WAND/WiLL Scorecard

House of Representatives - Voting Record for the 112th Congress, 2011

This is the WAND/WiLL voting scorecard for the 112th Congress.  The scorecard is comprised of major votes we have been tracking, which are listed below.  This scorecard proves that WAND/WiLL women really do vote better on our issues compared to the rest of Congress.  The average score of the entire House came out to 35% while the average score of only WAND/WiLL women came out to 68%.

To see the entire scorecard, please download the PDF document: Scorecard

Some other interesting statistics:

• Number of House members (including WAND/WiLL women) with a score of 75% or higher: 81 (out of 435)
• Number of WAND/WiLL women with a score of 75% or higher: 20 (out of 37)
• Number of House members (including WAND/WiLL women with a score of 100%: 12 (out of 435)
• Number of WAND/WiLL women with a score of 100%: 3 (out of 37)
• Number of House members (including WAND/WiLL women) with a score of 0%: 73 (out of 435)
• Number of WAND/WiLL women with a score of 0%: 0 (out of 37)

Bill Descriptions
Below you will find descriptions of the different bills listed in the scorecard.

Afghanistan

RC #47 (H.R. 1) (112th) Reducing defense spending: Rep. Jones’ (R-NC) amendment would remove $400 million from the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund and increase the Defense Spending Reduction Account by $400 million. (February 16, 2011) Failed 135-294

RC #91 (H.R. 1) (112th) Military spending: Rep. Nadler (D-NY) an amendment to limit funding for the Afghanistan war to $10 billion and use the remaining money to withdraw the troops. (February 18, 2011) Failed 98-331

RC #373 (H.R. 1540, Amendment 55) (112th) McGovern: McGovern (D-MA) and Jones (NC) introduced an amendment, directing the President to set a date for the exit of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and present a plan for its implementation. (May 26, 2011) Failed 204-215

RC #502 (H.R. 2219) (112th) Cut $33 billion: Reps. Lee (D-CA), Nadler (R-NY), Woolsey (D-CA), Olver, (D-MA), Stark (D-CA), Jackson (D-CA), Honda (D-CA), Conyers (D-MI), Grijalva (D-AZ), Paul (R-TX), and Amash (R-MI) offered this amendment to cut $33 billion to end funding for combat operation sin Afghanistan but provide funds to bring back troops. (July 7, 2011) Failed 97-322

RC #503 (H.R. 2219) (112th) Troop drawdown: Rep. Garamendi (D-CA) offered this amendment to cut $20.9 billion in spending and bring the number of troops down to 25,000 by December 31, 2010. (July 7, 2011) Failed 133-295

Libya

RC #412 (H.CON.RES.51) (112th) Remove military from Libya: The House did not pass Rep. Kucinich’s bill to remove the United States Armed Forces from Libya. (June 3, 2011) Failed 148-265

Nukes

RC #499 (H.R. 2219) (112th) New nuclear bomber: Reps. Welch (D-VT), Paul (R-TX), and Woolsey (D-CA) offered an amendment to cut $297 million in funding for a new nuclear weapons bomber. (July 6, 2011) Failed 98-322

RC #546 (H.R. 2354, Amendment 24) (112th) Decreasing funds in NNSA Weapons Activities account: Rep. Welch ( D-VT) offered an amendment to add $491 million to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy, which would come from the National Nuclear Security Administration Weapons Activities account. (July 12, 2011) Failed 123-200

RC #548 (H.R. 2354, Amendment 26) (112th) Decreasing funds in NNSA Weapons Activities account: Reps. Tonko (D-NY) and Bass (R-NH) offered an amendment to add $227 million to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy, which would come from the National Nuclear Security Administration Weapons Activities account. (July 12, 2011) Failed 149-273

Wasteful Weapons

RC #46 (H.R. 1) (112th) Wasteful weapons: Rep. Rooney (R-FL) proposed an amendment to cut funding for the alternative engine in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program by $450 million. (February 16, 2011) Passed 233-198
RC #369 (H.R. 1540) (112th) Wasteful spending: Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) introduced an amendment that would have reduced funding for Ground-based Midcourse Defense systems (missile defense) by $100,000,000. (May 26, 2011) Failed 184-234

RC #517 (H.R. 2219, Amendment 45) (112th) Military spending: Rep. Mulvaney (R-SC) proposed to cut the Pentagon budget by $17 million, freezing the budget at the Fiscal Year 2011 level. (July 7, 2011) Failed 135-290

RC #523 (H.R. 2219, Amendment 97) (112th) Scale back DoD budget: This amendment was offered by Reps. Frank (D-MA), Campbell (R-CA), Holt (D-NJ), Jones (R-NC), Moore (D-WI), and Paul (R-TX) and would have scaled back the planned FY 2012 increase in the Defense base budget by $8.5 billion.  Furthermore, none of the reductions would come from payroll for military personnel, Department of Defense health programs, and emergency war spending. (July 7, 2011) Failed 181-244

To see the entire scorecard, please download the PDF document: Scorecard