The Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), commonly called “The Bailout”, is a program of the U.S. government to purchase assets and equity from financial institutions to address the subprime mortgage crisis. As of October 2010 $551 billion, has been spent on 836 companies and 13 programs. $80 billion was spent in the non-financial sector, with money going to auto companies such as GM.
Of the $245 billion invested in U.S. banks, $207 billion has been paid back as of October 2010. In addition, $39 billion in interest has been paid. There is still $305 billion outstanding, 55.3% of the total. See Pro Publica for the latest State of the Bailout.
The purpose of the table below is for citizens to see which of their representatives and senators voted for the bailout. Only those who voted Aye are listed. For the majority of voters who were opposed to the bailout, this is an opportunity to communicate to their elected officials how they feel via the ballot box.
In the Update column I track when the politician leaves office, by choice or otherwise. Their names are then crossed out, good riddance. All columns are sortable, let me know of corrections and updates. Note that many of the politicians marked as Resigned took up posts within the Obama administration. Table last updated 8 November 2010.
Click on the column headers to sort.
| Politician | Party | State | Body | Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | HI | House | Resigned, replaced by Djou, a Republican. Djou defeated by Hanabusa, a Democrat, in 2010 | |
| Ackerman, Gary | D | NY | House | |
| Akaka, Daniel | D | HI | Senate | |
| Alexander, Rodney | R | LA | House | |
| Alexander, Lamar | R | TN | Senate | |
| D | ME | House | Retired | |
| Andrews, Rob | D | NJ | House | |
| D | NY | House | Defeated by Hanna, a Republican, in 2010 | |
| Baca, Joe | D | CA | House | |
| Bachus, Spencer | R | AL | House | |
| Baird, Brian | D | WA | House | |
| Baldwin | D | WI | House | |
| Barrett | R | SC | House | |
| Baucus | D | MT | Senate | |
| Bayh | D | IN | Senate | |
| Bean | D | IL | House | |
| R | UT | Senate | Defeated in state convention | |
| Berkley | D | NV | House | |
| Berman | D | CA | House | |
| Berry | D | AR | House | |
| D | DE | Senate | Resigned | |
| Biggert | R | IL | House | |
| Bingaman | D | NM | Senate | |
| Bishop | D | GA | House | |
| Bishop | D | NY | House | |
| Blunt | R | MO | House | |
| Boehner | R | OH | House | |
| Bond | R | MO | Senate | |
| Bonner | R | AL | House | |
| Bono Mack | R | CA | House | |
| Boozman | R | AR | House | |
| Boren | D | OK | House | |
| Boswell | D | IA | House | |
| Boucher | D | VA | House | |
| Boustany | R | LA | House | |
| Boxer | D | CA | Senate | |
| D | FL | House | Defeated by Southerland, a Republican, in 2010 | |
| Brady | D | PA | House | |
| Brady | R | TX | House | |
| Braley | D | IA | House | |
| Brown | R | SC | House | |
| Brown | D | OH | Senate | |
| Brown, Corrine | D | FL | House | |
| Buchanan | R | FL | House | |
| Burr | R | NC | Senate | |
| Byrd | D | WV | Senate | |
| Calvert | R | CA | House | |
| Camp | R | MI | House | |
| Campbell | R | CA | House | |
| R | UT | House | Defeated in primary | |
| Cantor | R | VA | House | |
| Capps | D | CA | House | |
| Capuano | D | MA | House | |
| Cardin | D | MD | Senate | |
| Cardoza | D | CA | House | |
| Carnahan | D | MO | House | |
| Carper | D | DE | Senate | |
| Carson | D | IN | House | |
| Casey | D | PA | Senate | |
| Castle | R | DE | House | |
| Chambliss | R | GA | Senate | |
| Clarke | D | NY | House | |
| Cleaver | D | MO | House | |
| Clinton | D | NY | Senate | |
| Clyburn | D | SC | House | |
| Coble | R | NC | House | |
| Coburn | R | OK | Senate | |
| Cohen | D | TN | House | |
| Cole | R | OK | House | |
| R | MN | Senate | Defeated in 2008, replaced by Franken, a Democratic-Farmer-Labor | |
| Collins | R | ME | Senate | |
| Conaway | R | TX | House | |
| Conrad | D | ND | Senate | |
| Cooper | D | TN | House | |
| Corker | R | TN | Senate | |
| Cornyn | R | TX | Senate | |
| Costa | D | CA | House | |
| Craig | R | ID | Senate | |
| D | AL | House | Retired, replaced by Griffith, a Republican | |
| Crenshaw | R | FL | House | |
| Crowley | D | NY | House | |
| R | WY | House | Retired | |
| Cuellar | D | TX | House | |
| Cummings | D | MD | House | |
| Davis | D | AL | House | |
| Davis | D | CA | House | |
| Davis | D | IL | House | |
| R | VA | House | Retired | |
| DeGette | D | CO | House | |
| DeLauro | D | CT | House | |
| Dent | R | PA | House | |
| Dicks | D | WA | House | |
| Dingell | D | MI | House | |
| Dodd | D | CT | Senate | |
| Domenici | R | NM | Senate | |
| Donnelly | D | IN | House | |
| Doyle | D | PA | House | |
| Dreier | R | CA | House | |
| Durbin | D | IL | Senate | |
| Edwards | D | MD | House | |
| D | TX | House | Defearted by Flores, a Republican, in 2010 | |
| Ehlers | R | MI | House | |
| Ellison | D | MN | House | |
| Ellsworth | D | IN | House | |
| D | IL | House | Resigned, replaced by Quigley, a Democrat | |
| Emerson | R | MO | House | |
| Engel | D | NY | House | |
| Ensign | R | NV | Senate | |
| Eshoo | D | CA | House | |
| Etheridge | D | NC | House | |
| R | AL | House | Retired, replaced by Bright, a Democrat. Bright defeated by Roby, a Republican, in 2010 | |
| Fallin | R | OK | House | |
| Farr | D | CA | House | |
| Fattah | D | PA | House | |
| Feinstein | D | CA | Senate | |
| R | NJ | House | Retired | |
| R | NY | House | Retired | |
| D | IL | House | Defeated by Hultgren, a Republican, in 2010 | |
| Frank | D | MA | House | |
| Frelinghuysen | R | NJ | House | |
| Gerlach | R | PA | House | |
| Giffords | D | AZ | House | |
| R | MD | House | Defeated in primary | |
| Gonzalez | D | TX | House | |
| Gordon | D | TN | House | |
| Graham | R | SC | Senate | |
| Granger | R | TX | House | |
| Grassley | R | IA | Senate | |
| Green | D | TX | House | |
| Gregg | R | NH | Senate | |
| Gutierrez | D | IL | House | |
| Hagel | R | NE | Senate | |
| D | NY | House | Defeated by Hayworth, a Republican, in 2010 | |
| D | IL | House | Defeated by Schilling, a Republican, in 2010 | |
| Harkin | D | IA | Senate | |
| Harman | D | CA | House | |
| Hastings | D | FL | House | |
| Hatch | R | UT | Senate | |
| Herger | R | CA | House | |
| Higgins | D | NY | House | |
| Hinojosa | D | TX | House | |
| Hirono | D | HI | House | |
| R | OH | House | Retired | |
| Hoekstra | R | MI | House | |
| Holt | D | NJ | House | |
| Honda | D | CA | House | |
| D | OR | House | Retired | |
| Hoyer | D | MD | House | |
| Hutchison | R | TX | Senate | |
| Inglis | R | SC | House | |
| Inouye | D | HI | Senate | |
| Isakson | R | GA | Senate | |
| Israel | D | NY | House | |
| Jackson | D | IL | House | |
| Jackson-Lee | D | TX | House | |
| Johnson, E. B. | D | TX | House | |
| Kanjorski | D | PA | House | Defeated by Barletta, a Republican, in 2010 |
| Kennedy | D | RI | House | |
| Kerry | D | MA | Senate | |
| Kildee | D | MI | House | |
| Kilpatrick | D | MI | House | |
| Kind | D | WI | House | |
| King | R | NY | House | |
| Kirk | R | IL | House | |
| D | FL | House | Defeated by West, a Republican, in 2010 | |
| Kline | R | MN | House | |
| Klobuchar | D | MN | Senate | |
| R | MI | House | Defeated in 2008 | |
| Kohl | D | WI | Senate | |
| R | NY | House | Defeated in 2008 | |
| Kyl | R | AZ | Senate | |
| R | IL | House | Retired | |
| Langevin | D | RI | House | |
| Larsen | D | WA | House | |
| Larson | D | CT | House | |
| Lautenberg | D | NJ | Senate | |
| Leahy | D | VT | Senate | |
| Lee | D | CA | House | |
| Levin | D | MI | House | |
| Levin | D | MI | Senate | |
| Lewis | R | CA | House | |
| Lewis | D | GA | House | |
| R | KY | House | Retired | |
| Lieberman | ID | CT | Senate | |
| Lincoln | D | AR | Senate | |
| Loebsack | D | IA | House | |
| Lofgren, Zoe | D | CA | House | |
| Lowey | D | NY | House | |
| Lugar | R | IN | Senate | |
| Lungren, Daniel E. | R | CA | House | |
| D | FL | House | Defeated in 2008 | |
| Maloney | D | NY | House | |
| Markey | D | MA | House | |
| D | GA | House | Defeated by Scott, a Republican, in 2010 | |
| Martinez | R | FL | Senate | |
| Matsui | D | CA | House | |
| McCain | R | AZ | Senate | |
| McCarthy | D | NY | House | |
| McCaskill | D | MO | Senate | |
| McCollum | D | MN | House | |
| McConnell | R | KY | Senate | |
| R | LA | House | Retired | |
| McGovern | D | MA | House | |
| R | NY | House | Resigned, replaced by Owens, A Democrat | |
| McKeon | R | CA | House | |
| McNerney | D | CA | House | |
| D | NY | House | Retired | |
| Meek | D | FL | House | |
| Meeks | D | NY | House | |
| Melancon | D | LA | House | |
| Menendez | D | NJ | Senate | |
| Mikulski | D | MD | Senate | |
| Miller | D | NC | House | |
| Miller, Gary | R | CA | House | |
| Miller, George | D | CA | House | |
| D | AZ | House | Defeated by Schweikert, a Republican, in 2010 | |
| D | WV | House | Defeated in primary | |
| Moore | D | KS | House | |
| Moore | D | WI | House | |
| Moran | D | VA | House | |
| Murkowski | R | AK | Senate | |
| Murphy | D | CT | House | |
| D | PA | House | Defeated by Fitzpatrick, a Republican, in 2010 | |
| Murray | D | WA | Senate | |
| D | PA | House | Died | |
| Myrick | R | NC | House | |
| Nadler | D | NY | House | |
| Neal | D | MA | House | |
| Nelson | D | NE | Senate | |
| D | IL | Senate | Resigned | |
| Oberstar | D | MN | House | |
| D | WI | House | Retiring, replaced by Julie Lassa, a Democrat | |
| Olver | D | MA | House | |
| Ortiz | D | TX | House | |
| Pallone | D | NJ | House | |
| Pascrell | D | NJ | House | |
| Pastor | D | AZ | House | |
| Pelosi | D | CA | House | |
| Perlmutter | D | CO | House | |
| R | PA | House | Retired | |
| R | MS | House | Retired | |
| D | ND | House | Defeated by Berg, a Republican, in 2010 | |
| R | NV | House | Defeated in 2008 | |
| Price | D | NC | House | |
| Pryce | R | OH | House | Retired |
| Pryor | D | AR | Senate | |
| Putnam | R | FL | House | |
| Radanovich | R | CA | House | |
| Rahall | D | WV | House | |
| R | MN | House | Retired | |
| Rangel | D | NY | House | |
| Reed | D | RI | Senate | |
| R | OH | House | Retired | |
| Reid | D | NV | Senate | |
| Reyes | D | TX | House | |
| R | NY | House | Retired | |
| Richardson | D | CA | House | |
| Rockefeller | D | WV | Senate | |
| Rogers | R | AL | House | |
| Rogers | R | KY | House | |
| Ros-Lehtinen | R | FL | House | |
| Ross | D | AR | House | |
| Ruppersberger | D | MD | House | |
| Rush | D | IL | House | |
| Ryan | D | OH | House | |
| Ryan | R | WI | House | |
| Salazar | D | CO | Senate | |
| Sarbanes | D | MD | House | |
| R | NJ | House | Retired | |
| Schakowsky | D | IL | House | |
| Schiff | D | CA | House | |
| Schmidt | R | OH | House | |
| Schumer | D | NY | Senate | |
| Schwartz | D | PA | House | |
| Scott | D | GA | House | |
| Sessions | R | TX | House | |
| Sestak | D | PA | House | |
| Shadegg | R | AZ | House | |
| R | CT | House | Defeated in 2008 | |
| Shuster | R | PA | House | |
| Simpson | R | ID | House | |
| Sires | D | NJ | House | |
| D | MO | House | Defeated by Hartzler, a Republican, in 2010 | |
| Slaughter | D | NY | House | |
| Smith | R | TX | House | |
| Smith | D | WA | House | |
| R | OR | Senate | Defeated in 2008 | |
| Snowe | R | ME | Senate | |
| Snyder | D | AR | House | |
| D | CA | House | Resigned, replaced by Judy Chu, a Democrat | |
| R | IN | House | Resigned | |
| D | OH | House | Defeated by Gibbs, a Republican, in 2010 | |
| Specter | R | PA | Senate | |
| Speier | D | CA | House | |
| D | SC | House | Defeated by Mulvaney, a Republican, in 2010 | |
| R | AK | Senate | Defeated in 2008, replaced by Mark Begich, a Democrat | |
| Sullivan | R | OK | House | |
| R | NH | Senate | Defeated in 2008, replaced by Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat | |
| Sutton | D | OH | House | |
| R | CO | House | Retired | |
| Tanner | D | TN | House | |
| D | CA | House | Resigned, replaced by John Garamendi, a Democrat | |
| Terry | R | NE | House | |
| Thompson | D | CA | House | |
| Thornberry | R | TX | House | |
| Thune | R | SD | Senate | |
| Tiberi | R | OH | House | |
| Tierney | D | MA | House | |
| Towns | D | NY | House | |
| Tsongas | D | MA | House | |
| Upton | R | MI | House | |
| Van Hollen | D | MD | House | |
| Velazquez | D | NY | House | |
| Voinovich | R | OH | Senate | |
| Walden | R | OR | House | |
| R | NY | House | Retired | |
| Wamp | R | TN | House | |
| Warner | R | VA | Senate | |
| Wasserman Schultz | D | FL | House | |
| Waters | D | CA | House | |
| Watson | D | CA | House | |
| Watt | D | NC | House | |
| Waxman | D | CA | House | |
| Webb | D | VA | Senate | |
| Weiner | D | NY | House | |
| Welch | D | VT | House | |
| R | FL | House | Retired | |
| R | IL | House | Retired | |
| D | FL | House | Resigned, replaced by Ted Deutch, a Democrat | |
| Whitehouse | D | RI | Senate | |
| R | NM | House | Retired | |
| Wilson | D | OH | House | |
| Wilson | R | SC | House | |
| Wolf | R | VA | House | |
| Woolsey | D | CA | House | |
| Wu | D | OR | House | |
| Yarmuth | D | KY | House |
