OpenCongress - Sen. Byron Dorgan

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by americausa |

Jun 13, 2008(about 1 month 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.

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Term Start	Term End	Role	State	Party
2005	2010	Senator	ND	Democrat
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Committee Membership

Most Recent Sponsored Bills

Bill	Status	Last Action
S.Con.Res.93 A concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month".	Introduced	Jul 15, 2008
S.3258 An original bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.	Introduced	Jul 14, 2008
S.3183 End Oil Speculation Act of 2008	Introduced	Jun 24, 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
S.3268 Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act of 2008 On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 3268 )	Aye July 22, 2008
H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 5501 As Amended )	Aye July 16, 2008
S.2731 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 On the Amendment (DeMint Amdt. No. 5077 )	Nay July 16, 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. Kent Conrad [D, ND]
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]

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Byron Dorgan in the News

July 22, 2008 ASTA to support Stop Excessive Speculation Act

Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) have responded to these calls for action by ...