Easy Senate Score Chart 2006
This year there will be two scores: a vote score and a human rights percentage.

IN 2006, RUSS FEINGOLD (78%)  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:

6/27/06:  This was the vote on the the Flag Desecration Amendment that elevated a piece of cloth above people and above Freedom of Speech.
6/29/06:  This was the passage of the United States - Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation act to give American jobs to foreign child slave laborers and to eliminate environmental protections and help bring about the destruction of the planet.
7/13/06: This was the passage of HR 5441, the funding of the attacks on our freedom, the funding of the surveillance on Americans and the funding of the other attrocities of the Homeland Security Department.
7/18/06: This was the passage of H.R. 810, the Stem Cell Enhancement Act of 1005.  This bill had the potential of saving millions of lives through the use of stem cells that would otherwise be trashed as garbage.
7/20/06:  This was the renewal of the Voting Rights Act
7/25/06A:  This was the vote to confirm anti-human rights justice Jerome A. Holmes to the Tenth Circuit.
7/25/06B: This is the passage of the bill to prevent victims of incest and other young victims from crossing state lines to obtain abortions.  Teenage back-alley abortions killed a lot of teenaged girls in 1973.  This bill could result in the deaths of a great many teenage girls.
8/2/06:  This was the $1.8 billion in funding for a fence along the the Mexincan border to satisfy a group of racists.
8/3/06A:  This was an amdendment to appropriate $77 million dollars for the nuclear (as in bombs) navy.
8/3/06B:  This ws the cloture vote on the permanent repeal of the estate tax for the super-rich.   The lower and middle income citizens already pay more than their fair share of the tax while the rich pay next to nothing.  The super-rich estate tax helped to make the tax burden a little less unfair.


NAME

 PRIOR SCORE 6/27/06

 		6/29/06

 		7/13/06

 		7/18/06

 		7/20/06

 		7/25/06A
 		7/25/06B

 		8/2/06

 		8/3/06A

 		8/3/06B

 		FINAL SCORE HR%

Akaka (D-HI)     

+20FF
 HRUN
 HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN HRUN
 STR HRUN HRUN
 +60FF
 56

Alexander (R- TN)

 -320
 STR
 STR STR HRUN HRUN STR STR
 STR STR STR -380
 12

Allard (R-CO)

 -340
 STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR STR STR -320
 12

Allen (R-VA

 -340
 STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR STR STR -320
 12

Baucus (D-MT)

 -100F
 STR STR STR HRUN HRUN STR HRUN AWOL
 AWOL
 AWOL
 -125F
 38

Bayh (D-IN)

 0F
 STR HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN +20F
 52

Bennett (R-UT)

 -340
 HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN STR STR STR HRUN STR -360
 14

Biden (D-DE)

 -65
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN -5
 50

Bingaman (D-NM)

 +40F
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN STR HRUN STR HRUN HRUN +85F
 59

Bond (R-MO)

 -360
 STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR HRUN STR -420
 8

Boxer (D-CA)

 +45
 HRUN AWOL
 STR HRUN HRUN HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN +90
 59

Brownback (R-KS)

 -305
 STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR HRUN STR -365
 15

Bunning (R-KY)

 -305
 STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR AWOL
 STR STR -375
 12

Burns (R-MT),

 -325
 STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR HRUN STR -385
 12

Burr (R-NC)

 -340
 STR HRUN STR HRUN HRUN STR STR STR HRUN STR -360
 14

Byrd (D-WV)

 -25
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN STR STR STR HRUN STR -25
 48

Cantwell (D-WA)

 +25F
 HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN +65F
 57

Carper (D-DE)

 -120
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN STR STR STR HRUN HRUN -100
 40

Chafee (R-RI)

 -180F
 HRUN AWOL
 STR HRUN HRUN STR HRUN STR HRUN HRUN -155F
 35

Chambliss (R-GA)

 -340
 STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR STR STR -420
 8

Clinton (D-NY)

 +20
 HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN +60
 56

Coburn (R-OK)

-305
 STR HRUN STR STR HRUN STR STR STR STR STR -365
 14

Cochran (R-MS)

 -330
 STR STR STR HRUN HRUN STR STR STR HRUN STR -340
 16

Coleman (R-MN)

 -260
 STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR HRUN STR -320
 18

Collins (R-ME)

 -240
 STR HRUN STR HRUN HRUN STR HRUN STR HRUN STR -240
 26

Conrad (D-ND)

 -110
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN STR STR STR HRUN HRUN -90
 41

Cornyn (R-TX)

 -360
 STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR STR STR -440
 6

Craig (R-ID)

 -320
 STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR STR STR -400
 10

Crapo (R-ID)

 -300
 STR STR STR STR AWOL
 STR STR STR STR STR -395
 11

Dayton (D-MN)

 +60
 STR HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN +100
 60

DeMint (R-SC)

 -315
 STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR STR STR -395
 11

DeWine (R-OH)

 -300
 STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR HRUN STR -360
 14

Dodd (D-CT)

 +25
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN +85
 59

Dole (R-NC)

 -345
 STR HRUN STR STR HRUN STR STR STR STR STR -425
 8

Domenici (R-NM)

 -370
 STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR STR STR -450
 5

Dorgan (D-ND)

 0F
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN STR STR STR HRUN HRUN +20F
 52

Durbin (D-IL)

 +60
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN +60
 56

Ensign (R-NV)

 -225
 STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR STR STR -305
 20

Enzi (R-WY)

 -330
 STR STR STR STR AWOL
 STR STR STR STR STR -425
 8

Feingold (D-WI)

 +200
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN HRUN HRUN HRUN HRUN +280
 78

Feinstein (D-CA)

 -60F
 STR HRUN STR HRUN HRUN AWOL
 AWOL
 STR HRUN HRUN -50F
 45

Frist (R-TN)

 -360
 STR STR STR HRUN HRUN STR STR STR STR HRUN -400
 10

Graham (R-SC),

 -280
 STR STR STR STR HRUN AWOL
 STR STR STR STR -360
 14

Grassley (R-IA),

 -260
 STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR HRUN STR -320
 18

Gregg (R-NH)

 -290
 STR AWOL
 STR HRUN HRUN STR STR STR HRUN STR -330
 17

Hagel (R-NE)

 -285
 STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR HRUN STR STR -285
 12

Harkin (D-IA)

 +130
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN +180
 68

Hatch (R-UT),

 -350
 STR STR STR HRUN HRUN STR STR STR HRUN STR -350
 15

Hutchison (R-TX),

 -360
 STR STR STR HRUN HRUN STR STR STR HRUN STR -360
 14

Inhofe (R-OK)

 -185
 STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR STR STR -285
 22

Inouye (D-HI)

 +25F
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN +25F
 53

Isakson (R-GA)

 -340
 STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR STR STR -340
 16

Jeffords(I-VT)

 +75
 HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN HRUN +75
 58

Johnson (D-SD)

 -55
 STR HRUN STR HRUN HRUN STR STR STR HRUN HRUN -55
 45

Kennedy (D-MA)

 +80
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN +80
 58

Kerry (D-MA)

 +105
 HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN +145
 65

Kohl (D-WI)

 -80FF
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN -80FF
 42

Kyl (R-AZ)

 -340
 STR STR STR STR HRUN STR STR STR STR STR -340
 16

Landrieu (D-LA)

 -175F
 STR STR STR HRUN HRUN STR STR STR STR HRUN -175F
 33

Lautenberg (D-NJ)

 +65
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN +45
 55

Leahy (D-VT)

 +60
 HRUN AWOL
 STR HRUN HRUN HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN +60
 56

Levin (D-MI)

 +60
 HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN HRUN HRUN STR HRUN HRUN +60
 56

Lieberman (D-CT)

 -60FF
 HRUN STR STR HRUN HRUN AWOL
 HRUN AWOL
 AWOL
 AWOL
 -60FF
 44

Lincoln (D-AR)

 -135FF
 STR HRUN STR