CLT News Release
Monday, September 19, 2016

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Citizens for Limited Taxation releases its
Legislators Taxpayer Rating for the 2015-16 Session

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 19, 2016

Contact:  Chip Faulkner, Director of Communications — (508) 915-3665

CLT has released its rating of each legislator on taxpayer-related votes during the 2015-16 term which ended formal sessions on July 31st.

Fifteen votes were tallied in the House and twelve in the Senate, which provide taxpayers with insight on whether their legislator was a friend or foe. CLT has been presenting a two-year rating of the Massachusetts Legislature since the 1981-82 session. This rating, like those in the past, has its high points and lows but puts each legislator's voting record in perspective.

Thirty-four (34) legislators scored zero — providing not even a single vote over two years in support of the over–burdened taxpayers of their district and the state. However there were some bright spots, as nineteen (19) legislators received a perfect 100% score — voting every time with the taxpayers who provide all the state's revenue.

The CLT Legislative Rating can be viewed or downloaded on the CLT website here:

 

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