CLT Legislative
Ratings for 2001
Legislators were rated on direct and indirect
taxpayer issues for which there were roll call votes. They got credit
for voting against an override of the governor’s vetoes on the
Springfield Convention Center and denying taxpayers tax cuts from the
surplus, though the overrides passed. Both branches were complimented
for freezing the unemployment insurance rates.
House members got credit when they voted not to
address "freezing" the rollback in December and when they
voted to put fines for primary seat belt enforcement on the ballot; also
for trying, unsuccessfully, to decrease the minimum corporate excise.
Those who voted to keep term limits for the Speaker, to decide committee
assignments before rules reform debate, and not to designate a
"taxpayer check-off" for clean elections, were given points
for attempting a more responsive democratic process.
Senators were given credit for voting, on the losing
side, to increase the tax credit for de-leading, to allow debate on a
sales tax holiday, and for CLT’s voluntary income tax rate.
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SENATE MEMBERS RATING
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SENATOR
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PARTY-CITY/TOWN |
RATING |
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| Antonioni |
(D-Leominster) |
14% |
| Berry |
(D-Peabody) |
14% |
| Birmingham |
(D-Chelsea) |
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| Brewer |
(D-Barre) |
14% |
| Chandler |
(D-Worcester) |
14% |
| Creedon |
(D-Brockton) |
14% |
| Creem |
(D-Newton) |
14% |
| Fargo |
(D-Lincoln) |
14% |
| Glodis |
(D-Worcester) |
29% |
| Havern |
(D-Arlington) |
17% |
| Hedlund |
(R-Weymouth) |
100% |
| Jacques |
(D-Needham) |
14% |
| Joyce |
(D-Milton) |
29% |
| Knapik |
(R-Westfield) |
71% |
| Lees |
(R-East
Longmeadow) |
71% |
| Magnani |
(D-Framingham) |
0% |
| Melconian |
(D-Springfield) |
14% |
| Menard |
(D-Somerset) |
14% |
| Montigny |
(D-New
Bedford) |
14% |
| Moore |
(D-Uxbridge) |
29% |
| Morrissey |
(D-Quincy) |
0% |
| Murray |
(D-Plymouth) |
14% |
| Nuciforo |
(D-Pittsfield) |
0% |
| O'Leary |
(D-Barnstable) |
14% |
| Pacheco |
(D-Taunton) |
14% |
| Panagiotakos |
(D-Lowell) |
14% |
| Resor |
(D-Acton) |
14% |
| Rosenberg |
(D-Amherst) |
14% |
| Shannon |
(D-
Winchester) |
14% |
| Sprague |
(R-Walpole) |
86% |
| Tarr |
(R-Gloucester) |
86% |
| Tisei |
(R-Wakefield) |
43% |
| Tolman |
(D-Watertown) |
15% |
| Travaglini |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
| Tucker |
(D-Andover) |
29% |
| Walsh |
(D-Boston) |
29% |
| Wilkerson |
(D-Boston) |
14% |
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HOUSE MEMBERS RATING
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REPRESENTATIVE
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PARTY-CITY/TOWN |
RATING |
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| Asselin |
(D-Springfield) |
21% |
| Atkins |
(D-Concord) |
10% |
| Atsalis |
(D-Barnstable) |
30% |
| Ayers |
(D-Quincy) |
34% |
| Balser |
(D-Newton) |
30% |
| Barrios |
(D-Cambridge) |
20% |
| Binienda |
(D-Worcester) |
10% |
| Blumer |
(D-Framingham) |
20% |
| Bosley |
(D-North
Adams) |
20% |
| Bradley |
(D-Hingham) |
40% |
| Broadhurst |
(D-Methuen) |
30% |
| Brown |
(R-Wrentham) |
100% |
| Bunker |
(D-Rutland) |
30% |
| Buoniconti |
(D-West
Springfield) |
20% |
| Cabral |
(D-New
Bedford) |
20% |
| Cahill |
(D-Beverly) |
30% |
| Canavan |
(D-Brockton) |
30% |
| Candaras |
(D-Wilbraham) |
20% |
| Caron |
(D-Springfield) |
20% |
| Carron |
(D-Southbridge) |
50% |
| Casey |
(D-Winchester) |
30% |
| Ciampa |
(D-Somerville) |
21% |
| Cleven |
(R-Chelmsford) |
70% |
| Connolly |
(D-Everett) |
30% |
| Coppola |
(R-Foxboro) |
90% |
| Correia |
(D-Fall
River) |
21% |
| Creedon |
(D-Brockton) |
40% |
| DeLeo |
(D-Winthrop) |
20% |
| deMacedo |
(R-Plymouth) |
90% |
| Demakis |
(D-Boston) |
30% |
| Dempsey |
(D-Haverhill) |
21% |
| DiMasi |
(D-Boston) |
20% |
| Donato |
(D-Medford) |
20% |
| Donnelly |
(D-Boston) |
10% |
| Donovan |
(D-Woburn) |
30% |
| Fagan |
(D-Taunton) |
30% |
| Fallon |
(D-Malden) |
20% |
| Falzone |
(D-Saugus) |
20% |
| Fennell |
(D-Lynn) |
10% |
| Festa |
(D-Melrose) |
23% |
| Finegold |
(D-Andover) |
60% |
| Finneran |
(D-Boston) |
12% |
| Fitzgerald |
(D-Boston) |
10% |
| Flavin |
(D-Easthampton) |
20% |
| Flynn |
(D-Bridgewater) |
30% |
| Fox |
(D-Boston) |
20% |
| Fresolo |
(D-Worcester) |
30% |
| Frost |
(R-Auburn) |
90% |
| Galvin |
(D-Canton) |
40% |
| Garry |
(D-Dracut) |
23% |
| George |
(R-Yarmouth) |
90% |
| Gobi |
(D-Spencer) |
33% |
| Goguen |
(D-Fitchburg) |
20% |
| Golden,
Brian |
(D-Boston) |
11% |
| Golden,
Thomas |
(D-Lowell) |
50% |
| Gomes |
(R-Harwich) |
90% |
| Greene |
(D-Billerica) |
20% |
| Haddad |
(D-Somerset) |
10% |
| Hahn |
(R-Westfield) |
80% |
| Hall |
(D-Westford) |
20% |
| Hargraves |
(R-Groton) |
100% |
| Harkins |
(D-Needham) |
21% |
| Hart |
(D-Boston) |
10% |
| Hill |
(R-Ipswich) |
100% |
| Hillman |
(R-Sturbridge) |
80% |
| Hodgkins |
(D-Lee) |
20% |
| Honan |
(D-Boston) |
10% |
| Hynes |
(D-Marshfield) |
56% |
| Jehlen |
(D-Somerville) |
30% |
| Jones |
(R-North
Reading) |
90% |
| Kafka |
(D-Sharon) |
20% |
| Kane |
(D-Holyoke) |
20% |
| Kaprielian |
(D-Watertown) |
20% |
| Kaufman |
(D-Lexington) |
27% |
| Keenan |
(D-Southwick) |
30% |
| Kelly |
(R-Dalton) |
80% |
| Kennedy |
(D-Brockton) |
24% |
| Khan |
(D-Newton) |
30% |
| Knuuttila |
(D-Gardner) |
20% |
| Koczera |
(D-New
Bedford) |
20% |
| Koutoujian |
(D-Newton) |
21% |
| Kujawski |
(D-Webster) |
20% |
| Kulik |
(D-Worthington) |
40% |
| Larkin |
(D-Pittsfield) |
11% |
| Leary |
(D-Worcester) |
20% |
| LeDuc |
(D-Marlboro) |
40% |
| Lepper |
(R-Attleboro) |
90% |
| Lewis |
(D-Dedham) |
20% |
| Linsky |
(D-Natick) |
30% |
| Locke |
(R-Wellesley) |
90% |
| Loscocco |
(R-Holliston) |
90% |
| Malia |
(D-Boston) |
11% |
| Mariano |
(D-Quincy) |
20% |
| Marini |
(R-Hanson) |
90% |
| Marzilli |
(D-Arlington) |
32% |
| McGee |
(D-Lynn) |
32% |
| Merrigan |
(D-Greenfield) |
40% |
| Miceli |
(D-Wilmington) |
21% |
| Murphy,
Charles |
(D-Burlington) |
30% |
| Murphy,
James |
(D-Weymouth) |
33% |
| Murphy,
Kevin |
(D-Lowell) |
30% |
| Nangle |
(D-Lowell) |
30% |
| Naughton |
(D-Clinton) |
21% |
| Nyman |
(D-Hanover) |
30% |
| O'Brien |
(D-Kingston) |
30% |
| O'Flaherty |
(D-Chelsea) |
21% |
| Owens-Hicks |
(D-Boston) |
11% |
| Parente |
(D-Milford) |
32% |
| Patrick |
(D-Falmouth) |
30% |
| Paulsen |
(D-Belmont) |
30% |
| Pedone |
(D-Worcester) |
10% |
| Petersen |
(D-Marblehead) |
40% |
| Peterson |
(R-Grafton) |
90% |
| Petrolati |
(D-Ludlow) |
20% |
| Petruccelli |
(D-Boston) |
20% |
| Poirier |
(R-North
Attleboro) |
90% |
| Polito |
(R-Shrewsbury) |
90% |
| Pope |
(R-Wayland) |
90% |
| Provost |
(D-Sandwich) |
40% |
| Quinn |
(D-Dartmouth) |
20% |
| Reinstein |
(D-Revere) |
10% |
| Rivera |
(D-Springfield) |
20% |
| Rodrigues |
(D-Westport) |
20% |
| Rogeness |
(R-Longmeadow) |
80% |
| Rogers,
George |
(D-New
Bedford) |
30% |
| Rogers,
John |
(D-Norwood) |
21% |
| Ruane |
(D-Salem) |
21% |
| Rushing |
(D-Boston) |
20% |
| Santiago |
(D-Lawrence |
21% |
| Scaccia |
(D-Boston) |
30% |
| Simmons |
(D-Leominster) |
20% |
| Slattery |
(D-Peabody) |
40% |
| Smizik |
(D-Brookline) |
30% |
| Speliotis |
(D-Danvers) |
40% |
| Spellane |
(D-Worcester) |
20% |
| Spilka |
(D-Ashland) |
33% |
| St.
Fleur |
(D-Boston) |
11% |
| Stanley,
Harriett |
(D-West
Newbury) |
34% |
| Stanley,
Thomas |
(D-Waltham) |
11% |
| Story |
(D-Amherst) |
30% |
| Straus |
(D-Mattapoisett) |
30% |
| Sullivan,
David |
(D-Fall
River) |
20% |
| Sullivan,
Joseph |
(D-Braintree) |
40% |
| Swan |
(D-Springfield) |
20% |
| Teahan |
(D-Whitman) |
30% |
| Timilty |
(D-Milton) |
40% |
| Tirone |
(D-Amesbury) |
10% |
| Tobin |
(D-Quincy) |
30% |
| Toomey |
(D-Cambridge) |
10% |
| Torrisi |
(D-North
Andover) |
45% |
| Travis |
(D-Rehoboth) |
60% |
| Turkington |
(D-Falmouth) |
30% |
| Vallee |
(D-Franklin) |
30% |
| Verga |
(D-Gloucester) |
34% |
| Wagner |
(D-Chicopee) |
21% |
| Walrath |
(D-Stow) |
20% |
| Walsh |
(D-Boston) |
11% |
| Wolf |
(D-Cambridge) |
20% |
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