Senate

Joseph Biden(D-DE)

Biden's Middle-Class Grades

2009 Final grade to be released 03.2010

2008

2007

2005

2004

2003

2009 Year to Date Score

Voted on 1 of 9 bill considered.

First took office: 1973

Term ended: 2009

indicates votes that count toward the final grade. See the Grade Release FAQ for more information.

Voting Record

Bill	Vote	Supportive of the Middle Class?
S. 896 Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Amendment of 2009 TOPICS: Consumers, Debt & Bankruptcy, Housing, Mortgage lending, Personal bankruptcy	—	—
S.AMDT. 873 TO S.CON.RES. 13 Estate Tax Cut Amendment of 2009 TOPICS: Estate tax, Tax Fairness	—	—
S. 386 Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 TOPICS: Consumers, Debt & Bankruptcy, Housing, Mortgage lending	—	—
H.R. 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Senate Version TOPICS: Alternative minimum tax, Child tax credit, Civil Justice, Consumers, Corporate Accountability, Corporate taxes, Debt & Bankruptcy, Earned income tax credit, Economic stimulus, Education, Efficient technology, Elementary school, Energy & Environment, Energy conservation, Executive compensation, Government Accountability, Green buildings, Green jobs, Head Start, Health Care, High school, Housing, Income taxes, Legal immunity, Medicaid, Middle school, Mortgage lending, No Child Left Behind, Pell Grants, Preschool, Public infrastructure, Renewable fuels, Sales taxes, Shareholder rights, Tax cuts, Tax Fairness, Unemployment, Workplace & Job Creation	—	—
H.R. 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Conference Report TOPICS: Alternative minimum tax, Child care, Child tax credit, College tuition, Consumers, Corporate Accountability, Earned income tax credit, Economic stimulus, Education, Efficient technology, Elementary school, Energy & Environment, Energy conservation, Executive compensation, Global warming, Government Accountability, Green buildings, Green jobs, Head Start, Health Care, High school, Housing, Income taxes, Medicaid, Medical research, Middle school, Pell Grants, Preschool, Public housing, Public infrastructure, Renewable fuels, Sales taxes, Shareholder rights, TANF, Tax cuts, Tax Fairness, Unemployment, Workplace & Job Creation	—	—
H.R. 627 Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act of 2009 TOPICS: Consumers, Credit cards, Debt & Bankruptcy	—	—
H.R. 2 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 TOPICS: Health Care, Immigration, Medicaid, SCHIP	—	—
S.J.RES. 5 A Joint Resolution Relating to the Disapproval of Obligations under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 TOPICS: Consumers, Corporate Accountability, Debt & Bankruptcy, Executive compensation, Government Accountability, Housing, Mortgage lending, Personal bankruptcy	NAY
S. 181 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 TOPICS: Civil Justice, Employment discrimination, Workplace & Job Creation	—	—


H.R. 7005 Senate Version of the Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act of 2008 TOPICS: Consumers, Corporate Accountability, Debt & Bankruptcy, Efficient technology, Energy & Environment, Executive compensation, Layoffs, Unions, Workplace & Job Creation	—	—
H.R. 6867 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 TOPICS: Unemployment, Workplace & Job Creation	—	—
S.AMDT. 5064 TO H.R. 6304 Amendment To Strike Title II From FISA Amendments Act of 2008 TOPICS: Civil Justice, Corporate Accountability, Government Accountability, Legal immunity	YEA
S. 3186 Warm in Winter and Cool in Summer Act of 2008 TOPICS: Energy & Environment, Heating fuel	YEA
H.R. 6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 TOPICS: Health Care, Medicare, Prescription drugs	YEA
S.AMDT. 4825 TO S. 3036 Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 TOPICS: Coal, Efficient technology, Energy & Environment, Energy conservation, Global warming, Green buildings, Green jobs, Job training, Natural gas, Oil, Pollution, Renewable fuels	—	—
H.R. 6049 Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008 TOPICS: Child tax credit, Corporate taxes, Efficient technology, Energy & Environment, Energy conservation, Executive compensation, Global warming, Green buildings, Green jobs, Income taxes, Property taxes, Renewable fuels, Sales taxes, Tax Fairness	YEA
H.R. 6049 Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008 TOPICS: Alternative minimum tax, Child tax credit, Coal, Consumers, Efficient technology, Energy & Environment, Energy conservation, Green buildings, Health Care, Oil, Pollution, Property taxes, Renewable fuels, Sales taxes, Tax Fairness	—	—
H.R. 5715 Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008 TOPICS: College tuition, Community college, Debt & Bankruptcy, Education, Saving for college, Student loans	YEA
S.AMDT. 4388 TO H.R. 3221 Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Amendment of 2008 TOPICS: Consumers, Debt & Bankruptcy, Housing, Mortgage lending, Personal bankruptcy	NAY
S.AMDT. 4191 TO S.CON.RES. 70 Amendment To Protect Small Businesses, Family Ranches, and Farms from the Death Tax of 2008 TOPICS: Estate tax, Tax Fairness	NAY
S.AMDT. 4196 TO S.CON.RES. 70 Amendment To Avoid Subjecting Thousands of Families, Family Businesses, and Family Farms and Ranches to the Estate Tax of 2008 TOPICS: Estate tax, Tax Fairness	YEA
S.AMDT. 3983 TO H.R. 5140 Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 TOPICS: Coal, Economic stimulus, Heating fuel, Renewable fuels, Social Security, Unemployment, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
H.R. 5140 Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act of 2008 TOPICS: Consumers, Corporate taxes, Economic stimulus, Mortgage lending, Tax cuts, Tax Fairness, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
S.AMDT. 3907 TO S. 2248 Amendment To Strike Retroactive Immunity From Intelligence Legislation of 2008 TOPICS: Civil Justice, Corporate Accountability, Government Accountability, Legal immunity	YEA
H.R. 4137 Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 TOPICS: College tuition, Consumers, Debt & Bankruptcy, Deceptive advertising and marketing, Education, Efficient technology, Energy & Environment, Pell Grants, Saving for college, Student loans	YEA
H.R. 4040 Consumer Product Safety Commission Reform Act of 2008 TOPICS: Capping damages, Consumers, Product liability	YEA
H.R. 4040 Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 TOPICS: Capping damages, Civil Justice, Consumers, Product liability	YEA
H.R. 3221 The American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 TOPICS: Affordable Housing Trust Fund, Consumers, Debt & Bankruptcy, Financial literacy, Housing, Mortgage lending, Property taxes, Tax Fairness	YEA
H.R. 3221 Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 [Revised Bill] TOPICS: Consumers, Corporate taxes, Global warming, Housing, Income taxes, Mortgage lending, Property taxes, Renewable fuels, Tax cuts	YEA
H.R. 3221 Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 TOPICS: Debt & Bankruptcy, Economic stimulus, Housing, Mortgage lending, Personal bankruptcy	YEA
H.R. 2642 Amendment to the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2008 TOPICS: College tuition, Contracting, Drug safety, Education, Food safety, Government Accountability, Health Care, Heating fuel, Income taxes, Medicare, Public infrastructure, Tax Fairness, Unemployment, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
H.R. 1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 TOPICS: Alternative minimum tax, Child tax credit, Consumers, Corporate Accountability, Debt & Bankruptcy, Efficient technology, Energy & Environment, Energy conservation, Executive compensation, Green buildings, Home mortgage deduction, Housing, Mortgage lending, Natural gas, Personal bankruptcy, Pollution, Renewable fuels, Tax Fairness	YEA
H.R. 493 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 TOPICS: Civil Justice, Employment discrimination, Health Care, Job training	YEA


H.R. 3963 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 [Revised bill] TOPICS: Health Care, Medicaid, Sales taxes, SCHIP	YEA
S. 2205 Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act of 2007 TOPICS: College tuition, DREAM Act, Immigration, Path to citizenship	YEA
H.R. 3688 United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act of 2007 TOPICS: Consumers, Food safety, Outsourcing, Trade agreement, Workplace & Job Creation	—	—
H.R. 3580 FDA Amendments Act of 2007 TOPICS: Consumers, Corporate Accountability, Deceptive advertising and marketing, Drug safety, Food safety, Health Care, Prescription drugs	YEA
H.R. 2831 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007 TOPICS: Civil Justice, Employment discrimination, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
H.R. 2669 College Cost Reduction Act of 2007 TOPICS: College tuition, Education, Pell Grants, Saving for college, Student loans	—	—
S.AMDT. 1157 TO S. 1348 Amendment to Remove Legalization Provisions from the Immigration Bill of 2007 TOPICS: Agricultural labor, Border enforcement, Comprehensive immigration reform, Earned legalization, Immigration, Mass deportation, Path to citizenship	NAY
S.AMDT. 578 TO S.CON.RES. 21 Estate Tax Repeal Amendment of 2007 TOPICS: Estate tax, Tax Fairness	NAY
H.R. 1429 Improving Head Start Act of 2007 TOPICS: Education, Head Start, Preschool	YEA
H.R. 976 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 TOPICS: Health Care, Medicaid, Sales taxes, SCHIP	—	—
H.R. 800 Employee Free Choice Act of 2007 TOPICS: Right to organize, Unions, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
H.R. 6 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 TOPICS: Coal, Consumers, Corporate taxes, Efficient technology, Energy & Environment, Energy conservation, Global warming, Green buildings, Green jobs, Heating fuel, Job training, Oil, Pollution, Renewable fuels, Tax cuts, Utilities	YEA
H.R. 2 Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 TOPICS: Minimum wage, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
S. 3 Medicare Fair Prescription Drug Price Act of 2007 TOPICS: Health Care, HMOs and insurance companies, Medicare, Prescription drugs	YEA

2005
	S. 1932 Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Senate vote) TOPICS: Education, Health Care, Medicaid, Medicare, Pension plans, Retirement Security, Student loans, TANF	NAY
	H.R. 3045 Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 2005 TOPICS: Outsourcing, Trade agreement, Workplace & Job Creation	NAY
	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	NAY
	S.AMDT. 214 TO S.CON.RES. 18 Amendment on Negotiating Medicare Drug Prices of 2005 TOPICS: Health Care, Medicare, Prescription drugs	YEA
	S.AMDT. 145 TO S.CON.RES. 18 Sense of the Senate in Support of Social Security of 2005 TOPICS: Retirement Security, Social Security	YEA
	S.AMDT. 44 TO S. 256 Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2005 TOPICS: Minimum wage, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
	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	NAY

2004
	H.R. 4520 American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 TOPICS: Corporate taxes, Tax Fairness	NAY
	S.AMDT. 3107 TO S. 1637 Overtime Compensation Amendment of 2004 (Senate vote) TOPICS: Overtime pay, Workplace & Job Creation	YEA
	S.AMDT. 2725 TO S.CON.RES. 95 Pell Grant Amendment of 2004 TOPICS: College tuition, Education, Pell Grants	YEA
	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	YEA
	S.AMDT. 2748 TO S.CON.RES. 95 Restore Pay-As-You-Go Tax Cut Amendment of 2004 TOPICS: Pay-go, Tax Fairness	YEA
	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	NAY
	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	YEA
	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	NAY

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