Senate

William Frist(R-TN)

Frist's Middle-Class Grades

2006

Grade F

2005

Grade F

2004

Grade F

2003

Grade C

William Frist(R-TN)

First took office: 1995

Term ended: 2007

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Voting Record

2006	Bill	Vote	Supportive of the Middle Class?
	H.R. 6061 Secure Fence Act of 2006 TOPICS: Border enforcement, Immigration	YEA
	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
	S.AMDT. 4322 TO S. 2766 Amendment to Raise the Minimum Wage of 2006 TOPICS: Minimum wage, Workplace & Job Creation	NAY
	S.AMDT. 4017 TO S. 2611 Amendment to Remove the Guest Worker Program from the Comprehensive Immigration Bill of 2006 TOPICS: Comprehensive immigration reform, Guest workers, Immigration	YEA
	S.AMDT. 3861 TO S. 1955 Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act of 2006 TOPICS: Association health plans, Health Care	YEA
	S. 22 Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2006 TOPICS: Capping damages, Civil Justice, Health Care, Medical errors, Medical malpractice	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.R. 8 Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2006 TOPICS: Estate tax, Tax Fairness	YEA

2005
	S. 1932 Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Senate vote) TOPICS: Education, Health Care, Medicaid, Medicare, Pension plans, Retirement Security, Student loans, TANF	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
	S.AMDT. 214 TO S.CON.RES. 18 Amendment on Negotiating Medicare Drug Prices of 2005 TOPICS: Health Care, Medicare, Prescription drugs	NAY
	S.AMDT. 145 TO S.CON.RES. 18 Sense of the Senate in Support of Social Security of 2005 TOPICS: Retirement Security, Social Security	NAY
	S.AMDT. 44 TO S. 256 Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2005 TOPICS: Minimum wage, Workplace & Job Creation	NAY
	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

2004
	H.R. 4520 American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 TOPICS: Corporate taxes, Tax Fairness	YEA
	S.AMDT. 3107 TO S. 1637 Overtime Compensation Amendment of 2004 (Senate vote) TOPICS: Overtime pay, Workplace & Job Creation	NAY
	S.AMDT. 2725 TO S.CON.RES. 95 Pell Grant Amendment of 2004 TOPICS: College tuition, Education, Pell Grants	NAY
	S.AMDT. 2748 TO S.CON.RES. 95 Restore Pay-As-You-Go Tax Cut Amendment of 2004 TOPICS: Pay-go, Tax Fairness	NAY
	S.AMDT. 2751 TO S.CON.RES. 95 Amendment to Restore Medicaid and EITC Programs of 2004 TOPICS: Earned income tax credit, Health Care, Medicaid, Tax Fairness	NAY
	S. 2061 Healthy Mothers And Healthy Babies Access To Care Act of 2004 TOPICS: Capping damages, Civil Justice, Health Care, HMOs and insurance companies, Hospitals, Medical errors, Medical malpractice	YEA
	H.R. 3108 Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004 TOPICS: Pension plans, Retirement Security	YEA

2003
	S.AMDT. 2937 TO H.R. 4 Amendment to Provide Additional Funding for Child Care of 2003 TOPICS: Child care, TANF	YEA
	S.AMDT. 2660 TO S. 1637 Amendment to Protect U.S. Workers from Competition with Foreign Workforces for Performance of Federal and State Contracts 2003 TOPICS: Contracting, Outsourcing	YEA
	S.AMDT. 1580 TO H.R. 2660 Overtime Compensation Amendment of 2003 TOPICS: Overtime pay, Workplace & Job Creation	NAY
	H.R. 2185 Unemployment Compensation Amendment of 2003	YEA
	S. 811 American Dream Downpayment Act of 2003 TOPICS: Downpayment assistance, Housing, Mortgage lending, Public housing	YEA
	H.R. 2 Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 TOPICS: Capital gains taxes, Corporate taxes, Income taxes, Marriage penalty, Tax cuts, Tax Fairness	YEA

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