Bill Nelson
Senator Florida
Elected 2000
Committees:
Aging (Special)
Budget
Commerce, Science and Transportation
Finance
Intelligence (Select)
Ratings for 2010:
Liberal: less
defense spending
protect
civil liberties, human rights
ACLU American Civil
Liberties Union 87
Protect
individuals from legal infringements on rights
Liberal
labor
LCV League of
Conservation Voters
86
Pro-environmental
protection
Promote
electronic commerce and innovation
NTU National
Taxpayers Union 16
Pro-taxpayer
rights
Pro-business
Conservative: foreign policy
social
and budget issues
CFG Club for Growth 14
Pro-tax
limitation
Conservative: promotes marriage and family
oppose
abortion
Votes in the 111th Congress: 2009 – 2010
Yes Overturn Ledbetter
Extend
statute of limitations in pay discrimination
Yes Pass $787
Billion Stimulus
Funds to
revive U.S.
No Repeal DC Gun Laws
RepealWashington DC
Repeal
Yes Confirm Sonia Sotomayor
Confirm Sonia Sotomayor to Supreme Court
Confirm Sonia Sotomayor to Supreme Court
Yes Pass Health Care Bill
Provides
insurance for people without health insurance
Yes Regulate Financial Firms
Regulations
on financial services firms
No Pass Tax Cuts for Some
Bush era
tax cuts to continue for incomes under $250,000
Yes Legalize Immigrants’ Kids
Give
children of illegal parents path to legal status
Yes Ratify New START
Ratify Strategic Arms Treaty withRussia
Ratify Strategic Arms Treaty with
Yes Confirm Elena Kagan
Confirm Elena Kagan to Supreme Court
Confirm Elena Kagan to Supreme Court
No Stop EPA Climate Regulations
Oppose EPA regulations of greenhouse gases under Clean Air Act
Oppose EPA regulations of greenhouse gases under Clean Air Act
Yes Repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Lift ban on
openly gay people in military
Year Candidate Vote Campaign
Chest
2006 Bill
Nelson 2,890,548 60% 18,031,681
Katherine
Harris (R) 1,826,127 38 8,666,803
2000 Bill
Nelson 2,989,487 51% 6,535,832
Bill
McCollum (R) 2,705,348 46% 8,664,112
Florida
Population 2010: 18,801,310
State Rank: 4th
Change since 2000: up
18%
Urban: 86%
Rural: 14
Cities:
Median Income: 47,051
Median Home Value: 210,800
Private Employment: 80%
Government Employment: 14
Self-Employed: 6
Poverty: 14
Blue Collar: 19
White Collar: 61
Median Age: 40
Over 65: 17%
Under 18: 22
High School Graduates: 85%
College Graduates: 26
Graduate Degree: 9
Veterans: 12%
Registered Voters 2010:
Democrats 4,631,068
Republicans 4,039,259
Independents 2,547,057
Voter Turnout - 5,460,573
Turnout, Voting Age -
37%
White: 58%
Black: 15
Hispanic: 23
Asian: 2
2008 Presidential Vote:
Barack Obama (D) - 4,282,074 51%
John McCain (R) - 4,045,624 48
2004 Presidential Vote:
George W. Bush (R) - 3,964,522 52%
John Kerry (D) - 3,583,544 47
Bill Nelson's Voting History:
Votes in the 110th Congress: 2007 – 08
Yes Raise CAFE standards
Limit
debate on setting higher fuel standards for vehicles
Yes Expand SCHIP
Expand
State Children’s Health Insurance Program
Yes Cap Greenhouse Gases
Limit
debate on setting Cap and Trade system to curb climate change
No Bailout Financial Markets
$700
billion dollar bailout of financial industry
Yes Make English Official Language
English the
official language of the US
Yes Path to Citizenship
Limit
debate on immigration reform bill
No Fetus is Unborn Child
Define
fetus as an unborn child
Yes Prosecute Hate Crimes
Limit
debate on measure funding prosecution of hate crimes
Yes Withdraw Troops March, 2008
Withdrawal
of most US Iraq
Yes Iran Guard is Terrorist Group
Iranian
Revolutionary Guard is terrorist group
No Increase
Missile Defense Funding
Increase
funding for missile defense
Yes Overhaul FISA
Overhaul
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Votes in the 109th Congress: 2005 – 06
Yes Bar ANWR Drilling
Bar oil and
gas leasing in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
No FY06 Spending Curb
Curb
federal entitlement spending
Yes Estate Tax Repeal
Limit
debate on proposal to permanently repeal estate tax
Yes Raise Minimum Wage
Increase
minimum wage to $7.25
No Confirm Samuel
Alito
Confirm
Samuel Alito as Associate Justice, Supreme Court
Yes Path to Citizenship
Path to
citizenship for illegal immigrants
No Bar Same Sex Marriage
Limit
debate on Constitutional amendment for marriage to man, woman
Yes Stem Cell Research Funding
Federal
funds for embryonic stem cell research
Yes Limit
Interstate Abortion
Prohibit
minors crossing borders for abortion without parental consent
Yes CAFTA
Central
American Free Trade Agreement
No Urge Iraq
Start
withdrawing US troops from Iraq
Yes Provide Detainee Rights
Habeas
Corpus rights for military detainees
Votes in the 108th Congress: 2003 – 2004
Yes Ban Drilling
in ANWR
Block
drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
No Approve Bush Tax Cut
Reduce
taxes by $350 billion through 2013
No Medicare/Rx Bill
Medicare
prescription drug benefit legislation
Yes Bar Overtime Pay Regulations
Block funds
for federal regulations of overtime pay
No Energy Bill
Cloture motion
to end debate on comprehensive energy bill
Yes Support Roe v. Wade
Senate
support for Roe v. Wade decision
No Ban Partial
Birth Abortion
Ban
procedure opponents describe as “partial-birth” abortion
Yes Assault Weapons Ban
Extend for
10 years ban on assault weapons sale and possession
No Ban Same Sex Marriage
Cloture
motion to end debate on Constitutional amendment to ban same-sex
marriage
No Ban Bunker
Buster Bomb
Prohibit
Energy Department funding of “bunker-buster” program
Yes Fund Iraq
Provides
$87 billion for US operations in Iraq Afghanistan
No Restrict
Missile Defense
Restrict
deployment of national missile defense system
Votes in the 107th Congress: 2001 – 2002
No Approve Bush Tax Cuts
Cut taxes
$1.35 trillion over 10 years
Yes Expand Patients’ Rights
Expand
patients’ rights dealing with insurers, health organizations
Yes Campaign Finance Reform
Eliminate
use of “soft money”, raise contribution limits
No Permit ANWR Development
Cloture
motion to end debate on allowing energy development of Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge
Yes Confirm Ashcroft as AG
Confirm
John Ashcroft as Attorney General
No Bar Gays in the Boy Scouts
Withhold
education funds from schools prohibiting Boy Scout use
Yes Funds for Hate Crime Prosecution
Cloture
motion to end debate on funding to prosecute hate crimes
Yes Overseas
Military Abortions
Abortion
services for military personnel and dependents overseas
Yes Bar
Cooperation with International
Court
Prohibit US
Yes Trade Promotion Authority
Authority
for president to negotiate trade agreements
Yes Authorize
Force in Iraq
Authorize US Iraq
Yes Homeland
Security Department Union
Cloture
motion to limit debate on excluding presidential authority to bar
union membership
This site provides a good record of the senator. But it doesn't quite capture the full spectrum of his big spending habits. I took a few minutes to visit billnelsonrecord.com and I was baffled how many big spending bills this senator is responsible. Similarly he never voted to support any type of elimination of earmarks, and was full fledged behind the bailouts. Out country is in a fiscal mess. Its time we took charge and kicked these big spenders out of Washington.
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