Children's Defense Fund

Children's Defense Fund Action Council® Nonpartisan Congressional Scorecards (2008 and 2009)

 

U.S. CapitolHow well do your Members of Congress protect children? Once again, that’s the question asked by the Children's Defense Fund Action Council® Annual Congressional Scorecards. We tracked votes that Senators and Representatives cast on important concerns affecting children and families last year, and each Member of Congress received a score based on how often his or her votes helped protect children.

Choose between the 2008 and 2009 scorecards: 
You can search different years by selecting the appropriate 'Congress' in the dropdown box below:

  • Selecting the '111th Congress' will allow you to access votes that are part of the 2009 Congressional Scorecard.
  • Selecting the '110th Congress' will allow you to access votes that are part of the 2008 Congressional Scorecard.
  • Selecting 'both' will allow you to view a combined 2008 and 2009 Congressional Scorecard. 

Did your Members of Congress protect children?
You can search the scorecards in a number of different ways:

  • Viewing the full House or Senate scorecard by clicking on the links below
  • Viewing individual votes, by clicking on the vote titles below

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12/24/2009
This bill, Senate vote 396, represented a major step toward ensuring affordable and comprehensive health coverage for all 32 million people in America including 95% of children.
Support
Passed
11/07/2009
This bill, House vote 887, moved the nation closer to passage of a national health reform bill although it would have repealed the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in 2013 and transferred millions of children into new, untested and more expensive State Health Insurance Exchanges. CHIP's repeal was not maintained in the final Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, passed by the House in March 2010.
Support
Passed
11/04/2009
At a time when over 15 million Americans were unemployed this bill, Senate vote 334, helped children in families suffering from the recession by extending unemployment benefits for individuals who have exhausted state benefits and helped families remain in and purchase homes.
Support
Passed
10/13/2009
To provide for an extension of the legislative authority of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. to establish a Vietnam Veterans Memorial visitor center
Support
Passed
09/22/2009
At a time when over 15 million Americans were unemployed this bill, House vote 722, helped children in families suffering from the recession by extending unemployment benefits for individuals who have exhausted state benefits and helped families remain in and purchase homes.
Support
Passed
09/17/2009
This bill, House vote 719, would make it easier for youths to get help paying for college and would establish an Early Learning Challenge Fund for young children, a collaborative effort of the Department of Education and Health and Human Services, to help develop innovative high quality models across early learning programs.
Support
Passed
06/11/2009
This bill, Senate vote 72, protected the health of children by helping deter children and teenagers from smoking by better controlling the sale and promotion of tobacco products.
Support
Passed
04/29/2009
This Budget Resolution, House vote 216, made room for important funding priorities for children and created a reserve fund to allow Congress to move forward health reform legislation and set aside significant funds for home visiting programs.
Support
Passed
04/29/2009
This Budget Resolution made room for important funding priorities for children and created a reserve fund to allow Congress to move forward health reform legislation and set aside significant funds for home visiting programs.
Support
Agreed To
04/02/2009
This bill, House vote 187, protected the health of children by helping deter children and teenagers from smoking by better controlling the sale and promotion of tobacco products.
Support
Passed

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