2009 State Senate Voting Record
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Anderson, Ellen (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 66 |
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Bakk, Tom (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 6 |
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Berglin, Linda (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 61 |
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Betzold, Don (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 51 |
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Bonoff, Terri (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 43 |
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Carlson, Jim (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 38 |
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Chaudhary, Satveer (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 50 |
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Clark, Tarryl (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 15 |
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Cohen, Richard (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 64 |
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Dahle, Kevin (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 25 |
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Dibble, D. Scott (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 60 |
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Dille, Steve (R) Minnesota Senate District 18 |
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Doll, John (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 40 |
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Erickson Ropes, Sharon (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 31 |
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Fischbach, Michelle (R) Minnesota Senate District 14 |
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Fobbe, Lisa (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 16 |
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Foley, Leo (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 47 |
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Frederickson, Dennis (R) Minnesota Senate District 21 |
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Gerlach, Chris (R) Minnesota Senate District 37 |
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Gimse, Joe (R) Minnesota Senate District 13 |
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Hann, David (R) Minnesota Senate District 42 |
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Higgins, Linda (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 58 |
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Ingebrigtsen, Bill (R) Minnesota Senate District 11 |
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Johnson, Debbie (R) Minnesota Senate District 49 |
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Jungbauer, Michael (R) Minnesota Senate District 48 |
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Kelash, Kenneth (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 63 |
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Koch, Amy (R) Minnesota Senate District 19 |
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Koering, Paul (R) Minnesota Senate District 12 |
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Kubly, Gary (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 20 |
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Langseth, Keith (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 9 |
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Latz, Ron (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 44 |
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Limmer, Warren (R) Minnesota Senate District 32 |
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Lourey, Tony (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 8 |
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Lynch, Ann (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 30 |
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Marty, John (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 54 |
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Metzen, James (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 39 |
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Michel, Geoff (R) Minnesota Senate District 41 |
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Moua, Mee (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 67 |
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Murphy, Steven (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 28 |
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Olseen, Rick (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 17 |
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Olson, Gen (R) Minnesota Senate District 33 |
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Olson, Mary (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 4 |
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Ortman, Julianne (R) Minnesota Senate District 34 |
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Pappas, Sandra (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 65 |
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Pariseau, Pat (R) Minnesota Senate District 36 |
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Pogemiller, Lawrence (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 59 |
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Prettner Solon, Yvonne (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 7 |
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Rest, Ann (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 45 |
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Robling, Claire (R) Minnesota Senate District 35 |
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Rosen, Julie (R) Minnesota Senate District 24 |
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Rummel, Sandy (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 53 |
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Saltzman, Kathy (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 56 |
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Saxhaug, Tom (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 3 |
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Scheid, Linda (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 46 |
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Senjem, David (R) Minnesota Senate District 29 |
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Sheran, Kathy (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 23 |
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Sieben, Katie (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 57 |
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Skoe, Rod (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 2 |
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Skogen, Dan (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 10 |
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Sparks, Dan (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 27 |
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Stumpf, LeRoy (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 1 |
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Tomassoni, David (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 5 |
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Torres Ray, Patricia (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 62 |
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Vandeveer, Ray (R) Minnesota Senate District 52 |
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Vickerman, Jim (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 22 |
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Wiger, Charles (DFL) Minnesota Senate District 55 |
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| Symbol Key: | |||||||
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Key:
| 1 | MN 2009: Civil Justice #1, | CIVIL JUSTICE: HF 417, Insurance Recovery - Scheid Amendment: This is the amendment that would have eliminated the one-sided loser pays system for awarding attorney fees in commercial coverage disputes. The Chamber supported the amendment. It passed on a vote of 32 to 31. |
| 2 | MN 2009: Civil Justice #2, | CIVIL JUSTICE: SF 82, False Claims Act - Betzold Amendment: This is the amendment that allowed businesses that discover inadvertent billing errors on government contracts to correct the errors before the penalties of the False Claims Act are applied. The Chamber supported the amendment. It passed on a vote of 41 to 16. |
| 3 | MN 2009: Civil Justice #3, | CIVIL JUSTICE: SF 140, Consumer Fraud Act - Final Passage: This bill would have defined every lawsuit brought by an individual under Minnesota’s consumer fraud act to be in the public interest. The Chamber opposed the bill. It passed on a vote of 35 to 28. |
| 4 | MN 2009: Education #1, | EDUCATION: SF 1328, Omnibus K-12 Finance Bill - Dahle Amendment: This amendment would have eliminated the alternative teacher certification provision from the bill. The Chamber opposed the amendment. It failed on a vote of 30 to 36. |
| 5 | MN 2009: Education #2, | EDUCATION: HF 2, Omnibus K-12 Finance Bill - Conference Report: This is the conference report on the omnibus K-12 finance bill which waived the Graduation-Required Assessment for Diploma (GRAD) math requirement for high school students to receive diplomas. While there were positive aspects to the bill, the Chamber continued to oppose the bill because the moratorium on the GRAD math assessment outweighed its positive aspects. It passed on a vote of 49 to 16. |
| 6 | MN 2009: Elections #1, | ELECTIONS: SF 1331, June Primary - Robling Amendment: This is the amendment that would have eliminated the June primary from the bill. The Chamber opposed the amendment. It failed on a vote of 24 to 38. |
| 7 | MN 2009: Elections #2, | ELECTIONS: SF 182, Redistricting Reform - Final Passage: This is the final passage of an elections reform bill which created an independent commission for the purpose of drawing legislative lines during redistricting. The Chamber supported the bill. It passed on a vote of 39 to 28. |
| 8 | MN 2009: Energy #1, | ENERGY: SF 550, Energy Omnibus Bill - Dille Amendment: This amendment removed Minnesota’s ban on new nuclear generation. The Minnesota Chamber supported the amendment. The amendment passed by a vote of 42 to 24. |
| 9 | MN 2009: Fiscal Vote #1, | FISCAL: SF 2074, Omnibus Tax Bill #1 - Final Passage: The omnibus tax bill included a net tax increase of $2.6 billion. The Chamber opposed the bill. It passed on a vote of 35 to 31. |
| 10 | MN 2009: Fiscal Vote #2, | FISCAL: HF 2323, Omnibus Tax Bill #1 - Conference Committee Report: This is the conference committee report on the original omnibus tax bill. It increased taxes by about $1 billion by creating a 4th personal income tax bracket, a new tax on interest income and increasing alcoholic beverage taxes. It also contained the up front exemption for capital equipment purchases, an angel investor tax credit and the K-12 education shifts. The Chamber opposed the bill. It passed on a vote of 35 to 1. |
| 11 | MN 2009: Fiscal Vote #3, | FISCAL: HF 885, Omnibus Tax Bill #2 - Conference Committee Report: This is the conference committee report on a second omnibus tax bill. It increased taxes by about $1 billion by creating a 4th personal income tax bracket, a new tax on interest income and increasing alcoholic beverage taxes. The Chamber opposed the bill. It passed on a vote of 44 to 20. |
| 12 | MN 2009: Health Care #1, | HEALTH CARE: HF 705, HSA Preventive Care - Motion to Reconsider: This vote was on a motion to reconsider the Prettner-Solon amendment. The amendment eliminated the requirement for Health Savings Account plans to cover preventive care. The Chamber supported the amendment and opposed the motion to reconsider. The motion failed on a vote of 30-34. |
| 13 | MN 2009: Transportation #1, | TRANSPORTATION: HF 1309, The Omnibus Transportation Funding Bill - Final Passage: The bill allocated revenue for road and transit projects statewide and eliminated Met Council’s transit operating budget shortfall without new taxes. The Chamber supported the bill. It passed on a vote of 63 to 4. |
We also found votes cast by the following former members of this chamber:
