Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

Poverty Scorecard 2009

Senate bills

House bills

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

Governor:
Pat Quinn
Capital:
Springfield
Population:
12,910,409
Poverty rate:
12.2%
Anti-poverty organizations:

Heartland Alliance
Voices for Illinois Children
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
Illinois Community Action Association


= vote to fight poverty = vote against fighting poverty

Senate1234567891011121314 
Roland BurrisOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Dick DurbinOOOOOOOOOOOxOO93A
House123456789101112131415161718 
Bobby Rush1stOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Jesse Jackson, Jr.2ndOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Dan Lipinski3rdOOO--OOOOOOOOOOOOOx94A
Luis Gutierrez4thOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Mike Quigley5th------------OOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Peter Roskam6thxxxxxOxxxOxxxxOxxx17F
Danny Davis7thOOOOOOOOOOO--OOOOOO100A+
Melissa Bean8thOOOOOOOOOOOOOxOOOO94A
Jan Schakowsky9thOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Mark Kirk10thxOxxOOxOOOOOOxOxxx56C
Deborah Halvorson11thOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Jerry Costello12thOOOOOOOOOOOOxOOOOx89A
Judy Biggert13thxxxxOOxOxOOxxxOxxx33D
Bill Foster14thOOOOOOOOOOOOxOOOOO94A
Tim Johnson15thOxxxOOxOOOOOxxOOxx56C
Donald Manzullo16thxxxxxOxxxOOxxxOxxx22F
Phil Hare17thOOOOO--OOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Aaron Schock18thxxxxOOxOxOOxxxOxxx33D
John Shimkus19thxxxxOOxOxOOxxxOxxx33D