Is Congress Doing What America Wants?
Welcome to What America Wants. Our mission is to post Bills on this website which Congress votes on and provide a forum for citizens to cast their votes for or against the same Bills to see if congress is doing "What America Wants". We realize this is not as attractive and entertaining as some social networking sites but think it is very valuable to have the ability to let each other know what we want and to compare to what is being done. Please take the time to vote. We will make results available and attempt to have these results represented in an appropriate forum to make Congress aware that America is paying attention to the details of what they do and America has the ability to unite in an organized manner thanks to the power of the internet. We no longer have to be scattered and disorganized. With the click of a button and in less time than it takes to update your dating status online you can make a difference in the way this country is being managed. You can have a say in the way the money is being spent. Bills will be briefly described below and links posted to actual Bill documents so visitors may make informed decisions. Please let us know "What America Wants".
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Is your Representative voting the way you think they should? Interesting, the things you find when researching Congressional votes. You may think Bills that seem like "no brainers" such as S. 2038 "to prohibit Members of Congress and employees of Congress from using nonpublic information derived from their official positions for personal benefit" would pass or fail (in this case pass) unanimously. Surprisingly, three members of congress were against a law which would prevent them from profiting from insider knowledge. (Click Here for entire roll call page) Here are the votes:Grouped By Vote Position
| NAYs ---3 | ||
| Burr (R-NC) |
Coburn (R-OK) |
Grassley (R-IA) |
| Not Voting - 1 | ||
| Kirk (R-IL) |
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| YEAs ---96 | ||
| Akaka (D-HI) Alexander (R-TN) Ayotte (R-NH) Barrasso (R-WY) Baucus (D-MT) Begich (D-AK) Bennet (D-CO) Bingaman (D-NM) Blumenthal (D-CT) Blunt (R-MO) Boozman (R-AR) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Brown (R-MA) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Chambliss (R-GA) Coats (R-IN) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Coons (D-DE) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Durbin (D-IL) Enzi (R-WY) Feinstein (D-CA) Franken (D-MN) |
Gillibrand (D-NY) Graham (R-SC) Hagan (D-NC) Harkin (D-IA) Hatch (R-UT) Heller (R-NV) Hoeven (R-ND) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Inouye (D-HI) Isakson (R-GA) Johanns (R-NE) Johnson (D-SD) Johnson (R-WI) Kerry (D-MA) Klobuchar (D-MN) Kohl (D-WI) Kyl (R-AZ) Landrieu (D-LA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Lee (R-UT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (ID-CT) Lugar (R-IN) Manchin (D-WV) McCain (R-AZ) McCaskill (D-MO) McConnell (R-KY) Menendez (D-NJ) Merkley (D-OR) Mikulski (D-MD) |
Moran (R-KS) Murkowski (R-AK) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Nelson (D-NE) Paul (R-KY) Portman (R-OH) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Risch (R-ID) Roberts (R-KS) Rockefeller (D-WV) Rubio (R-FL) Sanders (I-VT) Schumer (D-NY) Sessions (R-AL) Shaheen (D-NH) Shelby (R-AL) Snowe (R-ME) Stabenow (D-MI) Tester (D-MT) Thune (R-SD) Toomey (R-PA) Udall (D-CO) Udall (D-NM) Vitter (R-LA) Warner (D-VA) Webb (D-VA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wicker (R-MS) Wyden (D-OR) |
Read HR 3 Bill text here: To prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and to provide for conscience protections...Please use the voting box below to let us know if this is what you want.
Read HR 388 Bill text here. This Bill is to provide that the detention facility at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba remains open indefinitely and to require that individuals detained at the facility be tried only by military commission. Please use the voting box below to let us know if this is what you want.
Read HR 98 Bill text here. This Bill addresses employment of illegal immigrants which undermines our system of lawful immigration and has a negative impact on job opportunities for American workers. Please use the voting box below to let us know if this is what you want.
Read H.R. 77 Bill Text Here - There is authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General $150,000,000 for FY 2011 and each succeeding fiscal year to provide for emergency deployments of United States Border Patrol agents and to increase the number of DEA and ATF agents along the international border of the United States to increase resources to identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms into Mexico for use by violent drug trafficking organizations and for other purposes. Please use the voting box below to let us know if this is what YOU want.
Read HR 235 Bill text here. This Bill cuts spending in a wide range of areas from reducing the number of federal employees to elimination of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities program. Please use the voting box below to let us know if this is what you want.
