The Patrick Henry Democratic Club

Easy Senate Score Chart

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

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

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

Total:  The accumulated points to date on major votes/consents.

Other score charts:   (01/06/05 - 04/21/05B)   (04/28/05 - 06/09/05B)   (06/14/05 - 07/01/05)   (07/14/05 - 07/29/05B)
(10/27/05A - 11/15/05A)  (Current)

Votes/ Consents counted this page:

9/13/05: S. J. Res. 20  was a joint resolution to re-instate environmental standards for mercury emissions.  A great many people and children in America have mercury poisoning as a result of the already lax standards, which were made more lax by recent EPA regulations.  This resolution sought to undo the potential damage and loss of lives which will be caused by the new standards.

9/15/05:  This was the Dorgan Amendment to the appropriations for science, state, justice and commerce.   The amendment attempted to stop the use of appropriated funding for low-cost foreign labor to rebuild New Orleans.  The amendment failed, and this failure stabbed American workers in the back and further damaged laborers hurt by the loss of their homes and businesses in New Orleans.

9/26/05:  Every Senator had an opportunity to place a hold on the nomination of John Roberts, a supporter of permanent detention of Americans without trial and of the treatment (torture) and plans (at best, military tribunals only) for Guantanamo detainees.  John Roberts's  wife works for Operation Rescue, an organization that uses extreme measures (including violence) to oppose women's doctors.  John Roberts has questioned the Constitutionality of the Violence Against Women Act and of the Endangered Species Act.  He has also expressed opposition to equal pay for women.  He was responsible for a plan to disenfranchise tens of thousands of African-Americans in Florida in 2000.  He was a personal pick of Pat Robertson, a man who has called for the assassination of the first world leader (of all world leaders, including our own) to offer aid to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. In his confirmation hearings, he refused to say whether he would uphold legislation that overrode a presidential veto.  Everything goes to the floor by unanimous consent agreements.  No Senator was willing to do what it took to block the nomination of Roberts despite the opposition of over 80% of the American public to the Roberts nomination.  Business as usual meant more to each Senator than fighting for the lives and interests of the American people  All 100 Senators who failed to do anything to block the nomination from reaching the floor were docked with a strike.  On 9/28/05 NOT ONE Senator stood against a unanimous consent agreement providing for a vote on 9/29.    Because each Seantor had the power to stop Roberts from becoming the Chief Justice of the Supreme Count and not one of them took the measures available to stop him, all are getting a strike here. 

9/29/05: This was the day that the Senators voted to confirm John Roberts as a justice and as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.  This vote did not just place him on the Court as a justice.  It also elevated him to the Chief Justice position.  Since this was (in effect) two votes in one, it is being counted as two votes.  This is a dark day for America and devastating to the innocent, the children, the minorities, the women and those who need the protection of government.

10/05/05: S Amdt 1977 to HR 2863 was an an anti-torture amendment to a bad defense appropriations bill to make it a little more palatable.  The bill still provides $50 billion  for a continued war to boost Bush's ego and world domination plans while costing the lives of innocent people and children.  This amendment is an important stand against the torture of detainees.

10/07/05:  This was the vote on HR2863, which appropriated $50 billion in new money for more killing of more innocnet people.


NAME

PRIOR SCORE

09/13/05

09/15/05 09/26/05 09/29/05 09/29/05 10/5/05
 10/7/05

TOTAL SCORE

Akaka (D-HI)

 +42.5
 H RUN H RUN STRIKE H RUN H RUN H RUN STRIKE +72.5

Alexander (R- TN),

 -335 H RUN STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -365

Allard (R-CO)

 -335 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE -405

Allen (R-VA

 -337.5
 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -387.5

Baucus (D-MT)

 -95
 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -145

Bayh (D-IN)

 -35 H RUN H RUN STRIKE H RUN H RUN H RUN STRIKE -5

Bennett (R-UT)

 -337.5 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -387.5

Biden (D-DE)

 -15 H RUN H RUN STRIKE H RUN H RUN H RUN STRIKE +15

Bingaman (D-NM)

 -137.5 H RUN H RUN STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -147.5

Bond (R-MO)

 -340 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE -410

Boxer (D-CA)

 +100 H RUN H RUN STRIKE H RUN H RUN H RUN STRIKE +130

Brownback (R-KS

 -340 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -390

Bunning (R-KY)

 -335 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN AWOL -382.5

Burns (R-MT),

 -310 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -360

Burr (R-NC)

 -340 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -390

Byrd (D-WV)

 -97.5 STRIKE H RUN STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -127.5

Cantwell (D-WA)

 -40 H RUN STRIKE STRIKE H RUN H RUN H RUN STRIKE -30

Carper (D-DE)

 -160 H RUN STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -190

Chafee (R-RI)

 -277.5 H RUN STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -307.5

Chambliss (R-GA)

 -340 STRIKE H RUN STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -370

Clinton (D-NY)

 +2.5 H RUN H RUN STRIKE H RUN H RUN H RUN STRIKE +32.5

Coburn (R-OK)

 -325 STRIKE H RUN STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE -375

Cochran (R-MS)

 -340 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE -400

Coleman (R-MN)

 -335 H RUN STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -365

Collins (R-ME)

 -280 H RUN H RUN STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -290

Conrad (D-ND)

 -195 STRIKE H RUN STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -225

Cornyn (R-TX)

 -340 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE -410

Corzine (D-NJ)

 +85 H RUN AWOL STRIKE H RUN H RUN AWOL STRIKE +80

Craig (R-ID)

 -305 STRIKE H RUN STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -335

Crapo (R-ID)

 -300 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -350

Dayton (D-MN)

 +82.5 H RUN H RUN STRIKE H RUN H RUN H RUN STRIKE +112.5

DeMint (R-SC)

 -337.5 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -387.5

DeWine (R-OH)

 -300 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -350

Dodd (D-CT)

 -15 H RUN H RUN STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -25

Dole (R-NC)

 -340 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -390

Domenici (R-NM)

 -340 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -390

Dorgan (D-ND)

 +2.5 STRIKE H RUN STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -27.5

Durbin (D-IL)

 +40 H RUN H RUN STRIKE H RUN H RUN H RUN STRIKE +70

Ensign (R-NV)

 -337.5 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -387.5

Enzi (R-WY)

 -280 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -330

Feingold (D-WI)

 +42.5 H RUN H RUN STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE +32.5

Feinstein (D-CA)

 -115 H RUN STRIKE STRIKE H RUN H RUN H RUN STRIKE -105

Frist (R-TN)

 -317.5 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -367.5

Graham (R-SC),

 -300 STRIKE H RUN STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -330

Grassley (R-IA),

 -320 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -370

Gregg (R-NH)

 -295 H RUN STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN AWOL -322.5

Hagel (R-NE)

 -320 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -370

Harkin (D-IA)

 +20 H RUN H RUN STRIKE H RUN H RUN H RUN STRIKE +50

Hatch (R-UT),

 -340 AWOL STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -387.5

Hutchison (R-TX),

 -337.5 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -387.5

Inhofe (R-OK)

 -337.5 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE -407.5

Inouye (D-HI)

 -110 H RUN H RUN STRIKE H RUN H RUN H RUN STRIKE -80

Isakson (R-GA)

 -340 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -390

Jeffords(I-VT)

 -87.5 H RUN STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN
 STRIKE -117.5

Johnson (D-SD)

 -117.5 H RUN H RUN STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -127.5

Kennedy (D-MA)

 +80 H RUN H RUN STRIKE H RUN H RUN H RUN STRIKE +110

Kerry (D-MA)

 +45 H RUN H RUN STRIKE H RUN H RUN H RUN STRIKE +75

Kohl (D-WI)

 -135 H RUN H RUN STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -145

Kyl (R-AZ)

 -297.5 STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -347.5

Landrieu (D-LA)

 -137.5 H RUN H RUN STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -147.5

Lautenberg (D-NJ)

 +82.5 H RUN H RUN STRIKE H RUN H RUN H RUN STRIKE +112.5

Leahy (D-VT)

 0 H RUN H RUN STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN AWOL -7.5

Levin (D-MI)

 +2.5 H RUN H RUN STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE H RUN STRIKE -7.5