Friday, October 27, 2006
Kay Gets (Another) Zero From HRC
The latest congressional scorecard is out from Human Rights Campaign (HRC), "to inform the public about where congressional leaders stand on policies important to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community." The Dallas Voice reports on the results for the Texas delegation: Few Texas lawmakers score well on gay issues.
The Senate bills and votes included:
As my headline already gave away, our senior Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison got a big, fat zero. Not her first, either: she scored zero in 2004 as well. (Contrary to the Dallas Voice article, she actually didn't get a zero in 2002, although the 29% she received instead isn't much better.)
The HRC website has copies of the 2002, 2004 and 2006 scorecards.
The Senate bills and votes included:
- S.J. Res. 1 — the Federal Marriage Amendment
- confirmation of Judge William Pryor
- confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito
- S. 403 — the Lautenberg Amendment to the Child Custody Protection Act
- S. 311 — the Early Treatment for HIV Act (co-sponsorship)
- S. 1278 — the Uniting American Families Act (co-sponsorship)
- S. 1145 — the Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act (co-sponsorship)
As my headline already gave away, our senior Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison got a big, fat zero. Not her first, either: she scored zero in 2004 as well. (Contrary to the Dallas Voice article, she actually didn't get a zero in 2002, although the 29% she received instead isn't much better.)
The HRC website has copies of the 2002, 2004 and 2006 scorecards.
