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706 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-4041 Fax: 202-224-9750
Contact Joseph Lieberman via web
| Term Start | Term End | Role | State | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2012 | Senator | CT | Independent |
| See All 4 Terms | ||||
Committee Membership
- Senate Armed Services
- Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- Disaster Recovery (Ad Hoc)
- Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security
- Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia
- State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration (Ad Hoc)
- Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Most Recent Sponsored Bills
| Bill | Status | Last Action |
|---|---|---|
S.1285 Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act of 2009
(111th congress)
|
Voted on by Senate | Jun 17, 2009 |
| S.1260 A bill to provide that certain photographic records relating to the treatment of any individual engaged, captured, or detained after September 11, 2001, by the Armed Forces of the United States in operations outside the United States shall not be subject to disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act). (111th congress) | Introduced | Jun 15, 2009 |
| S.1234 A bill to modify the prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names. (111th congress) | Introduced | Jun 11, 2009 |
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 June 08, 2009 |
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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 June 02, 2009 |
|
H.R.2346 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 On Passage of the Bill (HR 2346 As Amended ) |
Aye May 21, 2009 |
Voting Trends Analysis
- Most often votes with: Sen. Daniel Akaka [D, HI]
- Least often votes with: Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]
- Abstains: 0% (Ranks 28 of 100)
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Joseph Lieberman in the News
July 03, 2009 Secretary Duncan calls for honesty in public education research.
... the Obama Administration, and members of Congress, such as Senator Joseph Lieberman as honest brokers for local public education reform. ...
July 03, 2009 1st part of Urban Transitway opens
US Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., who helped secure more than $50 million in federal funding for the project, said Malloy was persistant in pursuing it. ...
July 02, 2009 Rampant Corruption at DHS and subordinate agencies: Open Letter to ...
It is imperative that US Senator Joseph Lieberman, and US House of Representative Bennie G. Thompson get together with all of their Homeland Security ...
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Joseph Lieberman in the Blogs
July 05, 2009 Scholarly Communication News@BC: Federal Research Public Access ...
Last week Senators Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and John Cornyn (R-TX) reintroduced the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA), a bill to ensure free, timely, online access to the published results of research funded by eleven U.S. ...
Source: Scholarly Communication News@BC
July 04, 2009 Zionists Out of the Peace Movement: Chuck Don't Need No Stinkin' Facts
They were joined there by Joseph Lieberman, another Jew who voted against his caucus. Mukasey was confirmed by a 53-40 vote--"the narrowest margin to confirm an attorney general in more than 50 years." Alan Dershowitz is one of the ...
July 04, 2009 Kim Andrew Elliott discussing International Broadcasting and ...
Senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Joseph Lieberman are strong supporters of such expansion, and such action should receive bipartisan support. Is this 'interference' in Iran's domestic affairs? Of course it is, but we should have ...
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Featured Members of Congress
On November 18, 2008 Joseph Lieberman was featured on the homepage of OpenCongress:
At a closed-door Democratic Cauacus meeting on Tuesday, Senate Democrats voted to allow Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) to stay in the Democratic caucus and retain his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Lieberman created tension with Democrats by supporting and campaigning for John McCain during the elections. At the meeting, Democrats did vote to strip Lieberman of his chairmanship of a minor environmental subcommittee.
Campaign Contributions
Top Contributor: United Technologies ($189,000)
| Industry | Donation | % of total |
|---|---|---|
| Finance/Insur/RealEst | $7,878,838 | 32.9 % |
| Lawyers & Lobbyists | $3,273,541 | 13.7 % |
| Misc Business | $3,052,922 | 12.7 % |
| Other | $2,649,519 | 11.1 % |
| Ideology/Single-Issue | $2,086,208 | 8.7 % |
| Health | $1,685,890 | 7.0 % |
| Communic/Electronics | $1,014,641 | 4.2 % |
| Construction | $711,948 | 3.0 % |
| Energy/Nat Resource | $540,548 | 2.3 % |
| Defense | $350,850 | 1.5 % |
| Transportation | $269,700 | 1.1 % |
| Agribusiness | $236,643 | 1.0 % |
| Labor | $217,250 | 0.9 % |
| Total: | $23,968,498 |
