CLT Legislative
Rating for the
2005-06 Session
Legislators were rated
on direct and indirect taxpayer issues for which there were roll call
votes. House Republicans tried and failed to get a direct vote on the
income tax rollback. However we did count the various ruses concocted by
the Democratic leadership to avoid that vote, including placing the
issue in a study. All votes were counted on the retroactive capital
gains tax and two votes dealing with higher health care premiums for
state workers. Three votes were tallied that dealt with votes in the
constitutional convention in our efforts to hold legislators accountable
on initiative & referendum. The vote on illegal aliens paying in-state
tuition rates was an important taxpayer concern to us. We also examined
and listed key votes on eminent domain, welfare, slot machines and a 1%
tax on real estate located on Nantucket And Martha’s Vineyard.
In the Senate, we did get roll call votes on reducing
the income tax rate. A retroactive capital gains vote was counted, as
well as two votes dealing with higher health care premiums for state
workers and a five-year limit on welfare. A vote on association health
plans along with two votes on unemployment insurance affecting small
business were listed. A vote to prohibit illegals in public housing
before legal applicants was considered a taxpayer issue and included.
The same three votes counted in the House in the constitutional
convention were also among the Senate votes. The House votes on welfare
and the 1% tax on real estate were taken up in the Senate and tallied.
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SENATE MEMBERS RATING |
|
SENATOR |
PARTY-CITY/TOWN |
RATING |
|
|
|
|
|
Antonioni |
(D-Leominster) |
13% |
|
Augustus |
(D-Worcester) |
20% |
|
Baddour |
(D-Methuen) |
53% |
|
Barrios |
(D-Cambridge) |
21% |
|
Berry |
(D-Peabody) |
7% |
|
Brewer |
(D-Barre) |
33% |
|
Brown |
(R-Wrentham) |
73% |
|
Buoniconti |
(D-West Springfield) |
23% |
|
Chandler |
(D-Worcester) |
13% |
|
Creedon |
(D-Brockton) |
7% |
|
Creem |
(D-Newton) |
27% |
|
Fargo |
(D-Lincoln) |
13% |
|
Hart |
(D-Boston) |
7% |
|
Havern |
(D-Arlington) |
13% |
|
Hedlund |
(R-Weymouth) |
87% |
|
Jehlen |
(D-Somerville) |
27% |
|
Joyce |
(D-Milton) |
47% |
|
Knapik |
(R-Westfield) |
67% |
|
Lees |
(R-East Longmeadow) |
67% |
|
McGee |
(D-Lynn) |
20% |
|
Menard |
(D-Somerset) |
7% |
|
Montigny |
(D-New Bedford) |
33% |
|
Moore |
(D-Uxbridge) |
27% |
|
Morrissey |
(D-Quincy) |
40% |
|
Murray |
(D-Plymouth) |
7% |
|
Nuciforo |
(D-Pittsfield) |
7% |
|
O'Leary |
(D-Barnstable) |
20% |
|
Pacheco |
(D-Taunton) |
20% |
|
Panagiotakos |
(D-Lowell) |
13% |
|
Resor |
(D-Acton) |
21% |
|
Rosenberg |
(D-Amherst) |
16% |
|
Spilka |
(D-Ashland) |
7% |
|
Tarr |
(R-Gloucester) |
80% |
|
Timilty |
(D-Walpole) |
40% |
|
Tisei |
(R-Wakefield) |
67% |
|
Tolman |
(D-Boston) |
20% |
|
Travaglini |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
|
Tucker |
(D-Andover) |
47% |
|
Walsh |
(D-Boston) |
22% |
|
Wilkerson |
(D-Boston) |
13% |
|
|
HOUSE MEMBERS RATING |
|
REPRESENTATIVE |
PARTY-CITY/TOWN |
RATING |
|
|
|
|
|
Atkins |
(D-Concord) |
45% |
|
Atsalis |
(D-Barnstable) |
25% |
|
Ayers |
(D-Quincy) |
15% |
|
Balser |
(D-Newton) |
15% |
|
Binienda |
(D-Worcester) |
10% |
|
Blumer |
(D-Framingham) |
15% |
|
Bosley |
(D-North Adams) |
5% |
|
Bradley |
(D-Hingham) |
45% |
|
Broadhurst |
(D-Methuen) |
26% |
|
Cabral |
(D-New Bedford) |
15% |
|
Callahan |
(D-Sutton) |
36% |
|
Canavan |
(D-Brockton) |
10% |
|
Candaras |
(D-Wilbraham) |
20% |
|
Canessa |
(D-New Bedford) |
15% |
|
Carron |
(D-Southbridge) |
32% |
|
Casey |
(D-Winchester) |
31% |
|
Connolly |
(D-Everett) |
8% |
|
Coppola |
(R-Foxboro) |
89% |
|
Correia |
(D-Fall River) |
21% |
|
Costello |
(D-Newburyport) |
10% |
|
Coughlin |
(D-Dedham) |
10% |
|
Creedon |
(D-Brockton) |
32% |
|
Curran |
(D-Springfield) |
20% |
|
DeLeo |
(D-Winthrop) |
5% |
|
deMacedo |
(R-Plymouth) |
95% |
|
Dempsey |
(D-Haverhill) |
15% |
|
DiMasi |
(D-Boston) |
5% |
|
Donato |
(D-Medford) |
16% |
|
Donelan |
(D-Orange) |
30% |
|
Driscoll |
(D-Braintree) |
26% |
|
Eldridge |
(D-Acton) |
15% |
|
Evangelidis |
(R-Holden) |
90% |
|
Fagan |
(D-Taunton) |
21% |
|
Fallon |
(D-Malden) |
25% |
|
Falzone |
(D-Saugus) |
0% |
|
Fennell |
(D-Lynn) |
16% |
|
Festa |
(D-Melrose) |
5% |
|
Finegold |
(D-Andover) |
45% |
|
Flanagan |
(D-Leominster) |
10% |
|
Flynn |
(D-Bridgewater) |
15% |
|
Forry |
(D-Boston) |
15% |
|
Fox |
(D-Boston) |
15% |
|
Fresolo |
(D-Worcester) |
16% |
|
Frost |
(R-Auburn) |
85% |
|
Galvin |
(D-Canton) |
30% |
|
Garry |
(D-Dracut) |
25% |
|
Gifford |
(R-Wareham) |
80% |
|
Gobi |
(D-Spencer) |
30% |
|
Goguen |
(D-Fitchburg) |
16% |
|
Golden |
(D-Lowell) |
20% |
|
Gomes |
(R-Harwich) |
85% |
|
Grant |
(D-Beverly) |
40% |
|
Greene |
(D-Billerica) |
20% |
|
Guyer |
(D-Dalton) |
30% |
|
Haddad |
(D-Somerset) |
10% |
|
Hall |
(D-Westford) |
20% |
|
Hargraves |
(R-Groton) |
90% |
|
Harkins |
(D-Needham) |
10% |
|
Hill |
(R-Ipswich) |
85% |
|
Honan |
(D-Boston) |
10% |
|
Humason |
(R-Westfield) |
90% |
|
Hynes |
(D-Marshfield) |
60% |
|
Jones |
(R-North Reading) |
90% |
|
Kafka |
(D-Sharon) |
31% |
|
Kane |
(D-Holyoke) |
20% |
|
Kaprielian |
(D-Watertown) |
10% |
|
Kaufman |
(D-Lexington) |
16% |
|
Keenan, J |
(D-Salem) |
26% |
|
Kennedy |
(D-Brockton) |
0% |
|
Khan |
(D-Newton) |
15% |
|
Kocot |
(D-Northampton) |
15% |
|
Koczera |
(D-New Bedford) |
15% |
|
Koutoujian |
(D-Newton) |
10% |
|
Kujawski |
(D-Webster) |
25% |
|
Kulik |
(D-Worthington) |
26% |
|
Lantigua |
(D-Lawrence) |
20% |
|
Leary |
(D-Worcester) |
15% |
|
LeDuc |
(D-Marlboro) |
30% |
|
Lepper |
(R-Attleboro) |
90% |
|
Linsky |
(D-Natick) |
36% |
|
L'Italien |
(D-Andover) |
35% |
|
Loscocco |
(R-Holliston) |
90% |
|
Malia |
(D-Boston) |
10% |
|
Mariano |
(D-Quincy) |
15% |
|
Marzilli |
(D-Arlington) |
20% |
|
Miceli |
(D-Wilmington) |
21% |
|
Moran |
(D-Boston) |
15% |
|
Murphy, C |
(D-Burlington) |
20% |
|
Murphy, J |
(D-Weymouth) |
20% |
|
Murphy, K |
(D-Lowell) |
20% |
|
Nangle |
(D-Lowell) |
20% |
|
Natale |
(D-Woburn) |
20% |
|
Naughton |
(D-Clinton) |
35% |
|
Nyman |
(D-Hanover) |
15% |
|
O'Brien |
(D-Kingston) |
45% |
|
O'Flaherty |
(D-Chelsea) |
15% |
|
Owens-Hicks |
(D-Boston) |
5% |
|
Parente |
(D-Milford) |
30% |
|
Patrick |
(D-Falmouth) |
20% |
|
Paulsen |
(D-Belmont) |
26% |
|
Pedone |
(D-Worcester) |
11% |
|
Peisch |
(D-Wellesley) |
42% |
|
Perry |
(R-Sandwich) |
82% |
|
Petersen |
(D-Marblehead) |
35% |
|
Peterson |
(R-Grafton) |
87% |
|
Petrolati |
(D-Ludlow) |
15% |
|
Petruccelli |
(D-Boston) |
5% |
|
Pignatelli |
(D-Lenox) |
40% |
|
Poirier |
(R-North Attleboro) |
95% |
|
Polito |
(R-Shrewsbury) |
80% |
|
Pope |
(R-Wayland) |
90% |
|
Provost |
(D-Somerville) |
44% |
|
Quinn |
(D-Dartmouth) |
20% |
|
Reinstein |
(D-Revere) |
10% |
|
Rice |
(D-Gardner) |
22% |
|
Rivera |
(D-Springfield) |
11% |
|
Rodrigues |
(D-Westport) |
30% |
|
Rogeness |
(R-Longmeadow) |
95% |
|
Rogers |
(D-Norwood) |
10% |
|
Ross |
(R-Wrentham) |
85% |
|
Rush |
(D-Boston) |
25% |
|
Rushing |
(D-Boston) |
5% |
|
Sanchez |
(D-Boston) |
5% |
|
Sannicandro |
(D-Ashland) |
10% |
|
Scaccia |
(D-Boston) |
11% |
|
Scibak |
(D-South Hadley) |
26% |
|
Sciortino |
(D-Somerville) |
20% |
|
Smizik |
(D-Brookline) |
15% |
|
Smola |
(R-Palmer) |
90% |
|
Speliotis |
(D-Danvers) |
35% |
|
Spellane |
(D-Worcester) |
17% |
|
Speranzo |
(D-Pittsfield) |
15% |
|
Spiliotis |
(D-Peabody) |
16% |
|
St. Fleur |
(D-Boston) |
5% |
|
Stanley, H |
(D-West Newbury) |
48% |
|
Stanley, T |
(D-Waltham) |
20% |
|
Story |
(D-Amherst) |
20% |
|
Straus |
(D-Mattapoisett) |
30% |
|
Sullivan |
(D-Fall River) |
20% |
|
Swan |
(D-Springfield) |
15% |
|
Teahan |
(D-Whitman) |
35% |
|
Timility |
(D-Milton) |
40% |
|
Tobin |
(D-Quincy) |
15% |
|
Toomey |
(D-Cambridge) |
20% |
|
Torrisi |
(D-North Andover) |
15% |
|
Travis |
(D-Rehoboth) |
48% |
|
Turkington |
(D-Falmouth) |
10% |
|
Turner |
(D-Dennis) |
21% |
|
Vallee |
(D-Franklin) |
19% |
|
Verga |
(D-Gloucester) |
20% |
|
Wagner |
(D-Chicopee) |
21% |
|
Wallace |
(D-Boston) |
11% |
|
Walrath |
(D-Stow) |
16% |
|
Walsh, M |
(D-Boston) |
5% |
|
Walsh, S |
(D-Lynn) |
10% |
|
Walz |
(D-Boston) |
20% |
|
Webster |
(R-Hanson) |
90% |
|
Welch |
(D-West Springfield) |
20% |
|
Wolf |
(D-Cambridge) |
20% |
|