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1 Americans for Democratic Action A Home for Liberal Activists 2014 Congressional Voting Record The 113th Congress, 2nd Session: Congress Earns All Time Low Approval Rating of 9% Bad bills stalled in 2014 by a divided Congress and how your members of Congress voted on them are well worth studying, since much of that destructive legislation will be successfully reintroduced in 2015 now that Capitol Hill is under unified Republican control. Last year a Democratic Senate majority blocked scores of unwise measures originated in the GOPrun House, including 50 attempts to repeal all or parts of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), the gutting of environmental and labor laws, cuts to child nutrition programs, and attacks on reproductive rights. As in all recent years, tax and spending decisions were key dividers between Congressional liberals and conservatives in Last year, however, the GOP not only tried, as usual, to defund vital programs and reward their corporate friends with more tax cuts, but attack the very budget process itself. First, under the deceptively appealing name of dynamic scoring, House Republicans passed legislation that would minimize the cost of proposed tax cuts by presuming that they would expand the economy and forcing the government s budget experts Dynamic scoring is just another incarnation of what the first President Bush dubbed Voodoo Economics. to include in their official budget analyses a guess of how much new tax revenue that presumed expansion would generate. Proof that this was simply a way of passing more tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, and not a quest for more accurate budget forecasts, was that spending increases the mirror image of tax reductions were not to be measured in the same dynamic way, even though studies have shown that increased public investments usually help the economy more than do lower taxes. In short, dynamic scoring is just another incarnation of what the first President Bush dubbed Voodoo Economics. The GOP House also moved to exempt certain tax cuts from pay as you go (PAYGO) rules that require new spending or tax cuts to be paid for through reduced spending elsewhere or an increase in other taxes. Unsurprisingly, the proposed Snapshot House of Representatives Overall Average: 37% Party Average: Democrats: 77% Republicans: 4% Perfect Scores: 9 House Zeroes: 132 Senate Overall Average: 53% Party Average: Democrats: 87% Republicans: 11% Perfect Scores: 1 Senate Zeroes: 3

2 A Newsletter for Liberal Activists The 113th Congress: 2nd Session exemptions overwhelmingly benefitted wealthy households and multinational corporations. Conservatives continued to mask destructive legislation with uplifting titles. Who, for instance, could be against the Save American Workers Act of 2014? The GOP has played this Orwellian name game for years the harm is always hidden in the bill s text. The legislation cited above, for example, far from saving American workers would actually encourage employers to cut their hours and make it harder for them to get health insurance. Other misleading bill titles from last year include the Consumer Financial Freedom and Washington Accountability Act, which in fact would free consumers to be defrauded; and The Reduce Regulatory Burdens Act of 2014, which would burden all of us with dirtier air and water, more dangerous products and a less stable financial system. Beyond blocking harmful House legislation, the Senate Democratic majority was largely prevented from doing the people s business by the body s arcane and antidemocratic rules. The one notable exception to that record of frustration was a significant change made to the rules themselves: filibusters were eliminated on executive appointments, except to the Supreme Court. As a result, the Administration was able to fill more than 30 presidential positions (including ambassadorships intended for nonpartisan Foreign Service officers) that lacked the 60 votes previously needed to end debate and would otherwise have remained vacant. The old filibuster rule would also have left empty more than 60 seats on Federal district and appellate courts, seriously jeopardizing the administration of justice had Majority Leader Harry Reid not pushed through the reform.. Conservatives continued to mask destructive legislation with uplifting titles. Who, for instance, could be against the Save American Workers Act of 2014? But the old 60-vote requirement to invoke cloture on legislation remained in force, so many useful measures were doomed to failure even though supported by a majority of the Senate. It was impossible to pass legislation that would create American jobs, boost wages, improve working conditions, extend unemployment insurance for long-term unemployed, repair the damage of the Supreme Court s Citizens United decision, refinance student loans, and rein in intrusive data-collection by America s intelligence community. There were some bipartisan legislative achievements, but not happy ones. Republicans joined forces with Wall Street Democrats to extend corporate tax loopholes, such as accelerated depreciation and research deductions that haven t historically promoted significant research that leads to innovation and productivity gains. This bill of course had the warm and fuzzy name of The Tax Increase Prevention Act of Finally, there is one issue that many talk and no one takes action on. No, not the weather. We mean inequality. The only vote in the 113th Congress that would have constituted real action to combat inequality was the Progressive Budget, introduced and supported by the Congressional Progressive Caucus. The measure addressed both taxes and spending on infrastructure, which we call Investing in America. It only received 89 votes. We ll be watching to see how many Democrats in the 114th Congress introduce significant legislation to combat income and wealth inequality: not just raising the minimum wage, but major action to restore the Estate Tax, tax all income alike (capital gains and dividends like income from work), increase the top marginal tax rate, close corporate tax loopholes, fund the IRS so it can catch tax evaders, and strengthen labor unions, necessary to shift economic and political power from the 1 percent to the 99 percent. You will see below this year there were only 9 ADA Heroes in the House and 1 in the Senate. We suggest you also note that in the House there were 28 scoring 95%, nearly perfect -- sometimes just due to one absence In the Senate there were 7 scoring 95%, nearly perfect, again sometimes due to one absence. Good liberals all. At the other end of the spectrum, there were 64 scoring 5% in the House -- nearly neanderthal, and 15 scoring 5% in the Senate.

3 Grijalva (D-AR) Takano (D-CA) Capuano (D-MA) Clark, K. (D-MA) McGovern (D-MA) ADA Heroes House of Representatives Senate Conyers (D-MI) Nadler (D-NY) Cohen (D-TN) Pocan (D-WI) ADA Heroes and Zeroes Warren (D- MA) ADA Zeroes House of Representatives Aderholt (R-AL) Backus, S. (R-AL) Brooks, M. (R-AL) Byrne (R-AL) Roby (R-AL) Rogers, Mike D. (R- AL) Crawford (R-AR) Griffin (R-AR) Womack (R-AR) Calvert (R-CA) Issa (R-CA) LaMalfa (R-CA) McCarthy (R-CA) McKeon (R-CA) Nunes (R-CA) Tipton (R-CO) Buchanan (R-FL) Crenshaw (R-FL) Jolly (R-FL) Miller, J (R-FL) Nugent (R-FL) Rooney (R-FL) Ross (R-FL) Southerland (R-FL) Webster (R-FL) Scott, A. (R-GA) Westmoreland, L. (R-GA) Woodall (R-GA) Simpson (R-ID) Davis, R. (R-IL) Hultgren (R-IL) Roskam (R-IL) Schock (R-IL) Shimkus (R-IL) Brooks, S. (R-IN) Bucshon (R-IN) Messer (R-IN) Rokita (R-IN) Walorski (R-IN) Young, T. (R-IN) King, S. (R-IA) Latham (R-IA) Barr (R-KY) Guthrie (R-KY) Rogers, H. (R-KY) Whitfield (R-KY) Boustany (R-LA) Graves, G. (R-LA) McAllister (R-LA) Camp (R-MI) Huizenga (R-MI) Miller, C. (R-MI) Rogers, Mike (R-MI) Walberg (R-MI) Kline, J. (R-MN) Paulsen (R-MN) Harper (R-MS) Nunnelee (R-MS) Palazzo (R-MS) Hartzler (R-MO) Long (R-MO) Luetkemeyer (R-MO) Smith, J. (R-MO) Wagner (R-MO) Daines (R-MT) Smith, Adrian (R-NV) Terry (R-NV) Pearce (R-NM) Collins, C. (R-NY) Grimm (R-NY) King, P. (R-NY) Reet, T. (R-NY) Coble (R-NC) Ellmers (R-NC) Hudson (R-NC) McHenry (R-NC) Meadows (R-NC) Cramer (R-ND) Gibbs, B. (R-OH) Johnson,B. (R-OH) Joyce (R-OH) Latta (R-OH) Renacci (R-OH) Stivers (R-OH) Turner (R-OH) Cole (R-OK) Lucas (R-OK) Mullin (R-OK) Walden (R-OR) Barletta (R-PA) Dent (R-PA) Gerlach (R-PA) Kelly (R-PA) Marino (R-PA) Meehan (R-PA) Murphy, T. (R-PA) Shuster (R-PA) Thompson, G. (R-PA) Rice, T. (R-SC) Wilson, J. (R-SC) Noem (R-SD) Black, D. (R-TN) Fincher (R-TN) Roe (R-TN) Brady, K. (R-TX) Carter, J. (R-TX) Conaway (R-TX) Culberson (R-TX) Flores (R-TX) Granger (R-TX) Hall (R-TX) Johnson, S (R-TX) Marchant (R-TX) Neugebauer (R-TX) Olson (R-TX) Sessions, P. (R-TX) Smith, Lamar (R-TX) Thornberry (R-TX) Bishop, R. (R-UT) Chaffetz (R-UT) Cantor (R-VA) Forbes (R-VA) Goodlatte (R-VA) Hurt (R-VA) Wittman (R-VA) Hastings, D. (R-WA) McMorris (R-WA) Capito (R-WV) Ribble (R-WI) Ryan, P. (R-WI) Senate Boozman (R-AR) Chambliss (R-GA) Johnson, R (R-WI)

4 A Newsletter for Liberal Activists House Vote Descriptions 1. House Vote 30 - H.R. 7 - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of A bill to prohibit federal funds for abortion -- tacked onto an agriculture bill. Passed : Jan. 28, A nay vote is a House Vote 31 - Agreeing to Conference Report on H.R. 2642, the Agricultural Act of While repealing direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, and average crop revenue election, the Conference Report would cut $8 billion from SNAP (Food Stamp Nutrition Program). Passed : Jan. 29, A nay vote is a House Vote 38 - DeFazio (D- OR) Amendment to H.R. 3590, Sportsmen s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act of H.R would require the Secretary of the Interior to report to Congress on the economic impact of expected increases in recreational hunting, fishing, shooting and conservation expected by increased activities, excluding gun components and ammunition from being considered toxic substances, and authorizing the states to pay for increasing target practice and marksmanship training. Rep. De Fazio s amendment would eliminate the billl s exemption from NEPA. Defeated : Feb. 5, A yea vote is a House Vote 69 - Passage of H.R Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act of A bill to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from tightening the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare for purposes of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of This bill was proposed after the GOP claimed the IRS was targeting conservative groups. Passed : Feb. 26, A nay vote is a House Vote 85 - Passage of H.R Consumer Financial Freedom and Washington Accountability Act. The bill would weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd- Frank Act) by hamstringing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, requiring review of the agency s regulations by the Financial Stability Oversight Council. Passed : Feb. 27, A nay vote is a House Vote 90 - Passage of H.R The Unfunded Mandate Information and Transparency Act of The bill would give authority to the CBO and OIRA to assess the impact on states, localities, tribes, business profits and consumers of all regulations, allowing retroactive analysis of existing regulations, as requested by Committee chair and ranking members, judicial review of agency use of least costly and burdensome alternatives. Passed : Feb. 28, A nay vote is a House Vote Conyers (D- MI) Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 4138, The ENFORCE the Law Act of The underlying ENFORCE law would allow either Chamber of Congress to undo President Obama s executive orders. The Conyers amendment would exempt all actions to combat discrimination or to protect civil rights. Failed : Mar. 12, A yea vote is a House Vote Passage of H.R Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America. The bill would amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, reverting to 2008 rules, thus preventing the Secretary of the Interior from implement a rule to protect on excess spoil, coal mining waste and buffers to protect perennial and intermittent streams. Passed : Mar. 25, A nay vote is a House Vote Grijalva (D- AZ) Amendment to substitute the Progressive Caucus Budget for H.Con.Res. 96, the FY 2015 Budget. The amendment would create 8.8 million jobs by 2117 through investment in education, infrastructure and research, and by 2014 reduce deficits by $4 trillion. Failed : Apr. 9, A yes vote is a House Vote Holt (D-NJ) Amendment 8 to H.R. 4487, FY 2015 Appropriations for the Legislative Branch. The amendment would reallocate funds to the Office of Technology Assessment, offsetting funds from Historic Buildings Revitalization, thus restoring Congress s competence to address technological and scientific issues. Defeated : May 1, A yea vote is a House Vote Ellison (D- MN) Amendment to HR 4660, the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of The amendment would deny contracts to companies that violate the Fair Labor Standards Act by denying workers the pay they have earned. Failed : May 30, A yea vote is a House Vote H.R. 4681, passage of the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY 2014 and 2015 for DNI, CIA, DoD DIA, NSA, and other agencies. The

5 A Newsletter for Liberal Activists House Vote Descriptions bill required Director of National Intelligence (DNI) guidelines and a 4-year plan on private sector threats, requiring agencies to follow Justice Department procedures on electronic and telephone communication. It would limit record retention to 5 years unless necessary to keep them longer, and report to Congress on strategy against al-qaeda, ISIS/ISIL. Passed : May 30, A nay vote is a House Vote H.R America s Small Business Tax Relief Act of The bill would amend the tax code to make permanent the accelerated depreciation loophole, and also exempt resulting revenue losses from the PAYGO scorecard required by the Congressional Budget Act. Making these corporate tax loopholes permanent would cost the Treasury millions of dollars every year. The bill would exempt this big revenue loss from Congress s own legal requirement that any tax cuts be paid for by other revenue increases or by cutting expenditures. Passed : Jun. 12, A nay vote is a House Vote Barbara Lee (D-CA) Amendment to H.R The Defense Department Appropriations Act of The Lee amendment would prohibit the use of funds pursuant to the Authorization for the Use of Military Force after December 31, Failed : Jun. 19, A yea vote is a House Vote Passage of H.R To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation. The bill would make permanent the tax loophole of a 50% bonus depreciation. The bill expands the property to which the bonus applies to qualified retail improvement property, increases the amount allowed on automobiles, fruit trees and vines, or alternatively allows increase in the AMT credit limitation. PAYGO would not apply to the loss of revenue from this bill. Passed : Jul. 11, A nay vote is a House Vote Passage of H.R The Reduce Regulatory Burdens Act of The bill would amend the Clean Water Act to prohibit the EPA from requiring a permit for point of source discharge of legal pesticides into navigable waters. Passed : Jul. 31, A nay vote is a House Vote 479. Passage of H.R A bill to prohibit the President s deferred action for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. The bill would prevent reconsideration of denied applications of alien childhood arrivals. It would also prohibit any alien not admitted lawfully to work in the U.S. after enactment of this act. Passed : Aug. 1, A nay vote is a House Vote Passage of H.R On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. To clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The bill would restore risky behavior of banks, reducing capital and reporting requirements, and limit the Volcker Rule. Passed : Sept. 16, A nay vote is a House Vote H.R. 4 - Jobs for America Act. A bill to limit the employer mandate to cover employees under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to full-time employees, defined as 40-hourweek, thus encouraging employers to cut workers hours. Passed : Sept. 18, A nay vote is a House Vote H.R. 2 - American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs. The bill consolidates many measures: for the Keystone Pipeline, speeding FERC approval of future pipelines, nullifying EPA rules on greenhouse gas emissions for new and existing stationary sources generating electricity, supporting the export of natural gas, and promoting oil and gas leases in the Outer Continental Shelf. Passed : Sept. 18, A nay vote is a +. This voting record is offered only as a guide in judging the legislative performance of Members of Congress, and has several inherent limitations. It does not measure a legislator s work in committees. It does not reflect the failure of Congress to deal with major issues, or the individual s degree of responsibility. Nor does it reflect a legislator s lifetime of work. The methodology of the ADA Voting Record calls for Members who miss a vote, for whatever reason, to be penalized in their final score. Therefore, a Member who agreed with ADA s position on 19 votes but was absent on the 20th would receive a score of 95%. Key to Voting Record + Voted with ADA - Did not vote with ADA P Voted Present X Did not vote S Speaker s privilege I Ineligible voter/ not in office * Deceased

6 U. S. House of Representatives ADA Position N N Y N N N Y N Y Y Y N N Y N N N N N N % ALABAMA 4 Aderholt (R) X % 6 Bachus, S. (R) X X - 0% 1 Bonner (R) I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I NR 5 Brooks, M. (R) X % 1 Byrne (R) % 2 Roby (R) % 3 Rogers, Mike D. (R) % 7 Sewell (D) % ALASKA AL Young, D. (R) % ARIZONA 2 Barber (D) % 8 Franks (R) % 4 Gosar (R) - + X X X X X % 3 Grijalva (D) % 1 Kirkpatrick (D) X % 7 Pastor (D) X X X % 5 Salmon (R) % 6 Schweikert (R) % 9 Sinema (D) % ARKANSAS 4 Cotton (R) % 1 Crawford (R) % 2 Griffin % 3 Womack (R) % CALIFORNIA 37 Bass (D) X % 34 Becerra (D) X % 7 Bera (D) X % 26 Brownley (D) % 42 Calvert (R) X % 45 Campbell (R)?? ? - -?? ? % 24 Capps (D) % 29 Cárdenas (D) % 27 Chu (D) % 8 Cook (R) % 16 Costa (D) % 53 Davis, S. (D) X % 10 Denham (R) %

7 U. S. House of Representatives ADA Position N N Y N N N Y N Y Y Y N N Y N N N N N N % CALIFORNIA (cont.) 18 Eshoo (D) % 20 Farr (D) % 3 Garamendi (D) X % 44 Hahn (D) % 17 Honda (D) % 2 Huffman (D) % 50 Hunter (R) % 49 Issa (R) % 1 LaMalfa (R) X % 13 Lee, B. (D) X X 90% 19 Lofgren (D) % 47 Lowenthal (D) % 6 Matsui (D) X + + X % 23 McCarthy, K. (R) % 4 McClintock (R) % 25 McKeon (R) X - - X X 0% 9 McNerney (D) % 11 Miller, George (D) X % 31 Miller, Gary (R) - + X X - - X X X X - X X 5% 32 Napolitano (D) % 35 Negrete McLeod (D) X % 22 Nunes (R) X % 12 Pelosi (D) X + X % 52 Peters, S. (D) % 48 Rohrabacher (R) % 40 Roybal-Allard (D) % 39 Royce (R) % 36 Ruiz (D) X % 38 Sánchez, Linda (D) X + X X 80% 46 Sanchez, Loretta (D) X % 28 Schiff (D) X % 30 Sherman (D) % 14 Speier (D) X X % 15 Swalwell (D) % 41 Takano (D) % 5 Thompson, M. (D) % 21 Valadao (R) X % 51 Vargas (D) % 43 Waters (D) X X X % 33 Waxman (D) X %

8 U. S. House of Representatives ADA Position N N Y N N N Y N Y Y Y N N Y N N N N N N % COLORADO 6 Coffman (R) % 1 DeGette (D) % 4 Gardner (R) X % 5 Lamborn (R) % 7 Perlmutter (D) X % 2 Polis (D) X % 3 Tipton (R) X X % CONNECTICUT 2 Courtney (D) % 3 DeLauro (D) X % 5 Esty (D) % 4 Himes (D) % 1 Larson, J. (D) % DELAWARE AL Carney (D) X % FLORIDA 12 Bilirakis (R) % 5 Brown, C. (D) % 16 Buchanan (R) X % 14 Castor (D) X % 19 Clawson (R) I I I I I I I I I I I I I I NR 4 Crenshaw (R) % 6 DeSantis (R) % 21 Deutch (D) X % 25 Diaz-Balart (R) % 22 Frankel (D) X % 26 Garcia (D) % 9 Grayson X % 20 Hastings (D) X X X X 75% 13 Jolly (R) I I I I I I I % 7 Mica (R) % 1 Miller, J. (R) X X X % 18 Murphy, P. (D) % 11 Nugent (R) % 8 Posey (R) X % 19 Radel (R) I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I NR 17 Rooney (R) X % 27 Ros-Lehtinen (R) X X % 15 Ross (R) X % 2 Southerland (R) % 23 Wasserman Schultz (D) X X X 70% 10 Webster (R) X %

9 U. S. House of Representatives ADA Position N N Y N N N Y N Y Y Y N N Y N N N N N N % FLORIDA (cont.) 24 Wilson, F. (D) % 3 Yoho (R) % 13 Young, C.W. (R) I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I NR GEORGIA 12 Barrow (D) % 2 Bishop, S. (D) X % 10 Broun (R) P % 9 Collins, D. (R) % 11 Gingrey (R) X % 14 Graves, T. (R) % 4 Johnson, H. (D) % 1 Kingston (R) X % 5 Lewis (D) X + X X % 6 Price, T. (R) % 8 Scott, A. (R) X % 13 Scott, D. (D) X % 3 Westmoreland, L. (R) X X - X - X % 7 Woodall (R) - - X % HAWAII 2 Gabbard (D) % 1 Hanabusa (D) X X X % IDAHO 1 Labrador (R) % 2 Simpson (R) % ILLINOIS 17 Bustos (D) % 7 Davis, D. (D) % 13 Davis, R. (R) % 8 Duckworth (D) X % 12 Enyart (D) X % 11 Foster (D) % 4 Gutierrez (D) X % 14 Hultgren (R) % 2 Kelly, R. (D) % 16 Kinzinger (R) % 3 Lipinski (D) P % 5 Quigley (D) X % 6 Roskam (R) % 1 Rush (D) X X X X X X X + + X X X X 40% 9 Schakowsky (D) X % 10 Schneider (D) % 18 Schock (R) X %

10 U. S. House of Representatives ADA Position N N Y N N N Y N Y Y Y N N Y N N N N N N % ILLINOIS (cont.) 15 Shimkus (R) % INDIANA 5 Brooks, S. (R) % 8 Bucshon (R) % 7 Carson (D) % 6 Messer (R) % 4 Rokita (R) % 3 Stutzman (R) X % 1 Visclosky (D) % 2 Walorski (R) % 9 Young, T. (R) % IOWA 1 Braley (D) % 4 King, S. (R) % 3 Latham (R) % 2 Loebsack (D) % KANSAS 1 Huelskamp (R) % 2 Jenkins (R) % 4 Pompeo (R) X - X % 3 Yoder (R) % KENTUCKY 6 Barr (R) % 2 Guthrie (R) % 4 Massie (R) % 5 Rogers, H. (R) X % 1 Whitfield (R) X % 3 Yarmuth (D) ? % LOUISIANA 5 Abraham I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I NR 5 Alexander, R. (R) I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I NR 3 Boustany (R) % 6 Cassidy (R) % 4 Fleming (R) % 6 Graves, G. (R) I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I NR 5 McAllister (R) X % 2 Richmond (D) X X X % 1 Scalise (R) % MAINE 2 Michaud (D ) % 1 Pingree (D ) X %

11 U. S. House of Representatives ADA Position N N Y N N N Y N Y Y Y N N Y N N N N N N % MARYLAND 7 Cummings (D) % 6 Delaney (D) % 4 Edwards (D) + X X % 1 Harris (R) % 5 Hoyer (D) % 2 Ruppersberger (D) X X % 3 Sarbanes (D) % 8 Van Hollen (D) % MASSACHUSETTS 7 Capuano (D) % 5 Clark, K. (D) % 9 Keating (D) % 4 Kennedy (D) X % 8 Lynch (D) + X X % 2 McGovern (D) % 1 Neal (D) X X 80% 6 Tierney (D) % 3 Tsongas (D) X % MICHIGAN 3 Amash (R) % 1 Benishek (R) X - - X X % 11 Bentivolio (R) % 4 Camp (R) X X % 13 Conyers (D) % 12 Dingell (D) X X X % 2 Huizenga (R) % 5 Kildee (D) % 9 Levin (D) % 10 Miller, C. (R) % 14 Peters, G. (D) % 8 Rogers, Mike (R) % 6 Upton (R) X X % 7 Walberg (R) X % MINNESOTA 6 Bachmann (R) % 5 Ellison (D) X % 2 Kline, J. (R) % 4 McCollum (D) X X % 8 Nolan (D) % 3 Paulsen (R) % 7 Peterson (D) % 1 Walz (D) X %

12 U. S. House of Representatives ADA Position N N Y N N N Y N Y Y Y N N Y N N N N N N % MISSISSIPPI 3 Harper (R) % 1 Nunnelee (R) X X X X X X X X 0% 4 Palazzo (R) X X % 2 Thompson, B. (D) X % MISSOURI 1 Clay (D) X X X X % 5 Cleaver (D) X X % 8 Emerson (R) I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I NR 6 Graves, S. (R) X % 4 Hartzler (R) X X % 7 Long (R) % 3 Luetkemeyer (R) % 8 Smith, J. (R) % 2 Wagner (R) % MONTANA AL Daines (R) % NEBRASKA 1 Fortenberry (R) X X % 3 Smith, Adrian (R) % 2 Terry (R) % NEVADA 2 Amodei (R) X X X X - - X % 3 Heck, J. (R) % 4 Horsford (D) % 1 Titus (D) % NEW HAMPSHIRE 2 Kuster (D) % 1 Shea-Porter (D) % NEW JERSEY 1 Andrews (D) I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I NR 11 Frelinghuysen (R) % 5 Garrett (R) % 12 Holt (D) X % 7 Lance (R) % 2 LoBiondo (R) % 1 Norcross (D) I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I NR 6 Pallone (D) % 9 Pascrell (D) % 10 Payne (D) % 3 Runyan (R) X X X - - X % 8 Sires (D) % 4 Smith, C. (R) %

13 U. S. House of Representatives ADA Position N N Y N N N Y N Y Y Y N N Y N N N N N N % NEW MEXICO 3 Luján, B. (D) % 1 Lujan Grisham, M. (D) X % 2 Pearce (R) % NEW YORK 1 Bishop, T. (D) % 9 Clarke, Y. (D) % 27 Collins, C. (R) % 14 Crowley (D) % 16 Engel (D) % 19 Gibson, C. (R) % 11 Grimm (R) % 22 Hanna (R) % 26 Higgins (D) % 3 Israel (D) % 8 Jeffries (D) X % 2 King, P. (R) % 17 Lowey (D) % 24 Maffei (D) % 12 Maloney, C. (D) % 18 Maloney, S. (D) % 4 McCarthy, C. (D) X X X X X X + X - - X X + X X % 5 Meeks, G. (D) % 6 Meng (D) X % 10 Nadler (D) % 21 Owens (D) % 13 Rangel (D) X + + X X X X X % 23 Reed, T. (R) % 15 Serrano (D) % 25 Slaughter (D) X X % 20 Tonko (D) % 7 Velázquez (D) X % NORTH CAROLINA 12 Adams (D) I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I NR 1 Butterfield (D) % 6 Coble (R) X - - X % 2 Ellmers (R) % 5 Foxx (R) % 13 Holding (R) % 8 Hudson (R) % 3 Jones (R) X X % 10 McHenry (R) % 7 McIntyre (D) %

14 U. S. House of Representatives ADA Position N N Y N N N Y N Y Y Y N N Y N N N N N N % NORTH CAROLINA (cont.) 11 Meadows (R) X % 9 Pittenger (R) X % 4 Price, D. (D) % 12 Watt (D) I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 0% NORTH DAKOTA AL Cramer (R) X X X % OHIO 3 Beatty (D) % 8 Boehner (R) S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S NR 1 Chabot (R) % 11 Fudge (D) X % 7 Gibbs, B. (R) X % 6 Johnson, B. (R) % 4 Jordan (R) % 14 Joyce (R) % 9 Kaptur (D) X + - X % 5 Latta (R) % 16 Renacci (R) % 13 Ryan, T. (D) X X % 15 Stivers (R) % 12 Tiberi (R) % 10 Turner (R) % 2 Wenstrup (R) X - 5% OKLAHOMA 1 Bridenstine (R) % 4 Cole (R) % 5 Lankford (R) X X - X % 3 Lucas (R) % 2 Mullin (R) % OREGON 3 Blumenauer (D) X + + X X X % 1 Bonamici (D) % 4 DeFazio (D) % 5 Schrader (D) % 2 Walden (R) X X % PENNSYLVANIA 11 Barletta (R) % 1 Brady, R. (D) % 17 Cartwright (D) % 15 Dent (R) %

15 U. S. House of Representatives ADA Position N N Y N N N Y N Y Y Y N N Y N N N N N N % PENNSYLVANIA (cont.) 14 Doyle (D) + X X % 2 Fattah (D) X X % 8 Fitzpatrick (R) % 6 Gerlach (R) % 3 Kelly (R) % 10 Marino (R) % 7 Meehan (R) % 18 Murphy, T.(R) % 4 Perry (R) % 16 Pitts (R) % 12 Rothfus (R) % 13 Schwartz (D) + - X + X X + X X X % 9 Shuster (R) X X % 5 Thompson, G. (R) % RHODE ISLAND 1 Cicilline (D) % 2 Langevin (D) % SOUTH CAROLINA 6 Clyburn (D) X % 3 Duncan, Jeff (R) % 4 Gowdy (R) % 5 Mulvaney (R) X % 7 Rice, T. (R) X % 1 Sanford (R) % 2 Wilson, J. (R) % SOUTH DAKOTA AL Noem (R) % TENNESSEE 6 Black, D. (R) X % 7 Blackburn, M. (R) % 9 Cohen (D) % 5 Cooper (D) % 4 DesJarlais (R) X X X X X X 5% 2 Duncan, John (R) % 8 Fincher (R) % 3 Fleischmann (R) % 1 Roe (R) %

16 ADA Position N N Y N N N Y N Y Y Y N N Y N N N N N N % TEXAS 6 Barton (R) X X X 5% 8 Brady, K. (R) % 26 Burgess (R) % 31 Carter, J. (R) X % 20 Castro (D) + + X % 11 Conaway (R) X X 0% 28 Cuellar (D) % 7 Culberson (R) % 35 Doggett (D) % 27 Farenthold (R) X % 17 Flores (R) X % 23 Gallego (D) % 1 Gohmert (R) % 12 Granger (R) X % 9 Green, A. (D) X + X X % 29 Green, G. (D) X % 4 Hall (R) X X 0% 5 Hensarling (R) % 15 Hinojosa (D) X X + X % 18 Jackson Lee (D) X % 3 Johnson, S. (R) X % 30 Johnson, E. (D) % 24 Marchant (R) % 10 McCaul (R) % 19 Neugebauer (R) % 16 O'Rourke (D) % 22 Olson (R) X % 2 Poe (R) % 32 Sessions, P. (R) % 21 Smith, Lamar (R) % 36 Stockman (R) X X % 13 Thornberry (R) % 33 Veasey (D) % 34 Vela (D) X % 14 Weber (R) % 25 Williams (R) X % UTAH ADA Congressional Voting Record 2014 U. S. House of Representatives 1 Bishop, R. (R) X % 3 Chaffetz (R) - - X X X % 4 Matheson (D) % 2 Stewart (R) %

17 U. S. House of Representatives ADA Position N N Y N N N Y N Y Y Y N N Y N N N N N N % VERMONT AL Welch (D) X % VIRGINIA 7 Brat (R) I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I NR 7 Cantor (R) X I I I 0% 11 Connolly (D) % 4 Forbes (R) % 6 Goodlatte (R) % 9 Griffith (R) % 5 Hurt (R) % 8 Moran, James (D) + X % 2 Rigell (R) ? % 3 Scott, R. (D) % 1 Wittman % 10 Wolf (R) % WASHINGTON 1 DelBene (D) % 4 Hastings, D. (R) % 10 Heck, D. (D) % 3 Herrera Beutler (R) % 6 Kilmer (D) % 2 Larsen, R. (D) % 7 McDermott (D) X % 5 McMorris Rodgers (R) % 8 Reichert (R) % 9 Smith, Adam (D) X % WEST VIRGINIA 2 Capito (R) X X X X X 0% 1 McKinley (R) % 3 Rahall (D) % WISCONSIN 7 Duffy (R) % 3 Kind (D) % 4 Moore (D) % 6 Petri (R) X % 2 Pocan (D) % 8 Ribble (R) % 1 Ryan, P. (R) % 5 Sensenbrenner (R) % WYOMING AL Lummis (R) X %

18 Senate Vote Descriptions A Newsletter for Liberal Activists 1. Senate Vote 24 - Cloture on S Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act. A bill to amend the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before April 1, Rejected, (60 votes required): Feb. 6, A yea vote is a Senate Vote 34 - Passage of S Temporary Debt Limit Extension Act. A motion to concur in the House amendments to S. 540, an act to temporarily extend the public debt limit. Passed 55-43: Feb. 12, A yea vote is a Senate Vote Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S The Paycheck Fairness Act. The Act would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies for pay inequity. It would require that all differential pay be on the basis of non-discriminatory job-related business necessity. It would prohibit retaliation against employees for discussing or disclosing an employee s wages and enable class action suits, compensatory and punitive damages. Failed (60 votes required: Apr. 9, A yea vote is a Senate Vote Cloture to vote on S Minimum Wage Fairness Act. A bill to increase the Federal minimum wage to $10.10 in two steps and index it to the CPI thereafter, and increase wages of tipped employees to $3 immediately and 6 months thereafter to 70% of other Fair Labor Standard Act wages. Failed (60 votes required): Apr. 30, A yea vote is a Senate Vote To invoke cloture on S Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of A bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry. Failed (60 votes required): May 12, A yea vote is a Senate Vote Cloture to proceed to a vote on S Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow refinancing of student loans, paid for with a minimum tax on millionaires. Rejected (60 votes required): Jun. 11, A yea vote is a Senate Vote Proceed to Cloture on S Protect Women s Health From Corporate Interference Act of A bill to ensure that employers cannot interfere in their employees birth control and other health care decisions. Rejected 56-43: Jul. 16, A yea vote is a Senate Vote 244. Wyden (D- OR) Amendment No to H.R Highway and Transportation Funding Act of In the absence of long-term funding of Transportation, the Wyden amendment would provide emergency funding of transportation, eliminating the House provision that would penalize workers pensions, promote natural gas vehicles, and improve compliance with existing tax laws. Passed 71-26: Jul. 29, A yea vote is a Senate Vote Lee-Cruz Amendment No to H.R The Highway and Transportation Funding Act of The amendment by Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT) would lower the federal gas tax from 18.4 cents/gallon to 3.7 cents and turn all highway and transportation funds over to the states with no conditions attached, such as Davis-Bacon prevailing wages and environmental laws. Rejected 28-69: Jul. 29, A nay vote is a Senate Vote Toomey (R- PA) Amdt. No to H.R the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of Senator Toomey s amendment would exempt from the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the endangered species, and Clean Water Act when taking action to recover from natural catastrophes. Failed 47-50: Jul. 29, A nay vote is a Senate Vote Cloture vote on S Bring Jobs Home Act. The bill would provide a business tax credit of up to 20% of insourcing expenses to relocate business back in the US, and deny tax deductions for outsourcing expenses. The bill would require an increase in the business taxpayer s employment of full-time employees in the U.S. Failed (60 votes required): Jul. 30, A yea vote is a Senate Vote On the Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline to S. 2648, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of A motion to waive budgetary restrictions and pass S Emergency Supplemental Appropriation Act of 2014 to prevent a government shutdown and fund the federal government. Passed 50-44: Jul. 31, A yea vote is a Senate Vote On the Nomination to Confirmation

19 A Newsletter for Liberal Activists Senate Vote Descriptions Henry J. Aaron to be a Member of the Social Security Advisory Board. Aaron is an economist and long-time supporter of Social Security, who was previously Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and the next year he chaired the Advisory Council on Social Security. Confirmed 54-43: Sept. 8, A yea vote is a Senate Vote Cloture on S. J. Res. 19, a Joint Resolution proposing a Constitutional Amendment that would authorize Congress and the states to regulate and establish reasonable limits on contributions and expenditures in elections. It would also authorize Congress to distinguish natural persons and corporations, but would not authorize abridging freedom of the press. Failed (60 votes required): Sept. 11, A yea vote is a Senate Vote Passage of S. 2280, a bill to approve the Keystone Pipeline. A bill which would authorizes TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline and cross-border facilities. While creating some jobs in the short term, the long-term costs could be enormous. The pipeline would traverse highly sensitive terrain, risking oil spills that could endanger the environment, drinking water, public health, and the economy of several mid-western states. Moreover, it is estimated that extraction of oil and gas from oil sands in Canada would generate 17% more greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional extraction methods. Rejected 59-41: Nov. 18, A nay vote is a Senate Vote Cloture on S U.S. Freedom Act of Sen. Leahy (D-VT) bill to rein in NSA, limit access to phone metadata, and allow participation of privacy advocates in FISA Court hearings. It would also require the DOJ Inspector General to audit the effectiveness and usefulness of FISA authority, and its protection of constitutional rights. Rejected (60 votes required): Nov. 18, A yea vote is a H.R. Senate Vote Motion to Refer the House Message on H.R to the Committee on Armed Services with Instructions, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), thus weakening the ACA. Failed 82-18: Dec. 12, A nay vote is a Senate Vote Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 83, the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, To require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of energy action plans aimed at promoting access to affordable, reliable energy, including increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for other purposes. Passed 77-19: Dec. 13, A nay vote is a Senate Vote 355. Cloture on nomination of Vivek Hallegere Murthy to be Surgeon General. Nominated by the President on January 6, 2014, and reported favorably by Committee in February, the gun lobby blocked Senate action for almost a whole year because Dr. Murthy stated that guns were a public health issue. Passed 51-43: Dec. 15, A yea vote is a Senate Vote Passage of H.R Tax Increase Prevention Act of Extended many pro-corporations, costly special tax provisions like accelerated depreciation and race horse deductions that should expire. Passed 76-16, Dec. 16, A nay vote is a +. Key to Voting Record + Voted with ADA - Did not vote with ADA P Voted Present X Did not vote S Speaker s privilege I Ineligible vote or not in office * Deceased

20 United States Senate ADA Position Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N Y Y Y Y N Y N N Y N % ALABAMA Sessions, J. (R) X 5% Shelby (R) % ALASKA Begich (D) X % Murkowski (R) X X X % ARIZONA Flake (R) % McCain (R) X % ARKANSAS Boozman (R) X X % Pryor (D) X % CALIFORNIA Boxer (D) X X 85% Feinstein (D) X % COLORADO Bennet (D) % Udall, Mark (D) % CONNECTICUT Blumenthal (D) % Murphy, C. (D) % DELAWARE Carper (D) % Coons (D) % FLORIDA Nelson (D) % Rubio (R) X - 5% GEORGIA Chambliss (R) - X X X X 0% Isakson (R) % HAWAII Hirono (D) % Schatz (D) X X X X X X % IDAHO Crapo (R) % Risch (R) % ILLINOIS Durbin (D) % Kirk (R) X 25%