PIRG’s 2007 Legislative Scorecard

Maryland PIRG, a non-profit, non-partisan advocate for the public interest, monitors the voting records of Maryland’s state legislators. Do your legislators support the public interest? Their votes on key public interest issues are shown below.

Public Interest Votes in the State Senate Maryland State Senate 1) Smoke-Free – SB 91 requires all workplaces including Cmte 2007 Lifetime restaurants, bars and private clubs to be smoke-free. Senator Dist 1 2 3 4 5 6 Score Score Score 30 + – + a + – 33% 44% 73% 2) Public Financing – SB 546 would have allowed David Brinkley 4 – + – – – – 0% 14% 32% candidates for statewide office to publicly finance their Gwendolyn Britt 47 + + + + + – 100% 89% 97% Jim Brochin 42 + + + + – – n/a 67% 86% campaigns. Richard Colburn 37 + – – – – – 33% 22% 25% 43 + + a + + – 100% 78% 91% 3) Mercury Reduction – SB 366 would have established 25 + – e + + – 0% 50% 73% a recycling program for car switches containing toxic James Ed DeGrange 32 – – + + + – 0% 43% 69% mercury. George Della 46 – + + + – + 33% 56% 84% Roy Dyson 29 + + + + + – 100% 89% 80% 4) Energy Efficiency – Amendment to SB 674 that George Edwards 1 – – + – – – 0% 11% 11% would have gutted a bill to set energy efficiency Nathaniel Exum 24 + – – + + – 100% 67% 84% Jennie Forehand 17 + + + + + + n/a 100% 90% standards for common appliances. Brian Frosh 16 + + + + + + n/a 100% 98% Rob Garagiola 15 + + + + + – 67% 78% 87% 5) Early Voting – SB 1 allows voters to decide whether Lisa Gladden 41 + + + + + + n/a 100% 96% polling stations should open before Election Day. Janet Greenip 33 – – – a – – 0% 0% 9% Larry E. Haines 5 – – – a – – n/a 0% 26% 6) For-Profit Debt Management – For-profit companies Andy Harris 7 – + – – – – 0% 11% 27% have been criticized for aggressively pushing consumers Patrick J. Hogan 39 + – + + + – 0% 57% 68% into credit card consolidation programs rather than J. Robert Hooper 35 – – + – – – 33% 22% 23% Nancy Jacobs 34 – – – – – – n/a 0% 26% offering genuine credit counseling. HB 367 would have Verna Jones 44 + + + + + + 0% 86% 83% allowed these companies to operate in Maryland. Edward Kasemeyer 12 + – + + + – 0% 57% 76% Delores Kelley 10 + – + + + – 67% 67% 91% Allan Kittleman 9 – + – – – – 0% 11% 20% Katherine Klausmeier 8 – + + – + – 33% 44% 73% Public Interest Votes in the House of Delegates Rona Kramer 14 + – + – + – 0% 43% 70% Mike Lenett 19 + + + + + – 100% 89% 89% 1) Smoke-Free – HB 359 makes all workplaces, 18 + + + + + – 0% 71% 71% including restaurants, bars and private clubs, smoke-free. Nathaniel McFadden 45 + – + + + – 0% 57% 76% Thomas McLain Middleton 28 + – + + + – 67% 67% 79% 2) Health Care – HB 754 would have raised the tobacco Thomas V. Mike Miller 27 + – + – + – n/a 50% 81% Alex Mooney 3 – – – – – + n/a 17% 33% tax by $1 and expanded Medicaid. Donald Munson 2 – – + – – – 0% 14% 30% C. Anthony Muse 26 + – + + + – n/a 67% 67% 3) Smoke-Free – A “poison pill” amendment to HB 359 Douglas J. J. Peters 23 + + + + + – 0% 71% 71% that would have made the sale of all tobacco products in Paul Pinsky 22 + + + + + + 100% 100% 98% the state illegal. E. J. Pipkin 36 – – + – – – 33% 22% 45% Catherine Pugh 40 + + + + + – 100% 89% 89% 4) Early Voting – SB 1 allows voters to decide whether Jamie Raskin 20 + + + + + + n/a 100% 100% polling stations should open before Election Day. James Robey 13 + + + + + – 0% 71% 71% Jim Rosapepe 21 + + + + + – 100% 89% 89% 31 – – + – – – n/a 17% 17% 5) Electronics Recycling – HB 488 expands Maryland’s J. Lowell Stoltzfus 38 + – – – – – 0% 14% 26% computer recycling program to include televisions and Norman Stone 6 – + + a + – n/a 50% 80% increases fees manufacturers pay to fund the program. Bobby Zirkin 11 + – + + + – 67% 67% 67%

KEY: (+) = Vote for the public interest (e) = Excused from vote (-) = Vote against the public interest (a) = Unexcused absence

Visit our Web site www.marylandpirg.org to see how scores are calculated, including committee votes. Committee votes are scored equally to floor votes.

Advocate for the Public Interest When consumers are cheated, or the voices of ordinary citizens are drowned out by special interest lobbyists, Maryland PIRG speaks up and takes action. We uncover threats to public health and well-being and fight to end them, using the time-tested tools of investigative re- search, media exposés, grassroots organizing, advocacy and litigation. Maryland PIRG’s mission is to deliver persistent, result-oriented pub- lic interest activism that encourages a fair, sustainable economy, and fosters responsive, democratic government.

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Maryland PIRG, a non-profit, non-partisan advocate for the public interest, monitors the voting records of Maryland’s state legislators. Do your legislators support the public interest? Their votes on key public interest issues are shown below.

Cmte 2007 Lifetime Maryland House of Delegates Delegate Dist 1 2 3 4 5 Score Score Score Kevin Kelly 1 – – – + + n/a 40% 60% Cmte 2007 Lifetime Nancy King 39 + + + + + 50% 86% 90% Delegate Dist 1 2 3 4 5 Score Score Score James King 33 – – – – + 33% 25% 25% Saqib Ali 39 + + + + + 100% 100% 100% Nicholaus Kipke 31 – – + – + 0% 33% 33% 43 + + + + + n/a 100% 96% Ruth Kirk 44 + + + + + 67% 88% 85% Susan Aumann 42 + – + – + 50% 57% 50% Benjamin F. Kramer 19 + + + + + n/a 100% 100% Charles Barkley 39 + + + + + 50% 86% 97% Susan Krebs 9 + – – – + 50% 43% 50% Ben Barnes 21 + + + + + n/a 100% 100% Carolyn Krysiak 46 + + + + + 67% 88% 86% Joseph Bartlett 4 – – – – – 100% 29% 32% Sue Kullen 27 + + + + + 100% 100% 87% Kumar Barve 17 + + + + + 50% 86% 89% Stephen Lafferty 42 + + + + + 100% 100% 100% Gail Bates 9 – – – – + 0% 14% 34% Jane Lawton 18 + + + + + 100% 100% 100% 32 + + + + + 100% 100% 100% Susan Lee 16 + + + + + n/a 100% 96% Wendell Beitzel 1 – – – – + 0% 17% 17% Gerron Levi 23 + + + + + n/a 100% 100% Joanne Benson 24 + + + + + 0% 83% 91% Murray Levy 28 + + + + + 0% 71% 65% Elizabeth Bobo 12 + + + + + 100% 100% 99% Mary Ann Love 32 + + + + + 33% 75% 84% John Bohanan 29 + + + + + 50% 86% 66% James Malone 12 + + + + + 100% 100% 84% Joseph Boteler 8 – – – – – 0% 0% 21% 19 + + + + + 67% 88% 88% 45 + + e + + 50% 83% 76% Jim Mathias 38 + – + + + 67% 75% 75% Aisha Braveboy 25 + + + + + 67% 88% 88% Susan McComas 35 – – – – + n/a 20% 51% Eric Bromwell 8 + + + + + 0% 83% 63% Tony McConkey 33 – – – – + n/a 20% 34% William Bronrott 16 + + + + + 50% 86% 91% Pat McDonough 7 – – – – + n/a 20% 25% Emmett Burns 10 + + + e + 50% 83% 78% Brian McHale 46 + + + + a 67% 75% 85% Michael Busch 30 + + + + + n/a 100% 92% Maggie McIntosh 43 + + + + + n/a 100% 86% Rudolph Cane 37 + + + + + 100% 100% 83% Robert McKee 2 – – – + + 100% 57% 53% Jon Cardin 11 + + + + + 100% 100% 98% Warren Miller 9 – – a – + 33% 25% 19% Jill P. Carter 41 + + + + + n/a 100% 81% Joseph “Sonny” Minnick 6 – – – + + 33% 38% 50% Virginia Clagett 30 + + + + + 100% 100% 97% Heather Mizeur 20 + + + + + 0% 83% 83% Galen Clagett 3 + + – + + 50% 71% 87% Karen Montgomery 14 + + + + + 100% 100% 99% Frank Conaway 40 + + + + + n/a 100% 100% Dan Morhaim 11 + + + + + 100% 100% 98% Norman Conway 38 + + a + + 0% 67% 73% Peter Murphy 28 + + + + + 50% 86% 86% Bob Costa 33 – + + – + 0% 50% 48% LeRoy Myers 1 – a – – + 100% 43% 31% Dereck Davis 25 + + + + + 100% 100% 85% Shirley Nathan-Pulliam 10 + + + + + 100% 100% 98% Steven DeBoy 12 + + + + + 50% 86% 75% Doyle Niemann 47 + + a + + 100% 83% 89% John Donoghue 2 – + + + + 0% 67% 69% Nathaniel T. Oaks 41 – + – + + 0% 50% 77% Ann Marie Doory 43 + + + + + 50% 86% 84% Anthony O’Donnell 29 – – – – – 0% 0% 29% Kathleen Dumais 15 + + + + + n/a 100% 95% John Olszewski 6 + + – + + 50% 71% 71% Don Dwyer 31 – – – – + n/a 20% 35% Joseline Pena-Melnyk 21 + + + + + 0% 83% 83% Adelaide “Addie” Eckardt 37 – – – – + 50% 29% 37% Shane Pendergrass 13 + + + + + 0% 83% 92% Donald Elliott 4 – + – – + 0% 33% 39% James Proctor 27 + + a + e 50% 67% 89% D. Page Elmore 38 + + a + + 50% 71% 55% Victor Ramirez 47 + + + + + n/a 100% 96% Brian Feldman 15 + + + + + 67% 88% 84% Craig Rice 15 + + + + + 50% 86% 86% William Frank 42 – – – – + n/a 20% 28% B. Daniel Riley 34 – – – + + 0% 33% 33% Barbara Frush 21 + + + + + 100% 100% 98% Barbara Robinson 40 + + + + + 50% 86% 86% Tawanna Gaines 22 + + a + + 50% 71% 88% Sandy Rosenberg 41 + + + + + n/a 100% 96% Ron George 30 + – – – + 50% 43% 43% Justin Ross 22 + + + + + 100% 100% 89% Jim Gilchrist 17 + + + + + 50% 86% 86% David Rudolph 34 + + + + + 100% 100% 87% Barry Glassman 35 – – – + + n/a 40% 47% Steve Schuh 31 + – + + + 0% 57% 57% Cheryl Glenn 45 + + + + + 100% 100% 100% Todd Schuler 8 – + + + + n/a 80% 80% Marilyn R. Goldwater 16 e e e e e n/a N/A 97% Christopher Shank 2 – – – – – n/a 0% 48% Melony Griffith 25 + + + + + 50% 86% 87% Tanya Shewell 5 + – – – + n/a 40% 56% Ana Sol Gutierrez 18 + + + + + 50% 86% 96% Luiz Simmons 17 + + + + + n/a 100% 95% 13 + + + + + 50% 86% 86% Michael Smigiel 36 – – – – + n/a 20% 55% Jeannie Haddaway 37 – – – – + 33% 25% 41% Theodore Sophocleus 32 – + + + + 50% 71% 72% Peter Hammen 46 + + + + + n/a 100% 94% Richard Sossi 36 – – – – + 0% 17% 27% Hattie Harrison 45 + + + + + 67% 88% 86% Dana Stein 11 + + + + + 100% 100% 100% Keith Haynes 44 + + + + + 50% 86% 89% Donna Stifler 35 – – + – + 33% 38% 38% Anne Healey 22 + + + + + 100% 100% 93% Nancy Stocksdale 5 – – – – + 50% 29% 34% Sue Hecht 3 + + + + + 67% 88% 88% Melvin Stukes 44 + + + + + 50% 86% 86% Henry B. “Hank” Heller 19 + + + + + 0% 83% 95% Paul Stull 4 – – – – + 0% 17% 34% Sheila Hixson 20 + + + + + n/a 100% 88% Shawn Tarrant 40 + + + + + 0% 83% 83% Marvin Holmes 23 + + + + + 100% 100% 96% Herman Taylor 14 + + + + + 67% 88% 84% Carolyn Howard 24 + + + + e 50% 83% 89% Veronica Turner 26 + + + + + 0% 83% 91% James W. Hubbard 23 + + + + + 100% 100% 100% Frank Turner 13 + + e + + 50% 83% 97% Tom Hucker 20 + + + + + 100% 100% 100% Kris Valderrama 26 + + + + + n/a 100% 100% Rick Impallaria 7 – – – – + 0% 13% 19% Joseph Vallario 27 + + + + + n/a 100% 86% Jolene Ivey 47 + + + + + 50% 86% 86% Michael Vaughn 24 + + + + + 67% 88% 89% Mary-Dulany James 34 – + – + + 50% 57% 63% 18 + + + + + n/a 100% 100% Sally Jameson 28 + + + + + 67% 88% 71% Jay Walker 26 + + + + + 50% 86% 86% J. B. Jennings 7 – – – – + 50% 29% 26% Mary Roe Walkup 36 + – – – + 33% 38% 51% Adrienne Jones 10 + + + + + 50% 86% 89% Mike Weir 6 – + – + + n/a 60% 58% Wade Kach 5 + – + – + 100% 67% 56% Richard Weldon 3 – + – + + 0% 50% 45% Anne Kaiser 14 + + + + e 50% 83% 92% John Wood 29 – – – + + 50% 43% 41%

KEY: Visit our Web site www.marylandpirg.org to see how scores are (+) = Vote for the public interest (e) = Excused from vote calculated, including committee votes. Committee votes are (-) = Vote against the public interest (a) = Unexcused absence scored equally to floor votes. See other side for guide to votes