Friday, February 15, 2008

How Kentuckiana votes on Free Trade Issues

I was sent this link for the CATO Center for Trade Policy Studies so I thought I would check out the voting records of local politicians.

SENATE
Evan Bayh (D-IN)
First elected to the Senate in 1998
Barrier Votes: 49% (22 votes out of 45 opposing trade barriers)
Subsidy Votes: 13% (1 votes out of 8 opposing trade subsidies)

Richard Lugar (R-IN)
First elected to the Senate in 1976
Free Trader
Barrier Votes: 96% (48 votes out of 50 opposing trade barriers)
Subsidy Votes: 83% (10 votes out of 12 opposing trade subsidies)

Mitch McConnell Jr. (R-KY)
First elected to the Senate in 1984
Barrier Votes: 80% (41 votes out of 51 opposing trade barriers)
Subsidy Votes: 58% (7 votes out of 12 opposing trade subsidies)

Jim Bunning (R-KY)
First elected to the Senate in 1998
Barrier Votes: 58% (26 votes out of 45 opposing trade barriers)
Subsidy Votes: 50% (4 votes out of 8 opposing trade subsidies)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Ben Chandler (D-KY)
First elected to the House in 2004
Interventionist
Barrier Votes: 24% (4 votes out of 17 opposing trade barriers)
Subsidy Votes: 14% (1 votes out of 7 opposing trade subsidies)

John Yarmuth (D-KY)
First elected to the House in 2006
Barrier Votes: 40% (2 votes out of 5 opposing trade barriers)
Subsidy Votes: 50% (2 votes out of 4 opposing trade subsidies)

Anne Northup (R-KY)
First elected to the House in 1996
Internationalist
Barrier Votes: 69% (33 votes out of 48 opposing trade barriers)
Subsidy Votes: 15% (3 votes out of 20 opposing trade subsidies)

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