CLT Legislative
Rating for the
2001-2002 Session
Legislators are rated on direct and indirect taxpayer issues for which there were roll call votes.
In the 2001 legislative year:
they got credit for voting against an override of the 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.
In the 2002 legislative year:
key votes in both branches were those to oppose the $1.2 billion budget tax hikes including the increase in the income tax rate and the cut in the personal exemption, and votes to sustain the Governor's vetoes of these tax increases.
In the House, legislators were applauded for separate votes to oppose the cigarette tax hike, the sales tax on alcohol, raising the sales tax to 6 percent, and an optional meals tax for communities. We also counted House votes to change Proposition 2½ by exempting the overlay account from the levy limit, and increasing the auto excise.
Senators were applauded for separate votes to restore the personal exemption and keep the charitable deduction and remove the retroactivity of the capital gains tax. In the throes of disgust, we also counted the Senate vote to put legislators' pay in escrow if the state budget was not passed in time.
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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) |
7% |
| Baddour |
(D-Methuen) |
100% |
| Berry |
(D-Peabody) |
7% |
| 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) |
7% |
| Glodis |
(D-Worcester) |
50% |
| Hart |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
| Havern |
(D-Arlington) |
8% |
| Hedlund |
(R-Weymouth) |
93% |
| Jacques |
(D-Needham) |
7% |
| Joyce |
(D-Milton) |
57% |
| Knapik |
(R-Westfield) |
79% |
| Lees |
(R-East
Longmeadow) |
86% |
| Magnani |
(D-Framingham) |
0% |
| McGee |
(D-Lynn) |
0% |
| Melconian |
(D-Springfield) |
7% |
| Menard |
(D-Somerset) |
7% |
| Montigny |
(D-New
Bedford) |
7% |
| Moore |
(D-Uxbridge) |
21% |
| Morrissey |
(D-Quincy) |
7% |
| Murray |
(D-Plymouth) |
43% |
| Nuciforo |
(D-Pittsfield) |
0% |
| O'Leary |
(D-Barnstable) |
7% |
| Pacheco |
(D-Taunton) |
7% |
| Panagiotakos |
(D-Lowell) |
7% |
| Resor |
(D-Acton) |
14% |
| Rosenberg |
(D-Amherst) |
7% |
| Shannon |
(D-
Winchester) |
7% |
| Sprague |
(R-Walpole) |
93% |
| Tarr |
(R-Gloucester) |
93% |
| Tisei |
(R-Wakefield) |
71% |
| Tolman |
(D-Watertown) |
15% |
| Travaglini |
(D-Boston) |
0% |
| Tucker |
(D-Andover) |
29% |
| Walsh |
(D-Boston) |
14% |
| Wilkerson |
(D-Boston) |
7% |
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HOUSE MEMBERS RATING |
| REPRESENTATIVE |
PARTY-CITY/TOWN |
RATING |
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| Asselin |
(D-Springfield) |
36% |
| Atkins |
(D-Concord) |
25% |
| Atsalis |
(D-Barnstable) |
45% |
| Ayers |
(D-Quincy) |
42% |
| Balser |
(D-Newton) |
20% |
| Barrios |
(D-Cambridge) |
10% |
| Binienda |
(D-Worcester) |
35% |
| Blumer |
(D-Framingham) |
10% |
| Bosley |
(D-North Adams) |
30% |
| Bradley |
(D-Hingham) |
65% |
| Broadhurst |
(D-Methuen) |
45% |
| Brown |
(R-Wrentham) |
100% |
| Bunker |
(D-Rutland) |
48% |
| Buoniconti |
(D-W.Springfield) |
35% |
| Cabral |
(D-New Bedford) |
30% |
| Cahill |
(D-Beverly) |
36% |
| Canavan |
(D-Brockton) |
40% |
| Candaras |
(D-Wilbraham) |
30% |
| Caron |
(D-Springfield) |
26% |
| Carron |
(D-Southbridge) |
50% |
| Casey |
(D-Winchester) |
25% |
| Ciampa |
(D-Somerville) |
36% |
| Cleven |
(R-Chelmsford) |
60% |
| Connolly |
(D-Everett) |
40% |
| Coppola |
(R-Foxboro) |
95% |
| Correia |
(D-Fall River) |
36% |
| Creedon |
(D-Brockton) |
45% |
| DeLeo |
(D-Winthrop) |
35% |
| deMacedo |
(R-Plymouth) |
90% |
| Demakis |
(D-Boston) |
20% |
| Dempsey |
(D-Haverhill) |
36% |
| DiMasi |
(D-Boston) |
31% |
| Donato |
(D-Medford) |
25% |
| Donovan |
(D-Woburn) |
30% |
| Fagan |
(D-Taunton) |
32% |
| Fallon |
(D-Malden) |
35% |
| Falzone |
(D-Saugus) |
15% |
| Fennell |
(D-Lynn) |
30% |
| Festa |
(D-Melrose) |
21% |
| Finegold |
(D-Andover) |
65% |
| Finneran |
(D-Boston) |
11% |
| Fitzgerald |
(D-Boston) |
5% |
| Flavin |
(D-Easthampton) |
31% |
| Flynn |
(D-Bridgewater) |
45% |
| Fox |
(D-Boston) |
10% |
| Fresolo |
(D-Worcester) |
45% |
| Frost |
(R-Auburn) |
95% |
| Galvin |
(D-Canton) |
50% |
| Garry |
(D-Dracut) |
49% |
| George |
(R-Yarmouth) |
95% |
| Gobi |
(D-Spencer) |
77% |
| Goguen |
(D-Fitchburg) |
35% |
| Golden,
Brian |
(D-Boston) |
8% |
| Golden,
Thomas |
(D-Lowell) |
55% |
| Gomes |
(R-Harwich) |
90% |
| Greene |
(D-Billerica) |
40% |
| Haddad |
(D-Somerset) |
10% |
| Hahn |
(R-Westfield) |
90% |
| Hall |
(D-Westford) |
40% |
| Hargraves |
(R-Groton) |
100% |
| Harkins |
(D-Needham) |
31% |
| Hill |
(R-Ipswich) |
100% |
| Hillman |
(R-Sturbridge) |
90% |
| Hodgkins |
(D-Lee) |
16% |
| Honan |
(D-Boston) |
10% |
| Hynes |
(D-Marshfield) |
58% |
| Jehlen |
(D-Somerville) |
20% |
| Jones |
(R-North
Reading) |
95% |
| Kafka |
(D-Sharon) |
35% |
| Kane |
(D-Holyoke) |
35% |
| Kaprielian |
(D-Watertown) |
15% |
| Kaufman |
(D-Lexington) |
34% |
| Keenan |
(D-Southwick) |
45% |
| Kelly |
(R-Dalton) |
85% |
| Kennedy |
(D-Brockton) |
28% |
| Khan |
(D-Newton) |
20% |
| Knuuttila |
(D-Gardner) |
35% |
| Kocot |
(D-Northampton) |
20% |
| Koczera |
(D-New Bedford) |
20% |
| Koutoujian |
(D-Newton) |
36% |
| Kujawski |
(D-Webster) |
35% |
| Kulik |
(D-Worthington) |
33% |
| Larkin |
(D-Pittsfield) |
32% |
| Leary |
(D-Worcester) |
25% |
| LeDuc |
(D-Marlboro) |
50% |
| Lepper |
(R-Attleboro) |
95% |
| Lewis |
(D-Dedham) |
40% |
| Linsky |
(D-Natick) |
20% |
| Locke |
(R-Wellesley) |
95% |
| Loscocco |
(R-Holliston) |
95% |
| Malia |
(D-Boston) |
11% |
| Mariano |
(D-Quincy) |
35% |
| Marini |
(R-Hanson) |
95% |
| Marzilli |
(D-Arlington) |
31% |
| Merrigan |
(D-Greenfield) |
25% |
| Miceli |
(D-Wilmington) |
51% |
| Murphy,
Charles |
(D-Burlington) |
45% |
| Murphy,
James |
(D-Weymouth) |
38% |
| Murphy,
Kevin |
(D-Lowell) |
35% |
| Nangle |
(D-Lowell) |
40% |
| Naughton |
(D-Clinton) |
36% |
| Nyman |
(D-Hanover) |
40% |
| O'Brien |
(D-Kingston) |
45% |
| O'Flaherty |
(D-Chelsea) |
26% |
| Owens-Hicks |
(D-Boston) |
5% |
| Parente |
(D-Milford) |
41% |
| Patrick |
(D-Falmouth) |
35% |
| Paulsen |
(D-Belmont) |
20% |
| Pedone |
(D-Worcester) |
30% |
| Petersen |
(D-Marblehead) |
50% |
| Peterson |
(R-Grafton) |
95% |
| Petrolati |
(D-Ludlow) |
35% |
| Petruccelli |
(D-Boston) |
30% |
| Poirier |
(R-North
Attleboro) |
95% |
| Polito |
(R-Shrewsbury) |
95% |
| Pope |
(R-Wayland) |
95% |
| Provost |
(D-Sandwich) |
45% |
| Quinn |
(D-Dartmouth) |
30% |
| Reinstein |
(D-Revere) |
21% |
| Rivera |
(D-Springfield) |
40% |
| Rodrigues |
(D-Westport) |
25% |
| Rogeness |
(R-Longmeadow) |
90% |
| Rogers,
George |
(D-New Bedford) |
35% |
| Rogers,
John |
(D-Norwood) |
15% |
| Ruane |
(D-Salem) |
31% |
| Rushing |
(D-Boston) |
10% |
| St.
Fleur |
(D-Boston) |
10% |
| Santiago |
(D-Lawrence) |
36% |
| Scaccia |
(D-Boston) |
15% |
| Simmons |
(D-Leominster) |
32% |
| Slattery |
(D-Peabody) |
45% |
| Smizik |
(D-Brookline) |
15% |
| Speliotis |
(D-Danvers) |
45% |
| Spellane |
(D-Worcester) |
30% |
| Spilka |
(D-Ashland) |
23% |
| Stanley,
Harriett |
(D-West Newbury) |
53% |
| Stanley,
Thomas |
(D-Waltham) |
31% |
| Story |
(D-Amherst) |
21% |
| Straus |
(D-Mattapoisett) |
35% |
| Sullivan,
David |
(D-Fall River) |
20% |
| Sullivan,
Joseph |
(D-Braintree) |
45% |
| Swan |
(D-Springfield) |
15% |
| Teahan |
(D-Whitman) |
35% |
| Timilty |
(D-Milton) |
45% |
| Tirone |
(D-Amesbury) |
45% |
| Tobin |
(D-Quincy) |
40% |
| Toomey |
(D-Cambridge) |
15% |
| Torrisi |
(D-North
Andover) |
69% |
| Travis |
(D-Rehoboth) |
60% |
| Turkington |
(D-Falmouth) |
35% |
| Vallee |
(D-Franklin) |
46% |
| Verga |
(D-Gloucester) |
42% |
| Wagner |
(D-Chicopee) |
32% |
| Walrath |
(D-Stow) |
25% |
| Walsh |
(D-Boston) |
31% |
| Wolf |
(D-Cambridge) |
10% |
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