OpenCongress Unemployment Benefits 2009 Senate Scorecard

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This scorecard lists the U.S. Senate votes in 2009 to extend unemployment benefits. It was created by the staff at OpenCongress but should not be construed as an endorsement of a vote or a position of the organization. Many oppose extending unemployment benefits due to costs or budgetary impacts specific to a particular bill. Many have endorsed extending unemployment benefits through 2009 and 2010 as a response to the recession. We created this scorecard merely as a way of organizing the votes over 2009 and 2010 to extend unemployment benefits due to public interest in the topic.

If you have input, or think a vote was missed or wrongly included, leave a note on the "Discussion" page linked to at the top of this article.

Contents

Guide

Votes

For full information on exactly what was being voted on, click through to read the wiki pages on each bill.

  1. H.R.3548: Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009. Roll Call vote #329.
  2. H.R.3548: Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009. Roll Call vote #332.
  3. H.R.3548: Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009. Roll Call vote #333.
  4. S.181: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. Roll Call vote #384. A vote in favor of this bill would extend unemployment benefits.

Key

All "aye" votes were to extend unemployment benefits. For the purposes of calculating the ratio of votes, a "no vote" (where the senator was not present) were calculated as a vote against extending unemployment benefits.

Scorecard

Name Party State Vote 1 Vote 2 Vote 3 Vote 4 Votes to Extend  % Voting to Extend Rank
(most to least extending)
Daniel Akaka D HI Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Lamar Alexander R TN Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
John Barrasso R WY Nay Aye Aye Nay 2/4 50% 90
Max Baucus D MT Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Evan Bayh D IN Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Mark Begich D AK Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Michael Bennet D CO Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Robert Bennett R UT Aye No Vote Aye Aye 3/4 75% 73
Jeff Bingaman D NM Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Christopher Bond R MO Nay Nay Aye Aye 2/4 50% 90
Barbara Boxer D CA Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Sherrod Brown D OH Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Samuel Brownback R KS Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Jim Bunning R KY Nay No Vote Aye Aye 2/4 50% 90
Richard Burr R NC Aye Aye Aye Nay 3/4 75% 73
Roland Burris D IL Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Robert Byrd D WV Aye Aye No Vote Aye 3/4 75% 73
Maria Cantwell D WA Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Benjamin Cardin D MD Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Thomas Carper D DE Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Robert Casey D PA Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
C. Saxby Chambliss R GA Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Tom Coburn R OK Nay No Vote Aye Nay 1/4 25% 98
Thad Cochran R MS Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Susan Collins R ME Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Kent Conrad D ND Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Bob Corker R TN Aye No Vote Aye Aye 3/4 75% 73
John Cornyn R TX Nay No Vote Aye Aye 2/4 50% 90
Michael Crapo R ID Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Jim DeMint R SC Nay Nay Nay Nay 0/4 0% 100
Christopher Dodd D CT Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Byron Dorgan D ND Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Richard Durbin D IL Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
John Ensign R NV Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Michael Enzi R WY Nay Aye Aye Nay 2/4 50% 90
Russell Feingold D WI Aye Aye Aye Nay 3/4 75% 73
Dianne Feinstein D CA Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Al Franken D MN Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Kirsten Gillibrand D NY Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Lindsey Graham R SC Nay Aye Aye Aye 3/4 75% 73
Charles Grassley R IA Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Judd Gregg R NH Aye No Vote Aye No Vote 2/4 50% 90
Kay Hagan D NC Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Thomas Harkin D IA Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Orrin Hatch R UT Nay Aye Aye Aye 3/4 75% 73
Kay Hutchison R TX Aye No Vote Aye Aye 3/4 75% 73
James Inhofe R OK Nay Aye Aye Aye 3/4 75% 73
Daniel Inouye D HI Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
John Isakson R GA Aye No Vote Aye Aye 3/4 75% 73
Mike Johanns R NE Nay Aye Aye Nay 2/4 50% 90
Tim Johnson D SD Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Edward Kaufman D DE Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
John Kerry D MA Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Paul Kirk D MA Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Amy Klobuchar D MN Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Herbert Kohl D WI Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Jon Kyl R AZ Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Mary Landrieu D LA Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Frank Lautenberg D NJ Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Patrick Leahy D VT Aye No Vote Aye Aye 3/4 75% 73
George LeMieux R FL Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Carl Levin D MI Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Joseph Lieberman I CT Aye Aye Aye No Vote 3/4 75% 73
Blanche Lincoln D AR Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Richard Lugar R IN Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
John McCain R AZ Aye Aye Aye Nay 3/4 75% 73
Claire McCaskill D MO Aye No Vote No Vote Aye 2/4 50% 90
Mitch McConnell R KY Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Robert Menendez D NJ Aye No Vote Aye Aye 3/4 75% 73
Jeff Merkley D OR Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Barbara Mikulski D MD Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Lisa Murkowski R AK Aye No Vote Aye Aye 3/4 75% 73
Patty Murray D WA Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
E. Benjamin Nelson D NE Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Bill Nelson D FL Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Mark Pryor D AR Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
John Reed D RI Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Harry Reid D NV Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
James Risch R ID Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Pat Roberts R KS Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
John Rockefeller D WV Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Bernard Sanders I VT Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Charles Schumer D NY Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Jefferson Sessions R AL Nay No Vote Aye Nay 1/4 25% 98
Jeanne Shaheen D NH Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Richard Shelby R AL Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Olympia Snowe R ME Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Arlen Specter D PA Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Debbie Ann Stabenow D MI Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Jon Tester D MT Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
John Thune R SD Aye Aye Aye Nay 3/4 75% 73
Mark Udall D CO Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Tom Udall D NM Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
David Vitter R LA Nay Aye Aye Aye 3/4 75% 73
George Voinovich R OH Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Mark Warner D VA Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
James Webb D VA Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Sheldon Whitehouse D RI Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Roger Wicker R MS Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1
Ron Wyden D OR Aye Aye Aye Aye 4/4 100% 1

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