Minnesota Chamber of Commerce Voting Record Grid

2007 Minnesota Senate Session Voting Record
Your Minnesota Senator's 2007 Record on Prosperity Issues

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Style: Tally Only Preferred Position

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	Voted with the preferred position		Voted against the preferred position
Y	Voted YES	N	Voted NO
-	Did Not Vote	A	Absent

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Minnesota Chamber Position:	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Anderson, Ellen (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 66
Bakk, Tom (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 6
Berglin, Linda (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 61
Betzold, Don (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 51
Bonoff, Terri (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 43
Carlson, Jim (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 38
Chaudhary, Satveer (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 50
Clark, Tarryl (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 15
Cohen, Richard (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 64
Dibble, D. Scott (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 60
Dille, Steve (R) Minnesota Senate District 18
Doll, John (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 40
Erickson Ropes, Sharon (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 31
Fischbach, Michelle (R) Minnesota Senate District 14
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Minnesota Chamber Position:	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Foley, Leo (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 47
Frederickson, Dennis (R) Minnesota Senate District 21
Gerlach, Chris (R) Minnesota Senate District 37							-
Gimse, Joe (R) Minnesota Senate District 13
Hann, David (R) Minnesota Senate District 42
Higgins, Linda (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 58							-
Ingebrigtsen, Bill (R) Minnesota Senate District 11
Johnson, Debbie (R) Minnesota Senate District 49		-
Jungbauer, Michael (R) Minnesota Senate District 48
Koch, Amy (R) Minnesota Senate District 19
Koering, Paul (R) Minnesota Senate District 12
Kubly, Gary (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 20
Langseth, Keith (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 9
Latz, Ron (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 44
Limmer, Warren (R) Minnesota Senate District 32
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Minnesota Chamber Position:	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Lourey, Tony (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 8
Lynch, Ann (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 30
Marty, John (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 54
Metzen, James (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 39
Michel, Geoff (R) Minnesota Senate District 41
Moua, Mee (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 67
Murphy, Steven (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 28
Olseen, Rick (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 17
Olson, Gen (R) Minnesota Senate District 33				-
Olson, Mary (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 4
Ortman, Julianne (R) Minnesota Senate District 34
Pappas, Sandra (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 65
Pariseau, Pat (R) Minnesota Senate District 36
Pogemiller, Lawrence (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 59
Prettner Solon, Yvonne (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 7
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Minnesota Chamber Position:	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Rest, Ann (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 45
Robling, Claire (R) Minnesota Senate District 35
Rosen, Julie (R) Minnesota Senate District 24		-			-
Rummel, Sandy (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 53
Saltzman, Kathy (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 56
Saxhaug, Tom (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 3
Scheid, Linda (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 46				-
Senjem, David (R) Minnesota Senate District 29
Sheran, Kathy (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 23
Sieben, Katie (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 57			-	-
Skoe, Rod (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 2
Skogen, Dan (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 10
Sparks, Dan (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 27
Stumpf, LeRoy (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 1	-	-
Tomassoni, David (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 5
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Minnesota Chamber Position:	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Torres Ray, Patricia (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 62
Vandeveer, Ray (R) Minnesota Senate District 52
Vickerman, Jim (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 22
Wiger, Charles (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 55

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	Voted with the preferred position		Voted against the preferred position
Y	Voted YES	N	Voted NO
-	Did Not Vote	A	Absent

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1	MN 2007: H.F. 2294: Income Tax #2, Final Passage	H.F. 2294: Income Tax #2, Final Passage This bill would have created a fourth income tax bracket at 9 percent. The Minnesota Chamber opposed the bill because the personal income tax is a small business tax. Small businesses (i.e. sole proprietors, partnerships, s-corporations and limited liability companies, etc.) flow their business income through a personal income tax return. The bill passed on a vote of 35 to 31.

2	MN 2007: H.F. 946: Transportation Funding, Conference Committee Report	H.F. 946: Transportation Funding, Conference Committee Report The conference committee report on the transportation finance bill contained a 5 cent gas tax increase, allowed for a 2.5 cent gas tax surcharge to finance the debt service of bonds, a license tab fee increase, authority to impose a one-half cent sales tax to be divided between roads and transit in the seven-county metro area, authority for greater Minnesota counties to impose a half-cent sales tax, and authority for all counties to impose a $5 or $10 wheelage tax. The Minnesota Chamber opposed the conference committee report because we continued to support a more moderate transportation funding package. It passed on a vote of 47 to 17.

3	MN 2007: S.F. 1024: Omnibus Tax Bill, Final Passage	S.F. 1024: Omnibus Tax Bill, Final Passage The Senate Omnibus Tax Bill increases the statewide property tax, paid by commercial, industrial and utility property, and increases the tax on Minnesota companies that use the foreign operating corporation structure. The Chamber opposed the bill, even though it included two items the Chamber supports, an up-front exemption for capital equipment and the acceleration of sales-only apportionment. We opposed it because the significant and permanent business tax increases more than offset the benefit of the up front exemption and sales-only apportionment provisions. The bill passed on a vote of 38 to 28.

4	MN 2007: S.F. 1611: Income Tax #1, Final Passage	S.F. 1611: Income Tax #1, Final Passage This bill would have created a new fourth personal income tax bracket at 9.7 percent, the highest state income tax rate in the nation. The Minnesota Chamber opposed the bill because the personal income tax is a small business tax. Small businesses (i.e. sole proprietors, partnerships, s-corporations and limited liability companies, etc.) flow their business income through a personal income tax return. The bill passed on a vote of 35 to 29.

5	MN 2007: S.F. 1986: Transportation Funding, Final Passage	S.F. 1986: Transportation Funding - Final Passage The Senate Transportation Finance bill included a 10-cent gas tax increase indexed to inflation; a license tab fee increase; imposed a seven-county metro area one-half cent sales tax for roads and transit; counties outside the metro were given the ability to impose a one-half cent sales tax for transportation if approved by voters; and all counties were granted the authority to impose a $20 wheelage tax. In addition, the bill authorized $2.2 billion in bonding financed by a new fuel tax surcharge to fund the debt service on the bonds. The Minnesota Chamber opposed this bill because we supported a more moderate transportation funding package. It passed on a vote of 42 to 24.

6	MN 2007: S.F. 1989: DREAM Act, Ingebrigtsen Amendment	S.F. 1989: DREAM Act, Ingebrigtsen Amendment The DREAM Act allowed any Minnesota high school graduate who attended a high school in the state for at least three years to be eligible for in-state tuition. In cases of students without lawful immigration status, to qualify for in-state tuition, they would be required to file an affidavit stating that they have begun to, or intend to, apply for legal status. Minnesota Chamber supported the DREAM Act because it is one way to address the shortage of educated workers and we believe students should be allowed to resolve their immigration status while pursuing a higher education. The Severson amendment would have eliminated the DREAM Act from the omnibus higher education bill. The Minnesota Chamber opposed the amendment. It failed on a vote of 23 to 43.

7	MN 2007: S.F. 857: Health Insurance Premium Cap, Final Question	S.F. 857: Health Insurance Premium Cap, Final Question This bill would have placed an artificial cap on health insurance premium growth. The Minnesota Chamber opposed the bill because it does nothing to address the real cost drivers in health care and may have significant unintended consequences. It passed on a vote of 36 to 29.

We also found votes cast by the following former members of this chamber: