House

Kenny Marchant(R-TX)

Marchant's Middle-Class Grades

2009 Final grade to be released 03.2010

2008

2007

2006

2005

2009 Year to Date Score

Voted on 24 of 25 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.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	NAY
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	NAY
H.R. 4154 Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers, and Small Businesses Act of 2009 TOPICS: Estate tax, Tax Fairness	NAY
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	NAY
H.R. 3639 Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 TOPICS: Consumers, Credit cards, Debt & Bankruptcy	NAY
H.R. 3548 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009 - House Version TOPICS: Economic stimulus, Unemployment, Workplace & Job Creation	NAY
H.R. 3548 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009 TOPICS: Layoffs, Unemployment, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
H.R. 3269 Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009 TOPICS: Corporate Accountability, Executive compensation, Shareholder rights	NAY
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	NAY
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	NAY
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	NAY
H.R. 1664 Pay for Performance Act of 2009 TOPICS: Corporate Accountability, Executive compensation	NAY
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	NAY
H.R. 1106 Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009 TOPICS: Consumers, Debt & Bankruptcy, Housing, Mortgage lending, Personal bankruptcy	NAY
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	NAY
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	NAY
H.R. 627 Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights Act of 2009 TOPICS: Consumers, Credit cards, Debt & Bankruptcy	NAY
H.R. 627 Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act of 2009 TOPICS: Consumers, Credit cards, Debt & Bankruptcy	NAY
H.R. 626 Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2009 TOPICS: Family leave, Workplace & Job Creation	—	—
H.R. 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 TOPICS: Health Care, Immigration, Medicaid, SCHIP	NAY
S. 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 TOPICS: Civil Justice, Employment discrimination, Workplace & Job Creation	NAY
H.R. 12 Paycheck Fairness Act of 2009 TOPICS: Civil Justice, Class action lawsuits, Employment discrimination, Workplace & Job Creation	NAY
H.R. 11 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - House Version TOPICS: Civil Justice, Employment discrimination, Workplace & Job Creation	NAY


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	NAY
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	NAY
H.R. 6867 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 TOPICS: Unemployment, Workplace & Job Creation	—	—
H.R. 6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 TOPICS: Health Care, Medicare, Prescription drugs	NAY
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	NAY
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	NAY
H.R. 6052 Saving Energy Through Public Transportation Act of 2008 TOPICS: Consumers, Energy & Environment, Government Accountability, Public infrastructure	NAY
H.R. 5818 Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008 TOPICS: Economic stimulus, Housing, Mortgage lending, Workplace & Job Creation	NAY
H.R. 5749 Emergency Extended Unemployment Insurance Compensation Act of 2008 TOPICS: Unemployment, Workplace & Job Creation	NAY
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	NAY
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	NAY
H.R. 5244 Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights Act of 2008 TOPICS: Consumers, Credit cards, Debt & Bankruptcy	NAY
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	YEA
H.R. 4137 College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2008 TOPICS: College tuition, Education, Energy conservation, Pell Grants, Student loans	YEA
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	NAY
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	NAY
H.R. 3548 Plain Language in Government Communications Act of 2008 TOPICS: Drug safety, Government Accountability, Prescription drugs	—	—
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	NAY
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	NAY
H.R. 1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 TOPICS: Employment discrimination, Health Care, Medical research	NAY
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	NAY
H.R. 1338 Paycheck Fairness Act of 2008 TOPICS: Civil Justice, Class action lawsuits, Employment discrimination, Workplace & Job Creation	NAY
H.R. 493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 TOPICS: Civil Justice, Employment discrimination, Health Care, Job training	YEA

2007
	H.R. 4040 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act of 2007 TOPICS: Capping damages, Consumers, Product liability	YEA
	H.R. 3963 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 [Revised bill] TOPICS: Health Care, Medicaid, Sales taxes, SCHIP	NAY
	H.R. 3688 United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act of 2007 TOPICS: Consumers, Food safety, Outsourcing, Trade agreement, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
	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. 2895 Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2007 TOPICS: Affordable Housing Trust Fund, Downpayment assistance, Housing, Mortgage lending	NAY
	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	NAY
	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	NAY
	H.R. 1257 Shareholder Vote on Executive Compensation Act of 2007 TOPICS: Corporate Accountability, Executive compensation, Shareholder rights	NAY
	H.R. 976 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 TOPICS: Health Care, Medicaid, Sales taxes, SCHIP	NAY
	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	NAY
	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	YEA
	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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