Poverty Scorecard 2009 | State: Georgia

Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

Poverty Scorecard 2009

Senate bills

House bills

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

Governor:: Sonny Perdue
Capital:: Atlanta

Population:: 9,829,211
Poverty rate:: 14.7%

Anti-poverty organizations:: Georgia Family Connection Partnership
Georgia Budget and Policy Institute
Women’s Policy Group

= vote to fight poverty = vote against fighting poverty

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Show: A+ and lower | Both chambers

Senate	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	%
Saxby Chambliss	x	x	x	x	O	x	x	x	O	O	x	x	x	x	21	F
Johnny Isakson	x	x	x	x	O	x	x	x	O	O	x	x	x	x	21	F

House	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	%
Jack Kingston1^st	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	O	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	6	F
Sanford Bishop2^nd	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	100	A+
Lynn Westmoreland3^rd	x	x	x	x	x	--	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	0	F-
Hank Johnson4^th	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	--	O	O	O	O	O	O	100	A+
John Lewis5^th	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	100	A+
Tom Price6^th	x	x	x	x	x	O	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	6	F
John Linder7^th	x	x	x	x	x	O	x	--	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	6	F
Jim Marshall8^th	O	x	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	x	O	O	O	x	x	78	B
Nathan Deal9^th	x	x	x	x	x	O	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	6	F
Paul Broun10^th	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	0	F-
Phil Gingrey11^th	x	x	x	x	x	O	x	x	x	x	O	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	11	F
John Barrow12^th	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	x	O	O	O	x	O	89	A
David Scott13^th	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	100	A+