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Johnny Isakson
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Republican Party

Prior offices
Georgia State Senate
Georgia House of Representatives
U.S. House Georgia District 6
Successor: Tom Price
Predecessor: Newt Gingrich
U.S. Senate Georgia
Successor: Kelly Loeffler

Compensation

Net worth

$15,043,070.50

Education

Bachelor's

University of Georgia

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Air National Guard

Years of service

1966 - 1972

Personal
Profession
Real Estate Executive
Contact

Official website

John Hardy "Johnny" Isakson (b. December 28, 1944, in Atlanta, GA) is a former Republican member of the U.S. Senate representing Georgia from 2005 to 2019. On August 28, 2019, he announced he would resign from the Senate at the end of 2019 due to health reasons.[1]

Isakson was first elected to the Senate in 2004 to replace retiring incumbent Zell Miller (D). Isakson defeated Denise Majette (D) in the general election by 18 percentage points after winning a Republican primary against businessman Herman Cain and U.S. Rep. Mac Collins.[2] Isakson was re-elected in 2010 and 2016.

Isakson served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 to 2004. He was first elected in a 1999 special election to replace House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R) after Gingrich resigned following the 1998 elections. Before running for the House, Isakson served as chairman of the state school board.[3]

Isakson was a member of the Georgia State Senate from 1992 to 1996 and a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1976 to 1990.[4] He served as House minority leader from 1983 to 1990. He unsuccessfully ran for governor in 1990 and U.S. Senate in 1996.[5]

Isakson became the chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee in 2015 after serving as vice chairman since 2009. He became chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs in 2015.

Isakson died on December 19, 2021.[6]

Biography

Isakson was born in Atlanta, GA, as a second-generation Swedish-American.[7] He served in the Georgia Air National Guard from 1966 to 1972, leaving service as a staff sergeant.[8] Shortly after graduating from the University of Georgia, he opened the first Cobb County office of Northside Realty, a prominent Atlanta-area real estate firm.[9]

Career

Below is an abbreviated outline of Isakson's academic, professional, and political career:[10]

  • Isakson also owns his own real estate firm, for which he served as the president from 1979-2001.

Committee assignments

U.S. Senate

2017-2018

At the beginning of the 115th Congress, Isakson was assigned to the following committees:[11]

2015-2016

Isakson served on the following committees:[12]

2013-2014

Isakson served on the following Senate committees:[13]

2011-2012

Key votes

See also: Key votes

Ballotpedia monitors legislation that receives a vote and highlights the ones that we consider to be key to understanding where elected officials stand on the issues. To read more about how we identify key votes, click here.

Key votes: 116th Congress, 2019-2021

The 116th United States Congress began on January 9, 2019, and ended on January 3, 2021. At the start of the session, Democrats held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (235-200), and Republicans held the majority in the U.S. Senate (53-47). Donald Trump (R) was the president and Mike Pence (R) was the vice president. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.

Key votes: 116th Congress, 2019-2021
Vote Bill and description Status
Not Voting Yes check.svg Passed (86-8)
Not Voting Yes check.svg Passed (71-23)
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (83-16)
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (92-8)
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (77-23)
Not Voting Yes check.svg Passed (81-11)
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (74-20)
Not Voting Yes check.svg Passed (97-2)
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (97-1)
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (84-8)
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (85-8)
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (59-41)


Key votes: 115th Congress, 2017-2018

For detailed information about each vote, click here.

Key votes: Previous sessions of Congress

Issues

National security

Proposed military cuts

Isakson spoke out about the Pentagon's proposed cuts after not being notified of the cuts and that his home state would lose 4350 soldiers. In a firmly worded statement, Isakson said:

“ I am demanding answers from the Department of Defense on how they are justifying these troop cuts in Georgia. I have also taken steps to block a Senate vote on the president’s nomination of a new congressional liaison for the Department of Defense in light of the Department’s failure to give Congress a head’s up before these cuts were made public.[115][116] ”

Letter to Iran

On March 9, 2015, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) wrote a letter to Iran's leadership, warning them that signing a nuclear deal with the Obama administration without congressional approval constituted only an executive agreement. The letter also stated that "The next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time." The letter was signed by 47 Republican members of the Senate. Isakson was one of the 47 who signed the letter. No Democrats signed it.[117]

Members of the Obama administration and of Congress reacted to the letter.[118] Vice President Joe Biden said of the letter, "In thirty-six years in the United States Senate, I cannot recall another instance in which senators wrote directly to advise another country — much less a longtime foreign adversary — that the president does not have the constitutional authority to reach a meaningful understanding with them."[119]

American response in Syria

See also: United States involvement in Syria

Isakson released the following statement on August 31, 2013: "It is appropriate for the president to seek authorization from Congress, although I wish he would have called us back to vote on this immediately rather than waiting until Sept. 9. I support the use of military action in Syria. If we fail to take strong action against Syria for this horrendous attack, then we are sending a signal to Syria as well as to Iran and North Korea that they are accountable to no one."[120]

Isakson then said on September 5, 2013, that he had reservations about giving President Obama the authority to use U.S. military force in Syria.[121]

Drones filibuster

See also: Rand Paul filibuster of John Brennan's CIA Nomination in March 2013

On March 6, 2013, Senator Rand Paul (R) led a 13-hour filibuster of President Obama's CIA Director nominee, John Brennan. Paul started the filibuster in order to highlight his concerns about the administration's drone policies. In particular, Paul said he was concerned about whether a drone could be used to kill an American citizen within the United States border, without any due process involved. Paul and other civil liberties activists criticized President Obama for not offering a clear response to the question. A total of 14 senators joined Paul in the filibuster -- 13 Republicans and one Democrat.[122][123][124]

Isakson was one of 30 Republican senators who did not support the filibuster.[125][126][127]

The day after the filibuster, Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to Paul, responding to the filibuster. Holder wrote, "Does the president have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on U.S. soil? The answer to that is no."[128]

Noteworthy events

Senate Conservative Fund target

The Senate Conservative Fund targeted Republican Isakson in August 2013 with two weeks of radio ads reportedly designed to push Senate Republicans to support Mike Lee's (Utah) effort to defund Obamacare.[129]

Elections

2016

See also: United States Senate election in Georgia, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated Georgia's U.S. Senate race as safely Republican. Incumbent Johnny Isakson (R) defeated Jim Barksdale (D), Allen Buckley (L), and Michelle Gates (Write-in) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Isakson defeated Derrick Grayson and Mary Kay Bacallao in the Republican primary, while Barksdale defeated Cheryl Copeland and John Coyne to win the Democratic nomination. The primary election took place on May 24, 2016.[130][131]

U.S. Senate, Georgia General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJohnny Isakson Incumbent 54.8% 2,135,806
     Democratic Jim Barksdale 41% 1,599,726
     Libertarian Allen Buckley 4.2% 162,260
Total Votes 3,897,792
Source: Georgia Secretary of State


U.S. Senate, Georgia Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJohnny Isakson Incumbent 77.5% 447,661
Derrick Grayson 12% 69,101
Mary Kay Bacallao 10.5% 60,898
Total Votes 577,660
Source: Georgia Secretary of State
U.S. Senate, Georgia Democratic Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJim Barksdale 53.7% 166,627
Cheryl Copeland 42.2% 130,822
John Coyne 4.1% 12,604
Total Votes 310,053
Source: Georgia Secretary of State

2010

On November 2, 2010, Johnny Isakson won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated Michael "Mike" Thurmond (D), Chuck Donovan (L), Steve Davis (I), Raymond Beckworth (I) and Brian Russell Brown (I) in the general election.[132]

U.S. Senate, Georgia General Election, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJohnny Isakson Incumbent 58.3% 1,489,904
     Democratic Michael "Mike" Thurmond 39% 996,515
     Libertarian Chuck Donovan 2.7% 68,750
     Independent Steve Davis 0% 52
     Independent Raymond Beckworth 0% 24
     Independent Brian Russell Brown 0% 12
Total Votes 2,555,257

Full history


Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Isakson's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“
  • National Security : Every day we are reminded that the world is still a dangerous place and that national security should be the preeminent focus of our commander in chief. Russian President Vladimir Putin is emboldened; Iran and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) are filling the vacuum created by the absence of U.S. leadership in the Middle East; the Taliban is seeing a resurgence; and Chinese cyber attacks threaten our corporate and governmental data. Yet, President Obama continues his strategy of breaking down our military might and leading from behind.
  • Jobs: The best thing the government can do to create jobs is to get out of the way. As a businessman who has employed hundreds of Georgians, I understand that eliminating burdensome, unnecessary regulations will help workers find good-paying jobs and allow our free-enterprise system to succeed.
  • Tax Reform: Our nation’s burdensome and confusing tax code is hurting Georgia’s businesses and hampering job growth across this nation every day. The current system is outdated, impossibly complicated and fundamentally unfair to taxpayers and their families. Congress must put true tax reform on the table. As a longtime businessman and member of the Senate Finance Committee, I will always be a voice for smart, pro-growth, commonsense tax reform to bring relief to American’s families and business owners.
  • National Debt: It is time we demanded our government do the same thing every Georgian has had to do for themselves: live within our means. Washington has operated under a culture of wasteful, out-of-control spending for too long with the national debt now surpassing $17 trillion this year. This is simply unacceptable, and we cannot kick the can down the road any longer.
  • Border Security: Any meaningful conversation about immigration reform must begin with a plan to fully secure our borders and uphold the rule of law. I do not support any form of amnesty or pathway to citizenship for those who have entered our country illegally. I believe it is absolutely critical to Georgia and to our country that we secure the borders, avoid amnesty, and restore credibility to our immigration system. That is why I will tirelessly fight to uphold our current law and prioritize national security.

[116]

”
—Johnny Isakson's campaign website, https://johnnyisakson.com/issues/

Campaign finance summary

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Johnny Isakson campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2016U.S. Senate, GeorgiaWon $10,664,332 N/A**
2010U.S. Senate (Georgia)Won $9,671,128 N/A**
2004U.S. Senate (Georgia)Won $7,460,343 N/A**
2002U.S. House (Georgia, District 6)Won $1,034,101 N/A**
2000U.S. House (Georgia, District 6)won $1,720,066 N/A**
Grand total$30,549,970 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Personal Gain Index

Congressional Personal Gain Index graphic.png
See also: Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress)

The Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress) is a two-part measurement that illustrates the extent to which members of the U.S. Congress have prospered during their tenure as public servants.
It consists of two different metrics:

PGI: Change in net worth

See also: Changes in Net Worth of U.S. Senators and Representatives (Personal Gain Index) and Net worth of United States Senators and Representatives
Net Worth Metric graphic.png

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Isakson's net worth as of 2012 was estimated between $7,416,141 and $22,670,000. That averages to $15,043,070.50, which is higher than the average net worth of Republican senators in 2012 of $6,956,438.47. Isakson ranked as the 14th most wealthy senator in 2012.[134] Between 2004 and 2012, Isakson's calculated net worth[135] decreased by an average of 3 percent per year. Between 2004 and 2012, the average annual percentage increase for a member of Congress was 15.4 percent.[136]

Johnny Isakson Yearly Net Worth
YearAverage Net Worth
2004$18,890,813
2012$15,043,070
Growth from 2004 to 2012:−20%
Average annual growth:−3%[137]
Comparatively, the American citizen experienced a median yearly decline in net worth of -0.94%.[138]

The data used to calculate changes in net worth may include changes resulting from assets gained through marriage, inheritance, changes in family estates and/or trusts, changes in family business ownership, and many other variables unrelated to a member's behavior in Congress.

PGI: Donation Concentration Metric

See also: The Donation Concentration Metric (U.S. Congress Personal Gain Index)

Filings required by the Federal Election Commission report on the industries that give to each candidate. Using campaign filings and information calculated by OpenSecrets.org, Ballotpedia calculated the percentage of donations by industry received by each incumbent over the course of his or her career (or 1989 and later, if elected prior to 1988). In the 113th Congress, Isakson was the vice chair of the United States Senate Committee on Ethics. Isakson received the most donations from individuals and PACs employed by the Real Estate industry.

From 1995-2014, 29.41 percent of Isakson's career contributions came from the top five industries as listed below.[139]

Donation Concentration Metric graphic.png
Johnny Isakson Campaign Contributions
Total Raised $24,603,263
Total Spent $22,305,658
Vice chair of the United States Senate Committee on Ethics
Top five industries that contributed to campaign committee
Real Estate$2,762,735
Lawyers/Law Firms$1,395,089
Retired$1,177,770
Candidate Committees$1,146,790
Health Professionals$754,647
% total in top industry11.23%
% total in top two industries16.9%
% total in top five industries29.41%

Analysis

Ideology and leadership

See also: GovTrack's Political Spectrum & Legislative Leadership ranking

Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Isakson was a rank-and-file Republican as of July 22, 2014. Isakson was rated as a "moderate Republican leader" in June 2013.[140]

Like-minded colleagues

The website OpenCongress tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she voted most and least often. The results include a member from each party.[141]

Isakson most often votes with:

Isakson least often votes with:


Lifetime voting record

See also: Lifetime voting records of United States Senators and Representatives

According to the website GovTrack, Johnny Isakson missed 134 of 3,410 roll call votes from January 2005 to September 2015. This amounts to 3.9 percent, which is worse than the median of 1.6 percent among current senators as of September 2015.[142]

Congressional staff salaries

See also: Staff salaries of United States Senators and Representatives

The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Isakson paid his congressional staff a total of $2,676,628 in 2011. He ranked ninth on the list of the highest paid Republican senatorial staff salaries and ranked 65th overall of the lowest paid senatorial staff salaries in 2011. Overall, Georgia ranked 44th in average salary for senatorial staff. The average U.S. Senate congressional staff was paid $2,529,141.70 in fiscal year 2011.[143]

National Journal vote ratings

See also: National Journal vote ratings

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year.

2013

Isakson ranked 38th in the conservative rankings in 2013.[144]

2012

Isakson ranked 20th in the conservative rankings in 2012.[145]

2011

Isakson ranked 33rd in the conservative rankings in 2011.[146]

Voting with party

The website OpenCongress tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus.

2014

Isakson voted with the Republican Party 86.8 percent of the time, which ranked 26th among the 45 Senate Republican members as of July 2014.[147]

2013

Isakson voted with the Republican Party 85.3 percent of the time, which ranked 35th among the 46 Senate Republican members as of June 2013.[148]

Personal

Note: Please contact us if the personal information below requires an update.
Johnny and his wife, Dianne, have been married since 1968 and have three grown children. They currently reside in Marietta, Georgia.[149]

Recent news

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See also

External links

 


Footnotes

  1. ↑ Roll Call, "Sen. Johnny Isakson to resign at the end of 2019," August 28, 2019
  2. ↑ Atlanta Business Chronicle, "Georgia Senate race dull? Not hardly," July 5, 2004
  3. ↑ New York Times, "In Georgia, Vote Looms on Gingrich Successor," February 22, 1999
  4. ↑ Bioguide, "Johnny Isakson," accessed June 20, 2013
  5. ↑ Encyclopedia Brittanica, "Johnny Isakson," January 25, 2019
  6. ↑ The Hill, "Former Sen. Johnny Isakson dies at 76," December 19, 2021
  7. ↑ Johnny Isakson, U.S. Senator from Georgia, "Floor Statement on Immigration Reform Remarks as Delivered on the Senate Floor," accessed October 13, 2011 (dead link)
  8. ↑ Veterans in the U.S. Senate 109th Congress, "Senate Vets," accessed October 13, 2011
  9. ↑ Senator Johnny Isakson, "Biography of Senator Johnny Isakson," accessed October 13, 2011
  10. ↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "ISAKSON, Johnny, (1944 - )," accessed February 13, 2015
  11. ↑ United States Senate, "Committee Assignments of the 115th Congress," accessed January 19, 2017
  12. ↑ United States Senate, "Committee Assignments of the 114th Congress," accessed February 17, 2015
  13. ↑ Congressional Quarterly, "Senate Committee List," accessed January 22, 2013
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 Senator Johnny Isakson, "Accomplishments," accessed October 13, 2011
  15. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.1790 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020," accessed April 27, 2024
  16. ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.1865 - Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020," accessed April 27, 2024
  17. ↑ Congress.gov, "H.J.Res.31 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019," accessed April 27, 2024
  18. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.47 - John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act," accessed April 27, 2024
  19. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.1 - Strengthening America's Security in the Middle East Act of 2019," accessed April 27, 2024
  20. ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.1158 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020," accessed April 27, 2024
  21. ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.3055 - Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019," accessed April 27, 2024
  22. ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.1327 - Never Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act," accessed April 27, 2024
  23. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.151 - Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act" accessed April 28, 2024
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  28. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Conference Report (Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2)," December 11, 2018
  29. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Nomination (Confirmation Brett M. Kavanaugh, of Maryland, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States)," October 6, 2018
  30. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture Re: Brett M. Kavanaugh to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States)," October 5, 2018
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  32. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on Amdt. No. 1959)," February 15, 2018
  33. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on Amdt. No. 1958 As Modified)," February 15, 2018
  34. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on Amdt. No. 1948)," February 15, 2018
  35. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on Amdt. No. 1955)," February 15, 2018
  36. ↑ Senate.gov, "On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to the Consideration of S. 2311)," January 29, 2018
  37. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Amendment (McConnell Amdt. No. 667)," July 28, 2017
  38. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Amendment (Paul Amdt. No. 271 )," July 26, 2017
  39. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Motion (Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Amdt. No. 270)," July 25, 2017
  40. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Proceed to H.R. 1628)," July 25, 2017
  41. ↑ U.S. Senate, "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Neil M. Gorsuch, of Colorado, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States)," April 7, 2017
  42. ↑ U.S. Senate, "On the Cloture Motion (Upon Reconsideration, Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Neil M. Gorsuch of Colorado, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States)," April 6, 2017
  43. ↑ U.S. Senate, "On the Decision of the Chair (Shall the Decision of the Chair Stand as the Judgment of the Senate?)," April 6, 2017
  44. ↑ U.S. Senate, "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Neil M. Gorsuch, of Colorado, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States)," April 6, 2017
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  46. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Conference Report (Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 5895)," September 12, 2018
  47. ↑ Senate.gov, "On Passage of the Bill (H. R. 6157 As Amended)," August 23, 2018
  48. ↑ Senate.gov, "On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 5895 As Amended)," June 25, 2018
  49. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 1625)," March 23, 2018
  50. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 1892 with an Amendment (SA 1930))," February 9, 2018
  51. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 695)," February 8, 2018
  52. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment with Further Amendment)," January 22, 2018
  53. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 195)," January 22, 2018
  54. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 195)," January 19, 2018
  55. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 1370)," December 21, 2017
  56. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Motion to Recede from the Senate Amendment to H.R. 1 and Concur with Further Amendment ," December 20, 2017
  57. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Joint Resolution (H.J. Res. 123)," December 7, 2017
  58. ↑ Senate.gov, "On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 1 As Amended )," December 2, 2017
  59. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Concurrent Resolution (H. Con. Res. 71 As Amended)," October 19, 2017
  60. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amdt. to the Senate Amdt. with an Amdt. No. 808 to H.R. 601)," September 7, 2017
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  65. ↑ Senate.gov, "On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 3364)," July 27, 2017
  66. ↑ Senate.gov, "On Passage of the Bill (S. 722 As Amended)," June 15, 2017
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  68. ↑ Congressional Record, "Resume of Congressional Activity, Second Session of the 114th Congress," accessed January 5, 2017
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  72. ↑ Senate.gov, "Roll Call for HR 2146," June 24, 2015
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  74. ↑ The Hill, "Obama signs trade bills," June 29, 2015
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  97. ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.2048," accessed May 26, 2015
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  105. ↑ Congressional Record, "Resume of Congressional Activity, Second Session of the 113th Congress," accessed March 4, 2014
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  108. ↑ New York Times, "Senate Passes Long-Stalled Farm Bill, With Clear Winners and Losers," accessed February 12, 2014
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  111. ↑ Roll Call, "House Passes $1.1 Trillion Omnibus," accessed January 20, 2014
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  116. ↑ 116.0 116.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  117. ↑ The Wall Street Journal, "Text of GOP Senators’ Letter to Iran’s Leaders on Nuclear Talks," March 9, 2015
  118. ↑ Politico, "Iran letter blowback startles GOP," March 12, 2015
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  135. ↑ This figure represents the total percentage growth from either 2004 (if the member entered office in 2004 or earlier) or the member's first year in office (as noted in the chart below).
  136. ↑ This number was found by dividing each member's total net worth growth percentage by the number of years included in the calculation.
  137. ↑ This figure represents the total percentage growth divided by the number of years for which there are net worth figures for each member.
  138. ↑ This figure was calculated using median asset data from the Census Bureau. Please see the Congressional Net Worth data for Ballotpedia spreadsheet for more information on this calculation.
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