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    This page contains bill sponsorships in the Senate and House. Bill sponsorships indicate the topics that legislators are most interested in, and spend the most time on.

2009-S542 on Jan 6, 2009

Bill Sponsorship: Stop the Congressional Pay Raise Act Source: S.542&HR.156 A bill to prevent Members of Congress from receiving any automatic pay adjustment in 2010.

For purposes of the provision of law amended by section 704(a)(2)(B) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5318 note), no adjustment under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, shall be considered to have taken effect in fiscal year 2010 in the rates of pay under the General Schedule.

    Participating counts on VoteMatch question 16. Question 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
  • Topic: Government Reform
  • Headline: Repeal automatic Congressional pay raises (Score: 1)
  • Headline 2: Sponsored bill repealing automatic Congressional pay raises (Score: 1)

  • Key for participation codes:
  • Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
  • Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
  • Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
  • Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
  • Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.



Democrats participating in 2009-S542

John Adler s1sNew Jersey Democrat (until 2010)
Jason Altmire s1sPennsylvania Democrat
Michael Arcuri s1sNew York Democrat (until 2010)
Brian Baird s1sWashington Democrat (until 2010)
John Barrow s1sGeorgia Democrat
Mark Begich s1sAK Democratic Jr Senator
Michael Bennet s1sCO Democratic Jr Senator
Shelley Berkley s1sNevada Democrat (Senate run 2012)
John Boccieri s1sOhio Democrat (until 2010)
Bobby Bright s1sAlabama Democrat (Unseated 2010)
Sherrod Brown s1sOH Democratic Sr Senator
Roland Burris s1sIL Democratic Jr Senator (retiring 2010)
Chris Carney s1sPennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)
Tom Carper s1sDE Democratic Sr Senator
Bob Casey s1sPA Democratic Sr Senator; previously state treasurer
Travis Childers s1sMississippi Democrat (until 2010)
Steve Cohen s1sTennessee Democrat
Henry Cuellar s1sTexas Democrat
Kathy Dahlkemper s1sPennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)
Peter Defazio s1sOregon Democrat
Chris Dodd s1sCT Democratic Sr Senator (retiring 2010)
Joe Donnelly s1sIN Democratic Challenger
Byron Dorgan s1sND Democratic Jr Senator (retiring 2010)
Steven Driehaus s1sOhio Democrat (until 2010)
Richard Durbin s1sIL Democratic Sr Senator
Chet Edwards s1sTexas Democrat (until 2010)
Donna Edwards s1sMaryland Democrat
Russell Feingold s1sPOTUS Democrat
Bill Foster s1sIllinois Democrat (until 2010)
Gabby Giffords s1sArizona Democrat
Kirsten Gillibrand s1sNew York Democrat
Kay Hagan s1sNC Democratic Jr Senator
John Hall s1sNew York Democrat (until 2010)
Martin Heinrich s1sNew Mexico Democrat (Senate run 2012)
Baron Hill s1sIndiana Democrat (until 2010)
Paul Hodes s1sNew Hampshire Democrat (until 2010)
Hank Johnson s1sGeorgia Democrat
Steve Kagen s1sWI Democratic Challenger
Marcy Kaptur s1sOhio Democrat
Dale Kildee s1sMichigan Democrat
Mary Jo Kilroy s1sOhio Democrat (until 2010)
Ron Kind s1sWI Democratic Challenger
Ann Kirkpatrick s1sArizona Former Democrat (until 2010)
Larry Kissell s1sNorth Carolina Democrat
Amy Klobuchar s1sMN Democrat/DFL Sr Senator
Suzanne Kosmas s1sFlorida Former Democrat (until 2010)
Frank Kratovil s1sMaryland Democrat (until 2010)
Carl Levin s1sMI Democratic Sr Senator
Blanche Lambert Lincoln s1sAR Former Democratic Senator
David Loebsack s1sIowa Democrat
Cynthia Lummis s1sWyoming Democrat
Dan Maffei s1sNew York Democrat (Unseated 2010)
Betsy Markey s1sColorado Former Democrat (until 2010)
Jim Marshall s1sGeorgia Former Democrat (until 2010)
Eric Massa s1sNew York Democrat (until 2010)
Claire McCaskill s1sMO Democratic Sr Senator; previously state Auditor
Mike McIntyre s1sNorth Carolina Democrat
Michael Michaud s1sMaine Democrat
Harry Mitchell s2pArizona Former Democrat (until 2010)
Dennis Moore s1sKansas Democrat (until 2010)
Patrick Murphy s1sPennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)
Patty Murray s1sWA Democratic Sr Senator
Ben Nelson s1sNE Democratic Sr Senator
Bill Nelson s1sFL Democratic Sr Senator
Eleanor Holmes Norton s1sDistrict of Columbia Democrat
Glenn Nye s1sVirginia Democrat (until 2010)
Tom Perriello s1sVirginia Democrat (until 2010)
Gary Peters s1sMichigan Democrat
Collin Peterson s1sMinnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
Chellie Pingree s1sMaine Democrat
David Eugene Price s1sNorth Carolina Democrat
Mark Pryor s1sAR Democratic Sr Senator
Jack Reed s1sRI Democratic Sr Senator
Harry Reid s2pNV Democratic Sr Senator
John Rockefeller s1sWV Democratic Sr Senator
Mark Schauer s1sMichigan Democrat (until 2010)
Charles Schumer s1sNY Democratic Sr Senator
Carol Shea-Porter s1sNew Hampshire Democrat (until 2010)
Heath Shuler s1sNorth Carolina Democrat
Zack Space s1sOhio Democrat (until 2010)
Debbie Stabenow s1sMI Democratic Jr Senator
Bart Stupak s1sMichigan Democrat (until 2010)
Gene Taylor s1sMississippi Democrat (until 2010)
Harry Teague s1sNew Mexico Democrat (until 2010)
Jon Tester s1sMT Democratic Jr Senator
Dina Titus s1sNevada Democrat (until 2010)
Niki Tsongas s1sMassachusetts Democrat
Mark Udall s1sCO Democratic Sr Senator; previously Representative
Tom Udall s1sNew Mexico Democrat (Senate 2008)
Tim Walz s1sMinnesota Democrat



Republicans participating in 2009-S542

Rodney Alexander s1sLouisiana Republican
Steve Austria s1sOhio Republican
Michele Bachmann s1sMinnesota Republican
Roscoe Bartlett s1sMaryland Republican
Judy Biggert s1sIllinois Republican
Marsha Blackburn s1sTennessee Republican
Paul Broun s1sGeorgia Republican
Vern Buchanan s1sFlorida Republican
Dan Burton s1sIndiana Republican
John Howard Coble s1sNorth Carolina Republican
Mike Coffman s1sColorado Republican
Charles Dent s1sPennsylvania Republican
Jo Ann Emerson s1sMissouri Republican
Jeff Flake s1sArizona Republican (Senate run 2012)
John Fleming s1sLouisiana Republican
Randy Forbes s1sVirginia Republican
Bob Goodlatte s1sVirginia Republican
Kay Granger s1sTexas Republican
Samuel Graves s1sMissouri Republican
Brett Guthrie s1sKentucky Republican
Lynn Jenkins s1sKansas Republican
Timothy Johnson s1sIllinois Republican
Walter Beaman Jones s1sNorth Carolina Republican
John Kline s1sMinnesota Republican
Bob Latta s1sOhio Republican
Chris Lee s1sNew York Republican (Resigned 2011)
Frank LoBiondo s1sNew Jersey Republican
Blaine Luetkemeyer s1sMissouri Republican
Kenny Marchant s1sTexas Republican
Michael McCaul s1sTexas Republican
Thad McCotter s1sMichigan Republican
Jeff Miller s1sFlorida Republican
Jerry Moran s1sKansas Republican (until 2010)
Tim Murphy s1sPennsylvania Republican
Sue Myrick s1sNorth Carolina Republican
Pete Olson s1sTexas Republican
Ron Paul s1sPOTUS Republican (Libertarian 1988)
Tom Petri s1sWisconsin Republican
Todd Platts s1sPennsylvania Republican
Bill Posey s1sFlorida Republican
Phil Roe s1sTennessee Republican
Tom Rooney s1sFlorida Republican
Steve Scalise s1sLA Republican challenger
John Shimkus s1sIllinois Republican
Cliff Stearns s1sFlorida Republican
Lee Terry s1sNebraska Republican
Pat Tiberi s1sOhio Republican
Fred Upton s1sMichigan Republican



Independents participating in 2009-S542

Brad Ellsworth s1sIN 2010 Democratic Challenger
Parker Griffith s1sAlabama Former GOP (until 2010)



Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: 90
Republicans: 48
Independents: 2
















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