1999 Voting Record of Oregon Senate Members

Oregon AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education

1999 Legislative Voting Record
For the Seventieth Legislative Assembly

The following information was compiled from legislative voting records, responses to written questionnaires and interviews, and public records which indicate the senators' positions on issues of importance to working families. Based on this information, more than 300 union delegates to the Oregon AFL-CIO convention voted to forward to you their findings. We urge you to review and consider this information before you vote in the next election.

How to read this guide:

Party	1999 Voting Record	Career Voting Record
Party Affiliation	See Note A below	See Note B below

Note A – The 1999 Voting Record was compiled by the Oregon AFL-CIO to reflect votes cast in the State House and Senate on the following bills:

SB 722 — Cut pensions for new employees	HB 2793 — Limit minimum wage
SB 1115 — Restrict farm worker's rights	HB 3605 — Limit employers' damages for school workers killed on the job
SB 1181 — Limit collective bargaining for employees	HB 3607 — Limit employers' penalty for failure to pay wages
HB 2238 — Exclude more workers from unemployment insurance

Note B – Career Voting Records reflect the voting records compiled by the Oregon AFL-CIO during each legislative session. They include bills that affected such issues as: prevailing wage, minimum wage, family leave, 8-hour day and overtime, contracting out jobs, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, collective bargaining and union rights, and funding of road and bridge maintenance.

Legend:

R — Right Vote

W — Wrong Vote

E — Excused

Oregon Senate

See a list sorted by percent right in 1999

Senator
(E-Mail Link)
District SB 722 SB 1115 SB 1181 HB 2238 HB 2793 HB 3605 HB 3607
1999 Total
R-W-E
1999 %
Right
Career %
Right

Jason Atkinson*
(R-Grants Pass)
25 W W — W W W W 0-7-0 0% 0%

Lee Beyer
(D-Springfield)
21 R R R R R R E 6-0-1 100%

Roger Beyer*
(R-Brooks)
15 W W — W W W W 0-7-0 0% 7%

Kate Brown
(D-Portland)
7 R R R R R R R 7-0-0 100% 89%

Ginny Burdick
(D-Portland)
6 R R R R R R R 7-0-0 100% 100%

Margaret Carter**
(D-Portland)
8
N/A
N/A
91%

Susan Castillo
(D-Eugene)
20 R R R R R R R 7-0-0 100%

Bev Clarno**
(R-Bend)
27
N/A
N/A
26%

Tony Corcoran
D-Cottage Grove)
22 R R R R R R R 7-0-0 100%

Peter Courtney
(D-Salem)
17 R R R R R R R 7-0-0 100%

Senator
(E-Mail Link)
District SB 722 SB 1115 SB 1181 HB 2238 HB 2793 HB 3605 HB 3607
1999 Total
R-W-E
1999 %
Right
Career %
Right

Ryan Deckert*
(D-Beaverton)
3 R E — R R W R 5-1-1 83% 93%

Gene Derfler
(R-Salem)
16 W W W W W W W 0-7-0 0%

Joan Dukes
(D-Astoria)
1 R R R R R R R 7-0-0 100%

Verne Duncan
(R-Milwaukie)
12 R R R R R R W 6-1-0 86%

Ted Ferrioli
(R-John Day)
28 W W W W W W W 0-7-0 0% 7%

Bill Fisher
(R-Roseburg)
23 W W W W W W W 0-7-0 0% 11%

Gary George
(R-Newberg)
2 W W W W W W W 0-7-0 0% 7%

Avel Gordly
(D-Portland)
10 R R R R R R R 7-0-0 100% 92%

Lenn Hannon
(R-Ashland)
26 R R W W R R R 5-2-0 71%

Steve Harper*
(R-Burns)
30 W W — W W W W 0-7-0 0% 0%

Senator
(E-Mail Link)
District SB 722 SB 1115 SB 1181 HB 2238 HB 2793 HB 3605 HB 3607
1999 Total
R-W-E
1999 %
Right
Career %
Right

Tom Hartung
(R-Portland)
3 W W W W W W W 0-7-0 100%

Ken Messerle*
(R-Coquille)
24 W W — W W W W 0-7-0 0% 7%

Rick Metsger
(D-Welches)
14 R R R R R R R 7-0-0 100%

Randy Miller
(R-Lake Oswego)
13 W W R W W W W 1-6-0 14%

John Minnis**
(R-Gresham)
11 N/A N/A 46%

David Nelson
(R-Pendleton)
29 W W W W W W W 0-7-0 0% 0%

Frank Shields
(D-Portland)
9 R R R R R R R 7-0-0 100%

Charles Starr
(R-Hillsboro)
5 W W W W W W W 0-7-0 0%

Cliff Trow
(D-Corvallis)
18 R R R R R R R 7-0-0 100%

Mae Yih
(D-Albany)
19 W W W W W R W 1-6-0 14%

N/A = Not a 1999 Oregon Senate member.
* = Voting record while a 1999 Oregon House member.
— = House members did not vote on SB 1181. Totals reflect the vote on HB 2486.
** = Voting record while a pre-1999 Oregon Legislative member.

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