Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

Poverty Scorecard 2009

Senate bills

House bills

Below is a list of every Florida Senator and Representative who voted on poverty-related legislation in 2009 and received a grade. Click on any name to learn more.

Governor:
Charlie Crist
Capital:
Tallahassee
Population:
18,537,969
Poverty rate:
13.2%
Anti-poverty organizations:

Florida Legal Services
Southern Legal Counsel


= vote to fight poverty = vote against fighting poverty

Senate1234567891011121314 
George LemieuxNot ranked
Bill NelsonOOOOOOOOOOOxOO93A
House123456789101112131415161718 
Jeff Miller1stxxxxxOxxxxxxxxOxxx11F
Allen Boyd2ndOOxOOOO--OOO--OOOxxO81A
Corrine Brown3rdOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO--100A+
Ander Crenshaw4thxxxxOOxxxOOxxxOxxx28D
Ginny Brown-Waite5thxx--xOOxOOOOxxxOxxx41C
Cliff Stearns6thxxxxxxxOxOOxxxOxxx22F
John Mica7thxxxxxOxxxOxxxxOxx--18F
Alan Grayson8thOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Gus Bilirakis9thxxxxOOxOxOOxxxOxxx33D
Bill Young10thxOxxOOxOOOOxxx--xxx41C
Kathy Castor11thOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Adam Putnam12thxxxxOOxxxOOxxxOxxx28D
Vern Buchanan13thxOxxOOxOxOOxxxOOxx44C
Connie Mack14thxxxxxOxxxxxxxxOxxx11F
Bill Posey15thxxxxxOxxOOOxxxOxxx28D
Thomas Rooney16thxxxxOOxOxOOxxxOxxx33D
Kendrick Meek17thOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen18thOOxxOOxOOOOOxxOOxx61B
Robert Wexler19thOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Debbie Wasserman Schultz20thOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Lincoln Diaz-Balart21stOOxxOOxOOOOOxxOxxx56C
Ron Klein22ndOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Alcee Hastings23rdOOOOOOOOOOOO--OOOOO100A+
Suzanne Kosmas24thOOOOOOOOOOOxOxOOxO83A
Mario Diaz-Balart25thOOxxOOxOO--OOxxOxxx53C