Easy Senate Score Chart 2006
This year there will be two scores: a vote score and a human rights percentage.
  RUSS FEINGOLD IS IN FIRST PLACE WITH +100 (100%) ON THE FIRST 10 HUMAN RIGHTS VOTES OF 2006.
ANYONE WITH A SCORE BELOW 50% IS NO FRIEND OF HUMAN RIGHTS.

How the score is calculated:

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.  – 5 points. This does not apply to cloture votes. 

NH: This stands for no harm.  Those who fail to vote against cloture don't have the courage of those who do take a stand but their votes counts with the "nay" votes in a cloture motion.  Therefore, unless a home run requires a vote for cloture on an issue, NH counts as 0.

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

F: This stands for Fraud.  This applies to Senators who vote one way when it matters and another way when it makes no difference. In an election year, Senators like to argue meaningless votes and mislead their public into fogetting that they voted the other way when it mattered.  An F will be placed after the total of all Senators who do this on the chart that contains the vote wherein they pull this.  The Fs will also be counted on the final total of the final chart at the end of the year..

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

Human Rights Percentage or HR%: Current percentage of Senator from bottom to top of chart, rounded to the nearest whole number.

The vote descriptions link to the top of the chart, and each column header and footer links back to the description for that date.

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)   (09/13/05-10/07/05)  (10/27/05A-11/15/05A)  (11/15/05B-12/21/05)  (1/30/06-3/16/06A)  (3/16/06B-5/8/06B)  (5/11/06-6/7/06)   (6/8/06-6/22/06C)   (6/27/06-8/3/06B)  (8/3/06C-12/7/06)

Votes/Consents counted this page:
3/16/06B:   S Amdt. 3128 to S. Con Res 83 was the vote on providing the funding to implement the energy Policy Act of 2005 from ANWR.  This basically provided funding to wipe out the polar bear and upset the balance of life on the planet.
3/16/06C: The budget.
3/27/06: This was the vote to confirm pro-nuclear war profiteer Dennis Spurgeon as Assistant Secretary of Energy. Spurgeon's appointment will likely lead to Chrnobyl's in the U.S. and to more wars.
4/7/06A: Cloture on Securing America's Borders (or more appropriately named bigotry against workers) Act.
4/7/06B: This was the vote to confirm Dorrance Smith (a right-winger who has a history of lying to defame legitimate news sources in an effort to cover up the truth about Iraq) to be Assistant Secretary of Defense..
4/7/06C:  This was the vote on the cloture motion to confirm Peter Flory (an architect of the permanent war against freedom and peace) to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense.
5/2/06:  This was the vote on the cloture motion on HR 4939, the emergency funding to war profiteers. 
5/4/06:  This was the vote on HR4939, the emergency funding to profiteers from death.
5/8/06A:  This was the cloture vote on S. 1955, the Legalize Medical Murder by Capping the Malpractice Damages Bill
5/8/06B: This was the cloture vote on S23 the Legalize Killing of Mothers and Babies by Capping the Damages for Malpractice Bill.


NAME

PRIOR SCORE 3/16/06B 3/16/06C 3/27/06 4/7/06A 4/7/06B 4/7/06C 5/2/06 5/4/06 5/8/06A 5/8/06B TOTAL SCORE HR%

Akaka (D-HI)

 0FF
 STR
 HRUN
 STR
 HRUN
 HRUN
 HRUN
 STR STR HRUN HRUN +20FF
 55

Alexander (R- TN)

-100
 STR
 STR
 STR STR
 STR STR STR HRUN
 STR
 STR -180
 5F

Allard (R-CO)

 -100
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR -180
 5F

Allen (R-VA

 -100
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -180
 5

Baucus (D-MT)

 -60F
 HRUN
 HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN -20F
 45

Bayh (D-IN)

 -20
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN +20
 55

Bennett (R-UT)

 -100
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -200
 0

Biden (D-DE)

 -20
 HRUN HRUN AWOL HRUN AWOL
 AWOL AWOL
 STR AWOL AWOL -30
 43

Bingaman (D-NM)

 +10F
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN +50F
 63

Bond (R-MO)

 -100
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -200
 0

Boxer (D-CA)

 +20
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN AWOL AWOL STR STR HRUN HRUN +30
 58

Brownback (R-KS)

 -100
 STR STR STR HRUN
 AWOL
 AWOL STR STR AWOL
 AWOL
 -150
 13

Bunning (R-KY)

 -80
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR -160
 10F

Burns (R-MT),

 -100
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR HRUN AWOL AWOL -170
 8F

Burr (R-NC)

 -80
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -180
 5

Byrd (D-WV)

 +30
 HRUN HRUN AWOL STR
 HRUN HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN +55
 64

Cantwell (D-WA)

 -20F
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN +20
 55

Carper (D-DE)

 -80
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN -40
 40

Chafee (R-RI)

 -60F
 HRUN
 HRUN
 STR HRUN STR STR STR STR STR STR -100F
 25

Chambliss (R-GA)

 -100
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR -180
 5F

Clinton (D-NY)

 -40
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN 0
 50

Coburn (R-OK)

-80
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR HRUN AWOL STR -145
 14F

Cochran (R-MS)

 -100
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -200
 0

Coleman (R-MN)

 -80
 HRUN
 HRUN STR HRUN STR STR STR STR STR STR -120
 20

Collins (R-ME)

 -80
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN STR STR STR STR STR STR -120
 20

Conrad (D-ND)

 -40
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN STR STR AWOL
 AWOL -30
 43

Cornyn (R-TX)

 -100
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -200
 0

Craig (R-ID)

 -100
 STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR HRUN STR STR -160
 10F

Crapo (R-ID)

 -80
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR HRUN HRUN HRUN
 -120
 20F

Dayton (D-MN)

 0
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN +40
 60

DeMint (R-SC)

 -80
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR -160
 10F

DeWine (R-OH)

 -100
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN
 STR STR STR STR STR STR -140
 15

Dodd (D-CT)

 0
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN HRUN
 STR HRUN HRUN +60
 65

Dole (R-NC)

 -100
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -200
 0

Domenici (R-NM)

 -90
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -190
 3

Dorgan (D-ND)

 -20F
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN +20F
 55

Durbin (D-IL)

 +20
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN
 HRUN STR STR AWOL HRUN +45
 61

Ensign (R-NV)

 -50
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN STR STR STR HRUN STR STR -70
 33F

Enzi (R-WY)

 -100
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR -180
 5F

Feingold (D-WI)

 +100
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN STR HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN +140
 85

Feinstein (D-CA)

 -60
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN -20
 45

Frist (R-TN)

 -80
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR -160
 10F

Graham (R-SC),

 -80
 STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR HRUN HRUN HRUN -100
 25F

Grassley (R-IA),

 -100
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -200
 0

Gregg (R-NH)

 -80
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR -160
 10F

Hagel (R-NE)

 -90
 STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR HRUN STR STR -150
 38F

Harkin (D-IA)

 +30
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN +70
 68

Hatch (R-UT),

 -100
 STR STR AWOL
 STR STR STR STR  AWOL
 STR STR -190
 3

Hutchison (R-TX),

 -100
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -200
 0

Inhofe (R-OK)

 -80
 STR STR AWOL HRUN STR STR STR HRUN STR STR -135
 16F

Inouye (D-HI)

 -20F
 HRUN HRUN AWOL HRUN HRUN HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN +25
 56

Isakson (R-GA)

 -100
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR -180
 5F

Jeffords(I-VT)

 +60
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN STR STR AWOL AWOL +70
 68

Johnson (D-SD)

 -60
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN -20
 45

Kennedy (D-MA)

 0
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN +40
 60

Kerry (D-MA)

 0
 HRUN HRUN AWOL HRUN HRUN HRUN AWOL STR HRUN HRUN +50
 63

Kohl (D-WI)

 -60F
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN STR HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN -40F
 40

Kyl (R-AZ)

 -100
 STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR STR STR STR -180
 5

Landrieu (D-LA)

 -80F
 STR STR
 AWOL HRUN STR HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN -95F
 27

Lautenberg (D-NJ)

 0
 HRUN HRUN AWOL HRUN HRUN HRUN STR STR