Pension Protection Act

109th Congress, 2nd Session

July 28, 2006

Major changes to the pension laws to require full funding by companies of pension plan and addressing finances of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation were passed in July 2006 by a vote of 279-131 (22 not voting). Opponents were concerned that the bill was rushed through without adequate review as well as for failing to address some substantive issues. Despite the strong vote for passage, there were unusual splits in a a number of caucuses. Eight members of the conservative Republican Study Committee and six moderate Blue Dog Coalition members voted against the bill, as did eight Progressive Caucus members. Congressional Black Caucus members split more evenly, with seventeen supporting the bill and nineteen voting no. The votes did not follow the liberal/conservative distinctions that can be seen in votes on other major money bills. Details are found in the table below, which can be sorted by clicking on Sort at the top of a column.

Data Set Sorted By state, cd in Ascending Order

Representative
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Party
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CBC
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CHC
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Progressive Caucus
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New Democrats
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Republican Study Comm.
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Rural Caucus
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Don Young
Y
AK
A-L
R
RURAL
Jo Bonner
Y
AL
1
R
Terry Everett
Y
AL
2
R
RURAL
Mike Rogers
Y
AL
3
R
Robert B. Aderholt
Y
AL
4
R
RSC
RURAL
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.
Y
AL
5
D
BD
Spencer Bachus
Y
AL
6
R
RSC
Artur Davis
Y
AL
7
D
B
ND
Marion Berry
Y
AR
1
D
BD
RURAL
Vic Snyder
N
AR
2
D
RURAL
John Boozman
Y
AR
3
R
RSC
RURAL
Mike Ross
Y
AR
4
D
BD
RURAL
Rick Renzi
Y
AZ
1
R
RSC
RURAL
Trent Franks
Y
AZ
2
R
RSC
John B. Shadegg
Y
AZ
3
R
RSC
Ed Pastor
N
AZ
4
D
H
P
RURAL
J. D. Hayworth
Y
AZ
5
R
RSC
RURAL
Jeff Flake
N
AZ
6
R
RSC
Raúl M. Grijalva
N
AZ
7
D
H
P
Jim Kolbe
Y
AZ
8
R
RURAL
Mike Thompson
Y
CA
1
D
BD
RURAL
Wally Herger
Y
CA
2
R
RSC
RURAL
Daniel E. Lungren
Y
CA
3
R
John T. Doolittle
Y
CA
4
R
RSC
Doris Matsui
Y
CA
5
D
Lynn C. Woolsey
N
CA
6
D
P
George Miller
N
CA
7
D
P
Nancy Pelosi
N
CA
8
D
P
Barbara Lee
N
CA
9
D
B
P
Ellen O. Tauscher
Y
CA
10
D
BD
ND
Richard W. Pombo
Y
CA
11
R
RSC
RURAL
Tom Lantos
N
CA
12
D
P
Fortney Pete Stark
NV
CA
13
D
P
Anna G. Eshoo
N
CA
14
D
Michael M. Honda
N
CA
15
D
Zoe Lofgren
N
CA
16
D
Sam Farr
N
CA
17
D
P
Dennis A. Cardoza
Y
CA
18
D
BD
George Radanovich
Y
CA
19
R
RSC
Jim Costa
Y
CA
20
D
BD
Devin Nunes
Y
CA
21
R
William M. Thomas
Y
CA
22
R
Lois Capps
N
CA
23
D
ND
RURAL
Elton Gallegly
Y
CA
24
R
Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon
Y
CA
25
R
David Dreier
Y
CA
26
R
Brad Sherman
N
CA
27
D
Howard L. Berman
N
CA
28
D
Adam B. Schiff
N
CA
29
D
BD
ND
Henry A. Waxman
N
CA
30
D
P
Xavier Becerra
N
CA
31
D
P
Hilda L. Solis
N
CA
32
D
H
P
Diane E. Watson
N
CA
33
D
B
P
Lucille Roybal-Allard
N
CA
34
D
H
Maxine Waters
N
CA
35
D
B
P
Jane Harman
Y
CA
36
D
BD
ND
Juanita Millender-McDonald
N
CA
37
D
B
ND
RURAL
Grace F. Napolitano
N
CA
38
D
H
Linda T. Sánchez
N
CA
39
D
H
Edward R. Royce
Y
CA
40
R
Jerry Lewis
Y
CA
41
R
RSC
Gary G. Miller
Y
CA
42
R
RSC
Joe Baca
NV
CA
43
D
H
BD
Ken Calvert
Y
CA
44
R
Mary Bono
Y
CA
45
R
RURAL
Dana Rohrabacher
Y
CA
46
R
Loretta Sanchez
N
CA
47
D
H
BD
ND
John Campbell
Y
CA
48
R
RSC
Darrell E. Issa
Y
CA
49
R
Brian Bilbray
Y
CA
50
R
Bob Filner
N
CA
51
D
P
Duncan Hunter
Y
CA
52
R
RSC
Susan A. Davis
N
CA
53
D
Diana DeGette
N
CO
1
D
Mark Udall
Y
CO
2
D
John T. Salazar
NV
CO
3
D
H
BD
Marilyn N. Musgrave
Y
CO
4
R
RSC
Joel Hefley
Y
CO
5
R
Thomas G. Tancredo
Y
CO
6
R
RSC
Bob Beauprez
Y
CO
7
R
RSC
John B. Larson
N
CT
1
D
ND
Rob Simmons
Y
CT
2
R
Rosa L. DeLauro
N
CT
3
D
P
Christopher Shays
Y
CT
4
R
Nancy L. Johnson
Y
CT
5
R
RURAL
Michael N. Castle
Y
DE
A-L
R
Jeff Miller
Y
FL
1
R
RSC
Allen Boyd
Y
FL
2
D
BD
RURAL
Corrine Brown
N
FL
3
D
B
P
Ander Crenshaw
Y
FL
4
R
Ginny Brown-Waite
Y
FL
5
R
Cliff Stearns
Y
FL
6
R
RSC
RURAL
John L. Mica
Y
FL
7
R
Ric Keller
Y
FL
8
R
Michael Bilirakis
NV
FL
9
R
C. W. Bill Young
Y
FL
10
R
Jim Davis
N
FL
11
D
ND
Adam H. Putnam
Y
FL
12
R
Katherine Harris
Y
FL
13
R
Connie Mack
Y
FL
14
R
Dave Weldon
Y
FL
15
R
RSC
Mark Foley
Y
FL
16
R
RURAL
Kendrick B. Meek
Y
FL
17
D
B
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Y
FL
18
R
H
Robert Wexler
N
FL
19
D
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
N
FL
20
D
Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Y
FL
21
R
H
E. Clay Shaw Jr.
Y
FL
22
R
Alcee L. Hastings
N
FL
23
D
B
Tom Feeney
Y
FL
24
R
RSC
Mario Diaz-Balart
Y
FL
25
R
H
RSC
Jack Kingston
Y
GA
1
R
Sanford D. Bishop Jr.
Y
GA
2
D
B
BD
RURAL
Jim Marshall
Y
GA
3
D
Cynthia McKinney
NV
GA
4
D
B
John Lewis
NV
GA
5
D
B
P
Tom Price
Y
GA
6
R
John Linder
NV
GA
7
R
Lynn A. Westmoreland
Y
GA
8
R
Charlie Norwood
Y
GA
9
R
RSC
Nathan Deal
NV
GA
10
R
RURAL
Phil Gingrey
Y
GA
11
R
RSC
John Barrow
Y
GA
12
D
BD
David Scott
Y
GA
13
D
B
BD
ND
Neil Abercrombie
N
HI
1
D
P
Ed Case
Y
HI
2
D
BD
ND
RURAL
Jim Nussle
Y
IA
1
R
James A. Leach
Y
IA
2
R
RURAL
Leonard L. Boswell
Y
IA
3
D
BD
RURAL
Tom Latham
Y
IA
4
R
RURAL
Steve King
Y
IA
5
R
RSC
RURAL
C. L. ``Butch'' Otter
Y
ID
1
R
RURAL
Michael K. Simpson
Y
ID
2
R
RURAL
Bobby L. Rush
Y
IL
1
D
B
P
Jesse L. Jackson Jr.
N
IL
2
D
B
P