This electronic AFL-CIO Voting Record will let you know where your lawmakers stand on such working family issues as strengthening Social Security and Medicare, freedom to join a union, workplace safety and more.
Fiscal 2009 Omnibus Spending Bil (H.R. 1105)
The omnibus spending bill combined nine funding bills for several federal agencies, including the Department of Labor and Department of Education. The bill included funding for critical labor, health and safety programs and would fund government operations through Sept. 30, 2009. The Senate voted to end a Republican filibuster (60 votes are required to end a filibuster) March 10 by a vote of 62-35 (R: 8-32; D: 52-3; I: 2-0). Y=R, N=W
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| State |
Name |
Party |
Vote |
| AK |
Murkowski |
R |
(Yea )
|
| AK |
Begich |
D |
(Yea )
|
| AL |
Shelby |
R |
(Yea )
|
| AL |
Sessions, J. |
R |
(Nay )
|
| AR |
Pryor |
D |
(Yea )
|
| AR |
Lincoln |
D |
(Yea )
|
| AZ |
McCain |
R |
(Nay )
|
| AZ |
Kyl |
R |
(Nay )
|
| CA |
Feinstein |
D |
(Yea )
|
| CA |
Boxer |
D |
(Yea )
|
| CO |
Udall, Mark |
D |
(Yea )
|
| CO |
Salazar, |
D |
|
| CO |
Bennet |
D |
(Yea )
|
| CT |
Dodd |
D |
(Yea )
|
| CT |
Lieberman |
I |
(Yea )
|
= |
Voted right way, in support of the organization-endorsed position |
= |
Voted wrong way, in opposition to the organization-endorsed position |
= |
Vote not counted |