 The 2006 Scorecard looks at the most important public interest votes taken between February 9, 2005 and February 1, 2006 in the U.S. Congress. These votes determined the direction of federal policy on critical issues ranging from environmental preservation to health care to consumer protections.
Now in its twelfth year, VPIRG's annual Congressional Scorecard is one of the many citizenship tools we use to preserve the environment, protect consumers, and revitalize participation in our democratic process. Going door-to-door across Vermont, VPIRG staff are distributing this year’s Scorecard to more than 35,000 households.
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Summary of findings
One hundred sixty six (166) members of the U.S. House or Senate voted for the public interest more than 80 percent of the time between February 9, 2005 and February 1, 2006, with 42 members scoring 100 percent.
Each member of Vermont’s Congressional delegation voted for the public interest more than 80% of the time.
Two hundred eight (208) members of the House or Senate had scores of 10 percent or below, with 105 members scoring 0 percent on major public interest issues.
In addition to tracking such diverse public interest votes as protecting the Arctic Refuge from drilling; reducing global warming pollution; protecting consumer bankruptcy rights; and increasing access to affordable higher education, the scorecards also list information about campaign contributions, biographical data, past U.S. PIRG scores, and telephone numbers for citizens to contact their elected officials.
Members who received 100% on the PIRG scorecard were:
Sen. Ted Kennedy (MA)
Sen. Lautenberg (NJ)
Sen. Sarbanes (MD)
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (WI-2)
Rep. Xavier Becerra (CA-31)
Rep. Tim Bishop (NY-1)
Rep. Lois Capps (CA-23)
Rep. Susan Davis (CA-53)
Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-4)
Rep. Diane DeGette (CO-1)
Rep. DeLauro (CT-3)
Rep. Barney Frank (MA-4)
Rep. Raul Grijalva (AZ-7)
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (NY-22)
Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12)
Rep. Jay Inslee (WA-1)
Rep. Jesse Jackson (IL-2)
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (OH-10)
Rep. James Langevin (RI-2)
Rep. Nita Lowey (NY-18)
Rep. Stephen Lynch (MA-9)
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14)
Rep. Edward Markey (MA-7)
Rep. Jim McDermott (WA-7)
Rep. James McGovern (MA-3)
Rep. Michael McNulty (NY-21)
Rep. Marty Meehan (MA-5)
Rep. George Miller (CA-7)
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY-8)
Rep. David Obey (WI-7)
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (CA-8)
Rep. Linda Sanchez (CA-39)
Rep. Bernard Sanders (VT)
Rep. Adam Schiff (CA-29)
Rep. Brad Sherman (CA-27)
Rep. John Tierney (MA-6)
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (MD-8)
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20)
Rep. Henry Waxman (CA-30)
Rep. Anthony Weiner (NY-9)
Rep. Robert Wexler (FL-19)
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Federal Scorecard archives can be found at http://www.uspirg.org/scorecard
VPIRG's 2003-2004 legislative scorecard
VPIRG's 2004 questionnaire for Gubernatorial and Lt Gubernatorial candidates (includes responses from Gov Douglas and Lt. Gov. Dubie)
Other organizations that produce scorecards and voter guides
 Vermont Alliance Of Conservation Voters: A key VPIRG ally in the fight to protect Vermont's environment.
Vermont NEA : One of the state's largest labor unions and a member of the Health Care Affordability Coalition with VPIRG.
AARP: A member of the Health Care Affordability Coalition with VPIRG.
The Vermont Sierra Club: One of the nation's oldest environmental groups.
Public Citizen: A national ally in the fight for clean elections. |
