Easy Senate Score Chart 2006

IN 2006, RUSS FEINGOLD (75%)  OF WISCONSIN IS IN FIRST PLACE.  ALL OTHER SENATORS ARE BELOW 70%
COMPARE THIS WITH DENNIS KUCINICH'S 100% SCORE ON THE HOUSE CHART.
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. An example is when they vote for cloture on a bill or nomination and then vote against the nomination in circumstances where the only chance to stop a bill or nominee was through a fillibuster.  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:
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6/8/06: Roll Call 164 was the vote on cloture on HR 8 (the bill to permanently eliminate any taxes on estates of the super rich).  The new tax structure transfers the taxes to the lower and middle classes while letting the rich get off with no taxes.  The fact that the cloture vote was unsuccessful means that there is hope that things will be fairer in the future.
6/13/06:  This was the vote to commend the armed services for a bombing that killed innocent people and children and reportedly resulted in the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a person unlikely ever to have existed and who was reported killed three times previously. Michael Berg, whose son was reportedly killed by al-Zarqawi, condemned the attack and expressed sorrow over the innocent people and children killed in the bombing.
6/15/06A: Roll Call 171 was the vote on the conference report on HR4939, a bill that gives warmongers more money to continue the killing and massacre of innocent people in Iraq and allows profiteers to collect more money for scamming the people of New Orleans.
6/15/06B: Roll Call 172 was the vote to authorize activities to overthow the government of Iran.  This was in the form of a Senate Amendment ot the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007.
6/15/06C: Roll Call 174 was a motion to table a proposed amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would have required the withdrawal of US. Armed Foceces from Iraq and would have urged the convening of an Iraq summit.
6/19/06:  Roll call 175 was the the vote to confirm Sandra Segal Ikutu, another opponent of human rights, to the 9th Circuit, in an effort to eliminate moderate decisions that take human rights into account.
6/21/06:  Roll Call 179 was the vote on the Kennedy Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act.  The NDAA, which funds continued human rights violations, was likely to pass and the admendment called for a minimum wage increase. 
6/22/06A:  Roll Call 181 was the vote on the Kerry Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. The amendment, which was rejected, would have brought our trrops home and ended the fighting.
6/22/06B:  RollCall 183 was the cloture vote on (the last effective chance to stop) the National Defense Authorization Act, which provided massive amounts of funding to defense contractors to continue the killing in Iraq.
6/22/06C:  Roll Call 186 was the vote to pass the Nationial Defense Authorization Act, continued war funding.


NAME

 TOTAL SCORE 6/8/06 6/13/06 6/15/06A 6/15/06B 6/15/06C 6/19/06 6/21/06 6/22/06A 6/22/06B 6/22/06C FINAL SCORE HR%

Akaka (D-HI)     

+40FF
 H RUN
 STR
 STR HRUN
 STR
 STR
 HRUN HRUN
 STR
 STR +20FF
 52

Alexander (R- TN)

 -240
 STR
 STR STR HRUN STR STR STR
 STR
 STR STR -320
 10

Allard (R-CO)

 -240
 STR STR STR STR
 STR STR STR STR STR STR -340
 10

Allen (R-VA

 -240
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -340
 10

Baucus (D-MT)

 -40F
 STR STR STR HRUN STR STR HRUN STR STR STR -100F
 38

Bayh (D-IN)

 +60F
 H RUN STR STR STR
 STR STR HRUN STR STR STR 0F
 50

Bennett (R-UT)

 -260
 STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR STR STR STR -340
 8

Biden (D-DE)

 -30
 H RUN STR STR HRUN STR AWOL
 HRUN STR STR STR -65
 42

Bingaman (D-NM)

 +70F
 H RUN STR STR HRUN STR STR HRUN STR STR STR +40F
 55

Bond (R-MO)

 -260
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -360
 5

Boxer (D-CA)

 +45
 H RUN STR STR HRUN HRUN
 STR HRUN HRUN STR STR +45
 56

Brownback (R-KS)

 -210
 STR STR STR STR STR AWOL STR STR STR STR -305
 12

Bunning (R-KY)

 -205
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -305
 12F

Burns (R-MT),

 -230
 STR STR STR STR STR AWOL STR STR STR STR -325
 9F

Burr (R-NC)

 -240
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -340
 8

Byrd (D-WV)

 -5
 H RUN STR STR HRUN HRUN STR HRUN STR STR STR -25
 47

Cantwell (D-WA)

 +60F
 H RUN STR STR HRUN STR AWOL HRUN STR STR STR +25F
 53

Carper (D-DE)

 -80
 H RUN STR STR HRUN STR STR HRUN STR STR STR -120
 35

Chafee (R-RI)

 -140F
 H RUN STR STR HRUN STR STR HRUN
 STR STR STR -180F
 28

Chambliss (R-GA)

 -240
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -340
 8

Clinton (D-NY)

 +60
 H RUN STR STR HRUN STR STR HRUN STR STR STR +20
 52

Coburn (R-OK)

-205
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -305
 12

Cochran (R-MS)

 -250
 STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR STR STR STR -330
 9

Coleman (R-MN)

 -180
 STR STR STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR -260
 18

Collins (R-ME)

 -160
 STR STR STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR -240
 20

Conrad (D-ND)

 -70
 H RUN STR STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR -110
 36

Cornyn (R-TX)

 -260
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -360
 5

Craig (R-ID)

 -220
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -320
 10

Crapo (R-ID)

 -200
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -300
 13

Dayton (D-MN)

 +100
 H RUN STR STR HRUN STR STR HRUN STR STR STR +60
 56

DeMint (R-SC)

 -220
 STR STR STR STR STR AWOL STR STR STR STR -315
 11

DeWine (R-OH)

 -200
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -300
 13

Dodd (D-CT)

 +65
 H RUN STR STR HRUN STR STR HRUN STR STR STR +25
 53

Dole (R-NC)

 -245
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -345
 7

Domenici (R-NM)

 -270
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -370
 4

Dorgan (D-ND)

 -+40F
 H RUN STR STR HRUN STR STR HRUN STR STR STR 0F
 50

Durbin (D-IL)

 +75
 H RUN STR STR HRUN STR AWOL HRUN HRUN STR STR +60
 58

Ensign (R-NV)

 -130
 STR AWOL
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -225
 22

Enzi (R-WY)

 -240
 STr.IKE STR STR STR STR AWOL STR STR STR AWOL
 -330
 9

Feingold (D-WI)

 +180
 H RUN STR STR HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN
 STR +200
 75

Feinstein (D-CA)

 -20F
 H RUN STR STR HRUN STR STR HRUN STR STR STR -60F
 42

Frist (R-TN)

 -240
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -360
 5

Graham (R-SC),

 -180
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -280
 15

Grassley (R-IA),

 -160
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -260
 18

Gregg (R-NH)

 -210
 STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR STR STR STR -290
 13

Hagel (R-NE)

 -205
 STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR STR STR STR -285
 14

Harkin (D-IA)

 +130
 H RUN STR STR HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN STR STR +130
 66

Hatch (R-UT),

 -250
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -350
 19

Hutchison (R-TX),

 -260
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -360
 5

Inhofe (R-OK)

 -185
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -285
 14

Inouye (D-HI)

 +40F
 H RUN STR STR HRUN STR AWOL
 HRUN HRUN STR STR +25F
 53

Isakson (R-GA)

 -240
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -340
 20

Jeffords(I-VT)

 +90
 H RUN STR STR HRUN STR AWOL HRUN HRUN STR STR +75
 60

Johnson (D-SD)

 -20
 H RUN STR STR HRUN STR AWOL HRUN STR STR STR -55
 43

Kennedy (D-MA)

 +80
 H RUN STR STR HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN STR STR +80
 60

Kerry (D-MA)

 +110
 H RUN
 STR STR HRUN HRUN AWOL HRUN HRUN STR STR +105
 63

Kohl (D-WI)

 -40FF
 H RUN STR STR HRUN STR STR HRUN STR STR STR -80FF
 40

Kyl (R-AZ)

 -240
 STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR STR -340
 8

Landrieu (D-LA)

 -135F
 H RUN STR STR HRUN STR STR HRUN STR STR STR -175F
 28

Lautenberg (D-NJ)

 +65
 H RUN STR STR HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN STR STR +45
 56

Leahy (D-VT)

 +80
 H RUN STR STR HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN STR STR +60
 58

Levin (D-MI)

 +100