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Civility and the Common Good dear members NOTE TO ALL NETWORK MEMBERS: We have finished the first session of the 111th Con- NETW RK gress with the anguished Be sure to vote for new A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby struggle over healthcare. members of NETWORK’s NETWORK—a Catholic leader I know that many of you Board of Directors. in the global movement are as tired of the partisan for justice and peace— wrangle as we are! But in educates, organizes and Ballots can be found lobbies for economic the midst of the morass on the back page and and social transformation. of bickering there were a couple of bright spots for must be postmarked us. by March 15, 2010. NETWORK Board of Directors Mary Ann Brenden Barbara Lange We provided you, our Marie Clarke Brill Marie Lucey, OSF members, with the phone Simone Campbell, SSS Rhonda Meister Joan Carey, SSJ Kateri Mitchell, SSA number and e-advocacy Cathleen Crayton Mary Ann Nestel, CSJ tool for more than ten Contents Mary Ann Gaido Judith Braitmayer Sharpe Linda Howell-Perrin, LSW Sandra Thibodeux, MMB thousand messages to Mary Jo Iozzio Mary T. Yelenick envisioning Congress about what really Donna Marie Korba, IHM Peter J. Zografos Changes matters in this healthcare NETWORK Education Program 3 Simone Campbell, SSS, sees changes in reform. We were able to Board of Directors Washington—some good, some not—and Elizabeth Dahlman Kit Hinga, SSJ get a letter into the hands looks ahead to changes in how we will Katherine Feely, SND Dorothy Jackson, SCN of Senate negotiators, communicate with you starting this year. Jennifer Haut Kathleen Phelan, OP outlining some of our key cover story NETWORK Staff positions just as talks were Communications Coordinator/Editor— breaking down. We helped Civility and the Common Good Stephanie Niedringhaus 4 Coordinator of Annual Giving—Jeanell them find a way through. Former U.S. Representative Jim Leach addresses the increasingly partisan and Freeman We are being heard. rancorous tone of discourse on the Hill and Executive Director—Simone Campbell, SSS All of this activity is across the nation. If we are truly to govern for Field Coordinator—Jean Sammon made possible by the the common good, we need “thoughtfulness IT Coordinator—Joy Wigwe and decency of expression in the public Lobbyists—Marge Clark, BVM; CAPITOL CAMPAIGN Catherine Pinkerton, CSJ square.” What can we do to make this happen? that we launched in Spring Major GIfts Coordinator— John R. Price, D.Min. ’09. This is not about rais- voting record NETWORK Associates—Sarah Carey, David ing money for a building, Voting Record of the 111th Golemboski, Meghan Tighe but rather raising money 7 Congress, 1st Session Office/Membership Coordinator—Ann Dunn to work in the Capitol See how your legislators voted on issues that Articles in NETWORK Connection may be reprinted. Please include the following to renew the foundation mattered. on the reprints: “Reprinted with permis- of our nation. You have sion from NETWORK, a National Catholic made all the difference in making a differencee Social Justice Lobby, 25 E Street NW, Use NETWORK’s Voting Record Suite 200, Washington, DC 20001, this project. Because of 15 www.networklobby.org.” Please send us you, our voice continues. and Web Site to Foster Justice a copy of the reprinted article. Because of you, we are Here are some useful tools! First Quarter 2010—Vol. 38, No. 1 NETWORK Connection making progress. We are back page ISSN 0199-5723 deeply grateful for your Board Election Ballot for Published quarterly by support and urge you to 16 NETWORK NETWORK Members ph o n e 202-347-9797 fa x 202-347-9864 continue in 2010! e-m a i l : [email protected] THANK YOU! we b s i t e : www.networklobby.org

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Changes shawn harris By Si m o n e Ca m p b e l l , SSS

This issue of Connection contains the voting record for the first session of the 111th Congress. It has been an intense Tyear of both great change and small shifts. There have been so many votes this year that it was difficult to decide which to include. In fact, as we are put- ting this issue together, the healthcare debate is still raging in the Senate. Looking back over the year, I see one shift that has worried me. In Janu- our carbon footprint. And, of course, in mail,” let us know and we will send you ary 2009, there was a great expression these challenging economic times, we a print version. of bipartisanship, of working together are looking for ways to save money. We hope that this new service of for the American people. But since then So, starting this month, we are mak- quarterly updates provides an addi- there has been a shift from concerns ing the following changes to be more tional incentive for all of us to be more about policies to strictly the political effective in our mission to bring your engaged in this struggle “to form a more game. Members of Congress have got- voice to Capitol Hill and to provide you perfect union.” The issues before us in ten into their separate corners, and each with timely and thoughtful values-based 2010 do not call for retreat, but rather side is trying to paint the other as unin- information. This magazine is chang- for renewed engagement. We must com- terested in the needs of the people. The ing from a six-times-a-year to a quar- municate to our elected representatives country is suffering because the focus terly publication. You will receive this that we expect them to confront the is not on governing, but rather on the informative and beautiful periodical in problems of our time and find solutions 2010 election and “scoring points.” January, April, July and October. At the for the Common Good. We must face I had thought that after the 2008 elec- mid-point of each quarter we will be our broken system of immigration and tion a message had been sent that “We e-mailing either a Hill update or a reflec- change it. We must really end the war the People” were not going to stand for tion on what is happening politically in Iraq and create true peace in Afghani- this anymore. We were going to demand in Washington and the perspective of stan. We must reform Temporary Assis- that our leaders address the issues of our Catholic Social Teaching. PLEASE MAKE tance for Needy Families (TANF) so that time and work for 21st century solu- SURE THAT WE HAVE YOUR CORRECT the poor people in our country live in tions. But this apparently was not to be. E-MAIL ADDRESS SO THAT YOU DON’T dignity. We need to create smart fair This year has confirmed that “We the MISS ANY OF THESE UPDATES!* If you trade agreements. And we must be con- People” still have a lot of work to do. wish to receive our update by “snail scious of the need to live in a sustainable To be more effective in this rapidly way “for us and for our posterity.” changing environment, we are making *To receive our quarterly updates, As Pope Benedict says in Caritas In some changes. We realized that many send your updated email address to Veritate, “Love — caritas — is an extraor- of you, our members, often see this [email protected]. dinary force which leads people to opt magazine and get your news about the If you prefer a “snail mail” version, for courageous and generous engage- Hill weeks after the update is written. please email your name and ment in the field of justice and peace.” We know that many of you utilize our address, or send it to: Let us engage with courage and generos- e-advocacy tools and receive up-to-the- Jean Sammon ity for the sake of our country and our minute information in our weekly or tar- NETWORK planet. geted alert system. At the same time, we 25 E Street NW, Suite 200 have been examining ways that we can Washington DC 20001 Simone Campbell, SSS, is NETWORK’s “go green” here at NETWORK and shrink Executive Director.

www.networklobby.org First Quarter 2010 Connection 3 Civility and the Common Good By Ji m Le a c h

Few subjects seem duller than concern tion implicit in slavery and indentured assessment of his character by merci- for manners, especially public manners. servitude “hallmarked” more than a little lessly gunning him down. FBut few are more important because they of 19th century American thought and So, uncivil behavior is nothing new. affect how individuals inter-relate in many of our social structures. What is new are transformative changes community and how societ- in communications tech- ies make decisions that can Isn’t it a citizen’s obligation to apply perspective nology in American poli- affect life on the planet. to words that contain warring implications? tics, and the issues people In this sobering context, face. it is difficult not to be concerned about Indeed, violence was part of 19th cen- In teaching at Harvard and Princeton the discordant rhetoric of our politics. tury political manners. A Vice President upon leaving Congress, I developed a Words reflect emotion as well as mean- shot dead our greatest Treasury Secretary series of what I call two-minute courses ing. They clarify—or cloud—thought for suggesting he was “despicable” in a in American governance. Let me cite and energize action, sometimes bring- duel in which the pistols were filed to a several: ing out the better angels in our nature, “hair” trigger, causing Alexander Hamil- sometimes lesser instincts. ton, who may in effect have been duped, 1. Political Science 101 begins with Recent comments on the House floor to fire prematurely skyward. Moments the observation that, with episodic have gathered much attention, but vastly later, Aaron Burr vindicated Hamilton’s swings, the country over the past more rancorous, socially divisive asser- tions are being made across the land, and few are thinking through the mean- ing or consequences of the words being used. Public officials are labeled “fascist” and “communist.” And more bizarrely, significant public figures have toyed with hints of history-blind radicalism— the notion of “secession.” One might ask what problem is there with a bit of hyperbole. The logic, to paraphrase Marshall McLuhan’s obser- vation about the media, is the message. If we lost 400,000 soldiers to defeat fas- cism, spent a fortune and lost thousands to hold communism at bay, and fought a civil war to preserve the union, isn’t it a citizen’s obligation to apply per- spective to words that contain warring implications? There is, after all, a differ- ence between holding a particular tax or spending or healthcare view and assert- ing that an American who supports another approach or is a member of a different political party is an advocate of an “ism” of hate that encompasses gulags and concentration camps. One frame- work of thought defines rival ideas; the other, enemies. The poet Walt Whitman once described America as an “athletic democ- racy.” What he meant was that our poli- tics in the 19th century was rugged and vigorous and spirited. Nativism, anti- Dan Moore immigrant, anti-Catholic sentiment and, of course, toleration for human degrada-

4 Connection First Quarter 2010 www.networklobby.org generation has been approximately compromised, most issues should 5. Philosophy 101 is the absence of one-third Democratic, one-third be subject to reasoned give-and-take abstraction. Legislation is increasingly Republican, and one-third indepen- if there is mutual respect, what is driven by partisan concerns rather dent. Grade school math tells us that uniquely labeled legislative comity. than consideration for philosophical one-half of one-third is one-sixth. So Unfortunately, neighborly attitudes notions like the public interest or the 2 16 /3% of the voters nominally con- of typical American communities are greatest good of the greatest number. trol candidate selection in each party, not reflected in legislative chambers, Idealism has given way to a legislative but because only one in four (often a where partisanship governs. dynamic in which dominant consid- fraction of this figure) participate in erations are how to respond to issues 1 1 1 primaries, it is /4 x /6 , that is /24 of 4. Journalism 101: In the 19th century, vibrant in a party’s base constituencies the electorate that controls the candi- towns and cities often had at least and how to balance the influence of date selection process of each of the two newspapers, one controlled by various moneyed interest groups. parties. This 4% is socially quite con- each major national party. They were servative on the Republican side and overtly partisan, sometimes vitupera- 6. Philosophy 102: There is something vigorously liberal on the Democratic. tively. But the public understood the about the human condition that wants As a consequence, legislative bodies biases and factored these into their to be allowed to make governing deci- intended to represent a cross-section judgments. With the consolidation of sions at socially cohesive levels where of the American public hardly have a newspapers and advent of radio and citizens may have impact. There is a place for the vast majoritarian center. TV in the 20th century, mass audienc- lot written today about globalism, but es appeared at first to require greater this century is also about localism. 2. Political Science 102 is that in primaries balance. While the 1930s produced To adapt to a fast changing world, for president, Republican candidates a few radio demagogues like Father one must understand both phenom- lean right and then if nominated, Coughlin, the new mass media gen- ena—the fact, as Tip O’Neill repeat- scoot to the center in the general elec- erally recognized that large audiences edly noted, that all politics is local tion; Democrats, vice-versa. But in required accuracy and balance. In and a corollary that all local decisions Congress the scoot is sel- are affected by international dom evident. Approximately Legislation is increasingly driven by partisan events. 380 of 435 House seats are designed or gerrymandered concerns rather than consideration for 7. Sports 101: There are pro- in such a way as to be safe philosophical notions like the public interest found analogies between pol- for one party. About half of itics and sports. A journalist, these safe seats are held by or the greatest good of the greatest number. Grantland Rice, famously Republicans and half by got it right three-quarters of Democrats. With few exceptions, safe- TV’s formative years, the three major a century ago when he observed that seat members must lean to the philo- networks competed to be regarded winning and losing are less impor- sophical edges to prevail in primaries as the most fair and balanced. Walter tant than how the game is played. and, if nominated and elected, have Cronkite and syndicated columnists Likewise in politics. The temper and every incentive to remain firmly posi- Walter Lippmann, Marquis Childs integrity of the political dialogue are tioned far from the center because the and David Broder were revered, and more important for the cohesive- only serious challenge to their career editorial pages of great newspapers ness of society than the outcome of choice is likely to come from within combined conservatives and liberals any election. The problem in politics their party’s attentive, uncompromis- such as Bill Buckley and I.F. Stone. is that there are so few rules and no ing base. Institutional polarization is As competition for audiences and referees. The public must be on per- the inevitable result. advertising increased with the rise of petual guard and prepared to throw cable and the Internet, media owners flags when politicians overstep the 3. Psychology 101 relates to the fact found it commercially advantageous bounds of fairness and decency. Just that an increasing number of issues or ideologically compelling to project as football players, wrestlers or tennis in Congress are perceived to be of a a point of view, coming full circle to team members compete to win, they moral as contrasted with a judgmental the 19th century model of partisan also learn to respect their opponents. nature. Advocates of one perspective reporting. While a wide variety of Is it asking too much for candidates or the other assume that an individual expression is important, should fac- and their supporters to do the same on the other side of a moral issue is ile opinion-mongering—the idea that in politics? by implication advocating immoral- news, like clothes, must appeal to a ity. While some value-based issues market segment—crowd out fairness 8. Literature 101 involves a set of four cannot for individual members be and balance? books called The Alexandria Quartet www.networklobby.org First Quarter 2010 Connection 5 by British author Lawrence Durrell. changing nature of our society, which ners. To label someone a “communist” Set in Egypt between the first and has so many destabilizing elements. may spark unspeakable acts; to call a second World Wars in the ancient city But part falls at the feet of politicians country “evil” may cause a surprisingly of Alexandria, the first book spins a and their supporters who use inflam- dangerous counter-reaction. story from the eyes of one of the par- matory rhetoric to divide the country. How we lead or fail to lead in an inter- ticipants. Then Durrell proceeds to Candidates may prevail in elections dependent world will be directly related describe the same events in subse- by tearing down rather than uplifting, to how we comprehend our own his- quent books, each narrative from the but if elected, they cannot then unite tory, values and diversity of experiences, perspective of other participants. One an angered citizenry. Negativity raises and how deeply we come to understand wonders: why read about the same the temperature level of legislatures and respect other peoples and societies. events more than once? The reason is just as it dispirits the soul of society. Citizenship is hard. It takes willingness that each story is profoundly differ- to listen, watch, read and think in ways ent. The moral is that to get a sense Past Congresses have often been feisty, that allow the imagination to put one of reality it is necessary to see things but what is so confounding about today’s person in the shoes of another. from more than one pair of eyes. This politics is the break with a central aspect Civilization requires civility. Words may apply to interactions in com- of American political tradition. Histori- matter. Just as coarseness in public man- munity, in a court room, or ners and polarizing rhetoric internationally—where what Civilization requires civility. can jeopardize social cohesion America does may seem rea- and even public safety, healing sonable from our perspective Words matter. approaches such as Lincoln’s call but look very different from the per- cally, legislative decision-making has for a new direction “with malice toward spective of a European or African, a been based on what might be described none” can uplift and help bring society Middle Easterner or Asian. as a Hegelian give-and-take between and the world closer together. the parties—the thesis being one party’s Little is more important for the world’s 9. Reality 101: In the most profound perspective, the antithesis, the other’s, leading democracy in this change-inten- political science observation of the and the synthesis being legislation that sive century than establishing an ethos 20th century, Albert Einstein suggest- accommodates concerns of each. of thoughtfulness and decency of expres- ed that splitting the atom had changed Over the last several decades, however, sion in the public square. everything except our way of think- a trend has developed or, more precisely, If we don’t try to understand and ing. Human nature may be one of the become accentuated, where legislative respect others, how can we expect them few constants in history, but 9/11 has compromises are being made almost to respect us, our values, and our way taught that thinking must change, exclusively within whichever party con- of life? not simply because of the destructive trols Congress rather than between the power of the big bomb but because parties. As the majority party increas- Jim Leach is a former 15-term Republican of the implosive nature of small acts. ingly views itself as the exclusive vehicle Congressman from . He currently Violence and social division are rooted of legislative governance, the minority serves as Chairman of the National in hate. Since such thought begins in sees itself more in the European parlia- Endowment for the Humanities. the hearts and minds of individuals, it mentary tradition as the opposition; and is in each of our hearts and minds that vice-versa. hate must be checked and our way of Far better it would be for all legisla- thinking changed. tors to consider themselves responsible for governing and for both sides to rec- 10. Reality 102: In Western civilization’s ognize that the other has something to most prophetic poem, The Second say and contribute. In a society as com- Coming, William Butler Yeats suggests plicated as ours, it is irrational to think that the center cannot hold “when the that Republicans cannot find some best lack all conviction and the worst Democratic initiatives helpful to society are full of passionate intensity.” Apoc- and that Democrats cannot from time to alypse may not be a field of study, time vote with Republicans. but it would seem that the chaos of Unlike natural physics, where Sir modernity has produced a crisis of Isaac Newton pointed out that action perspective as well as values. Citizens equals reaction, in social chemistry reac- courtesy of the author of various philosophical persuasions tion can be greater than action. Name- reflect increased disrespect for fel- calling in the kindergarten of life can low citizens and thus for modern- lead to hardening of attitudes and some- day democratic governance. Much of times physical responses. Hence, civil the problem may flow from the fast- discourse is about more than good man-

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Voting Record of the 111th Congress, First Session

NNETWORK’S voting record for the first stan presented another hurdle. Still, Congress to fulfill President Obama’s session of the 111th Congress confirms many held the hope that the arrival of commitment to make real the long a prediction made by many at the con- the new administration might usher in awaited promise of access to afford- clusion of the 110th Congress in 2008: a new day. able, quality healthcare for all. that the effects of unprecedented cri- This year’s voting record reflects This record is evidence of a nation ses and challenges facing our nation some of the efforts of Congress to deal struggling to address its myriad prob- would continue into 2009. The new with these realities—the economic lems and hopefully, the values under- president and Congress were imme- downturn accompanied by financial lying who we are. Progress has been diately faced with millions of citizens and corporate failures affecting the made, but far more remains to be losing their homes and jobs and, con- global community, rising unemploy- done. sequently, access to healthcare. The ris- ment and widespread foreclosure, and ing costs—monetary and personal—of two lengthy wars. In the midst of this Catherine Pinkerton, CSJ, NETWORK the U.S. military presence in Afghani- all is recorded the ongoing struggle of Lobbyist.

House Voting Record 2009

TARP Reform & Accountability Act of 2009 children whose parents cannot afford private insurance but 1. Vote #26 (H.R. 384) earn too much to qualify for , bringing overall cov- NETWORK supported this bill, which provided greater trans- erage to 11 million. Pregnant immigrants and children of parency and added stringent controls on compensation for immigrants who are legally present may also receive health executives of companies receiving Troubled Asset Relief Pro- benefits. gram money. Passed 290–135 (8 not voting), February 4, 2009 Passed 260–166 (7 not voting), January 21, 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 4. of 2009 2. Vote #37 (S. 181) Vote #70 (H.R. 1) NETWORK supported this bill to amend the Civil Rights Act NETWORK supported this bill to stimulate the economy and of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of forestall further devastating effects of the recession on low- 1967. It provides protections against legal technicalities used and middle-income households. Also known as the “economic to deny fair pay to victims of discrimination, as decided by stimulus” bill, it provided a combination of tax cuts, tax cred- the Supreme Court in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. its and spending targeted at providing or maintaining jobs and (May 2007) supporting those most in need. Spending increases included Passed 250–177 (6 not voting), January 27, 2009 assistance to TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Fami- lies), unemployment benefits and food stamps. There were Children’s Health Insurance Program also increases in the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income 3. Reauthorization Act of 2009 Tax Credit. Vote #50 (H.R. 2) Passed 246–183, with 1 voting “present” (3 not voting), NETWORK celebrated the passage of H.R. 2 to reauthorize February 13, 2009 and expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program— (S)CHIP. It provides healthcare to 4 million more low-income Congressional Budget for the Federal 5. Government for fiscal year 2010 NETWORK welcomed the Resolution Honoring the His- Vote #192 (H. Con. Res. 85) torical Contributions of U.S. Catholic Women Religious NETWORK supported this budget resolution, which helped (H. Res. 441), initiated by Rep. (D-OH), to shift financial benefits from the wealthiest 2% to the other honor and commend Sisters for their humble service and 98%. It extends some ARRA program gains for those experi- courageous sacrifices throughout U.S. history. encing poverty into a budget that will become a baseline for Agreed to 412–0 (20 not voting), September 22, 2009 future years. Passed 233–196 (3 not voting), April 2, 2009 www.networklobby.org First Quarter 2010 Connection 7 voting record

Changes in the House During This Session • Ellen Tauscher (D-CA): Resigned June 26, 2009 • Hilda Solis (D-CA): Resigned February 24, 2009 • (D-CA): Elected November 3, 2009 • (D-CA): Elected July 14, 2009 • Mike Quigley (D-IL): Elected April 7, 2009 • (D-IL): Resigned January 2, 2009 • Bill Owens (D-NY): Elected November 3, 2009 E . Ki m • John McHugh (R-NY): Resigned September 21, 2009 • (D-NY): Resigned January 26, 2009 Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009 • (D-NY): Elected March 31, 2009 6. Vote #271 (S. 896) NETWORK supported this bill intended to protect middle- income families from losing homes to foreclosure. Mortgage Departments of Labor, Health and Human modification became easier under the Hope for Homeowners 9. Services, and Education Appropriations Act program and FDIC insurance coverage was extended through Vote #646 (H.R. 3293) 2013. However, NETWORK is disappointed that the Senate NETWORK supported inclusion of funding for the Depart- eliminated an important provision that allowed bankruptcy ment of Labor to hire an additional 250 wage-theft investiga- judges to modify term of residential mortgages, as they can for tors. The House increased spending by 9%, with a significant luxury properties. increase for additional investigators. Passed 367–54, with 1 voting “present” (11 not voting), Passed 264–153 (16 not voting), July 24, 2009 May 19, 2009 Murtha of Amendment to McGovern of Massachusetts Amendment to 10. Department of Defense Appropriations 7. National Defense Authorization Act for 2010 Act for 2010 Vote #454 (H.Amdt. 263 to H.R. 2647) Vote #661 (H.Amdt. 392 to H.R. 3326) NETWORK supported this amendment to require public NETWORK supported this amendment, which redirected identification of students and instructors at the Western funds for F-22 aircraft to other purposes. This was a small Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), but significant change to defense spending, since arms control previously known as the School of the Americas. The amend- groups have tried for many years to cut the F-22, a Cold War ment remained in the bill that was signed into law on Octo- weapon no longer useful for our military. ber 28. Passed 269–165 (5 not voting), July 30, 2009 Passed 224–190 (25 not voting), June 25, 2009 Unemployment Compensation Act of 2009, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, 11. renamed Worker, Homeownership, and 8. and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 Business Assistance Act of 2009 Vote #637 (H.R. 3288) Vote #859 (H.R. 3548) NETWORK supported this appropriations bill in which the NETWORK supported this bill, which provides 14 additional House proposed an additional $200 million in project-based weeks of unemployment benefits to workers in all 50 states. vouchers, and other supports to provide housing for low- In states with high unemployment rates (a 3-month average of income households. at least 8.5%), recipients would get an additional 6 weeks of Passed 256–168 (9 not voting), July 23, 2009 benefits for 20 weeks total, providing much needed relief for those who are long-term unemployed. The Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (H.R. 2346) Passed 403–12 (18 not voting), November 5, 2009 provided additional funds to 9 federal departments, the White House and the Legislative Branch. Most funding Affordable Healthcare for America Act went to the Defense Department for the wars in Iraq 12. Vote #887 (H.R. 3962) and Afghanistan. NETWORK successfully advocated that NETWORK supported this bill, the House Leadership Bill, it also be used to reduce the military’s role in economic which merged the work of 3 House committees: Energy and development in Iraq. Funding was shifted back to the Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and Labor. The State Department through USAID. We are not including goal was universal coverage to be achieved by the merging of this complex bill in the voting record, however, because directives and responsibilities specific to each committee, thus there were other provisions we did not support. building toward comprehensive healthcare reform. Passed 220–215, November 7, 2009

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111th CONGRESS Key to votes: FIRST SESSION Voted with NETWORK. . . . . + Voted against HOW THEY NETWORK. . . . . – Did not vote ...... o VOTED IN THE Inactive/not in office. . I Voted “Present”. . . p TARP Reform TARP Pay Fair Health Child ARRA Budget Homes Save WHINSEC Housing Labor F–22 Unemployment Healthcare with NETWORK% voted HOUSE Reform TARP Pay Fair Health Child ARRA Budget Homes Save WHINSEC Housing Labor F–22 Unemployment Healthcare with NETWORK% voted Speaker, not voting . . s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 % alabama 35 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 1 Jo Bonner (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 36 Jane Harman (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 2 Bobby Bright (D) – – – – – + – + + – + – 33% 37 Laura Richardson (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 Michael Rogers (R) – – + – – + – – + – + – 33% 38 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 (R) – – o – – + – – – – + – 18%* 39 Linda Sanchez (D) + + + + + o + + + + + + 100%* 5 Parker Griffith (D) + – + – – + + + + + + – 66% 40 Ed Royce (R) – – – – – – – – – – + – 8% 6 (R) – – – – – + – – – – – – 8% 41 Jerry Lewis (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 7 Artur Davis (D) + + + + + + + + + + + – 91% 42 Gary Miller (R) – – – – o + – – – – + – 18%* Alaska 43 Joe Baca (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% – – – – – + – – – – + – (R) o o + – – + – + + – + – 50%* 44 (R) 16% 45 Mary Bono Mack (R) – – + – – + – – – – + – 25% 46 Dana Rohrabacher (R) – – – – – – – – – + o – 9%* 1 (D) – + + + + + – + + + + + 83% 47 Loretta Sanchez (D) + + + + + + o + + + + + 100%* 2 (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% 48 John Campbell (R) + – o o – – – – – + + – 30%* 3 (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% 49 (R) – – – – – – – – – – + – 8% 4 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 50 Brian Bilbray (R) – – – – – + – – + – + – 25% 5 Harry Mitchell (D) + + + + – + + + + + + + 91% 51 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 6 (R) – – o – – – o – – + – – 10%* 52 Duncan Hunter (R) – – – – – + – – – – – – 8% 7 Raul Grijalva (D) + + + + + + + + + + o + 100%* 53 Susan Davis (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 8 Gabrielle Giffords (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% Arkansas 1 Diana DeGette (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 1 Marion Berry (D) + + + + + + + + + + – + 91% 2 Jared Polis (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 2 Vic Snyder (D) + + + + + + – + + + + + 91% 3 John Salazar (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 John Boozman (R) – – – – – + – – – – – – 8% 4 Betsy Markey (D) + + + + – + – – + + – – 58% 4 Mike Ross (D) + + + + + + + + + + – – 83% 5 (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% 6 Mike Coffman (R) – – – – – + – – – – – – 8% 1 Mike Thompson (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 7 (D) + + + + + + – + + + – + 83% 2 Wally Herger (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 3 Dan Lungren (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 1 John Larson (D) + + + + + + o + + + + + 100%* 4 Tom McClintock (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% 2 Joe Courtney (D) + + + + + + + + + + – + 91% 5 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 Rosa DeLauro (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 6 Lynn Woolsey (D) + + + + + + + + + – + + 91% 4 Jim Himes (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 7 George Miller (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 5 Christopher Murphy (D) + + + + + + + o + + – + 90%* 8 (D) S + + + + S S S S S S + 100%* 9 (D) + + + + + + + + + – + + 91% Delaware + – + – – + – – + + + – 10 Ellen Tauscher (D) + + + + + + + l l l l l 100%* Michael Castle (R) 50% 10 John Garamendi (D) l l l l l l l l l l l + 100%* 11 Jerry McNerney (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 1 Jeff Miller (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% 12 (D) + + + + + o + + + + + + 100%* 2 F Allen Boyd (D) + – + + + + + + + + + – 83% 13 Fortney Stark (D) + + o + + o + + + – + + 90%* 3 Corrine Brown (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 14 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 Ander Crenshaw (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 15 Michael Honda (D) + + + + + o + + + + + + 100%* 5 Ginny Brown-Waite (R) – o – – – + – – + – + – 27%* 16 (D) + + + + + – o + + + + + 90%* 6 Cliff Stearns (R) – – – – – + – – – + + – 25% 17 Sam Farr (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 7 John Mica (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 18 Dennis Cardoza (D) + + + + + o + + + + + + 100%* 8 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 19 George Radanovich (R) – – – – – – – – – – o – 0%* 9 (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 20 (D) + + + + + + – + + + + + 91% 10 C W Bill Young (R) – – + – – + – – – – + – 25% 21 (R) – – – – – + – – – – – – 8% 11 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 22 Kevin McCarthy (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 12 Adam Putnam (R) – – – – – + o – – – + – 18%* 23 Lois Capps (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 13 (R) + – + – – + – – + – + – 41% 24 Elton Gallegly (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 14 Connie Mack (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% 25 Howard McKeon (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 15 (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 26 David Dreier (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 16 Tom Rooney (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 27 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 17 Kendrick Meek (D) + + + + + + + + + + o + 100%* 28 (D) + + + + + + o + + + + + 100%* 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) – – + – – + – + + – + – 41% 29 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 19 Robert Wexler (D) + + + + + + + + o + + + 100%* 30 Henry Waxman (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 20 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 31 Xavier Becerra (D) + + + + + + o + + + + + 100%* 21 Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R) + – + – – + o + – – + – 45%* 32 Judy Chu (D) l l l l l l l + + + + + 100%* 22 Ron Klein (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 32 Hilda Solis (D) o + + + l l l l l l l l 100%* 23 Alcee Hastings (D) + + + + + + o + + + + + 100%* 33 Diane Watson (D) + + + + + + + + o + + + 100%* 24 Suzanne Kosmas (D) + + + + – + + + + – + – 75% 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 25 Mario Diaz-Balart (R) + – + – – o – + – – + – 36%*

*Percentage with asterisk (*) signifies that legislator did not vote on all relevant bills. www.networklobby.org First Quarter 2010 Connection 9 voting record

111th CONGRESS Key to votes: FIRST SESSION Voted with NETWORK. . . . + Voted against HOW THEY NETWORK. . . . – Did not vote . . . . . o VOTED IN THE Inactive/ not in office. . . . l Voted “Present”. . p HOUSE Reform TARP Pay Fair Health Child ARRA Budget Homes Save WHINSEC Housing Labor F–22 Unemployment Healthcare with NETWORK% voted Reform TARP Pay Fair Health Child ARRA Budget Homes Save WHINSEC Housing Labor F–22 Unemployment Healthcare with NETWORK% voted 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 % Georgia Kentucky 1 Jack Kingston (R) – – – – – – o – – – + – 9%* 1 Ed Whitfield (R) – + – – – – – – – – + – 16% 2 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 2 (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 3 Lynn Westmoreland (R) – – – – o – – – – – – – 0%* 3 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 Henry Johnson (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 Geoff Davis (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 5 John Lewis (D) + + + + + + o + + – + + 90%* 5 Harold Rogers (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 6 Tom Price (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% 6 Ben Chandler (D) + + + + + + + + + + + – 91% 7 John Linder (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% Louisiana 8 Jim Marshall (D) – + – + – + – – + – + – 41% 1 (R) – – – – – + – – – – – – 8% 9 Nathan Deal (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% 2 Anh Cao (R) – – + – – + o + + – + + 54%* 10 Paul Broun (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% 3 Charlie Melancon (D) + + + + + + – + + + – – 75% 11 Phil Gingrey (R) – – – – – – – – o – – – 0%* 4 John Fleming (R) – – – – – + – – – – – – 8% 12 John Barrow (D) + + + + – + – + + + + – 75% 5 Rodney Alexander (R) – – – – – + – – + – + – 25% 13 David Scott (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 6 Bill Cassidy (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% Hawaii 7 Charles Boustany (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 1 Neil Abercrombie (D) + + + + + + + o + + o + 100%* Maine 2 Mazie Hirono (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 1 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% Idaho 2 Michael Michaud (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 1 Walt Minnick (D) – + + – – + – – + – + – 41% Maryland 2 (R) – – + – – + – – – – + – 25% 1 Frank Kratovil (D) + + + + – + + – – + + – 66% 2 C A Ruppersberger (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 1 (D) + + + + + + + + + + o + 100%* 3 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 2 Jesse Jackson (D) + + + + + + + + + + o + 100%* 4 Donna Edwards (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 Daniel Lipinski (D) + + + p + + + + + + + + 91% 5 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 Luis Gutierrez (D) + + + + + + o + + + o + 100%* 6 Roscoe Bartlett (R) – – – – – – – – – – + – 8% 5 Mike Quigley (D) l l l l l + + + + + + + 100%* 7 Elijah Cummings (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 6 Peter Roskam (R) – – – – – + – – – – – – 8% 8 Chris Van Hollen (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 7 Danny Davis (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% Massachusetts 8 Melissa Bean (D) + + o + + + + + + + + + 100%* 1 John Olver (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 9 Janice Schakowsky (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 2 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 10 Mark Kirk (R) – – + – – + – – – – o – 18%* 3 James McGovern (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 11 Deborah Halvorson (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 12 Jerry Costello (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 5 Niki Tsongas (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 13 Judy Biggert (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 6 John Tierney (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 14 (D) + + + + – + + + + + + + 91% 7 Edward Markey (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 15 Timothy Johnson (R) – – – – – + – – – + + – 25% 8 Michael Capuano (D) + + + + + + o + + + o + 100%* 16 Donald Manzullo (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 9 Stephen Lynch (D) + o + + + + + + + + + + 100%* 17 Phil Hare (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 10 William Delahunt (D) + + + + + o + + + + o + 100%* 18 Aaron Schock (R) + – – – – + – – – – + – 25% 19 John Shimkus (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% Michigan 1 Bart Stupak (D) + + + + + – – + + + + + 83% 2 Peter Hoekstra (R) + – – – – + – – – – + – 25% 1 Peter Visclosky (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 Vernon Ehlers (R) + – + – – + + + + + + – 66% 2 (D) + + + + – + + + + + + + 91% 4 Dave Camp (R) + – – – – + – – – + + – 33% 3 (R) + – – – – + – – – – + – 25% 5 Dale Kildee (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 (R) – – – – – o – – – – + – 9%* 6 (R) + – + – – + – – + + + – 50% 5 (R) – – – – – – – – – – + – 8% 7 Mark Schauer (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 6 (R) – – – – – – – – o – + – 9%* 8 Michael Rogers (R) + – – – – + – – – – + – 25% 7 Andre Carson (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 9 Gary Peters (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 8 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 10 Candice Miller (R) + – + – – + – – – + + – 41% 9 (D) + + + + + + + – – + + + 83% 11 Thaddeus McCotter (R) + – + – – + – – – + + – 41% Iowa 12 Sander Levin (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 1 (D) + + + + + + + + + + – + 91% 13 Carolyn Kilpatrick (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 2 David Loebsack (D) + + + + + + + + + + o + 100%* 14 John Conyers (D) o + + + + + o + + + + + 100%* 3 (D) + + + + + + + + + + – + 91% 15 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% Minnesota 5 (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% 1 Tim Walz (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% Kansas 2 John Kline (R) – – – – – + – – – – – – 8% 1 Jerry Moran (R) – – + – – + – – – – – – 16% 3 Erik Paulsen (R) – – + – – + – – – + – – 25% 2 Lynn Jenkins (R) – – – – – + – – – – – – 8% 4 Betty McCollum (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 Dennis Moore (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 5 Keith Ellison (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 Todd Tiahrt (R) – – – – – + – – – – – – 8% 6 Michele Bachmann (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% 7 Collin Peterson (D) – + + – + + – + + + + – 66% 8 James Oberstar (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100%

*Percentage with asterisk (*) signifies that legislator did not vote on all relevant bills. 10 Connection First Quarter 2010 www.networklobby.org voting record

111th CONGRESS Key to votes: FIRST SESSION Voted with NETWORK. . . . + Voted against HOW THEY NETWORK. . . . – Did not vote . . . . . o VOTED IN THE Inactive/ not in office. . . . l Voted “Present”. . p HOUSE Reform TARP Pay Fair Health Child ARRA Budget Homes Save WHINSEC Housing Labor F–22 Unemployment Healthcare with NETWORK% voted Reform TARP Pay Fair Health Child ARRA Budget Homes Save WHINSEC Housing Labor F–22 Unemployment Healthcare with NETWORK% voted 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 % Mississippi 16 Jose Serrano (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 1 Travis Childers (D) + – + + – + – + + + + – 66% 17 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 2 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 18 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 Gregg Harper (R) – – – – – – – – – – + – 8% 19 John Hall (D) + + + + + + + + + o + + 100%* 4 Gene Taylor (D) – + + – – – + – – + + – 41% 20 Scott Murphy (D) l l l l l + + + + + + – 85% Missouri 20 Kirsten Gillibrand (D) + l l l l l l l l l l l 100%* 1 Wm Lacy Clay (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 21 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 2 (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% 22 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 Russ Carnahan (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 23 John McHugh (R) – – + – – + – + o + l l 44%* 4 Ike Skelton (D) + + + + + + + o + + + – 90%* 23 Bill Owens (D) l l l l l l l l l l l + 100%* 5 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 24 Michael Arcuri (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 6 (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 25 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 7 Roy Blunt (R) – – – – – + – o – – + – 18%* 26 Christopher Lee (R) – – + o – + – – – – + – 27%* 8 Jo Ann Emerson (R) – – + – – + – – – + + – 33% 27 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 9 (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 28 Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D) + + + + + + + + o + + + 100%* 29 Eric Massa (D) + + + + + + + + + + + – 91% Montana Denny Rehberg (R) – – + – – + – – – – + – 25% North Carolina 1 G K Butterfield (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% Nebraska 2 Bob Etheridge (D) + o + + + + + + + + + + 100%* 1 (R) – – – – – + – – – – – – 8% 3 Walter Jones (R) – – – – – + + – o + + – 36%* 2 (R) – – – – – + – – – – – – 8% 4 David Price (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 Adrian Smith (R) – – – – – + – – – – – – 8% 5 (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% Nevada 6 Howard Coble (R) – – – – – + – + – – + – 25% 1 Shelley Berkley (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 7 Mike McIntyre (D) – + + + – + + + + + + – 75% 2 Dean Heller (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 8 Larry Kissell (D) + + o + + + + + + + + – 90%* 3 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 9 Sue Myrick (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% New Hampshire 10 Patrick McHenry (R) – – – – – – – – – – + – 8% 1 Carol Shea-Porter (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 11 Heath Shuler (D) – + + – + + – + + + + – 66% 2 Paul Hodes (D) + + + + + + + + + + – + 91% 12 Melvin Watt (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 13 Brad Miller (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% New Jersey 1 Robert Andrews (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% North Dakota 2 Frank LoBiondo (R) – – + – – + – + + – + – 41% Earl Pomeroy (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 John Adler (D) + + + + + + – + + – + – 75% Ohio 4 Christopher Smith (R) – + + – – + – + + – + – 50% 1 Steve Driehaus (D) + + + + + + + – + + + + 91% 5 (R) – – – – – – – – – + + – 16% 2 Jean Schmidt (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 6 (D) + o + + + + + + + + + + 100%* 3 Michael Turner (R) + – + – – + – + – + + – 50% 7 Leonard Lance (R) + + + – – + – – – – + – 41% 4 Jim Jordan (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% 8 (D) + + + + + + + o + + + + 100%* 5 Robert Latta (R) – – – – – + – – – – – – 8% 9 Steven Rothman (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 6 Charlie Wilson (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 10 Donald Payne (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 7 Steve Austria (R) – – + – – + – – – – + – 25% 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen (R) – – + – – + – – – – + – 25% 8 John Boehner (R) – – – – – + – – o – – – 9%* 12 Rush Holt (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 9 Marcy Kaptur (D) + + + + + p + + + + + + 91% 13 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 10 Dennis Kucinich (D) + + + + – + + + + – + – 75% New Mexico 11 Marcia Fudge (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 1 Martin Heinrich (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 12 Patrick Tiberi (R) o o + – – + – – – – + – 30%* 2 Harry Teague (D) + + + + – + + + + – – – 66% 13 Betty Sutton (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 Ben Lujan (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 14 Steven LaTourette (R) + – + – – + – + – – + – 41% 15 Mary Jo Kilroy (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 16 John Boccieri (D) + + + + + + + + + + + – 91% 1 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 17 Tim Ryan (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 2 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 18 (D) + + + + + + – + + + + + 91% 3 Peter King (R) – – + – – + – – + – + – 33% 4 Carolyn McCarthy (D) + + + + + + + o o o + + 100%* Oklahoma 5 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 1 John Sullivan (R) – – – – – + o – – – – – 9%* 6 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 2 Dan Boren (D) + – + + – + + + + + – – 66% 7 Joseph Crowley (D) + + + + + + o + + + + + 100%* 3 Frank Lucas (R) – – – – – + – – – – – – 8% 8 Jerrold Nadler (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 (R) – – – – – + – – – – – – 8% 9 (D) + + + + + + o + + + + + 100%* 5 Mary Fallin (R) – – – – – + – – – – – – 8% 10 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% Oregon 11 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 1 David Wu (D) + + + + + + + + + + o + 100%* 12 Nydia Velazquez (D) + + + + + + o + + – + + 90%* 2 Greg Walden (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 13 Mike McMahon (D) + + + + + + – + + + + – 83% 3 (D) + + + + + + + + + – + + 91% 14 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 Peter DeFazio (D) + + + – + + + + + + + + 91% 15 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 5 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100%

*Percentage with asterisk (*) signifies that legislator did not vote on all relevant bills. www.networklobby.org First Quarter 2010 Connection 11 voting record

111th CONGRESS Key to votes: FIRST SESSION Voted with NETWORK. . . . + Voted against HOW THEY NETWORK. . . . – Did not vote . . . . . o VOTED IN THE Inactive/ not in office. . . . l Voted “Present”. . p HOUSE Reform TARP Pay Fair Health Child ARRA Budget Homes Save WHINSEC Housing Labor F–22 Unemployment Healthcare with NETWORK% voted Reform TARP Pay Fair Health Child ARRA Budget Homes Save WHINSEC Housing Labor F–22 Unemployment Healthcare with NETWORK% voted 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 % Pennsylvania 18 (D) + + + + + + o + o + + + 100%* 1 Robert Brady (D) + + + + + o + + + + + + 100%* 19 Randy Neugebauer (R) o – – – – – – – – – – – 0%* 2 (D) + + + + + + + + + o + + 100%* 20 Charles Gonzalez (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 Kathy Dahlkemper (D) + + + + + + – + o + + + 90%* 21 Lamar Smith (R) – – – – – + o – – – – – 9%* 4 (D) – + + + + + + + + + + – 83% 22 Pete Olson (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% 5 Glenn Thompson (R) – – + – – + – – – – + – 25% 23 Ciro Rodriguez (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 6 (R) – – + – – + – – + + o – 36%* 24 Kenny Marchant (R) – – – – – – – – o – – – 0%* 7 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 25 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 8 Patrick Murphy (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 26 Michael Burgess (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% 9 (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 27 Solomon Ortiz (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 10 Christopher Carney (D) + + + + + + – + + + o + 90%* 28 (D) + + + + + + – + + + + + 91% 11 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 29 Gene Green (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 12 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 30 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 13 (D) + + + + + + + + + o + + 100%* 31 John Carter (R) – – – – – + – – – – – – 8% 14 Mike Doyle (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 32 (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% 15 Charles Dent (R) – – + – – + – – + + + – 41% Utah 16 Joseph Pitts (R) – – – – – + – – – – – – 8% 1 Rob Bishop (R) – – – – – + – o o – o – 11%* 17 (D) – + + + + + – + + + + – 75% 2 Jim Matheson (D) + + + + – + – – – + – – 50% 18 Tim Murphy (R) – – + – – + – + + + + – 50% 3 Jason Chaffetz (R) – – – – – + – – – – – – 8% 19 Todd Platts (R) – – + – – + – – + – + – 33% Vermont Rhode Island (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 1 Patrick Kennedy (D) + + + + + + o + + + + + 100%* 2 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% Virginia 1 Robert Wittman (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% South Carolina 2 Glenn Nye (D) + + + + – + + – – + – – 58% 1 Henry Brown (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 3 Bobby Scott (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 2 Joe Wilson (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 4 Randy Forbes (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 3 J Gresham Barrett (R) – – – – – o – o o – o – 0%* 5 Tom Perriello (D) + + + + – + + + + + – + 83% 4 Bob Inglis (R) – – – – – – – – – – + – 8% 6 (R) – – – – – + – – – – – – 8% 5 John Spratt (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 7 (R) – – – – – + o – – – – – 9%* 6 James Clyburn (D) + + + o + + o + + + + + 100%* 8 James Moran (D) + + + + + + + + + + – + 91% South Dakota 9 Rick Boucher (D) o + + + + + + + + + + – 90%* Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D) + + + + + + – + + + + – 83% 10 Frank Wolf (R) – – + – – + – + + – + – 41% Tennessee 11 (D) + + + + + + + + + + – + 91% 1 (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% Washington 2 John Duncan (R) – – – – – – + – – + – – 16% 1 Jay Inslee (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 Zach Wamp (R) – – o – – + – – – – + – 18%* 2 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 Lincoln Davis (D) + + + + + + + + + + + – 91% 3 Brian Baird (D) + + + + + + + + + + + – 91% 5 (D) + + + + + + – + + + + + 91% 4 Doc Hastings (R) – – – – – + – – – – o – 9%* 6 Bart Gordon (D) + + + + + + – + + + + – 83% 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) – – – – – + – – – – + – 16% 7 Marsha Blackburn (R) – – – – – – – – – – + – 8% 6 Norman Dicks (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 8 John Tanner (D) + + + + + + – + + + + – 83% 7 Jim McDermott (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 9 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 8 Dave Reichert (R) + – + – – + – + + – + – 50% Texas 9 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 1 (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% 2 Ted Poe (R) o – o – – – + – – – – – 10%* 1 Alan Mollohan (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 3 Sam Johnson (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% 2 Shelley Capito (R) – – + – – + – – o – + – 27%* 4 Ralph Hall (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% 3 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 5 (R) – – – – – – – – – + – – 8% 6 Joe Barton (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% 1 Paul Ryan (R) – – – – – o – – – + + – 18%* 7 John Culberson (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% 2 Tammy Baldwin (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 8 (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% 3 (D) + + + + + + + – + + + + 91% 9 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 4 (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 10 Michael McCaul (R) – – – – – + – – – – – – 8% 5 F James Sensenbrenner (R) – – – – – – – – – + + – 16% 11 Mike Conaway (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% 6 Thomas Petri (R) – – + – – + + + – + + – 50% 12 (R) – – – – – + – – – – – – 8% 7 David Obey (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 13 William Thornberry (R) – – – – – – – – – – – – 0% 8 Steve Kagen (D) + + + + + + + + + + + + 100% 14 Ron Paul (R) – – – – – – + o o + – – 20%* 15 Ruben Hinojosa (D) + + + + o + + + + + + + 100%* Wyoming 16 Silvestre Reyes (D) + + + + + + o + + + + + 100%* Cynthia Lummis (R) – – – – – + – – – – – – 8% 17 Chet Edwards (D) + + + + + + + + + + + – 91%

*Percentage with asterisk (*) signifies that legislator did not vote on all relevant bills.

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Senate Voting Record 2009

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 1. Vote #14 (S. 181) NETWORK supported the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. (See #2 in the House voting record.) Passed 61–36 (1 not voting), January 22, 2009

Children’s Health Insurance Program 2. Reauthorization Act of 2009 Vote #31 (H.R. 2) NETWORK supported the reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program. (For description, see #3 in the House voting record.) Passed 66–32 (1 not voting), January 29, 2009 E . Ki m American Reinvestment and 3. Recovery Act of 2009 Vote #61 (H.R. 1, originally S. 1) Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of NETWORK supported the American Reinvestment and Recov- 8. 2009, renamed Worker, Homeownership, and ery Act. (See #4 in the House Voting Record.) Business Assistance Act of 2009 Passed 61–37 (1 not voting), February 10, 2009 Vote #334 (H.R. 3548) NETWORK supported this bill to extend unemployment com- Congressional Budget for the Federal pensation, particularly for those in states with the highest 4. Government for fiscal year 2010 unemployment rates. (See #11 in House Voting Record.) Vote #173 (S. Con. Res. 13) Passed 98–0 (2 not voting), November 4, 2009 NETWORK supported passage of the federal budget. (See #5 in the House Voting Record.) Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion Passed 53–43 (3 not voting) • April 29, 2009 9. to Proceed to H.R. 3590 Vote #353 (H.R. 3590) Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009 NETWORK supported this motion, which allowed the Senate 5. Vote #185 (S. 896) to proceed with debate on the Senate version of the healthcare NETWORK supported this bill to reduce foreclosures. (See #6 reform bill, S.Amdt. 2786, a “substitute” amendment for H.R. in the House Voting Record.) 3590 named the Patient Protection and . Passed 91–5 (3 not voting), May 6, 2009 This was the only Senate vote on healthcare reform before the deadline for this voting record. Levin of Michigan Amendment to National Passed 60–39 (1 not voting), November 21, 2009 6. Defense Authorization Act for 2010 Vote #235 (S. Amdt. 1469 to S. 1390) NETWORK supported this amendment to cut $1.75 billion Changes in the Senate During This Session from F-22 aircraft procurement, and redirect it to other pur- • Ken Salazar (D-CO): Resigned January 20, 2009 poses. The House also passed an amendment to eliminate F-22 • Michael Bennet (D-CO): Sworn in January 22, 2009 funds (see #10 in the House voting record, and the Sept/Oct. issue of Connection). • Ted Kaufman (D-DE): Sworn in January 16, 2009 Passed 58–40 (2 not voting), July 21, 2009 • George LeMieux (R-FL): Sworn in September 10, 2009 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, • Mel Martinez (R-FL): Resigned September 9, 2009 7. and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 • Roland Burris (D-IL): Sworn in January 15, 2009 Vote #287 (H.R. 3288) • Edward Kennedy (D-MA): Died August 25, 2009 NETWORK supported passage of the Transportation and HUD • Paul Kirk (D-MA): Sworn in September 25, 2009 Appropriations. (See #8 in the House Voting Record.) Passed 73–25 (1 not voting), September 17, 2009 • Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY): Sworn in January 27, 2009

www.networklobby.org First Quarter 2010 Connection 13 voting record 111th CONGRESS Key to votes: FIRST SESSION Voted with NETWORK. . . . + Voted against HOW THEY NETWORK. . . . – VOTED IN THE Did not vote . . . . . O Inactive/ not in office. . . . l SENATE Pay Fair Health Child ARRA Budget Homes Save F-22 Housing Unemployment Healthcare with NETWORK% voted Pay Fair Health Child ARRA Budget Homes Save F-22 Housing Unemployment Healthcare with NETWORK% voted 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 % Alabama Montana Richard Shelby (R) – – – – + + + + – 44% (D) + + + + + – + + + 88% Jeff Sessions (R) – – – – + – – + – 22% Jon Tester (D) + + + + + – + + + 88% Alaska Nebraska Mark Begich (D) + + + + + – + + + 88% Mike Johanns (R) – – – – + – + + – 33% Lisa Murkowski (R) + + – – + – + + – 55% Ben Nelson (D) + + + – + + + + + 88% Arizona Nevada (R) – – – – + + – + – 33% John Ensign (R) – – – – + + – + – 33% John McCain (R) – – – – + + – + – 33% Harry Reid (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% Arkansas New Hampshire Blanche Lincoln (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% Judd Gregg (R) – – – – – + + + – 33% Mark Pryor (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% (D) + + + + + – + + + 88% California New Jersey Dianne Feinstein (D) + + + + + – + + + 88% Robert Menendez (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% Barbara Boxer (D) + + + + + – + + + 88% Frank Lautenberg (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% Colorado New Mexico Michael Bennet (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% Jeff Bingaman (D) + + + + + – + + + 88% Mark Udall (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% Tom Udall (D) + + + + + – + + + 88% Connecticut New York Joseph Lieberman (I) + + + + + – + + + 88% Charles Schumer (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% Christopher Dodd (D) + + + + + – + + + 88% Kirsten Gillibrand (D) l + + + + + + + + 100%* Delaware North Carolina Ted Kaufman (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% Richard Burr (R) – – – – + – – + – 22% Thomas Carper (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% Kay Hagan (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% Florida North Dakota George LeMieux (R) l l l l l l – + – 33%* Kent Conrad (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% Mel Martinez (R) – + – – + – l l l 33%* Byron Dorgan (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% Bill Nelson (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% Ohio Georgia Senators Sherrod Brown (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% Saxby Chambliss (R) – – – – + – – + – 22% George Voinovich (R) – – – – + + + + o 50%* Johnny Isakson (R) – – – – + – – + – 22% Oklahoma Hawaii Tom Coburn (R) – – – – – + – + – 22% Daniel Inouye (D) + + + + + – + + + 88% James Inhofe (R) – – – – – – – + – 11% Daniel Akaka (D) + + + + + – + + + 88% Oregon Idaho Jeff Merkley (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% Mike Crapo (R) – – – – + – – + – 22% Ron Wyden (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% Jim Risch (R) – – – – + – – + – 22% Pennsylvania Illinois Robert Casey (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% Roland Burris (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% (D) + + + – + + + + + 88% Richard Durbin (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% Rhode Island Indiana Jack Reed (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% (R) – + – – + + + + – 55% Sheldon Whitehouse (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% (D) + + + – + + – + + 77% South Carolina Iowa Jim DeMint (R) – – – – – + – + – 22% Charles Grassley (R) – – – – + – – + – 22% Lindsey Graham (R) – – – – + + – + – 33% (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% South Dakota Kansas John Thune (R) – – – – + – – + – 22% Pat Roberts (R) – – – – + – + + – 33% Tim Johnson (D) + + + + o + + + + 100%* Sam Brownback (R) – – – – + – + + – 33% Tennessee Kentucky Lamar Alexander (R) – + – – + + + + – 55% Jim Bunning (R) – – – – – – – + – 11% Bob Corker (R) – + – – + + – + – 44% Mitch McConnell (R) – – – – + – – + – 22% Texas Louisiana John Cornyn (R) – – – – + – – + – 22% David Vitter (R) – – – – + – – + – 22% Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) + + – – + – + + – 55% Mary Landrieu (D) + + + + + + o + + 100%* Utah Maine Orrin Hatch (R) – – – – + – + + – 33% Susan Collins (R) + + + – + – + + – 66% Robert Bennett (R) – – – – + – + + – 33% Olympia Snowe (R) + + + – + – + + – 66% Vermont Maryland Patrick Leahy (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% Barbara Mikulski (D) + + + + + o + + + 100%* Bernard Sanders (I) + + + + + + + + + 100% Benjamin Cardin (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% Virginia Massachusetts Jim Webb (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% Paul Kirk (D) l l l l l l l + + 100%* Mark Warner (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% John Kerry (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% Washington Edward Kennedy (D) o o o + o o l l l 100%* Maria Cantwell (D) + + + + + – + + + 88% Michigan Patty Murray (D) + + + + + – + + + 88% Debbie Stabenow (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% West Virginia Carl Levin (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% John Rockefeller (D) + + + + o + + + + 100%* Minnesota (D) + + + o + – + o + 86%* Amy Klobuchar (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% Wisconsin Al Franken (D) l l l l l + + + + 100%* Herbert Kohl (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% Mississippi Russ Feingold (D) + + + + + + + + + 100% Thad Cochran (R) – – – – + – + + – 33% Wyoming Roger Wicker (R) – – – – + – + + – 33% John Barrasso (R) – – – – + + – + – 33% Missouri Michael Enzi (R) – – – – + + – + – 33% Claire McCaskill (D) + + + + + + – o + 88%* Christopher Bond (R) – – – – + + + + – 44% *Percentage with asterisk (*) signifies that legislator did not vote on all relevant bills.

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