Richard Shelby
Senator Alabama
Elected 1986
Committees:
Aging (Special)
Appropriations
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs – Ranking Minority Member
Rules and Administration
Ratings for 2010:
Liberal: less
defense spending
protect
civil liberties, human rights
ACLU American Civil
Liberties Union 7
Protect
individuals from legal infringements on rights
Liberal
labor
LCV League of
Conservation Voters
14
Pro-environmental
protection
Promote
electronic commerce and innovation
NTU National
Taxpayers Union 96
Pro-taxpayer
rights
Pro-business
Conservative: foreign policy
social
and budget issues
CFG Club for Growth 90
Pro-tax
limitation
Conservative: promotes marriage and family
oppose
abortion
Votes in 111th Congress: 2009 – 2010
No Overturn Ledbetter
Extend
statute of limitations in pay discrimination
No Pass $787
Billion Stimulus
Funds to
revive U.S.
Yes Repeal
DC
Repeal Washington
DC
No Confirm Sonia Sotomayor
Confirm
Sonia Sotomayor to Supreme Court
No Pass Health Care Bill
Provides
insurance for people without health insurance
No Regulate Financial Firms
New federal
regulations on financial services firms
No Pass Tax Cuts for Some
Bush era
tax cuts to continue for incomes under $250,000
No Legalize Immigrants’ Kids
Give
children of illegal parents path to legal status
No Ratify New START
Ratify
Strategic Arms Treaty with Russia
No Confirm Elena Kagan
Confirm Elena Kagan to Supreme
Court
Yes Stop EPA Climate Regulations
Oppose EPA
regulations of greenhouse gases under Clean Air Act
No Repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Lift ban on
openly gay people in military
Year Candidate Vote Campaign
Chest
2010 Richard
Shelby (R) 968,181 65% 8,557,473
William
Barnes (D) 515,619 35 5,870
2010 primary Richard
Shelby (R) 405,398 84%
N.
C. Moser (R) 75,190
16
2004 Richard Shelby (R) 1,242,200 68% 1,922,646
2004 Richard Shelby (R) 1,242,200 68% 1,922,646
Wayne
Sowell (D) 595,018
32 4,869
1998 Richard
Shelby (R) 817,973
63% 1,890,484
Clayton
Suddith (D) 474,568
37 15,723
1992 Richard
Shelby (D) 1,022,698
65% 2,807,764
Richard
Sellers (R) 522,015
33 149,578
1992 primary Richard
Shelby (D) 304,957
62%
Chris
McNair (D) 136,836
28
Bob
Miller (D) 28,432 6
Mrs.
F. Stewart (D) 25,956 5
1986 Richard
Shelby (D) 609,360
50% 2,258,547
Jeremiah
Denton (R) 602,537
50 4,621,163
Alabama
Population 2010: 4,779,736
State Rank: 23rd
Change since 2000: up
7.5%
Urban: 55%
Rural: 45
Cities:
Mobile 195,111
Median Income: 41,458
Median Home Value: 118,700
Private Employment: 77%
Government Employment: 17
Self-Employed: 6
Poverty: 17
Blue Collar: 27
White Collar: 57
Median Age: 37
Over 65: 14%
Under 18: 24
High School Graduates: 82%
College Graduates: 22
Graduate Degree: 8
Veterans: 11%
Registered Voters 2010:
No Party Registration
Voter Turnout - 1,494,273
Turnout, Voting Age -
41%
White: 67%
Black: 26
Hispanic: 4
Asian: 1
2008 Presidential Vote:
John McCain (R) - 1,266,546 60%
Barack Obama (D) - 813,479 39
2004 Presidential Vote:
George W. Bush (R) - 1,176,394 62%
John Kerry (D) - 693,933 37
Richard Shelby's Voting History
Votes in the 110th Congress: 2007 – 2008
No Raise CAFE standards
Limit
debate on setting higher fuel standards for vehicles
No Expand SCHIP
Expand
State Children’s Health Insurance Program
No 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
No Path to Citizenship
Limit
debate on immigration reform bill
Yes Fetus is Unborn Child
Define
fetus as an unborn child
No Prosecute Hate Crimes
Limit
debate on measure funding prosecution of hate crimes
No Withdraw Troops March, 2008
Withdrawal
of most US Iraq
Yes Iran Guard is Terrorist Group
Iranian
Revolutionary Guard is terrorist group
Yes Increase
Missile Defense Funding
Increase
funding for missile defense
Yes Overhaul FISA
Overhaul
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Votes in the 109th Congress: 2005 – 2006
No Bar ANWR Drilling
Bar oil and
gas leasing in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Yes FY06 Spending Curb
Curb
federal entitlement spending
Yes Estate Tax Repeal
Limit
debate on proposal to permanently repeal estate tax
* Raise
Minimum Wage
Increase
minimum wage to $7.25
Yes Confirm Samuel
Alito
Confirm
Samuel Alito as Associate Justice, Supreme Court
No Path to Citizenship
Path to
citizenship for illegal immigrants
Yes Bar Same Sex Marriage
Limit
debate on Constitutional amendment for marriage to man, woman
No Stem Cell Research Funding
Federal
funds for embryonic stem cell research
Yes Limit
Interstate Abortion
Prohibit
minors crossing borders for abortion without parental consent
No CAFTA
Central
American Free Trade Agreement
No Urge Iraq
Start
withdrawing US troops from Iraq
No Provide Detainee Rights
Habeas
Corpus rights for military detainees
* Absent
Votes in the 108th Congress: 2003 – 2004
No Ban Drilling
in ANWR
Block
drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Yes Approve Bush Tax Cut
Reduce
taxes by $350 billion through 2013
Yes Medicare/Rx Bill
Medicare
prescription drug benefit legislation
No Bar Overtime Pay Regulations
Block funds
for federal regulations of overtime pay
Yes Energy Bill
Cloture
motion to end debate on comprehensive energy bill
No Support Roe v. Wade
Senate
support for Roe v. Wade decision
Yes Ban Partial
Birth Abortion
Ban
procedure opponents describe as “partial-birth” abortion
No Assault Weapons Ban
Extend for
10 years ban on assault weapons sale and possession
Yes 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
Yes Approve Bush Tax Cuts
Cut taxes
$1.35 trillion over 10 years
No Expand Patients’ Rights
Expand
patients’ rights dealing with insurers, health organizations
No Campaign Finance Reform
Eliminate
use of “soft money”, raise contribution limits
Yes 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
Yes Bar Gays in the Boy Scouts
Withhold
education funds from schools prohibiting Boy Scout use
No Funds for Hate Crime Prosecution
Cloture
motion to end debate on funding to prosecute hate crimes
No Overseas
Military Abortions
Abortion services
for military personnel and dependents overseas
Yes Bar
Cooperation with International
Court
Prohibit US
* Trade Promotion Authority
Authority
for president to negotiate trade agreements
Yes Authorize Force
in Iraq
Authorize US Iraq
No Homeland
Security Department Union
Cloture
motion to limit debate on excluding presidential authority to bar union
membership
* Absent
Votes in the 106th Congress: 1999 – 2000
Yes Education Savings Accounts
Tax free
education savings accounts for children in public, private schools
No Prescription Drug Benefit
Establish
prescription drug Medicare benefits
Yes Delay Ergonomic Standards
Delay
federal standards for ergonomic protection for one year
Yes Phase Out
Estate Tax
Phase out
estate and gift taxes
Yes Review Movie Violence
Federal
review of violence in entertainment produced on federal property
No Gun Show Background Checks
Background
checks on persons purchasing guns at gun shows
Yes Ban Partial
Birth Abortion
Ban
late-term procedures known as partial birth abortion
No Broaden Hate Crimes List
Broaden
coverage of federal hate crimes
Yes NATO War in Serbia
Authorize
US operations as part of NATO campaign against Yugoslavia
Yes Table Cuba
Table
proposal to bar US citizens’ travel to Cuba
No Nuclear
Test-Ban Treaty
Ratify
comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty
Yes Permanent
Trade with China
Enable
permanent trade relations with China
Votes in the 105th Congress: 1997 – 1998
Yes Balanced Budget Amendment
Amend
Constitution requiring a balanced budget
Yes Clinton
Implements
entitlement spending cuts per budget agreement
No Cloture on Tobacco
Invoke
cloture on tobacco settlement
Yes Education IRAs
Expand
education savings accounts to include private schools
No Satcher for Surgeon General
Confirm
David Satcher as US Surgeon General
Table
proposal to end minority set-aside funding benefits
Yes Table Child Gun Locks
Table
proposal requiring gun dealers sell child safety locks on handguns
Yes Override Partial Birth Veto
Override Clinton
No Chemical Weapons Treaty
Ratify
treaty barring chemical weapons
No Cuban Humanitarian Aid
Provide
humanitarian assistance to Cuban citizens
Yes Table Bosnia
Table
proposal requiring legislation to continue US forces in Bosnia
No Funds for Test Ban Treaty
Increase
funding for expenses related to nuclear test-ban treaty
Votes in the 104th Congress: 1995 – 1996
Yes Reduce Medicare Growth in Funds
Reduce
entitlement program spending to balance budget
No Limit Product Liability Damages
Limit
damages in product liability cases
Yes Increase
Minimum Wage
Increase
minimum wage to $5.15 per hour
Yes Welfare Reform
Restrict
welfare benefits and require beneficiaries find work
Yes Flag Amendment
Constitutional
amendment prohibiting desecration of US flag
No Endangered Species
Moratorium
on listing endangered species
No Gay Employment Rights
Prohibit
job discrimination on basis of sexual orientation
Yes Override Partial Birth Veto
Override Clinton
Yes Anti-Missile Defense
Table
proposal to cut $300 million from anti-missile program
Yes Cuban Embargo
Tighten US Cuba
No Bar Bosnia
Prohibit
funds for US troops in Bosnia
No Cut Vietnam
Cut $1.5
million in economic aid to Vietnam
Votes in the 103rd Congress: 1993 – 1994
No Clinton
Clinton
Administration deficit reduction plan
No NAFTA
North
American Free Trade Agreement
No Brady Handgun Purchase
Waiting
period for purchase of handgun; background check
* Strike Race/Death Penalty
Reject
Racial Justice Act provisions of death penalty cases
No Limit UN Command of Forces
Prohibit funds
for US forces in certain international operations
No Cut Missile Funds
Reduce
funds for Trident II missile program
* Absent
