Senate Report Card

MARKING PERIOD 2010
STUDENT: United States Senate SUBJECT: Support for the Arts
Comments: Advocates for the arts have a chance to vote smART on November 2, when one-third of the Senate will face voters. This election season provides the opportunity to send to Congress pro-arts lawmakers who realize the value of the arts in fueling creativity and innovation, educating our children, enriching lives, and strengthening communities. Americans for the Arts Action Fund has produced this Congressional Arts Report Card* as guide to help you make arts-informed decisions at the ballot box. Find out why the twelve highlighted Senators received a failing grade. Read Same State, Different Story to see arts support in action. See who made the Senate Arts Report Card Honor Roll!

State/Party	Name	Grade	.....	State/Party	Name	Grade
AK-D	Mark Begich			MT-D	Max Baucus
AK-R	Lisa A. Murkowski			MT-D	Jon Tester
AL-R	Jeff Sessions			NC-R	Richard Burr
AL-R	Richard C. Shelby			NC-D	Kay R. Hagan
AR-D	Blanche Lincoln			ND-D	Kent Conrad
AR-D	Mark Pryor			ND-D	Byron L. Dorgan
AZ-R	Jon L. Kyl			NE-R	Mike Johanns
AZ-R	John McCain			NE-D	Benjamin Nelson
CA-D	Barbara Boxer			NH-R	Judd Gregg
CA-D	Dianne Feinstein			NH-D	Jeanne Shaheen
CO-D	Michael Bennet			NJ-D	Frank Lautenberg
CO-D	Mark Udall			NJ-D	Robert Menendez
CT-D	Christopher J. Dodd			NM-D	Jeff Bingaman
CT-I	Joseph I. Lieberman			NM-D	Tom Udall
DE-D	Thomas R. Carper			NV-R	John Ensign
DE-D	Edward E. Kaufman			NV-D	Harry Reid
FL-R	George LeMieux			NY-D	Kirsten Gillibrand
FL-D	Bill Nelson			NY-D	Charles E. Schumer
GA-R	Saxby Chambliss			OH-D	Sherrod Brown
GA-R	Johnny Isakson			OH-R	George V. Voinovich
HI-D	Daniel K. Akaka			OK-R	Thomas A. Coburn
HI-D	Daniel K. Inouye			OK-R	James M. Inhofe
IA-R	Charles E. Grassley			OR-D	Jeff Merkley
IA-D	Tom Harkin			OR-D	Ron Wyden
ID-R	Jim Risch			PA-D	Robert P. Casey
ID-R	Michael D. Crapo			PA-D	Arlen Specter
IL-D	Richard J. Durbin			RI-D	Jack Reed
IL-D	Roland Burris			RI-D	Sheldon Whitehouse
IN-D	Evan Bayh			SC-R	Jim DeMint
IN-R	Richard G. Lugar			SC-R	Lindsey O. Graham
KS-R	Sam Brownback			SD-D	Tim Johnson
KS-R	Pat Roberts			SD-R	John Thune
KY-R	Jim Bunning			TN-R	Lamar Alexander
KY-R	Mitch McConnell			TN-R	Bob Corker
LA-D	Mary L. Landrieu			TX-R	John Cornyn
LA-R	David Vitter			TX-R	Kay Bailey Hutchison
MA-R	Scott Brown**			UT-R	Robert F. Bennett
MA-D	John F. Kerry			UT-R	Orrin G. Hatch
MD-D	Benjamin L. Cardin			VA-D	Mark Warner
MD-D	Barbara A. Mikulski			VA-D	James H. Webb
ME-R	Susan M. Collins			VT-D	Patrick J. Leahy
ME-R	Olympia J. Snowe			VT-I	Bernard Sanders
MI-D	Carl Levin			WA-D	Maria Cantwell
MI-D	Debbie Stabenow			WA-D	Patty Murray
MN-D	Al Franken			WI-D	Russ Feingold
MN-D	Amy Klobuchar			WI-D	Herbert H. Kohl
MO-R	Christopher S. Bond			WV-D	Robert C. Byrd
MO-D	Claire McCaskill			WV-D	Jay Rockefeller
MS-R	Thad Cochran			WY-R	John Barrasso
MS-R	Roger Wicker			WY-R	Michael B. Enzi

* See the grading criteria.
** inc = incomplete

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