Methodology
Based on these votes, each member of Congress earns a percentage rating for support of LCCR priorities. This rating cannot indicate the full extent of a legislator's support for or opposition to LCCR positions and represents neither endorsement nor condemnation of any member of Congress.
LCCR has taken a sample of bills considered during the first and second session of the 110th Congress. The LCCR Voting Record was created with the bills in this sample. While it is difficult to predict the legislation that will be enacted at the end of the session, this sample of bills that have already been considered reflects how members of Congress have aligned with LCCR priority areas from the beginning of the 110th Congress through September 2008.
A vote in accordance with LCCR's position is a "+" vote; a vote contrary to LCCR's position is a "-" vote. An "x" indicates a yea or nay vote was not cast. An "I" indicates the member of Congress was not in office for the full term. The Civil Rights score represents the percentage of the votes that were actually voted on by members of Congress. The Report Total score represents the percentage of all of the votes (missed votes are scored as a zero).
The votes of the District of Columbia (DC) delegate do not appear in the LCCR Voting Record because although D.C. residents must pay federal taxes, they are not given voting representation in Congress.
The LCCR Voting Record for the 110th Congress reflects positions taken by every senator and representative on the legislative priorities of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) and its coalition members.
LCCR can count on 229 House members and only 37 senators to support its priorities on 80 percent or more of the votes in the LCCR Voting Record.
The Voting Record reflects only roll call votes that were officially recorded on the floor of the U.S. Senate or House of Representatives.
For more information, please contact LCCR's Public Policy Department at (202) 466-3311.
Representatives Serving Partial Terms
- Rep. Richard Baker, D. La., resigned from office in February 2008
- Rep. Andre Carson, D. Ind., won a special election in March 2008
- Rep. Julia Carson, D. Ind., died December 2007
- Rep. Donald Cazayouz, D. La., won a special election in May 2008
- Rep. Travis W. Childers, D. Miss., won a special election in May 2008
- Rep. Jo Ann Davis, R. Va., died in October 2007
- Rep. Donna Edwards, D. Md., won a special election in June 2008
- Rep. Bill Foster, D. Ill., won a special election in March 2008
- Rep. Paul Gillmor, R. Ohio, died in September 2007
- Rep. J. Dennis Hastert, R. Ill., resigned in November 2007
- Rep. Bobby Jindal, R. La., resigned from office in January 2008
- Rep. Tom Lantos, D. Calif., died in February 2008
- Rep. Bob Latta, R. Ohio, won a special election December 2007
- Rep. Martin Meehan, D. Mass., resigned in July 2007
- Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald, D. Calif., died in April 2007
- Rep. Charlie Norwood, R. Ga., died February 2007
- Rep. Laura Richardson, D.Calif., won a special election in August 2007
- Rep. Steve Scalise, R. La., won a special election in May 2008
- Rep. Jackie Speier, D. Calif., won a special election in April 2008
- Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D. Ohio, died in office in August 2008
- Rep. Niki Tsongas, D. Mass., won a special election in October 2007
- Rep. Roger Wicker, R. Miss., resigned from office in December 2007
- Rep. Rob Wittman, R. Va., won a special election December 2007
- Rep. Albert Russell Wynn, D. Md., resigned from office in May 2008
Senators Serving Partial Terms
- Sen. Craig Thomas, R. Wyo., died June 2007
- Sen. Roger Wicker, R. Miss., was appointed to office in December 2007
