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 Sort ascending	Vote
Sen. Roy Blunt	MO	Republican	Yes
Sen. Rand Paul	KY	Republican	Yes
Sen. Dean Heller	NV	Republican	Yes
Sen. Orrin G. Hatch	UT	Republican	Yes
Sen. Lisa Murkowski	AK	Republican	Yes
Sen. Jerry Moran	KS	Republican	Yes
Sen. Charles E. Grassley	IA	Republican	Yes
Sen. Bernard Sanders	VT	ID ID	No
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman	CT	Independent Independent	Yes
Sen. Ron Wyden	OR	Democrat	Yes
Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski	MD	Democrat	No
Sen. Jeff Merkley	OR	Democrat	No
Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand	NY	Democrat	No
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse	RI	Democrat	No
Sen. Robert Menendez	NJ	Democrat	Yes
Sen. Al Franken	MN	Democrat	No
Sen. Jim Webb	VA	Democrat	No
Sen. Daniel K. Akaka	HI	Democrat	No
Sen. Dianne Feinstein	CA	Democrat	No
Sen. Mark Warner	VA	Democrat	Yes

2012 Senate Key Votes