Ben Nelson on Financial Regulation

DemocratNE

Financial Regulation90 votes · 63.4/100 consistent

RegulateDeregulate

149 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Financial Regulation. 90 of them counted toward the score above: 46 toward “Regulate” and 44 toward “Deregulate”.

The other 59 did not count: 59 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 0 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.

Date	What was voted on	Voted	Counted as
2005-03-02	To provide a homestead floor for the elderly.S. 256 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Deregulate
2005-03-01	To protect servicemembers and veterans from means testing in bankruptcy, to disallow certain claims by lenders charging usurious interest rates to servicemembers, and to allow servicemembers to exempt property based on the law of the State of their premilitary residence.S. 256 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Deregulate
2005-03-01	To clarify the safe harbor with respect to debtors who have serious medical conditions or who have been called or ordered to active duty in the Armed Forces and low income veterans.S. 256 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Regulate
2003-11-05	A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act, to prevent identity theft, improve resolution of consumer disputes, improve the accuracy of consumer records, make improvements in the use of, and consumer access to, credit information, and for other purposes.H.R. 2622 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Regulate
2003-11-04	To provide for data-mining reports to Congress.S. 1753 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-11-04	To create a national opt-out standard for affiliate sharing to prevent personal customer information from being shared by affiliated companies.S. 1753 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Deregulate
2002-11-19	A bill to ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism.H.R. 3210 · 107th Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Direction not readable
2002-11-19	A bill to ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism.H.R. 3210 · 107th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2002-07-25	A bill to protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures made pursuant to the securities laws, and for other purposes.H.R. 3763 · 107th Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Regulate
2002-07-15	An original bill to improve quality and transparency in financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services for public companies, to create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, to enhance the standard setting process for accounting practices, to strengthen the independence of firms that audit public companies, to increase corporate responsibility and the usefulness of corporate financial disclosure, to protect the objectivity and independence of securities analysts, to improve Securities and Exchange Commission resources and oversight, and for other purposes.S. 2673 · 107th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Regulate
2002-07-15	To address rules of professional responsibility for attorneys.S. 2673 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Regulate
2002-07-15	To require timely and public disclosure of transactions involving management and principal stockholders.S. 2673 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Regulate
2002-07-12	An original bill to improve quality and transparency in financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services for public companies, to create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, to enhance the standard setting process for accounting practices, to strengthen the independence of firms that audit public companies, to increase corporate responsibility and the usefulness of corporate financial disclosure, to protect the objectivity and independence of securities analysts, to improve Securities and Exchange Commission resources and oversight, and for other purposes.S. 2673 · 107th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Regulate
2002-07-11	To modify attorney practices relating to clients, and for other purposes.S. 2673 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Deregulate
2002-07-10	To deter fraud and abuse by corporate executives.S. 2673 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Regulate
2002-07-10	To increase criminal penalties relating to conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud, and certain ERISA violations, and for other purposes.S. 2673 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Regulate
2002-07-10	To provide for criminal prosecution of persons who alter or destroy evidence in certain Federal investigations or defraud investors of publicly traded securities, and for other purposes.S. 2673 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Regulate
2002-07-10	To provide for certification of financial reports by labor organizations and to improve quality and transparency in financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services for labor organizations.S. 2673 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Deregulate
2002-06-18	A bill to ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism.S. 2600 · 107th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Regulate
2002-06-18	A bill to ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism.S. 2600 · 107th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2002-06-14	To provide for satisfaction of judgements from frozen assets of terrorists, terrorist organizations, and State sponsors of terrorism, and for other purposes.S. 2600 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2002-06-13	To restrict insurance rate increases for terrorism risks.S. 2600 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Deregulate
2002-06-13	To provide for procedures for civil actions, and for other purposes.S. 2600 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-07-17	A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, and for other purposes.H.R. 333 · 107th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Regulate
2001-07-17	To require the General Accounting Office to conduct a study of the effects of the Act on bankruptcy filings, and for other purposes.H.R. 333 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-07-17	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 333 · 107th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-07-12	A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, and for other purposes.H.R. 333 · 107th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-03-29	No Statement of Purpose on File.S. 420 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-03-15	An original bill to amend title 11, United States Code, and for other purposes.S. 420 · 107th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-03-15	To strike section 1310, relating to barring certain foreign judgments.S. 420 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-03-15	To address the acceptable period of time between the filing of petitions for relief under chapter 12 of title 11, United States Code.S. 420 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2001-03-15	To change the relevant time period in determining current monthly income.S. 420 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2001-03-15	To correct the treatment of certain spousal income for purposes of means testing.S. 420 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-03-15	To protect the identities of minor children in bankruptcy proceedings.S. 420 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Regulate
2001-03-15	To limit the value of certain real and personal property that a debtor may elect to exempt under State or local law, and for other purposes.S. 420 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Regulate
2001-03-14	An original bill to amend title 11, United States Code, and for other purposes.S. 420 · 107th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Regulate
2001-03-14	To disallow certain claims and prohibit coercive debt collection practices.S. 420 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Deregulate
2001-03-14	To provide a complete substitute.S. 420 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-03-14	To provide for the nondischargeability of debts arising from the exchange of electric energy.S. 420 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Deregulate
2001-03-13	To amend the Truth in Lending Act with respect to extensions of credit to consumers under the age of 21.S. 420 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Deregulate
2001-03-13	To make an amendment with respect to the preservation of claims and defenses upon the sale or transfer of a predatory loan.S. 420 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Regulate
2001-03-13	To establish a procedure to safeguard the surpluses of the Social Security and Medicare hospital insurance trust funds.S. 420 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2001-03-13	To establish an off-budget lockbox to strengthen Social Security and Medicare.S. 420 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-03-13	To remove the dollar limitation on retirement savings protected in bankruptcy.S. 420 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-03-13	To make an amendment with respect to extensions of credit to underage consumers.S. 420 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Deregulate
2001-03-08	To strike certain provisions relating to small businesses, and for other purposes,S. 420 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-03-08	To make an amendment with respect to predatory lending practices, and for other purposes.S. 420 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Deregulate
2001-03-07	To provide small business creditors priority over larger businesses relating to distribution of the bankruptcy estate.S. 420 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Deregulate
2001-03-07	To create an exemption for certain debtors that can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the court that the reason for the filing was a result of debts incurred through medical expenses.S. 420 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Regulate

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Regulate / Deregulate axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.