Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

Poverty Scorecard 2009

Senate bills

House bills

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

Governor:
Jim Doyle
Capital:
Madison
Population:
5,654,774
Poverty rate:
10.4%
Anti-poverty organizations:

Wisconsin Head Start Association
Wisconsin Council on Children and Families
Wisconsin Community Action Program Association


= vote to fight poverty = vote against fighting poverty

Senate1234567891011121314 
Russ FeingoldOOOOOOOOOOOxxO86A
Herb KohlOOOOOOOOOOOxOO93A
House123456789101112131415161718 
Paul Ryan1stxxxxxOxxx--xxxxOxxx12F
Tammy Baldwin2ndOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO--100A+
Ron Kind3rdOOOOOOO--OOOOOOOOOx94A
Gwen Moore4thOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Jim Sensenbrenner5thxxxxxxxxxxOxxxOxxx11F
Tom Petri6thxOxxOOxOxOOxxxOOxx44C
Dave Obey7thOOOOO--OOOOOOOOOOOO100A+
Steve Kagen8th--OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO100A+