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Bill Foster(D-IL)

Foster's Middle-Class Grades

2009 Final grade to be released 03.2010

2008

2009 Year to Date Score

Voted on 25 of 25 bills considered.

First took office: 2008

Term ends: 2011

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

Voting Record

2009	Bill	Vote	Supportive of the Middle Class?
	H.AMDT. 534 TO H.R. 4173 Amendment #534 (Mortgage “Cramdown” Amendment) to Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 TOPICS: Consumers, Debt & Bankruptcy, Housing, Mortgage lending, Personal bankruptcy	YEA
	H.R. 4173 Wall Street Accountability and Consumer Protection Act TOPICS: Consumers, Corporate Accountability, Corporate bankruptcy, Corporate taxes, Credit cards, Debt & Bankruptcy, Deceptive advertising and marketing, Executive compensation, Financial literacy, Government Accountability, Housing, Mortgage lending, Payday loans, Personal bankruptcy, Refund Anticipation Loans, Shareholder rights, Student loans, Tax Fairness	YEA
	H.R. 4154 Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers, and Small Businesses Act of 2009 TOPICS: Estate tax, Tax Fairness	YEA
	H.R. 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act of 2009 TOPICS: Consumers, Corporate Accountability, Health Care, HMOs and insurance companies, Hospitals, Medicaid, Medical research, Medicare, Prescription drugs, Public health, SCHIP, Tax Fairness, Universal health care	YEA
	H.R. 3639 Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 TOPICS: Consumers, Credit cards, Debt & Bankruptcy	YEA
	H.R. 3548 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009 TOPICS: Layoffs, Unemployment, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
	H.R. 3548 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009 - House Version TOPICS: Economic stimulus, Unemployment, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
	H.R. 3269 Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009 TOPICS: Corporate Accountability, Executive compensation, Shareholder rights	YEA
	H.R. 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 TOPICS: College tuition, Community college, Debt & Bankruptcy, Education, Job training, Pell Grants, Preschool, Student loans	YEA
	H.R. 2847 Jobs for Main Street Act of 2009 TOPICS: Affordable Housing Trust Fund, Child care, Community college, Economic stimulus, Education, Efficient technology, Elementary school, Energy & Environment, Government Accountability, Green buildings, Green jobs, Health Care, High school, Housing, Job training, Layoffs, Medicaid, Middle school, Public employment, Public housing, Public infrastructure, Teachers, Unemployment, Workplace & Job Creation	NAY
	H.R. 2749 Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 TOPICS: Civil Justice, Consumers, Food safety	YEA
	H.R. 2454 American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 TOPICS: Consumers, Education, Efficient technology, Energy & Environment, Energy conservation, Global warming, Green buildings, Green jobs, Job training, Pollution, Renewable fuels	NAY
	H.R. 1728 Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2009 TOPICS: Consumers, Debt & Bankruptcy, Housing, Mortgage lending	YEA
	H.R. 1664 Pay for Performance Act of 2009 TOPICS: Corporate Accountability, Executive compensation	YEA
	H.R. 1586 A Bill To Impose An Additional Tax On Bonuses Received From TARP Recipients of 2009 TOPICS: Corporate Accountability, Executive compensation, Tax Fairness	YEA
	H.R. 1106 Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009 TOPICS: Consumers, Debt & Bankruptcy, Housing, Mortgage lending, Personal bankruptcy	YEA
	H.R. 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Conference Report TOPICS: Alternative minimum tax, Child care, Child tax credit, College tuition, Consumers, Corporate Accountability, Earned income tax credit, Economic stimulus, Education, Efficient technology, Elementary school, Energy & Environment, Energy conservation, Executive compensation, Global warming, Government Accountability, Green buildings, Green jobs, Head Start, Health Care, High school, Housing, Income taxes, Medicaid, Medical research, Middle school, Pell Grants, Preschool, Public housing, Public infrastructure, Renewable fuels, Sales taxes, Shareholder rights, TANF, Tax cuts, Tax Fairness, Unemployment, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
	H.R. 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - House Version TOPICS: Child tax credit, College tuition, Consumers, Earned income tax credit, Economic stimulus, Education, Efficient technology, Elementary school, Energy & Environment, Energy conservation, Government Accountability, Green buildings, Green jobs, Head Start, Health Care, Heating fuel, High school, Housing, Income taxes, Job training, Medicaid, Medical research, Middle school, Pell Grants, Public housing, Public infrastructure, Renewable fuels, Student loans, TANF, Tax cuts, Tax Fairness, Unemployment, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
	H.R. 627 Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act of 2009 TOPICS: Consumers, Credit cards, Debt & Bankruptcy	YEA
	H.R. 626 Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2009 TOPICS: Family leave, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
	H.R. 627 Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights Act of 2009 TOPICS: Consumers, Credit cards, Debt & Bankruptcy	YEA
	H.R. 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 TOPICS: Health Care, Immigration, Medicaid, SCHIP	YEA
	S. 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 TOPICS: Civil Justice, Employment discrimination, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
	H.R. 12 Paycheck Fairness Act of 2009 TOPICS: Civil Justice, Class action lawsuits, Employment discrimination, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
	H.R. 11 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - House Version TOPICS: Civil Justice, Employment discrimination, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA


H.R. 7321 Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act of 2008 TOPICS: Consumers, Corporate Accountability, Debt & Bankruptcy, Efficient technology, Energy & Environment, Executive compensation, Layoffs, Unions, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
H.R. 6899 Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act of 2008 TOPICS: Coal, Consumers, Efficient technology, Energy & Environment, Energy conservation, Federal lands, Global warming, Government Accountability, Green buildings, Green jobs, Heating fuel, Housing, Natural gas, Oil, Pollution, Renewable fuels	YEA
H.R. 6867 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 TOPICS: Unemployment, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
H.R. 6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 TOPICS: Health Care, Medicare, Prescription drugs	YEA
H.R. 6275 Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008 TOPICS: Alternative minimum tax, Capital gains taxes, Child tax credit, Corporate taxes, Income taxes, Tax cuts, Tax Fairness	YEA
H.R. 6049 Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008 TOPICS: Child tax credit, Corporate taxes, Efficient technology, Energy & Environment, Energy conservation, Executive compensation, Global warming, Green buildings, Green jobs, Income taxes, Property taxes, Renewable fuels, Sales taxes, Tax Fairness	YEA
H.R. 6052 Saving Energy Through Public Transportation Act of 2008 TOPICS: Consumers, Energy & Environment, Government Accountability, Public infrastructure	YEA
H.R. 5818 Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008 TOPICS: Economic stimulus, Housing, Mortgage lending, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
H.R. 5749 Emergency Extended Unemployment Insurance Compensation Act of 2008 TOPICS: Unemployment, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
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
H.R. 5613 Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 TOPICS: Health Care, Hospitals, Medicaid, Public health	YEA
H.R. 5351 Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2008 TOPICS: Consumers, Corporate taxes, Efficient technology, Energy & Environment, Energy conservation, Global warming, Green buildings, Green jobs, Oil, Renewable fuels, Utilities	—	—
H.R. 5244 Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights Act of 2008 TOPICS: Consumers, Credit cards, Debt & Bankruptcy	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	—	—
H.R. 4137 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2008 TOPICS: College tuition, Education, Energy conservation, Pell Grants, Student loans	—	—
H.R. 4137 Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 TOPICS: College tuition, Consumers, Debt & Bankruptcy, Deceptive advertising and marketing, Education, Efficient technology, Energy & Environment, Pell Grants, Saving for college, Student loans	YEA
H.R. 4040 Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 TOPICS: Capping damages, Civil Justice, Consumers, Product liability	YEA
H.R. 3963 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2008 [Revised Bill] TOPICS: Health Care, Medicaid, SCHIP	—	—
H.R. 3548 Plain Language in Government Communications Act of 2008 TOPICS: Drug safety, Government Accountability, Prescription drugs	YEA
H.R. 3221 The American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 TOPICS: Affordable Housing Trust Fund, Consumers, Debt & Bankruptcy, Financial literacy, Housing, Mortgage lending, Property taxes, Tax Fairness	YEA
H.R. 2642 Amendment to the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2008 TOPICS: College tuition, Contracting, Drug safety, Education, Food safety, Government Accountability, Health Care, Heating fuel, Income taxes, Medicare, Public infrastructure, Tax Fairness, Unemployment, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
H.R. 1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 TOPICS: Employment discrimination, Health Care, Medical research	—	—
H.R. 1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 TOPICS: Alternative minimum tax, Child tax credit, Consumers, Corporate Accountability, Debt & Bankruptcy, Efficient technology, Energy & Environment, Energy conservation, Executive compensation, Green buildings, Home mortgage deduction, Housing, Mortgage lending, Natural gas, Personal bankruptcy, Pollution, Renewable fuels, Tax Fairness	YEA
H.R. 1338 Paycheck Fairness Act of 2008 TOPICS: Civil Justice, Class action lawsuits, Employment discrimination, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
H.R. 493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 TOPICS: Civil Justice, Employment discrimination, Health Care, Job training	YEA

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