OpenCongress - Sen. John Ensign

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by skrap |

Jan 20, 2008(5 months ago) |

Overall Rating: 5.0 |

He talks a strong talk against government waste, and is liked by the National Taxpayers Union and Citizens Against Government Waste. However, at the same time, he blocked a bill which would require senators (incl. himself) to file their campaign finance statements electronically like everyone else. As a result, the FEC spends $250,000 reentering these senators' paper reports. Talk about waste! Minus some points for this guy.

For the sunlight foundation's take: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPURpyrl8Ro

by americausa |

Jun 13, 2008(25 days ago) |

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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.

by dantk |

Jun 23, 2008(15 days ago) |

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You should really be more tactful.

by dantk |

Jun 23, 2008(15 days ago) |

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Senator John Ensign, We the People are calling on your Leadership in the Senate to push this War Funding Supplement, New GI Bill, Disaster Relief and the Extension of Unemployment Benefits through The Senate and on to the Presidents desk, in return he will sign into Law. This money is a must for people who earned it and need some help to get going again. Please push this Legislation through the Senate as is, the one the White House and the Congress Hammered out and agree on. Our President wants this Legislation so please do not add anything to it, just keep it as is and make everyone very Happy. Thank you for your time.

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Term Start	Term End	Role	State	Party
2007	2012	Senator	NV	Republican
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Committee Membership

Most Recent Sponsored Bills

Bill	Status	Last Action
S.2783 A bill to allow for additional flights beyond the perimeter restriction applicable to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.	Introduced	Mar 13, 2008
S.2628 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat income earned by mutual funds from exchange-traded funds holding precious metal bullion as qualifying income.	Introduced	Feb 13, 2008
S.2543 Child Custody Protection Act	Introduced	Jan 22, 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.3221 New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the Amendments of the House, Striking Title VI through XI, To the Senate Amendment to H.R. 3221 )	Abstain July 07, 2008
H.R.2642 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 On the Motion (Motion To Concur In House Amdts To Senate Amdt To House Amdt To Senate Amdt To H.R. 2642 )	Aye June 26, 2008
H.R.2642 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 On the Motion (Motion To Waive CBH Re: Motion To Concur In House Amdts To Senate Amdt To House Amdt To Senate Amdt To H.R. 2642 )	Nay June 26, 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. Richard Burr [R, NC]
Least often votes with: Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT]
Democrat most often votes with: Sen. Ben Nelson [D, NE]
Republican least often votes with: Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]

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July 07, 2008 How will third party candidates impact presential election?

John Ensign (R-Las Vegas) by 428 votes. In both instances, third party candidates drew many times the margin of victory and potentially had a significant ...