OpenCongress - Sen. Ben Nelson

Sort by

Rating Filter: 5(Close help)

Comments (Close help)

by americausa |

Jun 13, 2008(3 months ago) |

Reply |

Overall Rating: 5.0 |

| 0 of 1 found useful.

I have been out of work since November 2007. My unemployment benefits have run out. My money has run out. I unable to obtain employment and need more time to continue my search for employment. I am at risk of losing my car. Gas prices continue to rise daily. I am highly skilled in my field. My State Rhode Island is one of the hardest hit with unemployment. I am 53 old and have worked hard all my life. I've paid taxes all my life, and this is how my country is treating me. Unbelievable. The Senate, House and President continue to play games as peoples life's are put in jeopardy. Totally disgusting. So all the extra time that I am not spending on looking for employment, I will dedicate to making sure any politician that votes nay on not extending unemployment insurance will be out of a job their next term by informing the public of their decision in every forum available. I will encourage others to do so as well. It is time in this country for the people to take control of their government again and take it out of the hands of the uninformed, out of touch, uncompassionate, ignorant, greedy, self absorbed fools that are the true terrorists ruining this country. Pass a fxxkxxg bill extending unemployment benefits or you will be out of a fxxkxxg job!!!!!!!!! Try to remember you work for all the PEOPLE of this country! And all those PEOPLE will remember how you vote on this issue.

Add A Comment

Please Login or Signup, unless you wish to post anonymously
Comment :
Spam check :	type the text from the image

	OpenCongress comment boards are an open forum for discussion, so please do not post any information here that you do not wish to be public.

On Congresspedia

Average Rating

(rate this)

My Rating: Login to Rate

Term Start	Term End	Role	State	Party
2007	2012	Senator	NE	Democrat
See All 2 Terms

Committee Membership

Most Recent Sponsored Bills

Bill	Status	Last Action
S.Res.657 A resolution designating September 13, 2008, as "National Celiac Disease Awareness Day".	Voted on by Senate	Sep 22, 2008
S.Res.658 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the former chief executive officers of Fannie Mae should not receive lavish severance packages at taxpayer expense.	Introduced	Sep 12, 2008
S.Res.613 A resolution designating the week beginning September 8, 2008, as "National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week".	Voted on by Senate	Jul 14, 2008

Recent Voting History

The votes below were taken by roll call, a voting procedure that records a vote from every Senator or Representative on the bill under consideration. This Member of Congress may have voted on other bills by the process known as "voice vote", but these votes are not recorded.

Bill	Voted
H.R.1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 On Passage of the Bill (H. R. 1424 As Amended )	Aye October 01, 2008
H.R.1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 On the Amendment (Dodd Amdt. No. 5685 )	Aye October 01, 2008
H.R.7081 United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 7081 )	Aye October 01, 2008

Voting Trends Analysis

The information below is an initial analysis of voting trends for this Member of Congress, calculated by cross-referencing all of this member's votes from the current 110th Congress (Jan. 2007 - Jan. 2009). The results are intended to offer some helpful context for the place that this Member of Congress occupies in the Congressional landscape. In the next steps of site development, OpenCongress will incorporate more detailed analyses of voting trends to give you a comprehensive snapshot of every Member of Congress.

Most often votes with: Sen. Max Baucus [D, MT]
Least often votes with: Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]
Republican most often votes with: Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]
Democrat least often votes with: Sen. Russell Feingold [D, WI]

Users tracking Ben Nelson (15) are also tracking:

People	Bills	Issues
Sen. Charles Hagel [R, NE] [14] Rep. Lee Terry [R, NE-2] [8] Rep. Jeffrey Fortenberry [R, NE-1] [7] Rep. Adrian Smith [R, NE-3] [4] Sen. Hillary Clinton [D, NY] [2]	H.R.6304 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of ... [2] S.2433 Global Poverty Act of 2007 [2] S.2248 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of ... [2] S.2191 Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of ... [2] H.R.1433 District of Columbia House Voting Rights ... [1]	Iraq compilation [1] Iowa [1] Budgets [1] Health education [1] Appropriations [1]

Show More User Statistics...

Ben Nelson in the News

October 06, 2008 Nelson: Palin engaged in "Swift Boat politics"

...Neb. - U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson characterized Sarah Palin's claim that Barack Obama "pals around with terrorists" as "Swift Boat politics." The Nebraska Democrat spoke Sunday evening in advance of an Omaha rally headlined by Palin. Nelson called the comment