Poverty Scorecard 2009 | State: Pennsylvania

Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

Poverty Scorecard 2009

Senate bills

House bills

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

Governor:: Ed Rendell
Capital:: Harrisburg

Population:: 12,604,767
Poverty rate:: 12.1%

Anti-poverty organizations:: Community Action Association of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center
Keystone Research Center

= vote to fight poverty = vote against fighting poverty

Sort by: District | Name | Grade
Show: A+ and lower | Both chambers

Senate	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	%
Bob Casey	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	100	A+
Arlen Specter	O	O	O	O	O	O	x	O	O	O	O	x	O	O	86	A

House	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	%
Bob Brady1^st	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	--	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	100	A+
Chaka Fattah2^nd	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	100	A+
Kathy Dahlkemper3^rd	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	x	O	O	O	O	x	89	A
Jason Altmire4^th	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	x	x	O	O	x	O	83	A
Glenn Thompson5^th	x	O	x	x	O	O	x	x	x	O	x	x	x	x	O	x	x	x	28	D
Jim Gerlach6^th	O	O	x	x	O	O	x	O	O	O	O	x	x	x	O	x	x	x	50	C
Joe Sestak7^th	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	100	A+
Patrick Murphy8^th	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	x	O	O	O	O	94	A
Bill Shuster9^th	x	x	x	x	x	O	x	x	x	O	O	x	x	x	O	x	x	x	22	F
Chris Carney10^th	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	x	O	O	O	O	x	89	A
Paul Kanjorski11^th	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	x	O	O	O	x	O	O	89	A
John Murtha12^th	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	--	100	A+
Allyson Schwartz13^th	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	100	A+
Mike Doyle14^th	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	100	A+
Charlie Dent15^th	O	O	x	x	O	O	x	O	O	O	O	x	x	x	O	x	x	x	50	C
Joe Pitts16^th	x	x	x	x	x	--	x	x	x	O	O	x	x	x	O	x	x	x	18	F
Tim Holden17^th	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	x	O	O	O	x	O	89	A
Tim Murphy18^th	x	O	x	x	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	x	O	O	x	x	x	61	B
Todd Platts19^th	x	O	x	x	O	O	x	O	O	O	O	O	x	x	O	O	x	x	56	C