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2007 SENATE Voting Record

Vote descriptions are at the bottom of this page. If you don't know your Legislative District, or who your Senator is, click here. To send an e-mail to your Senator, click on his or her name.
You can also download a printable version (PDF) of the 2007 WSLC Voting Records.

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Don Benton R-17 ●

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Jean Berkey D-38 ●

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Dale Brandland R-42 ●

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Lisa Brown D-3 ●

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Mike Carrell R-28 ●

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Jim Clements R-14 ●

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Jerome Delvin R-8   E E     ●

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Tracey Eide D-30 ●

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Darlene Fairley D-32 ●

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Rosa Franklin D-29 ●

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Karen Fraser D-22 ●

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Jim Hargrove D-24

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Brian Hatfield D-19 ●

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Mary Margaret Haugen D-10

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Mike Hewitt R-16 E ●       ●         22% 4%
Steve Hobbs D-44 ●

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Janéa Holmquist R-13           ●         10% 11%
Jim Honeyford R-15           ●         10% 5%
Ken Jacobsen D-46 ●

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Jim Kastama D-25 ●

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Claudia Kauffman D-47 ●

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Karen Keiser D-33 ●

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Derek Kilmer D-26 ●

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Adam Kline D-37 ●

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Jeanne Kohl-Welles D-36 ●

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Chris Marr D-6 ●

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Rosemary McAuliffe D-1 ●

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Bob McCaslin R-4 ●         ●         20% 9%
Bob Morton R-7           ●         10% 7%
Ed Murray D-43 ●

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Eric Oemig D-45 ●

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Linda Parlette R-12           ●         10% 13%
Cheryl Pflug R-5       ●   ●       E 22% 21%
Erik Poulsen D-34 ●

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Margarita Prentice D-11 ●

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Craig Pridemore D-49 ●

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Marilyn Rasmussen D-2 ●

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Debbie Regala D-27 ●

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Pam Roach R-31

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Phil Rockefeller D-23 ●

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Mark Schoesler R-9           ●         10% 11%
Tim Sheldon D-35

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Paull Shin D-21 ●

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Harriet Spanel D-40 ●

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Val Stevens R-39 E A       ●         13% 8%
Dan Swecker R-20  

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Rodney Tom D-48 ●

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Brian Weinstein D-41 ●

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Joseph Zarelli R-18   E E E   ●         14% 14%

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2007 Senate Vote Descriptions

  1. 2SSB 5093 (final passage) -- Providing health insurance for children in families at or below 250% of the federal poverty level. Effective January 2009, eligibility is expanded to 300% subject to appropriation. “Right” vote: YES. (Passed 38-9, Feb. 14)

  2. ESB 5675 (final passage) -- Increasing minimum benefits paid to injured workers to the same standard used in the Unemployment Insurance system, 15% of the state’s average monthly wage but no greater than 100% of wages at injury. “Right” vote: YES. (Passed 37-8, Mar. 10)

  3. SSB 5676 (final passage) -- Stops employers from forcing workers to take sick leave when they are “kept on salary” for purposes of workers’ compensation. “Right” vote: YES. (Passed 31-15, Mar. 10)

  4. ESSB 5373 (final passage) -- Reducing unemployment insurance fraud and socialized costs, and closing the “Professional Employee Organizations loophole” by requiring their clients to maintain their own experience ratings. “Right” vote: YES. (Passed 36-11, Mar. 12)

  5. E2SSB 5659 (final passage) -- Establishing Family and Medical Leave Insurance. This vote was for the original Senate bill that included coverage for family members’ health emergencies and the funding source.) “Right” vote: YES. (Passed 32-17, Mar. 12)

  6. SHB 1244 (final passage) -- The workers’ compensation “hour bank” bill, restoring the value of health benefits when calculating workers’ comp benefits. “Right” vote: YES. (Passed 47-0, Apr. 4)

  7. ESHB 2111 (final passage) -- Collective bargaining rights for adult family home providers. “Right” vote: YES. (Passed 32-17, Apr. 10)

  8. HB 2079 (final passage) -- Clarifying agency-fee rules so these fees are not considered used for political purposes when sufficient funds are in the union’s general treasury to cover the expenditure. “Right” vote: YES. (Passed 29-20, Apr. 13)

  9. SHB 1128 (final passage) -- Operating budget for 2007-09. “Right” vote: YES. (Passed 31-17, Apr. 22)

  10. E2SSB 5659 (final passage)-- Family Leave Insurance (as amended by House.) “Right” vote: YES. (Passed 26-21, Apr. 22)

For more information about these bills and issues, see the 2007 WSLC Legislative Report.

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