House

Bobby Jindal(R-LA)

Jindal's Middle-Class Grades

2007

Grade INC

2006

Grade F

2005

Grade F

Bobby Jindal(R-LA)

First took office: 2005

Term ended: 2008

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Voting Record

2007	Bill	Vote	Supportive of the Middle Class?
	H.R. 4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act of 2007 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. 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	—	—
	H.R. 2895 Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2007 TOPICS: Affordable Housing Trust Fund, Downpayment assistance, Housing, Mortgage lending	—	—
	H.R. 2831 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007 TOPICS: Civil Justice, Employment discrimination, Workplace & Job Creation	NAY
	H.R. 2669 College Cost Reduction Act of 2007 TOPICS: College tuition, Education, Pell Grants, Saving for college, Student loans	—	—
	H.R. 1429 Improving Head Start Act of 2007 TOPICS: Education, Head Start, Preschool	YEA
	H.R. 1362 Accountability in Contracting Act of 2007 TOPICS: Contracting, Government Accountability	YEA
	H.R. 1257 Shareholder Vote on Executive Compensation Act of 2007 TOPICS: Corporate Accountability, Executive compensation, Shareholder rights	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	NAY
	H.R. 6 CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 TOPICS: Corporate taxes, Efficient technology, Energy & Environment, Global warming, Green buildings, Oil, Renewable fuels	NAY
	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	—	—
	H.R. 2 Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 TOPICS: Minimum wage, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
	H.R. 4 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 TOPICS: Health Care, HMOs and insurance companies, Medicare, Prescription drugs	NAY

2006
	H.R. 6061 Secure Fence Act of 2006 TOPICS: Border enforcement, Immigration	YEA
	H.R. 5970 Vote To Raise the Minimum Wage without Cutting Estate Taxes of 2006 TOPICS: Estate tax, Minimum wage, Sales taxes, Tax Fairness, Workplace & Job Creation	NAY
	H.R. 5684 United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 2006 TOPICS: Civil Justice, Consumers, Corporate Accountability, Outsourcing, Patents, Trade agreement, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
	H.R. 5638 Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act of 2006 TOPICS: Estate tax, Tax Fairness	YEA
	H.R. 9 Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 TOPICS: Civil Justice, Government Accountability, Voting	YEA
	H.AMDT. 772 TO H.R. 609 Reverse the Raid on Student Aid Act of 2006 TOPICS: College tuition, Education, Pell Grants, Student loans	NAY
	H.R. 4844 Federal Election Integrity Act of 2006 TOPICS: Government Accountability, Identification cards, Immigration, Voting	YEA
	H.R. 4772 Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2006 TOPICS: Civil Justice, Corporate Accountability, Energy & Environment	YEA

2005
	H.RES. 653 Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (House vote) TOPICS: Medicaid, Medicare, Pension plans, Student loans, TANF	YEA
	H.R. 4437 Border Protection, Antiterrorism, And Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 TOPICS: Border enforcement, Employer sanctions, Identification cards, Immigration, Mass deportation	YEA
	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
	H.R. 8 Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005 TOPICS: Estate tax, Tax Fairness	YEA
	H.R. 525 Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2005 TOPICS: Association health plans, Health Care, HMOs and insurance companies	YEA
	S. 256 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention And Consumer Protection Act Of 2005 TOPICS: Debt & Bankruptcy, Personal bankruptcy	YEA
	S. 5 Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 TOPICS: Civil Justice, Class action lawsuits, Corporate Accountability, Product liability	YEA

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