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S. 1769 - Rebuild America Jobs Act

Labor and employment. 112th Congress (2011-2012) View bill details
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Summary:
A bill to put workers back on the job while rebuilding and modernizing America. (by CRS) 
Status:
The bill has passed through committee and has been put on a legislative calendar. 
Senate Vote: On the Motion to Proceed S. 1769

DID NOT PASS on November 3, 2011.

3/5 required to pass

voted YES: 51 voted NO: 49
0 voted present/not voting

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Rebuild America Jobs Act

S. 1769 — 112th Congress (2011–2012)

Summary
A bill to put workers back on the job while rebuilding and modernizing America. (by CRS)
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Title
A bill to put workers back on the job while rebuilding and modernizing America.
Other Titles
  • Rebuild America Jobs Act
  • Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development
Sponsor
Amy Klobuchar
Co-Sponsors
Subjects
  • Labor and employment
  • Aviation and airports
  • Building construction
  • Buy American requirements
  • Caribbean area
  • Dams and canals
  • Electric power generation and transmission
  • Employee hiring
  • Employment and training programs
  • Energy efficiency and conservation
  • Energy storage, supplies, demand
  • Forests
  • Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
  • Government lending and loan guarantees
  • Income tax exclusion
  • Income tax rates
  • Inflation and prices
  • Infrastructure development
  • Manufacturing
  • Marine and inland water transportation
  • Metals
  • Minority and disadvantaged businesses
  • National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
  • Navigation, waterways, harbors
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Public transit
  • Public-private cooperation
  • Puerto Rico
  • Railroads
  • Roads and highways
  • Rural conditions and development
  • Securities
  • Solid waste and recycling
  • Transportation programs funding
  • U.S. territories and protectorates
  • User charges and fees
  • Wages and earnings
  • Water quality
  • Water use and supply
  • Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Related Bills
Major Actions
Introduced10/31/2011
Bill History
Chamber/CommitteeMotionDateResult
currently selectedSenateOn the Motion to Proceed S. 176911/03/2011This motion DID NOT PASS the Senate
51 voted YES 49 voted NO 0 voted present/not voting
ActionDateDescription
Introduced10/31/2011
10/31/2011Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Put on a legislative calendar11/01/2011Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 213.
11/01/2011Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
11/01/2011Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the bill presented in Senate.
11/02/2011Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate.
11/02/2011Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the bill withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate.
11/03/2011Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate.
currently selectedVote11/03/2011On the Motion to Proceed S. 1769
NumberSponsorDate OfferedStatus

Total contributions given to Senators from State & local govt employee unions, which…

supported this motion

State & local govt employee unions$508,470
$508,470

3 Organizations Supported and 0 Opposed; See Which Ones
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Organizations that took a position on
Rebuild America Jobs Act

3 organizations supported this motion

AFL-CIO
Hall, Mike (2011, November 2). Tell Your Senators: Pass the Rebuild America Jobs Act. AFL-CIO Now Blog News. Retrieved November 2, 2011, from http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/11/02/tell-your-senators-pass-the-rebuild-american-jobs-act/.
American Association of People with Disabilities
undersigned organizations (2011, November 2). SUPPORT S. 1769, THE “REBUILD AMERICA JOBS ACT”. Retrieved November 3, 2011, from Civil Rights Docs.
American Association of Retired Persons
undersigned organizations (2011, November 2). SUPPORT S. 1769, THE “REBUILD AMERICA JOBS ACT”. Retrieved November 3, 2011, from Civil Rights Docs.

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Contributions by Legislator

Namesort iconPartyState$ From Interest Groups
That Supported		$ From Interest Groups
That Opposed		Vote
Daniel K. AkakaDHI$1,000$0Yes
Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$0$0No
Kelly AyotteRNH$0$0No
John BarrassoRWY$0$0No
Max BaucusDMT$11,500$0Yes
Mark BegichDAK$13,500$0Yes
Michael BennetDCO$10,750$0Yes
Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$1,000$0Yes
Richard BlumenthalDCT$10,000$0Yes
Roy BluntRMO$0$0No
John BoozmanRAR$0$0No
Barbara BoxerDCA$10,800$0Yes
Scott BrownRMA$0$0No
Sherrod BrownDOH$17,670$0Yes
Richard BurrRNC$0$0No
Maria CantwellDWA$1,700$0Yes
Ben CardinDMD$10,000$0Yes
Tom CarperDDE$10,000$0Yes
Bob CaseyDPA$13,150$0Yes
Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$0$0No
Daniel CoatsRIN$0$0No
Tom CoburnROK$0$0No
William Thad CochranRMS$0$0No
Susan CollinsRME$0$0No
Gaylord Kent ConradDND$0$0Yes
Chris CoonsDDE$10,000$0Yes
Bob CorkerRTN$0$0No
John CornynRTX$250$0No
Mike CrapoRID$0$0No
Jim DeMintRSC$0$0No
Dick DurbinDIL$10,000$0Yes
Mike EnziRWY$0$0No
Dianne FeinsteinDCA$13,500$0Yes
Alan FrankenDMN$16,250$0Yes
Kirsten GillibrandDNY$33,500$0Yes
Lindsey GrahamRSC$0$0No
Chuck GrassleyRIA$0$0No
Kay HaganDNC$5,000$0Yes
Tom HarkinDIA$5,000$0Yes
Orrin HatchRUT$0$0No
Dean HellerRNV$0$0No
John HoevenRND$0$0No
Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$0$0No
Jim InhofeROK$0$0No
Dan InouyeDHI$10,000$0Yes
Johnny IsaksonRGA$0$0No
Mike JohannsRNE$0$0No
Ron JohnsonRWI$0$0No
Tim JohnsonDSD$10,000$0Yes
John KerryDMA$10,000$0Yes
Mark KirkRIL$0$0No
Amy KlobucharDMN$10,450$0Yes
Herb KohlDWI$0$0Yes
Jon KylRAZ$0$0No
Mary LandrieuDLA$9,000$0Yes
Frank LautenbergDNJ$8,000$0Yes
Patrick LeahyDVT$11,000$0Yes
Mike LeeRUT$0$0No
Carl LevinDMI$10,000$0Yes
Joe LiebermanICT$0$0No
Dick LugarRIN$0$0No
Joe ManchinDWV$15,000$0Yes
John McCainRAZ$0$0No
Claire McCaskillDMO$10,000$0Yes
Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$0$0No
Bob MenéndezDNJ$10,000$0Yes
Jeff MerkleyDOR$11,000$0Yes
Barbara MikulskiDMD$10,000$0Yes
Jerry MoranRKS$0$0No
Lisa MurkowskiRAK$0$0No
Patty MurrayDWA$8,750$0Yes
Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$5,000$0No
Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$10,500$0Yes
Rand PaulRKY$0$0No
Rob PortmanROH$0$0No
Mark PryorDAR$7,500$0Yes
John "Jack" ReedDRI$9,250$0Yes
Harry ReidDNV$11,500$0Yes
Jim RischRID$0$0No
Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$0$0No
John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$11,500$0Yes
Marco RubioRFL$0$0No
Bernie SandersIVT$10,000$0Yes
Chuck SchumerDNY$13,000$0Yes
Jeff SessionsRAL$0$0No
Jeanne ShaheenDNH$10,000$0Yes
Richard ShelbyRAL$0$0No
Olympia SnoweRME$1,000$0No
Debbie StabenowDMI$10,000$0Yes
Jon TesterDMT$10,500$0Yes
John ThuneRSD$0$0No
Patrick ToomeyRPA$0$0No
Mark UdallDCO$12,200$0Yes
Tom UdallDNM$10,250$0Yes
David VitterRLA$0$0No
Mark WarnerDVA$10,000$0Yes
Jim WebbDVA$1,000$0Yes
Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$10,000$0Yes
Roger WickerRMS$0$0No
Ron WydenDOR$7,500$0Yes

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NamePartyState$ From Interest Groups
That Supported		$ From Interest Groups
That Opposed		Vote
Daniel K. AkakaDHI$7,000$0Yes
Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$11,750$4,500No
Kelly AyotteRNH$14,250$1,000No
John BarrassoRWY$1,000$0No
Max BaucusDMT$217,350$2,500Yes
Mark BegichDAK$438,965$0Yes
Michael BennetDCO$307,193$0Yes
Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$1,000$0Yes
Richard BlumenthalDCT$81,800$0Yes
Roy BluntRMO$12,600$8,100No
John BoozmanRAR$11,300$1,500No
Barbara BoxerDCA$2,035,698$14,350Yes
Scott BrownRMA$25,000$10,750No
Sherrod BrownDOH$769,725$4,750Yes
Richard BurrRNC$250$5,945No
Maria CantwellDWA$192,793$750Yes
Ben CardinDMD$133,250$750Yes
Tom CarperDDE$58,300$1,500Yes
Bob CaseyDPA$191,696$4,750Yes
Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$27,000$6,000No
Daniel CoatsRIN$3,150$6,500No
Tom CoburnROK$250$0No
William Thad CochranRMS$0$0No
Susan CollinsRME$107,429$5,700No
Gaylord Kent ConradDND$18,300$0Yes
Chris CoonsDDE$108,845$0Yes
Bob CorkerRTN$12,600$5,250No
John CornynRTX$18,825$4,750No
Mike CrapoRID$10,200$0No
Jim DeMintRSC$750$4,000No
Dick DurbinDIL$279,720$1,750Yes
Mike EnziRWY$5,500$0No
Dianne FeinsteinDCA$302,771$1,000Yes
Alan FrankenDMN$1,239,172$210Yes
Kirsten GillibrandDNY$1,982,602$1,000Yes
Lindsey GrahamRSC$14,400$12,884No
Chuck GrassleyRIA$15,900$1,000No
Kay HaganDNC$2,396,432$0Yes
Tom HarkinDIA$198,608$1,000Yes
Orrin HatchRUT$27,850$1,250No
Dean HellerRNV$12,700$6,250No
John HoevenRND$7,400$6,000No
Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$2,550$0No
Jim InhofeROK$3,900$1,250No
Dan InouyeDHI$69,050$200Yes
Johnny IsaksonRGA$4,250$2,500No
Mike JohannsRNE$3,500$7,200No
Ron JohnsonRWI$900$1,500No
Tim JohnsonDSD$374,517$0Yes
John KerryDMA$449,809$0Yes
Mark KirkRIL$52,970$7,500No
Amy KlobucharDMN$343,157$0Yes
Herb KohlDWI$0$0Yes
Jon KylRAZ$0$0No
Mary LandrieuDLA$387,972$1,000Yes
Frank LautenbergDNJ$428,300$250Yes
Patrick LeahyDVT$135,825$0Yes
Mike LeeRUT$2,400$2,000No
Carl LevinDMI$264,393$2,250Yes
Joe LiebermanICT$2,000$0No
Dick LugarRIN$6,000$2,750No
Joe ManchinDWV$156,065$7,500Yes
John McCainRAZ$20,800$7,750No
Claire McCaskillDMO$1,532,500$1,750Yes
Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$36,000$8,500No
Bob MenéndezDNJ$175,200$500Yes
Jeff MerkleyDOR$617,363$0Yes
Barbara MikulskiDMD$157,042$500Yes
Jerry MoranRKS$7,500$1,950No
Lisa MurkowskiRAK$28,849$0No
Patty MurrayDWA$723,363$750Yes
Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$46,150$5,000No
Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$171,244$2,250Yes
Rand PaulRKY$4,150$500No
Rob PortmanROH$3,450$11,000No
Mark PryorDAR$100,800$750Yes
John "Jack" ReedDRI$113,425$500Yes
Harry ReidDNV$363,309$3,900Yes
Jim RischRID$1,050$5,000No
Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$2,000$450No
John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$121,300$1,500Yes
Marco RubioRFL$16,480$2,205No
Bernie SandersIVT$326,105$0Yes
Chuck SchumerDNY$205,853$1,000Yes
Jeff SessionsRAL$1,600$4,500No
Jeanne ShaheenDNH$1,442,062$0Yes
Richard ShelbyRAL$6,200$0No
Olympia SnoweRME$11,500$0No
Debbie StabenowDMI$534,625$5,800Yes
Jon TesterDMT$458,893$1,000Yes
John ThuneRSD$3,900$7,200No
Patrick ToomeyRPA$13,983$6,400No
Mark UdallDCO$685,517$1,500Yes
Tom UdallDNM$632,954$0Yes
David VitterRLA$200$6,000No
Mark WarnerDVA$1,358,359$1,550Yes
Jim WebbDVA$25,500$1,000Yes
Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$103,557$850Yes
Roger WickerRMS$8,300$6,000No
Ron WydenDOR$72,700$500Yes

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$ Donated
Democratic/Liberal$11,495,677
Women's issues$7,071,216
Teachers unions$1,025,300
Minority/Ethnic Groups$881,302
Gay & lesbian rights & issues$594,795
State & local govt employee unions$508,470
IBEW (Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers)$498,200
Health & welfare policy$429,600
Commercial service unions$424,550
Churches, clergy & religious organizations$348,608
Labor Unions$281,283
Automotive Unions$280,298
Elderly issues/Social Security$241,966
Human Rights$41,400

Interest Groups that opposed this motion

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$ Donated
Chambers of commerce$259,644
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