2012 ILLINOIS LEGISLATIVE VOTE CARD

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1 ILLINOIS LGISLATIV VOT AR 9 th G eneral A ssembly the illinois opportunity project

2 ontents ILLINOIS LGISLATIV VOT AR Introduction... est & Worst s... s: Illinois House of Representatives... s: Illinois Senate... ills... ull Table: Illinois House of Representatives... ull Table: Illinois Senate...

3 Introduction ILLINOIS LGISLATIV VOT AR T he spring session of the 9th General Assembly saw the passage of important legislation ranging from spending cuts in the Medicaid program to increasing the tax on cigarettes to eliminating the General Assembly Scholarship rogram. The Illinois Legislative Vote ard allows our members and the public an impartial look at how their legislators voted on these and other important issues. The Illinois Opportunity roject has selected key votes ( in the Senate and in the House) on issues that impact the families of Illinois. ach legislator received a grade based on how often his or her votes protected taxpayers interests and promoted economic growth. The Vote ard includes only roll call votes on bills that received a recorded floor vote in at least one chamber. The Vote ard does not include bill sponsorship or bills that did not receive a floor vote. The best legislators have an impact far beyond their own floor votes by sponsoring bold legislation, advocating for real reforms, and serving as leaders among their colleagues. or this reason, the Vote ard shows an important but limited view of each legislator. The Illinois Opportunity roject selected votes that had a major impact on at least one of these areas: spending, taxes, jobs and the economy, government structure and operations, or education. The votes in this Vote ard are not weighted; each vote is potentially worth one point. or a legislator to be given a final grade, they must have voted on at least five of the eight possible votes. This Vote ard details how elected officials voted on issues that impact you. It does not represent an endorsement of any particular candidate. It is meant to inform voters and is a tool to help individuals more effectively influence the legislative process. Illinois has the worst credit rating and the highest debt per capita of any state in the nation. ach individual owes $, in unfunded pen sion and health insurance liabilities for state and local government employees. Meanwhile, state government owes businesses, school districts, nonprofits, and other vendors $ billion in unpaid bills. The status quo in Illinois is not working. The policies passed out of Springfield over the past decade have put Illinois in an economic death spiral and undermined the State s ability to provide services to the truly needy. or Illinois to once again be a land of opportunity and prosperity, legislators need to vote for progrowth economic policies that increase personal freedom and reign in expansive government. lected officials should vote to bring down unsustainable government spending, reform corrupt state government programs, unleash entrepreneurs and innovators from overly burdensome regulations, and refocus social services on empowering the poor and disadvantaged. In short, Illinois needs a olicy Revolution. The Illinois Opportunity roject advocates for an Illinois where entrepreneurs and hardworking families can flourish and where average Illinoisans are not treated like lessthan by the elite political class. With their votes, legislators who score well on this Vote ard signal their commitment to this vision. A score of % signals the highest level of commitment to progrowth economic policies. If you agree that Illinois needs a policy agenda that will protect the interests of taxpayers and promote economic growth, take the next step by:. Joining our olicy Revolution at Sharing this Vote ard with a friend. Attending an IO grassroots training. Making a financial contribution to the Illinois Opportunity roject. Meeting with your state legislators or candidates and discussing the bills in this Vote ard

4 est & Worst ILLINOIS LGISLATIV VOT AR Name est Scores % rogrowth Voting Record Name Rep./ ity rad Halbrook (R) Rep. ffingham Thomas Morrison (R) Rep. alatine ill rady (R) loomington an uffy (R) arrington arin Lahood (R) eoria Kyle Mcarter (R) ecatur Matt Murphy (R) alatine arole ankau (R) loomingdale hristine Radogno (R) Lemont Sue Rezin (R) eru ale Righter (R) Mattoon Ronald Sandack (R) Lombard ave Syverson (R) Rockford Rep./ ity James layborne Jr. () ast St. Louis Annazette ollins () Jacqueline ollins () William elgado () Mattie Hunter () Toi Hutchinson () Heights mil Jones III () Kimberly Lightford () Westchester Iris Martinez () James Meeks () alumet ity Michael land () lgin onne Trotter () Monique avis () Rep. La Shawn ord () Rep. harles Jefferson () Rep. Rockford errick Smith () Rep. Worst Scores % rogrowth Voting Record

5 s: IL State House IL Representative IL Representative ILLINOIS LGISLATIV VOT AR IL Representative IL Representative Acevedo. () eluca A. () Kosel R. (R) Ramey R. (R) Arroyo L. () u uclet K. () Krezwick. () Reboletti. (R) arickman J. (R) ugan L. () Lang L. () Reis. (R) eiser. () unkin K. () Leitch. (R) Riley A. () ellock. (R) urkin J. (R) Lilly. () Rita R. () errios M. () vans M. () Lyons J. () Rose. (R) iss. () vans. (R) Madigan M. () Rosenthal W. (R) ost M. (R) arnham K. () Mathias S. (R) Roth. (R) radley J. () eigenholtz S. () Mautino. () Sacia J. (R) rady. (R) lowers M. () May K. () Saviano A. (R) rauer R. (R) ord L. () Mayfield R. () Schmitz T. (R) rown A. (R) ortner M. (R) McAsey. () Senger. (R) urke K. () ranks J. () McAuliffe M. (R) Sente. () urke. () Gabel R. () McGuire J. () N/A Smith. () arli. () Gaffney K. (R) Mell. () Sommer K. (R) assidy K. () Golar. () Mitchell. (R) Sosnowski J. (R) avaletto J. (R) Gordon J. () Mitchell J. (R) Soto. () hapa LaVia L. () Halbrook. (R) Moffitt. (R) Sullivan. (R) oladipietro. (R) Hammond N. (R) Morrison T. (R) Thapedi A. () Harris G. () Morthland R. (R) Tracy J. (R) N/A Harris. (R) Mulligan R. (R) Tryon M. (R) Turner A. () ole S. (R) olvin M. () onnelly M. (R) Hatcher K. (R) Mussman M. () ostello J. () Hays. (R) Nekritz. () Unes M. (R) respo. () Hernandez. () Nybo. (R) Verschoore. () ross T. (R) Howard. () Osmond J. (R) Walsh L. () unningham W. () Jackson. () enny S. () Watson J. (R) urrie. () Jakobsson N. () helps. () Williams A. () Amico J. () Jefferson. () ihos S. (R) Winters. (R) avis M. () Jones T. () oe R. (R) Yarbrough K. () avis W. () Kay. (R) ritchard R. (R) Zalewski M. () ILLINOIS LGISLATIV VOT AR State Representatives (by Score) 9 A the illinois opportunity project

6 s: IL State Senate IL Senator IL Senator ILLINOIS LGISLATIV VOT AR IL Senator IL Senator Althoff. (R) Garrett S. () Lauzen. (R) ankau. (R) ivins T. (R) Haine W. () Lightford K. () Radogno. (R) omke L. (R) Harmon. () Link T. () Raoul K. () rady. (R) N/A Rezin S. (R) Holmes L. () Luechtefeld. (R) layborne Jr. J. () Hunter M. () Maloney. () Righter. (R) ollins A. () Hutchinson T. () Martinez I. () Sandack R. (R) ollins J. () Jacobs M. () Mcann S. (R) Sandoval M. () rotty M. () Johnson T. (R) Mcarter K. (R) Schmidt S. (R) ullerton J. () Johnson. (R) McGuire. () Schoenberg J. () ultra S. (R) Jones J. (R) Meeks J. () Silverstein I. () elgado W. () Jones III. () Millner J. (R) Steans H. () illard K. (R) Koehler. () Mulroe J. () Sullivan J. () uffy. (R) Kotowski. () Munoz A. () Syverson. (R) orby G. () LaHood. (R) Murphy M. (R) rerichs M. () Landek S. () land M. () ILLINOIS LGISLATIV VOT AR State Senators (by Score) Trotter. () A the illinois opportunity project

7 ills: 9th General Assembly ILLINOIS LGISLATIV VOT AR T he Illinois Opportunity roject selected the following votes on bills because they impact the freemarket in at least one of theses areas: spending, taxes, government structure and operations, education or jobs and the economy. Senate ill House Amendments and 9: State mployee Health Insurance rovides the Governor s Office with the authority to set health insurance premiums for retired state and university employees. (assed the Senate, passed the House ). The Illinois Opportunity roject supports this legislation and a vote for this bill is scored positively. Senate ill House Amendments,, and : Medicaid Reforms Saves $. billion by reforming and restructuring Illinois Medicaid program. (assed the Senate, passed the House 9). The Illinois Opportunity roject supports this legislation and a vote for this bill is scored positively. Senate ill 9 House Amendments and : igarette Tax Increase Increases the taxes paid on a package of cigarettes by $. (assed the Senate, passed the House ). The Illinois Opportunity roject opposes this legislation and a vote for this bill is scored negatively. House ill Senate Amendments and : Obamaare xpansion Implements Obamaare two years early in ook ounty by allowing the Governor to expand Medicaid through the adoption of new eligibility requirements. (assed the Senate, passed the House ). The Illinois Opportunity roject opposes this legislation and a vote for this bill is scored negatively. House ill Senate Amendments and : liminate General Assembly Scholarships liminates the General Assembly scholarship program. (assed the Senate, passed the House 9). The Illinois Opportunity roject supports this legislation and a vote for this bill is scored positively. House ill House Amendments and : ontribution Limits Limits the free speech rights of citizens who want to be involved in the political process while allowing political parties to circumvent the limits. (assed the Senate, passed the House ). The Illinois Opportunity roject opposes this legislation and a vote for this bill is scored negatively. House ill Senate Amendment : Satellite ish Tax Imposes a five percent tax on all satellite dish service. (assed the Senate, awaiting action in the House). The Illinois Opportunity roject opposes this legislation and a vote for this bill is scored negatively. Senate ill Senate Amendment : revailing Wage xpansion Requires that companies bidding for contracts with local government comply with prevailing wage regulations. (assed the Senate, awaiting action in the House). The Illinois Opportunity roject opposes this legislation and a vote for this bill is scored negatively. House Resolution /House Joint Resolution 9: iscal Year Spending Levels Set a budget framework with spending targets that are far above the level necessary to allow the income tax hike to sunset as promised in. (assed the House 9). The Illinois Opportunity roject opposes this legislation and a vote for this bill is scored negatively. House ill House Amendment : qual unding for harter Schools Increases funding levels for public charter schools to bring them in line with public schools. (efeated in the House 9). The Illinois Opportunity roject supports this legislation and a vote for this bill is scored positively.

8 inal Vote ercent rogrowth H HA S HA,9 Total Number of Votes qual unding for harter Schools HR/ HJR9 ill Number Total rogrowth Votes iscal Year Spending Levels ontribution Limits liminate General Assembly Scholarships Obamaare xpansion ILLINOIS LGISLATIV VOT AR igarette Tax Increase Medicaid Reforms State mployee Health Insurance Reform Illinois House of Representatives.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.% rogrowth Vote Representative S S9 HA,, HA, H H S SA, SA, HA, ity Acevedo. () Arroyo L. () arickman J. (R) ontiac eiser. () Alton ellock. (R) Westmont errios M. () iss. () Skokie ost M. (R) arbondale radley J. () Marion rady. (R) loomington rauer R. (R) Springfield rown A. (R) ecatur urke K. () Oak Lawn urke. () arli. () assidy K. () avaletto J. (R) Salem hapa LaVia L. () Aurora oladipietro. (R) loomingdale ole S. (R) Grayslake olvin M. () onnelly M. (R) Naperville ostello J. () Sparta respo. () Streamwood ross T. (R) lainfield unningham W. () urrie. () Amico J. () avis M. () avis W. () ast Hazel rest eluca A. () rete u uclet K. ().% N/A.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.9% Vote Key: = or the rogrowth position; = Against the rogrowth position; = t Voting; = resent; A = Absent; = xcused Grading scale:.. percent = A ;.9 percent = ;.9. percent = ;.9. percent = ; 9.99 percent =. A

9 Total Number of Votes ercent rogrowth qual unding for harter Schools Total rogrowth Votes iscal Year Spending Levels ontribution Limits liminate General Assembly Scholarships H HA.%.%.%.9%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.% S HA,9 inal Vote Representative H H S SA, SA, HA, HR/ HJR9 ill Number rogrowth Vote S S9 HA,, HA, Obamaare xpansion ILLINOIS LGISLATIV VOT AR igarette Tax Increase Medicaid Reforms State mployee Health Insurance Reform IL House of Representatives (ont d) ity ugan L. () Kankakee unkin K. () urkin J. (R) La Grange vans M. () vans. (R) Highland arnham K. () lgin eigenholtz S. () lowers M. () ord L. () ortner M. (R) West ranks J. () Woodstock Gabel R. () vanston Gaffney K. (R) Wauconda Golar. () Gordon J. () eoria Halbrook. (R) ffingham Hammond N. (R) Macomb Harris G. () Harris. (R) Mount Vernon Hatcher K. (R) Yorkville Hays. (R) anville Hernandez. () icero Howard. () Jackson. () ast St. Louis Jakobsson N. () hampaign Jefferson. () Rockford Jones T. () alumet ity Kay. (R) dwardsville Kosel R. (R) Mokena Krezwick. () Orland ark Lang L. () Skokie Leitch. (R) eoria Vote Key: = or the rogrowth position; = Against the rogrowth position; = t Voting; = resent; A = Absent; = xcused Grading scale:.. percent = A ;.9 percent = ;.9. percent = ;.9. percent = ; 9.99 percent =. 9

10 %.%.%.%.%.%.% N/A.%.% rogrowth Vote Representative S S9 HA,, HA, H H S SA, SA, HA, inal Vote ercent rogrowth H HA S HA,9 Total Number of Votes qual unding for harter Schools HR/ HJR9 ill Number Total rogrowth Votes iscal Year Spending Levels ontribution Limits liminate General Assembly Scholarships Obamaare xpansion ILLINOIS LGISLATIV VOT AR igarette Tax Increase Medicaid Reforms State mployee Health Insurance Reform IL House of Representatives (ont d) ity Mathias S. (R) Arlington Heights Mautino. () Spring Valley Highwood A May K. () Mayfield R. () Waukegan McAsey. () Romeoville McAuliffe M. (R) McGuire J. () Joliet Mell. () Mitchell. (R) orsyth Mitchell J. (R) Rock alls Moffitt. (R) Galesburg Morrison T. (R) alatine Morthland R. (R) Moline Mulligan R. (R) es laines Mussman M. () Schaumburg Nekritz. () es laines Nybo. (R) Lombard Osmond J. (R) Antioch enny S. () elleville helps. () Harrisburg ihos S. (R) Glen llyn oe R. (R) Springfield ritchard R. (R) Sycamore Ramey R. (R) West Reboletti. (R) Addison Reis. (R) Olney Riley A. () Hazel rest Rita R. () lue Island Rose. (R) harleston Lilly. () Lyons J. () Madigan M. ().%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.% Vote Key: = or the rogrowth position; = Against the rogrowth position; = t Voting; = resent; A = Absent; = xcused Grading scale:.. percent = A ;.9 percent = ;.9. percent = ;.9. percent = ; 9.99 percent =.

11 inal Vote ercent rogrowth H HA S HA,9 Total Number of Votes qual unding for harter Schools HR/ HJR9 ill Number Total rogrowth Votes iscal Year Spending Levels ontribution Limits liminate General Assembly Scholarships Obamaare xpansion ILLINOIS LGISLATIV VOT AR igarette Tax Increase Medicaid Reforms State mployee Health Insurance Reform IL House of Representatives (ont d).%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.9%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.% rogrowth Vote Representative S S9 HA,, HA, H H S SA, SA, HA, ity Rosenthal W. (R) Litchfield Roth. (R) Morris Sacia J. (R) reeport Saviano A. (R) lmwood ark Schmitz T. (R) Geneva Senger. (R) Naperville Sente. () Lincolnshire Smith. () Sommer K. (R) Morton Sosnowski J. (R) elvidere Soto. () Sullivan. (R) Thapedi A. () Tracy J. (R) Quincy Tryon M. (R) rystal Lake Turner A. () Unes M. (R) ekin Verschoore. () Rock Island Walsh L. () Joliet Watson J. (R) Jacksonville Williams A. () Winters. (R) Rockford Yarbrough K. () roadview Zalewski M. () Summit Mundelein A Vote Key: = or the rogrowth position; = Against the rogrowth position; = t Voting; = resent; A = Absent; = xcused Grading scale:.. percent = A ;.9 percent = ;.9. percent = ;.9. percent = ; 9.99 percent =.

12 Total rogrowth Votes Total Number of Votes ercent rogrowth revailing Wage xpansion Satellite ish Tax ontribution Limits liminate General Assembly Scholarships.%.%.%.%.%.%.% S HA,9 inal Vote Senator H H S SA, SA, HA& ill Number rogrowth Vote S S9 HA,, HA, Obamaare xpansion igarette Tax Increase ILLINOIS LGISLATIV VOT AR Medicaid Reforms State mployee Health Insurance Reform Illinois Senate H S SA SA ity Althoff. (R) rystal Lake ivins T. (R) ixon omke L. (R) Springfield rady. (R) loomington layborne Jr. J. () ast St. Louis ollins A. () ollins J. () rotty M. () Oak orest ullerton J. () ultra S. (R) Onarga elgado W. () Westmont illard K. (R) uffy. (R) arrington orby G. () enton rerichs M. () hampaign Garrett S. () Highwood Haine W. () Alton Harmon. () Oak ark Holmes L. () lainfield Hunter M. () Hutchinson T. () Heights Jacobs M. () Moline Johnson T. (R) Wheaton Johnson. (R) Sycamore Jones J. (R) Mt. Vernon Jones III. () Koehler. () ekin Kotowski. () ark Ridge LaHood. (R) eoria Landek S. () urbank Lauzen. (R) Aurora Lightford K. () Westchester A.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.%.% Vote Key: = or the rogrowth position; = Against the rogrowth position; = t Voting; = resent; Grading scale:.. percent = A ;.9 percent = ;.9. percent = ;.9. percent = ; 9.99 percent =.

13 .% N/A.% inal Vote Total Number of Votes H S SA SA ercent rogrowth Total rogrowth Votes revailing Wage xpansion Satellite ish Tax ontribution Limits liminate General Assembly Scholarships S HA,9 Senator H H S SA, SA, HA& ill Number rogrowth Vote S S9 HA,, HA, Obamaare xpansion ILLINOIS LGISLATIV VOT AR igarette Tax Increase Medicaid Reforms State mployee Health Insurance Reform Illinois Senate (ont d) ity Link T. () Lake luff Luechtefeld. (R) Okawville Maloney. () Martinez I. () Mcann S. (R) arlinville Mcarter K. (R) ecatur McGuire. () rest Hill Meeks J. () alumet ity Millner J. (R) loomingdale Mulroe J. () Munoz A. () Murphy M. (R) alatine land M. () lgin ankau. (R) loomingdale Radogno. (R) Lemont Raoul K. () Rezin S. (R) eru Righter. (R) Mattoon Sandack R. (R) Lombard Sandoval M. () icero Schmidt S. (R) Lake Villa Schoenberg J. () vanston Silverstein I. () Steans H. () Sullivan J. () Quincy Syverson. (R) Rockford Trotter. ().%.%.%.9%.%.%.%.%.%.% Vote Key: = or the rogrowth position; = Against the rogrowth position; = t Voting; = resent; Grading scale:.. percent = A ;.9 percent = ;.9. percent = ;.9. percent = ; 9.99 percent =. A

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