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Barack Obama(D-IL)

Obama's Middle-Class Grades

2008 Final grade to be released 03.2009

2007

2005

2008 Year to Date Score

Voted on 5 of 12 bills considered.

First took office: 2005

Term ends: 2011

indicates votes that count toward the final grade. See the Grade Release FAQ for more information.

Voting Record

Bill	Vote	Supportive of the Middle Class?
H.R. 5715 Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008 TOPICS: College tuition, Community college, Debt & Bankruptcy, Education, Saving for college, Student loans	YEA
S.AMDT. 4388 TO H.R. 3221 Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Amendment of 2008 TOPICS: Consumers, Debt & Bankruptcy, Housing, Mortgage lending, Personal bankruptcy	—	—
S.AMDT. 4191 TO S.CON.RES. 70 Amendment To Protect Small Businesses, Family Ranches, and Farms from the Death Tax of 2008 TOPICS: Estate tax, Tax Fairness	NAY
S.AMDT. 4196 TO S.CON.RES. 70 Amendment To Avoid Subjecting Thousands of Families, Family Businesses, and Family Farms and Ranches to the Estate Tax of 2008 TOPICS: Estate tax, Tax Fairness	YEA
S.AMDT. 3983 TO H.R. 5140 Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 TOPICS: Coal, Economic stimulus, Heating fuel, Renewable fuels, Social Security, Unemployment, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
H.R. 5140 Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act of 2008 TOPICS: Consumers, Corporate taxes, Economic stimulus, Mortgage lending, Tax cuts, Tax Fairness, Workplace & Job Creation	—	—
S.AMDT. 3907 TO S. 2248 Amendment To Strike Retroactive Immunity From Intelligence Legislation of 2008 TOPICS: Civil Justice, Corporate Accountability, Government Accountability, Legal immunity	YEA
H.R. 4040 Consumer Product Safety Commission Reform Act of 2008 TOPICS: Capping damages, Consumers, Product liability	—	—
H.R. 3963 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 [Revised bill] TOPICS: Health Care, Medicaid, Sales taxes, SCHIP	—	—
H.R. 3221 Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 [Revised Bill] TOPICS: Consumers, Corporate taxes, Global warming, Housing, Income taxes, Mortgage lending, Property taxes, Renewable fuels, Tax cuts	—	—
H.R. 3221 Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 TOPICS: Debt & Bankruptcy, Economic stimulus, Housing, Mortgage lending, Personal bankruptcy	—	—
H.R. 493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 TOPICS: Civil Justice, Employment discrimination, Health Care, Job training	—	—


H.R. 3996 Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007 TOPICS: Alternative minimum tax, Child tax credit, College tuition, Corporate taxes, Income taxes, Mortgage lending, Pay-go, Tax cuts, Tax Fairness	—	—
S. 2205 Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act of 2007 TOPICS: College tuition, DREAM Act, Immigration, Path to citizenship	YEA
H.R. 3688 United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act of 2007 TOPICS: Consumers, Food safety, Outsourcing, Trade agreement, Workplace & Job Creation	—	—
H.R. 3580 FDA Amendments Act of 2007 TOPICS: Consumers, Corporate Accountability, Deceptive advertising and marketing, Drug safety, Food safety, Health Care, Prescription drugs	YEA
H.R. 2831 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007 TOPICS: Civil Justice, Employment discrimination, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
H.R. 2669 College Cost Reduction Act of 2007 TOPICS: College tuition, Education, Pell Grants, Saving for college, Student loans	—	—
S.AMDT. 1157 TO S. 1348 Amendment to Remove Legalization Provisions from the Immigration Bill of 2007 TOPICS: Agricultural labor, Border enforcement, Comprehensive immigration reform, Earned legalization, Immigration, Mass deportation, Path to citizenship	NAY
S.AMDT. 578 TO S.CON.RES. 21 Estate Tax Repeal Amendment of 2007 TOPICS: Estate tax, Tax Fairness	NAY
H.R. 1429 Improving Head Start Act of 2007 TOPICS: Education, Head Start, Preschool	YEA
H.R. 976 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 TOPICS: Health Care, Medicaid, Sales taxes, SCHIP	—	—
H.R. 800 Employee Free Choice Act of 2007 TOPICS: Right to organize, Unions, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
H.R. 6 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 TOPICS: Coal, Consumers, Corporate taxes, Efficient technology, Energy & Environment, Energy conservation, Global warming, Green buildings, Green jobs, Heating fuel, Job training, Oil, Pollution, Renewable fuels, Tax cuts, Utilities	YEA
H.R. 2 Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 TOPICS: Minimum wage, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
S. 3 Medicare Fair Prescription Drug Price Act of 2007 TOPICS: Health Care, HMOs and insurance companies, Medicare, Prescription drugs	YEA

2005
	S. 1932 Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Senate vote) TOPICS: Education, Health Care, Medicaid, Medicare, Pension plans, Retirement Security, Student loans, TANF	NAY
	H.R. 3045 Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 2005 TOPICS: Outsourcing, Trade agreement, Workplace & Job Creation	NAY
	H.R. 6 Energy Policy Act of 2005 TOPICS: Coal, Corporate taxes, Efficient technology, Energy & Environment, Energy conservation, Global warming, Natural gas, Oil, Pollution, Public infrastructure, Renewable fuels	YEA
	S.AMDT. 214 TO S.CON.RES. 18 Amendment on Negotiating Medicare Drug Prices of 2005 TOPICS: Health Care, Medicare, Prescription drugs	YEA
	S.AMDT. 145 TO S.CON.RES. 18 Sense of the Senate in Support of Social Security of 2005 TOPICS: Retirement Security, Social Security	YEA
	S.AMDT. 44 TO S. 256 Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2005 TOPICS: Minimum wage, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
	S. 256 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention And Consumer Protection Act Of 2005 TOPICS: Debt & Bankruptcy, Personal bankruptcy	NAY
	S. 5 Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 TOPICS: Civil Justice, Class action lawsuits, Corporate Accountability, Product liability	YEA

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