Home Run (H Run): This Congressperson took a stand for the American people. +10 points

AWOL: This Congressperson was AWOL when the American people needed him/her to take a stand. –7.5 points

Strike: This Congressperson voted or agreed to an outcome harmful to the American people, freedom and/or democracy. -10 points

N/L: The roll call record does not show this representative under any of the categories (yea, nay, not voting).2 representatives were not listed on the roll call on 1/6.A # is placed after their totals as it is based on one fewer vote than the other representatives. Representative Matsui was elected to fill the spot vacated when her husband passed and was not in Congress when the first five votes on the chart took place

PRESENT: This is a protest vote, often made by Congresspersons who know that they are outnumbered, and having no effect on the total for or against a bill. 0 points.

Total: The accumulated points to date on major votes.

Previous votes:(1/6/05-4/28/05)  (5/5/05-6/9/05)  (6/15/05-7/20/05B)  (7/20/05C-7/28/05C)  (9/14/05-9/29/05D)  (10/07/05-11/09/05B)  (11/17/05-12/19/05A)  (12/19/05B-12/19/05C)

Votes counted this page:

11/17/05: This vote was for the purpose of agreeing to the conference report on HR 3010, the Ignorance is Strength Bill,, which cut funding for education, thereby making education a non-priority.

11/18/05:   Roll Call 601 was the vote on the Deficit Reduction Act, a bill which helped the rich at the expense of the poor and those most in need.

11/18/05:  H Res 571 was a sham that was put up by the Republicans just so that they could shoot down their own bill which appeared to call for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq.  Because the bill was a sham and an attempt to undermine legitimate bills, such as H. J. Res 73 and H. J. Res  55, the vote is not being counted.  However, Cynthia McKinney, Jose Serrano and Robert Wexler should all be contratulated and respected for their courage in calling the Republican's bluff.

12/07/05: Roll Call 616 was the passage of the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, another devestating free trade agreement which undermined workers' rights and security, human rights and the environment in the interests of promoting corporate rule.

12/08/05: Roll Call 621 was the Tax Only the Poor and Give to the Rich Act, HR 4297,. 

12/14/05:  Roll Call 627 is the agreement to the conference report on USA PATRIOT, the extension and worsening of the act that subjected the American people to extreme attacks on their liberties and Constitutional rights.

12/16/05A:  Roll Call 648 was the agreement to H.Res 612, a resolution that continued the lie that the war in Iraq is winnable.  The servicemen and the American people deserve to know that every day the war continues, we lose because more innocent men, women and children die from the continuation of the lie.

12/16/05B: Roll Call 661 was the vote to pass HR 4437, a bill that makes it a felony to be in the country without papers and criminalizes those who assist immigrants. 

12/19/05A:  Roll Call 665 was the agreement to the conference report on the disasterous HR 1815, the Defense Auithorization Bill, which provides funding to continue the killing in Iraq.  This also included funds to use to attack good leaders who have upset the oil industry.