Congressional Scorecard for the 112 th Congress

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1 SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNCIL Congressional Scorecard for the 112 th Congress How Members of Congress Voted on Key Small Business Issues October 2012 Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council 301 Maple Avenue West Suite 690 Vienna, VA Telephone: Fax:

2 It seems like all Members of Congress love entrepreneurship and small businesses. At least, that s what they say. For example, in November 2011, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) issued a statement about Small Business Saturday, in part, saying: Small businesses in Nevada and across the country play an important role in our economy spurring innovation, growth, and job creation. Their success is key to our economic recovery, so we must do everything possible to support small businesses as they hire local workers and contribute to local economies. In a July 2012, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) noted: I ve run a small business. I know the headaches and obstacles facing job creators. And I m reminded every day that Washington isn t helping. At a recent listening session in Hamilton with small business leaders, the common theme I heard was: get government out of our way. That s why the House of Representatives is going to continue focusing on stopping government policies that are hurting small businesses. Of course, small business matters to our economy. Indeed, when it comes to innovation, economic growth and job creation, smaller businesses are central. As reported by the Small Business Administration s Office of Advocacy, small firms (with fewer than 500 employees) generate roughly two-thirds of net new jobs; employ about half of private sector workers; generate 46 percent of privatesector output; make up 98 percent of exporters; generate more than 33 percent of export value; and among high patenting firms, small businesses produce 16 times more patents per employee than large firms. But does pro-small business rhetoric among Members of Congress line up with pro-small business policymaking? In fact, and unfortunately, at times, actual votes often turn out to be far less friendly to small business. The purpose of SBE Council s Congressional Scorecard for the 112 th Congress is to get beyond the politics and posturing, and gauge exactly how members of Congress vote on issues critical to small businesses. For the 112 th Congress, SBE Council has scored members of the U.S. Senate on 20 key votes, and members of the U.S. House of Representatives on 20 votes as well. The very best and worst are worth highlighting from both the Senate and the House. U.S. senators that were the very best i.e., scoring 100 percent for small business in the 112 th Congress were:

3 Senate s 100% Pro-Small Business Voters Senator State Alexander TN Ayotte NH Barrasso WY Burr NC Chambliss GA Crapo ID Enzi WY Graham SC Hatch UT Hoeven ND Inhofe OK Isakson GA Johanns NE Kirk IL Kyl AZ Lugar IN McConnell KY Portman OH Risch ID Roberts KS Rubio FL Toomey PA

4 And U.S. representatives that were the very best i.e., scoring 100 percent for small business in the 112 th Congress were: House of Representative s 100% Pro-Small Business Voters House Adams Alexander Amodei Austria Bachus Barletta Barton Berg Biggert Black Blackburn Bonner Bono Mack Boustany Brady Buchanan Bucshon Calvert Camp Campbell Canseco Cantor Capito Carter Cassidy Chabot Cole Conaway State FL LA NV OH AL PA TX ND IL TN TN AL CA LA TX FL IN CA MI CA TX VA WV TX LA OH OK TX

5 Crawford AR Crenshaw FL Culberson TX Dent PA DesJarlais TN Diaz-Balart FL Dreier CA Duffy WI Farenthold TX Fincher TN Fleischmann TN Fleming LA Flores TX Forbes VA Frelinghuysen NJ Gallegly CA Gardner CO Gerlach PA Gibbs OH Gingrey GA Goodlatte VA Granger TX Graves MO Griffin AR Guinta NH Guthrie KY Hall TX Hanna NY Harper MS Harris MD Hastings WA Heck NV Hensarling TX

6 Herger CA Herrera Beutler WA Huizenga MI Issa CA Jenkins KS Johnson OH Johnson, Sam TX Jordan OH Kelly PA King NY Kinzinger IL Kline MN Labrador ID Lance NJ Lankford OK Latham IA Latta OH Lewis CA Long MO Lucas OK Luetkemeyer MO Marino PA McCarthy CA McCaul TX McKeon CA McMorris Rodgers WA Mica FL Miller MI Miller, Gary CA Murphy PA Neugebauer TX Noem SD Nugent FL

7 Nunes CA Olson TX Palazzo MS Paulsen MN Pence IN Pitts PA Platts PA Poe TX Pompeo KS Price GA Quayle AZ Reed NY Reichert WA Renacci OH Ribble WI Rigell VA Rivera FL Roby AL Roe TN Rogers AL Rogers KY Rogers MI Rokita IN Rooney FL Ros-Lehtinen FL Roskam IL Ross FL Runyan NJ Ryan WI Scalise LA Schmidt OH Schweikert AZ Scott SC

8 Sessions Shimkus Shuster Simpson Smith Stivers Stutzman Sullivan Thornberry Tiberi Tipton Upton Walberg Walden Walsh Westmoreland Whitfield Wittman Womack Woodall Yoder Young TX IL PA ID TX OH IN OK TX OH CO MI MI OR IL GA KY VA AR GA KS IN During the 2012 Congress, only one member came in with a 0 percent, completely anti-small business voting record: House of Representative s 0% Anti-Small Business Voters House Kucinich State OH

9 Based on individual scores for all House members and senators (with a sufficient number of votes), which states had the most pro-business and the most anti-business congressional representation? States Ranked by Average Score of Senators and Representatives

10 U.S. Senate Votes for 112 th Congress ( ) Member State Akaka HI + + Alexander TN Ayotte NH Barrasso WY Baucus MT Begich AK Bennet CO Bingaman NM Blumenthal CT Blunt MO Boozman AR Boxer CA Brown OH Brown MA Burr NC Cantwell WA Cardin MD Carper DE Casey PA Chambliss GA Coats IN Coburn OK NV NV NV Cochran MS Collins ME Conrad ND Coons DE Corker TN Cornyn TX

11 Crapo ID DeMint SC Durbin IL Enzi WY Feinstein CA Franken MN Gillibrand NY Graham SC Grassley IA Hagan NC Harkin IA + Hatch UT Heller NV NA NA NA NA Hoeven ND Hutchison TX Inhofe OK Inouye HI Isakson GA Johanns NE Johnson SD Johnson WI Kerry MA Kirk IL Klobuchar MN Kohl WI Kyl AZ Landrieu LA Lautenberg NJ Leahy VT NV Lee UT Levin MI + + +

12 Lieberman CT NV NV Lugar IN Manchin WV McCain AZ McCaskill MO McConnell KY Menendez NJ Merkley OR Mikulski MD + + Moran KS Murkowski AK Murray WA Nelson FL Nelson NE Paul KY Portman OH Pryor AR Reed RI + + Reid NV + Risch ID + + NV Roberts KS Rockefeller WV + + NV Rubio FL NV Sanders VT + NV Schumer NY Sessions AL Shaheen NH Shelby AL Snowe ME Stabenow MI Tester MT

13 Thune SD Toomey PA Udall CO Udall NM Vitter LA Warner VA NV NV Webb VA Whitehouse RI + + Wicker MS Wyden OR Member State Score Akaka HI Alexander TN Ayotte NH Barrasso WY Baucus MT Begich AK Bennet CO Bingaman NM Blumenthal CT + 20 Blunt MO Boozman AR Boxer CA + 20 Brown OH + 20 Brown MA Burr NC Cantwell WA Cardin MD + 25 Carper DE

14 Casey PA Chambliss GA Coats IN Coburn OK Cochran MS Collins ME Conrad ND Coons DE Corker TN Cornyn TX Crapo ID DeMint SC Durbin IL Enzi WY Feinstein CA + 35 Franken MN + 20 Gillibrand NY Graham SC Grassley IA Hagan NC + NV Harkin IA Hatch UT Heller NV NV 93 Hoeven ND Hutchison TX Inhofe OK Inouye HI + NV NV + 28 Isakson GA Johanns NE Johnson SD Johnson WI

15 Kerry MA Kirk IL NV NV NV NV NV 100 Klobuchar MN Kohl WI Kyl AZ Landrieu LA NV 58 Lautenberg NJ Leahy VT + 21 Lee UT Levin MI + 20 Lieberman CT Lugar IN Manchin WV McCain AZ + NV NV McCaskill MO McConnell KY Menendez NJ Merkley OR + 20 Mikulski MD Moran KS Murkowski AK NV 89 Murray WA Nelson FL Nelson NE Paul KY Portman OH Pryor AR Reed RI + 15 Reid NV Risch ID Roberts KS

16 Rockefeller WV + 16 Rubio FL Sanders VT + 11 Schumer NY Sessions AL + + NV Shaheen NH Shelby AL Snowe ME + P Stabenow MI Tester MT Thune SD NV Toomey PA Udall CO Udall NM + 25 Vitter LA Warner VA Webb VA Whitehouse RI + 15 Wicker MS NV 95 Wyden OR Key: + pro-small business vote - anti-small business vote NV not voting NA not applicable Senate Votes 1. Amdt 9 to S.223. To repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements for payments of $600 or more to corporations, and for other purposes. Pro-small business vote was yea. 3/5 vote needed. February 2, Roll Call 8: 81 yea, 17 nay. 2. Amdt 13 to S.223. To repeal the job-killing health care law and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of Pro-small business vote was yea. 3/5 vote needed. February 2, Roll Call 9: 47 yea, 51 nay. 3. HR 4. Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of Pro-small business vote was yea. April 5, Roll Call 49: 87 yea, 12 nay.

17 4. Amdt 183 to S.493. To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating any regulation concerning, taking action relating to, or taking into consideration the emission of a greenhouse gas to address climate change. Pro-small business vote was yea. 3/5 vote needed. April 6, Roll Call 54: 50 yea, 50 nay. 5. S.940. On the motion to proceed with bill that would increase taxes on oil and gas companies. Pro-small business vote was nay. 3/5 vote needed. May 17, Roll Call 72: 52 yea, 48, nay. 6. Amdt 390 to S.782. To reform the regulatory process to ensure that small businesses are free to compete and to create jobs, and for other purposes. Pro-small business vote was yea. 3/5 vote needed. June 9, Roll Call 87: 53 yea, 46 nay. 7. HR American Invents Act patent reform. Pro-small business vote was yea. September 8, Roll Call 129: 89 yea, 9 nay. 8. HR United States-Korea Trade Agreement. Pro-small business vote was yea. October 12, Roll Call 161: 83 yea, 15 nay. 9. HR United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act. Pro-small business vote was yea. October 12, Roll Call 162: 77 yea, 22 nay. 10. HR United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement. Pro-small business vote was yea. October 12, Roll Call 163: 66 yea, 33 nay. 11. Amdt 769 to Amdt 738 to HR To prohibit the Food and Drug Administration from preventing an individual not in the business of importing a prescription drug from importing an FDA-approved prescription drug from Canada. Pro-small business vote was nay. 3/5 vote needed. October 20, Roll Call 172: 45 yea, 55 nay. 12. Motion to Proceed to Consider S A bill to facilitate job creation by reducing regulatory uncertainty, providing for rational evaluation of regulations, providing flexibilities to States and localities, providing for infrastructure spending, and for other purposes. Pro-small business vote was yea. 3/5 vote needed. November 3, Roll Call 196: 47 yea, 53 nay. 13. S.J. Res. 6. A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices. Pro-small business was yea. November 10, Roll Call 200: 46 yea, 52 nay. 14. HR 674. Repeal 3% Withholding Tax. Pro-small business vote was yea. November 10, Roll Call 204: 95 yea, 0 nay. 15. S.J. Res 10. Balanced budget amendment with 18% cap on spending as share of GDP. Pro-small business vote was yea. 2/3 vote needed. December 14, Roll Call 229: 47 yea, 53 nay. 16. Amdt 1537 to S To approve the Keystone XL pipeline project and provide for environmental protection and government oversight. Pro-small business vote was yea. 3/5 vote needed. March 8, Roll Call 34: 56 yea, 42 nay. 17. Amdt 1884 to HR Amendment would unnecessarily restrict the potential of crowdfund investing. Pro-small business was nay. March 22, Roll Call 54: 64 yea, 35 nay. 18. HR Jumpstart Our Business Startups. Pro-small business vote was yea. March 22, Roll Call 55: 73 yea, 26 nay.

18 19. S.3220 Cloture vote on Paycheck Fairness Act. Pro-small business vote was nay. 3/5 vote needed. June 5, Roll Call 115: 52 yea, 47 nay. 20. S.3369 Cloture vote on bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities, and for other purposes. Pro-small business vote was nay. 3/5 vote needed. July 16, Roll Call 179: 51 yea, 44 nay. U.S. House of Representatives Votes for 112 th Congress ( ) Member State Ackerman NY NV - + Adams FL Aderholt AL Akin MO Alexander LA Altmire PA Amash MI Amodei NV NA NA NA Andrews NJ Austria OH NV NV Baca CA Bachmann MN + + NV NV NV NV Bachus AL Baldwin WI Barletta PA NV Barrow GA Bartlett MD Barton TX Bass CA Bass NH Becerra CA

19 Benishek MI Berg ND + + NV Berkley NV Berman CA Biggert IL Bilbray CA Bilirakis FL Bishop GA Bishop NY Bishop UT Black TN Blackburn TN Blumenauer OR Boehner OH + NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Bonamici OR NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Na NA NA Bonner AL Bono Mack CA Boren OK Boswell IA Boustany LA Brady PA Brady TX Braley IA Brooks AL Broun GA Brown FL Buchanan FL Bucshon IN Buerkle NY Burgess TX Burton IN

20 Butterfield NC Calvert CA Camp MI Campbell CA Canseco TX Cantor VA Capito WV Capps CA Capuano MA - + NV + Cardoza CA Carnahan MO Carney DE Carson IN Carter TX Cassidy LA Castor FL Chabot OH Chaffetz UT Chandler KY Chu CA Cicilline RI Clarke MI Clarke NY Clay MO Cleaver MO Clyburn SC Coble NC Coffman CO Cohen TN Cole OK Conaway TX

21 Connolly VA Conyers MI Cooper TN Costa CA Costello IL Courtney CT Cravaack MN Crawford AR Crenshaw FL Critz PA Crowley NY Cuellar TX Culberson TX Cummings MD Davis CA Davis IL Davis KY DeFazio OR DeGette CO DeLauro CT Denham CA Dent PA DesJarlais TN Deutch FL Diaz Balart FL Dicks WA Dingell MI Doggett TX Dold IL Donnelly IN Doyle PA

22 Dreier CA Duffy WI Duncan SC Duncan TN Edwards MD - + Ellison MN Ellmers NC Emerson MO Engel NY Eshoo CA Farenthold TX Farr CA Fattah PA Filner CA - + NV NV Fincher TN Fitzpatrick PA Flake AZ Fleischmann TN Fleming LA Flores TX Forbes VA Fortenberry NE Foxx NC Frank MA Franks AZ Frelinghuysen NJ Fudge OH Gallegly CA Garamendi CA - + NV + Gardner CO Garrett NJ

23 Gerlach PA Gibbs OH Gibson NY Gingrey GA + + NV Gohmert TX Gonzalez TX Goodlatte VA Gosar AZ Gowdy SC Granger TX Graves GA Graves MO Green, Al TX Green, Gene TX Griffin AR Griffith VA Grijalva AZ Grimm NY NV + + Guinta NH Guthrie KY Gutierrez IL Hahn CA NA NA NA Hall TX Hanabusa HI Hanna NY + NV Harper MS Harris MD Hartzler FL Hastings FL Hastings WA Hayworth NY

24 Heck NV Heinrich NM Hensarling TX Herger CA Herrera Beutler WA Higgins NY Himes CT Hinchey NY - NV + + Hinojosa TX - NV Hirono HI Hochul NY NA NA Holden PA - + NV Holt NJ Honda CA Hoyer MD Huelskamp KS Huizenga MI Hultgren IL Hunter CA Hurt VA Inslee WA Israel NY Issa CA NV NV Jackson IL Jackson Lee TX Jenkins KS Johnson GA Johnson IL NV + + Johnson OH Johnson, E. B. TX Johnson, Sam TX

25 Jones NC Jordan OH + NV Kaptur OH Keating MA Kelly PA Kildee MI Kind WI King IA King NY Kingston GA Kinzinger IL Kissell NC Kline MN Kucinich OH - Labrador ID Lamborn CO Lance NJ Landry LA Langevin RI Lankford OK Larsen WA Larson CT Latham IA LaTourette OH Latta OH Lee (CA) CA Levin MI Lewis CA Lewis GA - + NV + + Lipinski IL LoBiondo NJ

26 Loebsack IA Lofgren, Zoe CA Long MO Lowey NY Lucas OK Luetkemeyer MO Luján NM Lummis WY Lungren CA Lynch MA Mack FL Maloney NY Manzullo IL Marchant TX Marino PA NV Markey MA - + Matheson UT Matsui CA McCarthy CA McCarthy NY McCaul TX McClintock CA McCollum MN McCotter MI McDermott WA McGovern MA McHenry NC McIntyre NC McKeon CA McKinley WV McMorris WA

27 Rodgers McNerney CA Meehan PA Meeks NY - NV Mica FL Michaud ME Miller FL Miller MI Miller NC Miller, Gary CA NV + + Miller, George CA Moore WI Moran VA Mulvaney SC Murphy CT NV NV Murphy PA Myrick NC Nadler NY - + NV Napolitano CA - NV Neal MA Neugebauer TX Noem SD Nugent FL Nunes CA Nunnelee MS Olson TX Olver MA Owens NY Palazzo MS Pallone NJ Pascrell NJ

28 Pastor AZ Paul TX NV NV NV Paulsen MN Payne NJ Pearce NM Pelosi CA Pence IN Perlmutter CO Peters MI Peterson MN Petri WI Pingree ME Pitts PA + + NV Platts PA Poe TX Polis CO - NV NV + + Pompeo KS Posey FL Price GA Price NC Quayle AZ Quigley IL Rahall WV Rangel NY - NV Reed NY Rehberg MT Reichert WA Renacci OH Reyes TX Ribble WI Richardson CA

29 Richmond LA Rigell VA Rivera FL Roby AL Roe TN Rogers AL Rogers KY Rogers MI Rohrabacher CA Rokita IN Rooney FL Ros Lehtinen FL Roskam IL Ross AR Ross FL Rothman NJ Roybal Allard CA Royce CA Runyan NJ Ruppersberger MD NV NV Rush IL Ryan OH Ryan WI Sánchez, Linda T. CA - NV Sanchez, Loretta CA Sarbanes MD Scalise LA Schakowsky IL - + Schiff CA Schilling IL Schmidt OH

30 Schock IL Schrader OR Schwartz PA Schweikert AZ Scott SC Scott VA Scott, Austin GA Scott, David GA Sensenbrenner WI Serrano NY Sessions TX Sewell AL Sherman CA Shimkus IL Shuler NC Shuster PA Simpson ID Sires NJ Slaughter NY - + NV NV NV Smith NE Smith NJ Smith TX Smith WA Southerland FL Speier CA - NV Stark CA Stearns FL Stivers OH + + NV Stutzman IN Sullivan OK Sutton OH

31 Terry NE Thompson CA Thompson MS Thompson PA Thornberry TX Tiberi OH Tierney MA Tipton CO Tonko NY Towns NY Tsongas MA Turner OH Turner NY Upton MI Van Hollen MD Velázquez NY Visclosky IN - + NV NV Walberg MI Walden OR Walsh IL Walz MN Wasserman Schultz FL NV Waters CA Watt NC Waxman CA - NV Webster FL + + NV Welch VT West FL Westmoreland GA Whitfield KY

32 Wilson FL - + NV NV NV NV + NV Wilson SC Wittman VA Wolf VA Womack AR Woodall GA NV + + Woolsey CA Yarmuth KY Yoder KS Young AK NV + + Young FL Young IN Member State Score Ackerman NY NV Adams FL Aderholt AL Akin MO NV NV + + NV NV NV 93 Alexander LA Altmire PA Amash MI Amodei NV Andrews NJ + 25 Austria OH Baca CA NV 26 Bachmann MN NV NV Bachus AL Baldwin WI + NV 21 Barletta PA Barrow GA

33 Bartlett MD Barton TX Bass CA NV 21 Bass NH Becerra CA 30 Benishek MI Berg ND Berkley NV + 30 Berman CA + 40 Biggert IL Bilbray CA NV Bilirakis FL NV Bishop GA Bishop NY + + NV 37 Bishop UT Black TN NV 100 Blackburn TN Blumenauer OR + NV 37 Boehner OH NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA * Bonamici OR NA NA + 13 Bonner AL + + NV NV Bono Mack CA Boren OK Boswell IA Boustany LA Brady PA + 20 Brady TX Braley IA NV + 32 Brooks AL Broun GA Brown FL + 25

34 Buchanan FL Bucshon IN Buerkle NY Burgess TX Burton IN Butterfield NC + 25 Calvert CA Camp MI Campbell CA NV 100 Canseco TX Cantor VA Capito WV Capps CA + 25 Capuano MA 11 Cardoza CA + NV + NV NV NV NV 60 Carnahan MO NV + 32 Carney DE + 40 Carson IN + 25 Carter TX Cassidy LA Castor FL NV + 47 Chabot OH Chaffetz UT Chandler KY Chu CA + 25 Cicilline RI + 30 Clarke MI + 20 Clarke NY + NV 21 Clay MO + 25 Cleaver MO + 25 Clyburn SC + 35

35 Coble NC NV NV Coffman (CO) CO NV Cohen TN + NV 32 Cole OK Conaway TX Connolly VA Conyers MI 15 Cooper TN + 50 Costa CA Costello IL Courtney CT + 30 Cravaack MN Crawford AR Crenshaw FL Critz PA Crowley NY + 40 Cuellar TX Culberson TX + + NV NV Cummings MD + 20 Davis CA Davis IL NV NV 28 Davis KY NA NA 94 DeFazio OR DeGette CO + 30 DeLauro CT + 25 Denham CA Dent PA DesJarlais TN Deutch FL + 25 Diaz Balart FL + NV + NV Dicks WA + 40

36 Dingell MI NV 11 Doggett TX + 30 Dold IL Donnelly IN Doyle PA + 25 Dreier CA Duffy WI Duncan SC Duncan TN + + NV Edwards MD 5 Ellison MN Ellmers NC Emerson MO NV Engel NY + 35 Eshoo CA + 30 Farenthold TX Farr CA + 30 Fattah PA + 30 Filner CA NV NV NV NV 7 Fincher TN Fitzpatrick PA Flake AZ Fleischmann TN NV 100 Fleming LA Flores TX NV Forbes VA Fortenberry NE Foxx NC Frank MA + 25 Franks AZ Frelinghuysen NJ