The following votes cast by Congressman Tim Walberg have been featured on Walberg Watch. They generally represent either significant legislation or examples of Congressman Walberg voting out of the mainstream.
A printable .pdf file of these votes is available here.
2007
Jan. 5, 2007: Walberg votes NO on tough new ethics rules and rules pushing for fiscal responsibility in the House of Representatives
Jan. 9, 2007: Walberg votes NO on implementing the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission
Jan. 10, 2007: Walberg votes NO on increasing the federal minimum wage for the first time in over a decade.
Jan. 11, 2007: Walberg votes NO on allowing federal funding of stem cell research
Jan. 12, 2007: Walberg votes NO on allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices (like plenty of private providers)
Jan. 18, 2007: Walberg votes NO on cutting subsidies to oil companies posting record profits
Feb. 16, 2007: Walberg votes NO on a resolution condemning the president's strategy in Iraq
Mar. 14, 2007: Walberg votes NO on protecting whistleblowers who expose corruption in government
Mar. 14, 2007: Walberg votesNO on reauthorizing Head Start in the Education and Labor Committee. The vote was 42 to 1.
Mar. 15, 2007: Walberg votes NO on a bill meant to stop corruption in government contracts
Mar. 21, 2007: Walberg votes NO on funding for relief for the Gulf Coast
Mar. 23, 2007: Walberg votes NO on a funding bill for the war in Iraq that includes a deadline to remove combat troops
Mar. 27, 2007: Walberg votes NO on improving rail and public transportation security
Apr. 17, 2007: Walberg votes NO on World Water Day
Apr. 19, 2007: Walberg reverses himself and votesYES on a "Bridge to Nowhere" in Alaska, despite attacking former Congressman Joe Schwarz on the same issue
Apr. 19, 2007: Walberg votes NO on giving voting rights to residents of the District of Columbia
Apr. 20, 2007: Walberg votes NO on giving shareholders greater power
Apr. 23, 2007: Walberg votes NO on honoring Rachel Carson by naming a post office after her
May 2, 2007: Walberg votesNO on reauthorizing Head Start
May 22, 2007: Walberg votes NO on holding OPEC accountable
May 23, 2007: Walberg votes NO on stopping gas price gouging
Jul. 11, 2007: Walberg votes NO on reducing college costs
Jul. 12, 2007: Walberg votes NO on responsible redeployment from Iraq
Jul. 19, 2007: Walberg votes NO on funds for Planned Parenthood, claiming to be against abortion, even though none of the money was going toward funding abortion
Jul. 31, 2007: Walberg votes NO on a Caribbean educational exchange program
Sep. 6, 2007: Walberg votes NO on housing assistance for Native Americans
Sep. 20, 2007: Walberg votes NO on authorizing funds for the Federal Aviation Administration, the agency that regulates air traffic safety
Sep. 26, 2007: Walberg votes NO on helping popcorn workers who have developed a lung disease as a result of their work
Sep. 27, 2007: Walberg votes NO on investing in small business
Oct. 2, 2007: Walberg refuses to recognize Ramadan, explaining that it's just because he's a bigot
Oct. 4, 2007: Walberg votes NO on funding for infrastructure improvements (this, after a bridge collapse in Minneapolis)
Oct. 10, 2007: Walberg votes NO on offering affordable housing
Oct. 10, 2007: Walberg votes NO on improving tax collection
Oct. 25, 2007: Walberg votes NO on reauthorizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program (one of many times)
Nov. 7, 2007: Walberg votesNO on a law that keeps employers from firing employees based on sexual orientation
Dec. 4, 2007: Walberg votes NO on studying ways we can preserve historical and natural sites
Mar. 5, 2008: Walberg doesn't vote on the Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equity Act in either committee or on the House floor. Walberg did vote on bills immediately preceding and following the Wellstone bill.
Mar. 10, 2008: Walberg votesNO on creating an Office of Congressional Ethics
Mar. 14, 2008: Walberg votesNO on fixing FISA without immunity for telecommunications companies that broke the law
May 14, 2008: Walberg votesNO on recognizing AmeriCorps, an agency promoting community service
May 15, 2008: Walberg votesNO on extending unemployment benefits for jobless workers in Michigan
Jun. 11, 2008: Walberg votesNO on reauthorizing Amtrak, a service used by 26 million Americans that employs 114 Michigan residents
Jun. 19, 2008: Walberg votesNO on paid parental leave for federal employees
Jun. 20, 2008: Walberg votesYES on immunity for telecommunications companies that broke the law
Jun. 26, 2008: Walberg votesNO on encouraging and investing in public transportation to save energy
Recent Votes
Courtesy of the RSS feed of GovTrack.us, here are all of the votes recently cast by Tim Walberg in the United States House of Representatives.
