Citizens for Limited
Taxation's
2013 Legislative Ratings
Basis for CLT Legislative
Rating — 2013 Session
Citizens for
Limited Taxation rates state legislators on direct and indirect
taxpayer issues for which there were roll call votes.
During the 2013 session we counted votes in both branches on
illegal aliens receiving in-state tuition; requiring Social
Security Numbers for public housing; engrossment and acceptance
of the conference committee report on the transportation bill
and its tax increases; eliminating the Consumer Price Index
trigger on the gas tax increase; preventing the three cent gas
tax increase, and; removing the “software tax” from that bill.
We also counted the vote against engrossment of the Affordable
Care Act.
We also tallied votes taking fraud examinations away from the
Department of Transitional Assistance; requiring the state
Auditor to perform a Department of Transitional Assistance
audit, and; stopping “self-declaration” of residency for welfare
benefits.
The House tried to strike the cigarette tax increase, as well as
reduce the sales tax from 6.25 to 5%, and require a two-thirds
vote for any tax increase – all to no avail. The Senate voted
not to hike the gas tax to 29 cents, but did vote to hike the
underground gas tank storage tax, as well as to raise the
minimum wage.
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CLT's Key House Roll
Calls |
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Date |
CLT Favored |
Description |
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1/23/2013 |
Y |
2/3 Vote for any Tax Increase |
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2/6/2013 |
Y |
No "Self-Declaration" of Residency for Welfare |
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2/6/2013 |
Y |
IG, AG and Auditor Take Fraud Exam away from DTA |
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2/6/2013 |
N |
Must be Citizen for In-State Tuition (Further Study) |
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4/3/2013 |
N |
Transportation Finance Tax Plan |
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4/8/2013 |
Y |
Remove $160M Computer Services Tax from Bill |
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4/8/2013 |
Y |
Strike the 3 Cent Gas Tax Increase |
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4/8/2013 |
Y |
Strike CPI Trigger for Gas Tax Increase |
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4/8/2013 |
Y |
Strike Cigarette Tax Increase |
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4/8/2013 |
N |
Transportation Finance Bill |
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4/22/2013 |
Y |
Reduce Sales Tax from 6.25% to 5% |
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4/23/2013 |
Y |
Require Social Security Number for Public Housing |
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6/18/2013 |
Y |
Require Auditor to Perform DTA Audit |
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6/19/2013 |
N |
Engrossment of the Affordable Care Act |
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6/26/2013 |
N |
Conference Committee Acceptance of Transportation
Bill |
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CLT's Key Senate Roll
Calls |
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Date |
CLT
Favored |
Description |
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2/12/2013 |
Y |
Move
Fraud Investigations from DTA to IG |
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2/12/2013 |
Y |
Require
Social Security Number for Benefits |
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2/12/2013 |
Y |
Must be Citizen for In-State Tuition |
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4/13/2013 |
Y |
Strike
Taxes from Transportation Bill |
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4/13/2013 |
N |
Underground Storage Tax Tied to CPI |
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4/13/2013 |
Y |
Strike
Sales Tax on Computer Software |
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4/13/2013 |
Y |
No Tax
Increase in Transportation Bill |
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4/13/2013 |
N |
Transportation Bill Engrossment |
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5/23/2013 |
Y |
Require
Social Security Number for Public Housing |
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6/26/2013 |
N |
Conference Committee
Acceptance of Transportation Bill |
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6/26/2013 |
N |
Engrossment of the Affordable Care Act |
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7/18/2013 |
Y |
Prevent
Tax Gas Increase |
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7/18/2013 |
Y |
Remove
the Tax on Software |
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9/26/2013 |
N |
Hike
the Gas Tax to 29 cents |
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9/26/2013 |
Y |
Eliminate Indexing Tax Gas Increase |
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11/19/2013 |
N |
Minimum
Wage Engrossment |
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2013 CLT HOUSE RATING |
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REPRESENTATIVE |
PARTY/DISTRICT |
RATING |
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Andrews |
(D-Orange) |
20% |
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Arciero |
(D-Westford) |
53% |
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Ashe |
(D-Longmeadow) |
47% |
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Atkins |
(D-Concord) |
0% |
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Ayers |
(D-Quincy) |
67% |
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Balser |
(D-Newton) |
0% |
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Barrows |
(R-Mansfield) |
100% |
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Basile |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
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Beaton |
(R-Shrewsbury) |
100% |
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Benson |
(D-Lunenburg) |
0% |
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Binienda |
(D-Worcester) |
0% |
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Boldyga |
(R-Southwick) |
100% |
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Bradley |
(D-Hingham) |
0% |
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Brady |
(D-Brockton) |
0% |
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Brodeur |
(D-Melrose) |
0% |
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Cabral |
(D-New Bedford) |
0% |
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Calter |
(D-Kingston) |
53% |
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Campbell |
(D-Methuen) |
13% |
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Canavan |
(D-Brockton) |
14% |
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Cantwell |
(D-Marshfield) |
40% |
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Cariddi |
(D-No. Adams) |
0% |
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Chan |
(D-Quincy) |
0% |
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Coakley-Rivera |
(D-Springfield) |
0% |
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Cole |
(R-Peabody) |
100% |
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Collins |
(D-Boston) |
20% |
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Conroy |
(D-Wayland) |
0% |
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Coppinger |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
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Costello |
(D-Newburyport) |
0% |
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Cronin |
(D-Easton) |
0% |
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Cullinane |
(D-Boston) |
N/A |
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Curran |
(D-Springfield) |
14% |
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Cusack |
(D-Braintree) |
0% |
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Cutler |
(D-Duxbury) |
53% |
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Decker |
(D-Cambridge) |
0% |
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DeLeo |
(D-Winthrop) |
0% |
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DeMacedo |
(R-Plymouth) |
100% |
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D'Emilia |
(R-Bridgewater) |
100% |
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Dempsey |
(D-Haverhill) |
0% |
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Devers |
(D-Lawrence) |
0% |
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Diehl |
(R-Whitman) |
100% |
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DiNatale |
(D-Fitchburg) |
60% |
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DiZoglio |
(D-Methuen) |
60% |
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Donahue |
(D-Worcester) |
N/A |
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Donato |
(D-Medford) |
0% |
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Dooley |
(R-Norfolk) |
N/A |
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Durant |
(R-Spencer) |
100% |
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Dwyer |
(D-Woburn |
80% |
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Dykema |
(D-Holliston) |
7% |
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Ehrlich |
(D-Marblehead) |
0% |
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Fallon |
(D-Malden) |
14% |
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Farley-Bouvier |
(D-Pittsfield) |
14% |
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Fattman |
(R-Sutton) |
100% |
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Fennell |
(D-Lynn) |
0% |
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Ferguson |
(R-Holden) |
100% |
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Fernandes |
(D-Milford) |
0% |
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Ferrante |
(D-Gloucester) |
0% |
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Finn |
(D-West
Springfield) |
0% |
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Fiola |
(D-Fall River) |
N/A |
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Fox |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
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Frost |
(R-Auburn) |
100% |
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Galvin |
(D-Canton) |
0% |
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Garballey |
(D-Arlington) |
7% |
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Garlick |
(D-Needham) |
0% |
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Garry |
(D-Dracut) |
87% |
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Gifford |
(R-Wareham) |
100% |
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Gobi |
(D-Spencer) |
0% |
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Golden |
(D-Lowell) |
20% |
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Gordon |
(D-Bedford) |
0% |
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Gregoire |
(D-Marlboro) |
13% |
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Haddad |
(D-Somerset) |
0% |
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Harrington |
(R-Groton) |
100% |
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Hecht |
(D-Watertown) |
7% |
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Henriquez |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
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Heroux |
(D-Attleboro) |
40% |
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Hill |
(R-Ipswich) |
100% |
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Hogan |
(D-Stow) |
0% |
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Holmes |
(D-Boston) |
7% |
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Honan |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
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Howitt |
(R-Seekonk) |
100% |
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Humason |
(R-Westfield) |
100% |
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Hunt |
(R-Sandwich) |
100% |
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Jones |
(R-North
Reading) |
100% |
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Kafka |
(D-Stoughton) |
0% |
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Kaufman |
(D-Lexington) |
0% |
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Keefe |
(D-Worcester) |
7% |
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Keenan |
(D-Salem) |
0% |
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Khan |
(D-Newton) |
0% |
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Kocot |
(D-Northampton) |
0% |
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Koczera |
(D-New Bedford) |
0% |
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Kulik |
(D-Worthington) |
0% |
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Kuros |
(R-Uxbridge) |
100% |
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Lawn |
(D-Watertown) |
0% |
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Lewis |
(D-Winchester) |
0% |
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Linsky |
(D-Natick) |
0% |
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Livingstone |
(D-Boston) |
N/A |
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Lombardo |
(R-Billerica) |
100% |
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Lyons |
(R-Andover) |
100% |
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Madden |
(D-Nantucket) |
0% |
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Mahoney |
(D-Worcester) |
0% |
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Malia |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
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Mannal |
(D-Barnstable) |
13% |
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Mariano |
(D-Quincy) |
0% |
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Mark |
(D-Hancock) |
0% |
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Markey |
(D-Darmouth) |
0% |
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Matewsky |
(D-Everett) |
0% |
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McMurtry |
(D-Dedham) |
0% |
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Miceli |
(D-Wilmington) |
73% |
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Michlewitz |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
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Mirra |
(R-West
Newbury) |
100% |
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Moran, F |
(D-Lawrence) |
0% |
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Moran, M |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
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Murphy, J |
(D-Weymouth) |
0% |
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Murphy, K |
(D-Lowell) |
0% |
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Nangle |
(D-Lowell) |
27% |
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Naughton |
(D-Clinton) |
0% |
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Nyman |
(D-Hanover) |
20% |
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O'Connell |
(R-Taunton) |
100% |
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O'Day |
(D-West
Boylston) |
0% |
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O'Flaherty |
(D-Chelsea) |
0% |
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Orrall |
(R-Lakeville) |
100% |
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Parisella |
(D-Beverly) |
0% |
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Peake |
(D-Provincetown) |
0% |
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Peisch |
(D-Wellesley) |
0% |
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Peterson |
(R-Grafton) |
100% |
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Petrolati |
(D-Ludlow) |
22% |
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Pignatelli |
(D-Lenox) |
0% |
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Poirier |
(R-North
Attleboro) |
100% |
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Provost |
(D-Somerville) |
13% |
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Puppolo |
(D-Springfield) |
0% |
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Reinstein |
(D-Revere) |
0% |
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Rogers, D. |
(D-Cambridge) |
7% |
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Rogers, J. |
(D-Norwood) |
28% |
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Rosa |
(D-Leominster) |
67% |
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Roy |
(D-Franklin) |
0% |
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Rushing |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
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Sanchez |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
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Sannicandro |
(D-Ashland) |
0% |
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Scaccia |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
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Schmid |
(D-Westport) |
0% |
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Scibak |
(D-South
Hadley) |
0% |
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Sciortino |
(D-Medford) |
7% |
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Silvia |
(D-Fall River) |
13% |
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Smizik |
(D-Brookline) |
0% |
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Smola |
(R-Palmer) |
100% |
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Speliotis |
(D-Danvers) |
0% |
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Stanley, T |
(D-Waltham) |
28% |
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Story |
(D-Amherst) |
0% |
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Straus |
(D-Mattapoisett) |
0% |
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Swan |
(D-Springfield) |
0% |
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Timilty |
(D-Milton) |
67% |
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Toomey |
(D-Cambridge) |
0% |
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Turner |
(D-Dennis) |
7% |
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Vega |
(D-Holyoke) |
7% |
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Vieira |
(R-Falmouth) |
83% |
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Wagner |
(D-Chicopee) |
0% |
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Walsh, C |
(D-Framingham) |
0% |
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Walsh, M |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
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Walsh, S |
(D-Lynn) |
0% |
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Wong |
(R-Saugus) |
100% |
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Zlotnik |
(D-Gardner) |
60% |
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Note: N/A means a legislator was elected in a special
election near the end of session; no rating was possible. |
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2013 CLT SENATE RATING |
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SENATOR |
PARTY/DISTRICT |
RATING |
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Barrett |
(D-Lexington) |
0% |
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Brewer |
(D-Barre) |
6% |
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Brownsberger |
(D-Belmont) |
0% |
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Candaras |
(D-Wilbraham) |
7% |
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Chandler |
(D-Worcester) |
6% |
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Chang-Diaz |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
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Creem |
(D-Newton) |
0% |
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DiDomenico |
(D-Cambridge) |
0% |
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Donnelly |
(D-Arlington) |
7% |
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Donoghue |
(D-Lowell) |
25% |
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Downing |
(D-Pittsfield) |
8% |
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Eldridge |
(D-Acton) |
0% |
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Finegold |
(D-Andover) |
6% |
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Flanagan |
(D-Leominster) |
6% |
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Forry |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
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Hedlund |
(R-Weymouth) |
100% |
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Humason* |
(R-Westfield) |
N/A |
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Ives |
(D-Newburyport) |
69% |
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Jehlen |
(D-Somerville) |
0% |
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Joyce |
(D-Milton) |
6% |
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Keenan |
(D-Quincy) |
6% |
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Kennedy |
(D-Brockton) |
19% |
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Lovely |
(D-Salem) |
13% |
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McGee |
(D-Lynn) |
0% |
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Montigny |
(D-New Bedford) |
13% |
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Moore, M |
(D-Millbury) |
19% |
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Moore, R |
(D-Uxbridge) |
25% |
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Murray
** |
(D-Plymouth) |
0% |
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Pacheco |
(D-Taunton) |
56% |
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Petruccelli |
(D-Boston) |
6% |
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Roderigues |
(D-Westport) |
13% |
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Rosenberg |
(D-Amherst) |
6% |
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Ross |
(R-Wrentham) |
94% |
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Rush |
(D-Boston) |
31% |
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Spilka |
(D-Ashland) |
0% |
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Tarr |
(R-Gloucester) |
94% |
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Timilty |
(D-Walpole) |
75% |
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Welch |
(D-West
Springfield) |
6% |
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Wolf |
(D-Harwich) |
6% |
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* Senator Humason,
recently elected to the State Senate in a special
election, received a 100%
rating as a State Representative during the 2013
session. (See House Rating above.) |
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**
As Senate
President, Therese Murray rarely casts a roll call vote. |
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