Current Office: Representative
First Elected: 2006
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Female
Family: Single
Birth date: 04/18/1953
Birthplace: Rochester, NY
Home City: Arlington VT
Religion: Protestant

Profession

Executive Director, Vermont Country Store, 2002-present Consultant, Batten Kill Watershed Alliance, 2003-2004 Economics Professor, Bates College Economics Professor, Smith College Economics Professor, Williams College

Education

PhD, Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1989 MA, Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1982 BA, Social Sciences, Bennington College, 1979

Committees

Corrections and Institutions
Government Accountability

H 559 Implementing a Health Benefit Exchange
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

H 436 Tax Law Amendments
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

S 17 Medical Marijuana
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

H 202 Single-Payer and Unified Health System
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

S 17 Medical Marijuana
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

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H 559 Implementing a Health Benefit Exchange
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

H 436 Tax Law Amendments
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

S 17 Medical Marijuana
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

H 202 Single-Payer and Unified Health System
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

S 17 Medical Marijuana
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

H 202 Single-Payer and Unified Health System
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 88 Health Care Law Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

H 485 Property Tax and Land Use Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 441 2009-2010 Budget
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

H 446 Renewable Energy Amendments
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

H 436 Nuclear Plant Decommisioning Fund
Stage: Concurrence Vote With Amendment
Vote: Yea

Transportation Amendment to S 67 Selective Service Registration by Drivers License
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: -

H 446 Renewable Energy Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 442 Tax Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 147 Primary Seat Belt Enforcement
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 115 Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

H 441 2009-2010 Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 115 Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

H 438 Gas Tax Increase to Fund Transportation Construction Bonds
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H 436 Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Fund Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

Ainsworth Amdt Legislative Pay Cut
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

S 278 Campaign Finance Limitations
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

HR. 18 Urging National Executive Impeachment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H. 353 Amending Unionization Requirements for State Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H 44 Life Ending Prescriptions for Terminally Ill Patients
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HR 11 Troop Withdrawal From Iraq
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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