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112 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-3553 Fax: 202-224-0454
Contact Barbara Boxer via web
| Term Start | Term End | Role | State | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2010 | Senator | CA | Democrat |
| See All 8 Terms | ||||
Committee Membership
Most Recent Sponsored Bills
Sponsored Bill Statistics
Recent Voting History
| Bill | Voted |
|---|---|
|
H.R.1256 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on Amdt. 1247 ) |
Aye (with party)
June 08, 2009 |
|
H.R.1256 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 1256 ) |
Aye (with party)
June 02, 2009 |
|
H.R.2346 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 On Passage of the Bill (HR 2346 As Amended ) |
Aye (with party)
May 21, 2009 |
Voting Trends Analysis
- Most often votes with: Sen. Robert Menéndez [D, NJ]
- 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. Ben Nelson [D, NE]
- Votes with party: 96% (Ranks 31 of 100)
- Abstains: 0% (Ranks 28 of 100)
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| People | Bills | Issues |
|---|---|---|
Barbara Boxer in the News
July 03, 2009 The Insecurity of Secrecy
Senator Barbara Boxer has led an effort to at least put together a public database of ash storage sites so that people can judge the risk to the areas where ...
July 03, 2009 Cap and Trade and the Illusion of the New Green Economy
For instance, in my most recent congressional testimony, the good news I presented was met with an ad hominem insult from Senator Barbara Boxer. ...
July 03, 2009
We're going to have to do a climate change bill, which Sen. (Barbara) Boxer is working that up in her committee in the next few weeks. ...
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Barbara Boxer in the Blogs
July 04, 2009 Boxer should not have kept quiet | MyDesert.com | The Desert Sun
Barbara Boxer's ego demanded that a military officer call her âsenatorâ rather than âma'am.â Does this âsenatorâ realize that there are currently 57 active-duty.
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July 04, 2009 Smart Girl Politics: I Pledge Alliegence to the United Nations Flag?
âSen. Barbara Boxer is urging the U.S. to ratify a United Nations measure meant to expand the rights of children, a move critics are calling a gross assault on parental rights that could rob the U.S. of sovereignty. ...
Source: Smart Girl Politics
July 03, 2009 Week in Review § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM
Senator Barbara Boxer's Committee on Environment and Public Works will likely produced a rival bill. Senator Jeff Bingaman's Committee on Energy and Natural Resources already has: The American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 passed ...
Source: SEEDMAGAZINE.COM
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Featured Members of Congress
On July 29, 2008 Barbara Boxer was featured on the homepage of OpenCongress:
Barbara Boxer (D-CA) is leading a trio of senators in calling for EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson to resign for giving into political pressures in several key decisions. "Mr. Johnson has consistently chosen special interests over the American people’s interests in protecting health and safety," said Boxer at a press conference on Tuesday. "He has become a secretive and dangerous ally of polluters, and we cannot stand by and allow more damage to be done."
Campaign Contributions
Top Contributor: EMILY's List ($373,814)
| Industry | Donation | % of total |
|---|---|---|
| Lawyers & Lobbyists | $2,064,248 | 19.7 % |
| Ideology/Single-Issue | $1,692,961 | 16.1 % |
| Other | $1,604,013 | 15.3 % |
| Communic/Electronics | $1,516,755 | 14.5 % |
| Finance/Insur/RealEst | $1,176,826 | 11.2 % |
| Misc Business | $867,659 | 8.3 % |
| Labor | $484,800 | 4.6 % |
| Health | $456,451 | 4.4 % |
| Transportation | $179,758 | 1.7 % |
| Construction | $161,949 | 1.5 % |
| Agribusiness | $159,960 | 1.5 % |
| Energy/Nat Resource | $103,450 | 1.0 % |
| Defense | $23,000 | 0.2 % |
| Total: | $10,491,830 |
