Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

Poverty Scorecard 2009

Senate bills

House bills

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

Governor:
Tim Pawlenty
Capital:
Saint Paul
Population:
5,266,214
Poverty rate:
9.6%
Anti-poverty organizations:

Affirmative Options Coalition
Joint Religious Legislative Coalition
Legal Services Advocacy Project
Minnesota Budget Project


= vote to fight poverty = vote against fighting poverty

Senate1234567891011121314 
Al FrankenNot ranked
Amy KlobucharOOOOOOOOOOxxOO86A
House123456789101112131415161718 
Tim Walz1stOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
John Kline2ndxxxxxOxxxOxxxxOxxx17F
Erik Paulsen3rdxOxxOOxxxOOxxxOxxx33D
Betty McCollum4thOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Keith Ellison5thOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Michele Bachmann6thxxxxxOxxxx--xxxOxxx12F
Collin Peterson7thOOOxOOOOOOOOOOOOxx83A
Jim Oberstar8thOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+