during the 112th Congress earned NFIB’s Guardian of Small Business Award. Just as important, this report highlights lawmakers who not only didn’t earn a Guardian Award, but who actually voted against small business issues a majority of the time. This special NFIB member report should come as no surprise to lawmakers. NFIB asks lawmak- ers to support the consensus views of our members. We also remind them that their votes are being monitored and will be reported back to NFIB members. YOU NEED AN ORGANIZATION LIKE NFIB LOOKING OUT FOR YOU. Many of the lawmakers listed here have been sent back to Washington, D.C. for the next Congress. NFIBe makes it asy for you to continue monitoring them at www.NFIB.com to see how they treat small business in the coming months. HOW TO READ VOTE KEY THIS REPORT • youIf r representative’s vote appears in green, Y Voted for (Yea) I Ineligible or unable to vote at this >> he or she supported the small business N Voted against (Nay) time. Member served a partial position. ? Did not vote term in the 112th Congress. • youIf r representative’s vote appears in red, N/A Legislator not in office during S Speaker exercised discretion not he or she opposed the small business position. the 111th Congress. to vote. * Lawmakers must vote on at least • Votin perg centages for the 111th Congress AL At Large 70 percent of key votes to be are printed in the blue column. eligible for the Guardian Award. What the Charts in YOUR REPRESENTATIVES ON SMALL BUSINESS Vote Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 112th 111th Vote Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 112th 111th How Congress Voted® Show NFIB POSITION YYYYNYYYYYYYY % % NFIB POSITION YYYYNYYYYYYYY % % ALABAMA ARKANSAS 1 Crawford YYYYNYYYYYYYY 100 N/A 1 Bonner YYYYNYYYYYYYY 100 71 2 Griffin YYYYNYYYYYYYY 100 N/A 2 Roby YYYYNYYYYYYYY 100 N/A 3 Womack YYYYNYYYYYYYY 100 N/A Names and voting percentages of lawmakers who 3 Rogers, Mike D. YYYYNYYYYYYYY 100 86 4 Ross, M. YYYY Y YY ? YYYYY 92 86 earned a Guardian Award in the 112th Congress 4 Aderholt YYYYNYYYYYYYY 100 86 5 Brooks YYYYNYYYYYYYY 100 N/A CALIFORNIA appear in green. 6 Bachus, S. YYYYNYYYY? YYYY 100 71 1 Thompson, M. NNNNYNNNNNNNN 0 29 7 Sewell N YYY YNNNN YYY N 46 N/A 2 Herger YYYYNYYYYYYYY 100 71 3 Lungren YYYYNYYYYYYYY 100 86 ALASKA Names and voting percentages of lawmakers who 4 McClintock YYYYNYYYYYYYY 100 71 AL Young, D. YY ? Y YN Y N YYYYY 75 86 did not earn a Guardian Award in the 112th Congress 5 Matsui NNNNYNNNNNNNN 0 29 6 Woolsey NNNNYNNNNNNNN 0 29 ARIZONA 7 Miller, George NNNNYNNNNN ? NN 0 29 appear in red. 1 Gosar YYYYNYYYYYYYY 100 N/A 8 Pelosi NNNNNYNNNNNNNN 0 17 2 Franks YYYYNYYYYYYYY 100 71 9 Lee, B. NNNN ? NNNNNNNN 0 29 3 Quayle YYYYNYYYYYYYY 100 N/A 10 Garamendi NNNNYNNNNN Y NN 8 20 4 Pastor N Y NNYNNNNNNNN 8 29 Voting percentages of lawmakers who also served in 11 McNerney N Y NNYNNNNNN YY 23 29 5 Schweikert YYYYNYYYYYYYY 100 N/A 12 Speier N ? NN ? NNNNNN Y N 9 29 the 111th Congress are in the blue column. 6 Flake YYYYNYYYYYYYY 100 67 87 13 Stark NNNNYNNNNNNNN 0 33 7 Grijalva NNNN ? NNNNNNNN 0 29 14 Eshoo NNNN ? NNNNNNNN 0 29 8 Barber* IIIIIIIIIIII N 0 N/A 15 Honda NNNNYNNNNNNNN 0 29 8 Giffords* ???????????II 0 29 16 Lofgren NNNNYNNNNNNNN 0 29 17 Farr NNNNYNNNNNNNN 0 17 FINAL REPORT 112TH CONGRESS 5 2 112TH CONGRESS www.nfib.com/hcv FINAL REPORT KEY HOUSE VOTES: The following are descriptions of the 13 bills designated as NFIB Key Votes that were used to compile your lawmaker’s NFIB Final Voting Record for the 112th Congress. Each description includes NFIB’s position on the issue, as well as the NFIB Member Ballot and other polling results that determined that position. 1. REPEALING THE 3. ENERGY TAX PREVENTION 5. PROJECT LABOR AGREE- HEALTHCARE LAW (H.R. 2) ACT (H.R. 910) MENTS AMENDMENT NFIB supported H.R. 2, sponsored NFIB supported H.R. 910, spon- (H.AMDT. 411) by Rep. Eric Cantor (VA-7). The bill sored by Rep. Fred Upton (MI-6). NFIB opposed H.Amdt. 411, spon- would repeal the Patient Protection The bill would prohibit the Envi- sored by Rep. Steven LaTourette and Affordable Care Act of 2010 ronmental Protection Agency from (OH-14). The amendment would that mandates most individuals and regulating stationary sources of ensure that the federal govern- many businesses to provide or buy greenhouse gases under the Clean ment continues to use project labor health insurance by 2014, limits the Air Act. The bill passed 255–172. agreements, which require the use use of HSAs, FSAs and HRAs, and of union labor on taxpayer-funded adds new taxes on small business WHAT MEMBERS SAID: projects. The amendment passed owners. The bill passed 245–189. 204–203. In a 2010 Member Ballot (Vol. 558), 76 percent of NFIB members WHAT MEMBERS SAID: opposed the federal government WHAT MEMBERS SAID: In a 2010 Member Ballot (Vol. requiring businesses to cap their In a 2004 Member Ballot (Vol. 559), 93 percent of NFIB members greenhouse gas emissions. 544), 80 percent of NFIB members agreed that Congress should repeal opposed PLAs being required on the law. 4. PUTTING THE GULF BACK all federally funded construction TO WORK ACT (H.R. 1229) projects. In 2011, NFIB members 2. SMALL BUSINESS PAPER- testified before Congress about the NFIB supported H.R. 1229, spon- WORK MANDATE ELIMINA- negative impact PLAs have had on sored by Rep. Doc Hastings (WA-4). job creation and economic growth. TION ACT (H.R. 4) The bill would modify the permit- NFIB supported H.R. 4, sponsored ting process for offshore drilling in 6. PROTECTING JOBS FROM by Rep. Dan Lungren (CA-3). The the Gulf of Mexico. Offshore drilling bill would repeal the expensive and is a critical step toward increasing GOVERNMENT INTERFER- burdensome tax paperwork require- domestic production and reducing ENCE ACT (H.R. 2587) ment that was included in PPACA gas prices. The bill passed 263–163. NFIB supported H.R. 2587, spon- that required all businesses that sored by Rep. Tim Scott (SC-1). The pay another individual or business WHAT MEMBERS SAID: bill would prohibit agencies, such $600 or more for goods or ser- as the National Labor Relations According to NFIB’s 2008 Small vices to submit a Form 1099 to the Board, from preventing a private Business Problems and Priorities, Internal Revenue Service each year. company from expanding or trans- NFIB members ranked the cost Pre-PPACA Form 1099 reporting ferring workers and/or facilities to a of natural gas, propane, gasoline, requirements are still law. The bill right-to-work state. The bill passed diesel and fuel oil as their second passed 314–112. 238–186. greatest concern, with 42 percent of NFIB members surveyed ranking WHAT MEMBERS SAID: the problem as “critical.” Addition- WHAT MEMBERS SAID: A 2003 NFIB Small Business Poll ally, NFIB’s 2006 Energy Consump- According to NFIB’s 2008 Small estimated that small business own- tion Poll concluded that energy Business Problems and Priorities, ers spend more than $74 per hour costs are one of the top three NFIB members cited unreasonable on their tax compliance obligations, business expenses in 35 percent of government regulations as their representing the most expensive small businesses. sixth greatest concern. paperwork burden that the federal government imposes on small busi- ness owners. FINAL REPORT www.nfib.com/hcv 112TH CONGRESS 3 7. BALANCED BUDGET to thoroughly analyze the economic 12. HEALTH CARE COST AMENDMENT (H.J.RES. 2) impact their rules and regulations REDUCTION ACT (H.R. 436) have on small businesses. Also, the NFIB supported H.J.Res. 2, spon- bill would require agencies to con- NFIB supported H.R. 436, spon- sored by Rep. Bob Goodlatte vene small business review panels sored by Rep. Erik Paulsen (MN-3). (VA-6). The amendment would have before important rules are finalized. The bill would repeal an excise tax amended the U.S. Constitution to The bill passed 263–159. of 2.3 percent on medical devices require the federal government to created under the healthcare law. balance its budget each year. The It also would repeal restrictions on amendment failed 261–165. (A two- WHAT MEMBERS SAID: using tax-preferred accounts to thirds majority of those present and In a 2000 Member Ballot (Vol. 534), 85 pay for over-the-counter medica- voting, 284 in this case, is required percent of NFIB members supported tions and would allow individuals for passage under suspension of requiring regulatory agencies to con- to roll over up to $500 in flexible the rules and to pass a joint resolu- sider the indirect cost and impact of spending accounts (known as FSAs) tion proposing an amendment to regulations on small businesses.
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