Pass This Around - Obama Earns A+ In Middle-Class Grade Votes

This is why we need Barack Obama in the White House!

From The Middle Class.org:

http://www.themiddleclass.org/legislator/barack-obama-511?gclid=CNebm97mhpQCFRRhnAodAUu9XA

Obama's Middle-Class Grades

2008 Final grade to be released 03.2009

2007 Grade A_plus

Voting Record for 2008 Supportive of the Middle Class


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
Voted to support the middle class


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
Voted to support the middle class

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
Voted against the middle class

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
Voted to support the middle class


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
Voted to support the middle class


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
Voted to support the middle class


2007

S. 2205
Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act of 2007
TOPICS: College tuition, DREAM Act, Immigration, Path to citizenship
YEA
Voted to support the middle class

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
Voted to support the middle class

H.R. 2831
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007
TOPICS: Civil Justice, Employment discrimination, Workplace & Job Creation
YEA
Voted to support the middle class


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
Voted to support the middle class

S.AMDT. 578 TO S.CON.RES. 21
Estate Tax Repeal Amendment of 2007
TOPICS: Estate tax, Tax Fairness
NAY
Voted to support the middle class

H.R. 1429
Improving Head Start Act of 2007
TOPICS: Education, Head Start, Preschool
YEA
Voted to support the middle class


H.R. 800
Employee Free Choice Act of 2007
TOPICS: Right to organize, Unions, Workplace & Job Creation
YEA
Voted to support the middle class

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
Voted to support the middle class

H.R. 2
Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007
TOPICS: Minimum wage, Workplace & Job Creation
YEA
Voted to support the middle class

S. 3
Medicare Fair Prescription Drug Price Act of 2007
TOPICS: Health Care, HMOs and insurance companies, Medicare, Prescription drugs
YEA
Voted to support the middle class

He is currently is at 60%, incomplete in 2007, F's in 2006 and 2005. Gee, I thought the Main Stream Media said he was a maverick and differed from the Repub party. :eyes:

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
Voted to support the middle class

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
Voted to support the middle class

Minimum wage, unionization rights, medicare. Middle class I associate things like tax breaks for mortgages, cheap University tuition, small business tax breaks.