Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

Poverty Scorecard 2011

Senate bills

House bills

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

Governor:
Mark Dayton
Capital:
Saint Paul
Population:
5,303,925
Poverty rate:
11.6%
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

Senate1234567891011 
Al FrankenOOOOxOOOOOO91A
Amy KlobucharOOOOxOOOOOO91A
House123456789101112131415161718 
Tim Walz1stOO--OOOOOOOOOOOOOOx94A
John Kline2ndxxxxxxxxxxxOxOxOxx17F
Erik Paulsen3rdxxxxxxxxxxxOOxxOxx17F
Betty McCollum4thOOO--OOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Keith Ellison5thOOOOOOOOOOOO--O--OOO100A+
Michele Bachmann6thxxxxxxxxxxxxxx----x--0F-
Collin Peterson7thOOxOOxxxOOxOOOOOxO67B
Chip Cravaack8thxxxxxxxxxxxOxOxOxx17F