Jumpstart Our Business Startups

Mar. 22, 2012 | H.R. 3606
The "Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act" would reduce critical regulatory protections for investors that are essential to safeguarding the retirement savings of America's workers from fraud and other risks. The so-called "Jobs Act" would create few jobs and would instead inevitably weaken investor confidence in our capital markets by creating new and expanded loopholes in our securities laws. Weakened securities regulations increase the danger of fraud and speculation. The bill passed.

This is Bad for working people.

Vote result: Passed

YEAs: 73
NAYs: 26

Legislator State Party Vote
Sen. Bob Casey
PA
 Democrat Yes
Sen. Thomas R. Carper
DE
 Democrat Yes
Sen. John Kerry
MA
 Democrat Yes
Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV
WV
 Democrat No
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin
MD
 Democrat No
Sen. Tim Johnson
SD
 Democrat Yes
Sen. Maria Cantwell Democrat Yes
Sen. Harry Reid
NV
 Democrat Yes
Sen. Jack Reed
RI
 Democrat No
Sen. Daniel K. Inouye
HI
 Democrat Yes
Sen. Sherrod Brown
OH
 Democrat No
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman
CT
 Independent Independent Yes
Sen. Bernard Sanders
VT
 ID ID No
Sen. James M. Inhofe
OK
 Republican Yes
Sen. Rob Portman
OH
 Republican Yes
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
TX
 Republican Yes
Sen. John Boozman
AR
 Republican Yes
Sen. Rand Paul
KY
 Republican Yes
Sen. John Hoeven
ND
 Republican Yes
Sen. Roy Blunt
MO
 Republican Yes
2012 Senate Key Votes
  1. Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act
  2. Jumpstart Our Business Startups
  3. Paying a Fair Share Act of 2012
  4. Repeal of NLRB's Fair Election Rules
  5. Amendment to Limit Union Representation Rights in the Workplace
  6. Amendment to Circumvent Collective Bargaining Agreements
  7. Bring Jobs Home Act
  8. Amendment to Extend the Bush Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
  9. Middle Class Tax Cuts Act
  10. Amendment to Repeal Prevailing Wage Laws
  11. Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013